Moonrise Kingdom

Oh my how I was laughing so hard during this movie. It is definitely one of those movies where you are laughing without realizing exactly what you are laughing about. It's got so many random moments throughout the movie but is so well done. 

It is set on a small island off the coast of New England where two young 12 year old kids fall in love with each other. It has an all-star cast which includes Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton , Bruce Willis, and Francis McDormand. The young couple, played by Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman, hatch a plan over a one year period to run away together. Sam (Jared Gilman) writes to Suzy (Kara Hayward) while at Camp Ivanhoe to give her the details on where and when to meetup. When the camp, along with Suzy's parents, figure out they are missing they pull together a search party to find them. The humor is the norm for Director and Writer Wes Anderson who also directed movies such as The Royal Tenenbaums, Darjeeling Limited, and Life Aquatic to name a few. If you enjoyed those movies you will definitely enjoy this one. A movie I'd definitely recommend. It's being added to my "Buy" list for sure!!

Budget: 
$16,000,000 (Estimated)
Gross: 
$40,779,127 (USA)(Aug. 5, 2012)

The Bourne Legacy!

Now to start off if you haven't seen the first three movies I'd recommend that you did. This new edition to the Bourne movie family ties into the third one especially. Jeremy Renner brings a new type of agent into the trilogy as Aaron Cross, a genetically enhanced CIA operative who helps keep Dr. Marta Shearing, played by Rachel Weisz, safe from the rest of the CIA whose main focus is shutting down the rest of the Treadstone operation. Edward Norton is brought in to rid the remaining Treadstone operatives after Jason Bourne's disappearance.

It's got a great government conspiracy story line along with great action and fight scenes. There were a few similarities between some of the scenes found in the earlier trilogy such as a motorcycle chase through the streets of a poverty stricken country and of course there's gotta be a damsel in distress. It also has flashbacks to Bourne Ultimatum to help tie this movie in with the others. I would definitely recommend this to families and those of us who enjoy a good conspiracy based movie!

Budget:
$125,000,000 (Estimated)
Gross:
Not updated yet

Total Recall

Now this is more of a movie I enjoy. Not only did I have good company while watching this movie but I got some good eye candy. I will have to be honest and tell you I haven't seen the original version with Arnold Schwarzenegger so I won't be able to tell you  how they compare. 


It's set in the future when the world has essentially been destroyed by nuclear war. The only two places left are Great Britain and The Colony (or essentially Australia). They even have a pretty cool way of traveling half way across the world to get from one to the other. Douglas Quaid, played by Colin Ferrell, is just an ordinary guy working in a factory in GBR while living on "The Colony" and is married to a beautiful woman Lori, played by Kate Beckinsale, who works for the police. Jessica Beal fits in there as well later on in the movie but I won't give any of that away.  He decides that he wants to add in some memories that weren't really his by going to "Total Recall". Total Recall is a techonological device to help implant memories of things that didn't actually happen in real life. So if someone wants to be a vet or a teacher, or wants to full-fill a fantasy of theirs they can go to Total Recall and they'll implant that memory into the persons brain. Douglas Quaid goes in as the person he thinks he is and doesn't quite make it out as that same person. 

This movie is definitely one for someone who likes some good fight scenes and special effects. There's a bit of politics along with a small love story in there as well. *Oh! Again, don't forget the eye candy as well! Not just for the guys but for the girls too!* One of these days I'll see the original version and write a comparison review. :) There is a slight nudity scene so be careful when taking kids but other than that I'd recommend it! 

Budget:
$138,000,000 (Estimated)
Gross:
$26,000,000 (Roughly)

Prometheus

So my dad decided to drag me to this movie last week and because I love him I went with him. It was one of the longest two hours of my life. I've never seen any of the previous Alien movies, as this is the prequel to them, and I'm glad I haven't. There were parts in the movie that made me look at my dad with the "you seriously brought me to this movie?" look on my face. He was even disappointed in it, especially with it being a Ridley Scott movie.

It is set in 2089 and is about two archaeologists who find the same image on walls at different archaeological sites throughout the world that date at different times. From 35,000 years ago to 3,000 years or so. They take it as a sign from "The Engineers", which is what they have chosen to call the race they believe left Earth behind after creating the human race, to come and find them. Idris Elba plays the captain of the ship that takes the archaeologists, along with other scientists from various fields, to the galaxy they believe the "Engineers" are from. Charlize Theron is the representative of the company that paid for the space travel. Guy Pierce plays Peter Weyland, an old man and owner of the company, who wants to know if this alien race created humans on Earth. Michael Fastbender's character was created by technology Weyland invented. There are some cringe worthy moments found throughout this movie and the rest of it is just ridiculous. If you want to give it a try I'd recommend you go the RedBox route before going out and buying it on DVD without seeing it.I definitely wouldn't recommend it to young kids. Not one of my favorites for sure.

Budget:
$130,000,000 (Estimated)
Gross:
$302,741,018 (Worldwide) (July 30, 2012)