A few other movies I saw earlier in the year.
"A Good Day To Die Hard" (R) **1/2
Bruce Willis is once again in the wrong place at the wrong time for a 5th time as he heads over to Russia to help his estranged son Jack (Jai Courtney) who is in legal trouble. Some good action, sure, but there's also an unfortunate amount of shaky cam action that makes things a little bit confusing to watch and figure out what's exactly going on. There's also almost no villain, with one person that they follow around who might be the villain, no wait it might be this guy, no wait the villain is this guy, nope it's someone else. In addition to their action the 'Die Hard' movies are also known for their sense of humor, which is mostly irritating in this movie and not very funny. Overall, if your a fan of 'Die Hard' I'd say watch it once just so that you're all caught up with the franchise.
"Side Effects" (R) **1/2
To write out the plot of this movie would be giving away too much. Let's just say from the director of "Contagion", the "Ocean's" trilogy, "Magic Mike", "Haywire", "The Informant!", "Traffic" and "Eric Brokovich" comes a legal thriller involving Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones and prescription drugs. Lots of twists and turns, and it just felt uneven. When it was slow, it felt very slow. When the pace quickened it was very suspenseful and entertaining. But it seemed to alternate between the two almost every 10 or so minutes. Overall, it's okay. Could've been better.
"Safe Haven" (PG-13) **1/2
Yes.........I saw this movie. My Valentine's Day plans included seeing this movie. My then-girlfriend wanted to see this movie, so I took her to it. She had read the book, I clearly did not. Our expectations were dramatically opposite. Hers were very high, mine were extremely low. The plot revolves around Katie (Julianne Hough, from 'Rock of Ages' and the 'Footloose' remake) on the run from the law and winding up in a small, lakeside town where she strikes up a romance with the store clerk (Josh Duhamel from 'Transformers'). Once the twists and turns pile on in the third act and at the ending the movie gets crazy. I did go into it with an open mind and what did I think? Overall I didnt think it was that bad (trust me, I've seen far worse) but I am not the target audience of this. My then-girlfriend disliked it since the movie took a few liberties with certain plot points in the book.
There will be one more 'Backtracking' post sometime next week. Tomorrow I'll lay out some random thoughts and other things with Saturday more than likely having an 'Oblivion' review.
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