Idiocracy is one of those movies that you don’t intend on watching but you get sucked into it (trust me, I’ve seen it 3 times now and none where on purpose). The basic premise of this movie is that Luke Wilson becomes part of a government experiment and wakes up to find himself 500 years in the future. What he finds is truly sad. He instantly goes from average Joe to the smartest man in the world! The people in the future no longer think for themselves and buy into pretty much anything you tell them. You could easily tell them land for sale Branson, and they would be wanting to buy that, Hollywood, and the Golden Gate Bridge from you! It was a sad state. The movie is actually quite humorous, and it is scary that, at times, you can actually see some of this happening in our society now. People buy into commercialism and don’t bother doing research on a product. They just take the company’s word for it (Watch the scene in the movie about actually using water to get crops to grow). Heck, last election cycle worked like that too, didn’t it? Overall, this isn’t a movie that would make it to my top ten movies. However, it is a great Sunday afternoon flick to watch that doesn’t require a lot of thinking, and you definitely get some good laughs.

I still have not decided how I feel about Bridge to Terabithia. Since the movie was rated PG, we made the assumption that Madison could watch it. Instead, I couldn’t have been happier that she fell asleep. There is a twist at the end that I was even tearing up over. (I don’t want to give too much away.) The story and plot are good. The story is about two misfits who become friends and create a world called Terabithia to play in. The kids are at the age that playing with the opposite sex was just that. It was about make believe and having fun. You didn’t expect anybody handing out diamond rings to one another. Instead, they took common items and turned them into gems for their fortress. For example, they used keys as a bell. However, I personally expected to see much more of Terabithia. Maybe we are too use to seeing the wonderful worlds like those in The Lord Of The Rings, but they really did not go enough into that part of the story. I do know that this is a book, and I think I would have liked the book much better. This is one of the those movies you watch once and never again. Also, due to the twist in the story, I would not recommend it for young children (my daughter is 4).

Mickey Saves Santa is one of Madison’s favorite movies. If your kids are Mickey mouse Clubhouse fans, they will definitely love this movie. This is also a great holiday movie. Santa’s sleigh breaks down at the the top of the mountain and Mickey and friends have to go and find him. He’s not wearing horse riding apparel or reindeer riding apparel. He’s wearing his Santa apparel when they look for him. They even have Mrs. Claus help! The other great thing about this movie is that there are 2 bones features on here. The first one is the “Hot Dog” Dance along (anybody who watches Mickey mouse Clubhouse will know what this is) and there are games on here too.

This is a great gift for kids especially if they are Mickey mouse fans.

Fight Club ranks up there as the best movie of all time for me. Here’s a quick synopsis:

In this movie Edward Norton is the narrator who suffers from a lack of sleep. He tries different ways to cure this, but he does not succeed. He does get some sleep, but his conditions rebounds back into it’s original state when he meets a lovely young woman, whose name is Marla. He finds out that she and he both have a lot in common and they spend a lot of time together. While touring, he meets an enigmatic young man named Tyler and after a short conversation both become fast friends. Both like to relieve their inner tensions by hitting each other. Soon word gets around about their fights, and lots of young people also get interested. Then a club is formed, which the narrator and Tyler call ‘Fight Club‘. Both start spending a lot of time and both also make lots of money. Then one day the narrator finds out that Tyler has been using him. You must really watch this movie and find out why the narrator feels this way about his friend, Tyler.

The plot twists are awesome. There are definitely some scenes that could use Progress Lighting. They are dark and brooding. However, for the sake of the movie, it probably needed to be that way. This is also a great movie to see Brad Pitt with no shirt on. This is one of those movies that you don’t see the end coming. I know this is an older movie, but it is still pretty awesome.

Have you seen The Departed yet? If not, go rent it immediately. This movie is awesome. I will try and not make the plot too confusing. The mob sends somebody in to the police department to report back and the police send somebody into the mob to do the same. The audience knows who they are thought the characters in the movie do not. I do have to warn you — there is a lot of blood and violence (but it is good blood and violence). The characters in this movie definitely needed to look into life insurance no exam due to the nature of their jobs. By the end of the movie for a lot of them, it would have come it very handy. I don’t want to ruin the end, but there is a great plot twist. This is one of those movies that you watch more than once to see what you missed. Let me know your thoughts on it, but this movie ranks up there in my top ten of all time.

Pooh’s Heffalump Movie is Madison’s new favorite movie. It has an extremely cute story too. It is the first time the Winnie the Pooh crew meets Lumpy — a Heffalump. The story begins with the gang telling one another all the stories that they have heard about heffalumps. They decide that they are going into the 100 acre woods. I am not going to tell you how the story ends, but there is a great moral ending. This is a great kids movie that I suggest you run out and get now!

We had Netflix send us Babel. We just gave it a 40 minute try and both Bill and I thought it sucked. It was very slow, and we could not figure out how all the different people connected together. Since it had Brad Pitt and was nominated for a Oscar and had won a Golden Globe, I thought it was going to be good. Needless to say, I was disappointed. If you have seen it, let me know what you thought. Should we have given it a bit more time?