Movie night

We are on one of those "rent movies through the mail" programs. Going to the movie theater with four people is something we rarely find the money or time for. But we looove to watch movies. The problem is, so many of them are.... well, not so great. BUT... We watched a couple of movies recently that were so good, I wanted to recommend them to everyone.

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The Blind Side

Yeah it's based on a true story, and unless you live under a rock you have seen clips from the movie along with clips from Sandra Bullock's acceptance speech at the Oscar's.... just before she was blind sided by her no good cheatin, two timin, double dealin, mean, mistreatin "lovin" man.

Yeah it really should fall under the category of a "chick flick"... But... Even if you are guy, I think you will enjoy this movie. David was quite skeptical, and he liked it. I think that guys who are Dads will find it tugs at their heartstrings more so than those without kids.

The acting was really good. I thought the kids in the movie did a really great job. Sometimes it's hard for child actors to really keep me "in" the movie. But with The Blind Side, I was sucked right into the plot and stayed there til the end.

Oh... and have the kleenex handy... I think I cried pretty much through the whole thing!

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Sherlock Holmes

I really hoped this movie was going to be good... and it was even better than I had hoped! It was long, but we never felt like it was dragging. It had some great action scenes, and lots of early scientific invention type stuff.

Sherlock Holmes' character was done in such a way that he retained all the quirks that make him Sherlock Holmes.... but there was no drug use as an explanation for his unique abilities. I got the feeling they were going with more of an OCD type heightened awareness. This as well as no real sexy scenes makes it a great family movie. (Yes there is one scene where Holmes is tied up with no clothes, just a pillow over his.... self.... but you have probably already seen that on the trailers that have run near constantly on public television.) There really is no more to it than what they showed in the trailer, and we did not feel uncomfortable letting the kids watch the movie.

I really really hope they make a sequel because I want to know what happens next for Holmes and Watson.
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To sum things up... If you are thinking of having a movie night, and don't want to waste your time on a movie that ends up being just "so-so", rent one of these... or better yet both of them! I think you will be happy.