The Rum Diary

Johnny Depp blew me away....again.  This guy is one of THE true talents of his generation.  Time will tell whether he is a legend.  The movie was a great period piece about Puerto Rico in the 1960s.  It really struck me how people spoke, dressed, and conversed with one another, It truly was a different time.  On one hand very glamorous and on the other hand the basest or lowest levels of poverty.  And something I didn't know until the very end....the movie and book was based on the journalist, Hunter S. Thompson. I just found out while typing this that Hunter Thompson wrote The Rum Diary as well as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.  You should look him up on Wikipedia...it's very interesting reading.  Here's another interesting tidbit....both Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson were born in Kentucky. 

The Thing

Wow...no I mean seriously Wow!  I had been looking forward to this since seeing the first trailer and wow.  I didn't realize this was a prequel until the very end when the character Lars is chasing the escaped dog in the helicopter which is where the last one began.  I do have to say the movie started kind of slow but more than made up for that once it got going.....  and the gross factor was off the charts lol.  It was kind of interesting how this movie kind of follows the storyline from the last one and I was kind of wondering how they would top some of the scenes from the 1982 version but wow they really did it.  I was actually crouched down in my seat yelling ewww, ewww, ewww at one point because it was so gross.  I thoroughly enjoyed it and will probably see it again. 

Real Steel

Oh my Lord I hope they make a sequel... This movie was so good, it had everything to just tug away at your heart strings.  Dakota Goyo just acts his little heart out in this movie and gives Hugh Jackman a run for the money.  And don't even get me started on the action!  The preview already had me going .... it reminded me so much of the old Rock em Sock em robot toys.  But seriously the fight scenes were so good I was actually yelling at the screen rooting for the robot!  Seriously lol