Evan Almighty

I accompanied my lovely wife and son to the movie theater Saturday afternoon to catch a matinee of Evan Almighty. All of the reviews I have read have been pretty good so I took the plunge. Knowing that Steve Carell can be a some what crude on “The Office” I was not sure what to really expect. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised with the pro-family and pro-God message that held fairly strong through the movie.

I thought the acting, comedic timing and plot all deserved hight marks for performance, comedy and originality. If you have not had a chance to see the movie yet, you might hurry since it has already been out several weeks. Or if you do not have a chance to hit the movie house in the next week or two then go ahead and stick it on your Netflix list. If you need a professional review, I always send folks over to Plugged In.

After it is all said and done, I thought the movie was well done with the exception of a few crude animal animal parts - but what’s Noah’s ark with animals. So without further adieu, I give the movie 4 out of 5 penguins.

Ratatouille

Yesterday, I saw “Ratatouille” with my beautiful wife and friends. Since I love to cook and eat, (not necessarily in that order) I thought the movie should be an interesting adventure.

The movie proved to be very entertaining. I thought the storyline was cute even though none of us want our food cooked by rats. The animation was incredible. I was very impressed by the detail of the fur and whiskers on the little rats.

There were a few times the plot seemed a little slow and even skipped a bit from here to there. The only thing I thought the movie plot missed was a “love interest” for the star rodent, but I guess his love interest was food. (I have had the same accusation from my wife before… working on that one…)

Anyway, I recommend this movie and look forward to adding it to the family DVD collection.

I give it 3.5 out of 5