1. Coraline: Cute, somewhat creepy story of a girl who moves into a new house and discovers a portal into her same house that is inhabited by her "other" mother and father who have button eyes. It was probably a little too scary for little kids, but I would definitely recommend it. Watch for the part with the large woman. You will know what I'm talking about when you see it. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
2. Ben Hur: A seemingly 10 hour drama from the 1950's. It won a ton of Academy Awards and "would have been way cool in the fifties." Ok, so I only watched the last half hour, but Jaren was thoroughly entertained. It does have a cool chariot race.
3. The Ring: A great movie for Halloween. We enjoyed watching it at the Stewart/Cahoon home in Brigham City. It is definitely creepy and the green faces always make me cringe. Not as scary as I remembered it being... but watch out for flies on your tv screen!
4. Groundhog Day: A delightful comedy about a man forced to relive Groundhog's day over and over until he gets over himself and finds love. Morbidly funny to see all the ways Bill Murray kills himself and his strategies to move in on women. I wish I could FIND that Polka music they play over and over....
5. Water World: If you haven't seen this movie, you probably aren't missing much, but I was strangely intrigued. Polar Ice caps have melted, flooding the whole world. The story follows a mutated fish man as he rescues a little girl with a tatooed map on her back that leads to "dry land". It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but it was an interesting and sickly entertaining... It was one of those movies you know you shouldn't enjoy, but for some strange reason you do... It was a huge flop of a movie that cost a TON... But possibly worth a watch :)
6. Spies Like Us: Honestly I don't remember what even happened in this one. I fell asleep pretty quick. Something about government worker rejects who get assigned to a mission as decoys? I'll have to watch it when I'm not tired because apparently its pretty funny.
7. Wolverine: Very impressive. I stayed awake the whole time! The girl in it is pretty and has really big eyebrows.
8. Monsters vs Aliens: When I saw the preview for this movie, I thought I would never see it because it looked stupid, but it is really funny. It has a lot of Shrek-like one liners. Hugh Laurie does the voice of the mad scientist cockroach. I had fun imagining Dr. House talking like that and doing that evil cackle... Its a fun mental image. Also enjoyed the blue blob man and the giant ... hamster bug?
9. The Grudge: ... We didn't finish this movie. I didn't get past the freaky cat, and pale Asian boy with a dark mouth who makes creepy noises and sneaks up on people to kill them. Honestly screamed and uncontrollably tried to crawl behind Jaren so he could protect me. I think he was a little freaked out too...
We have watched lots of other "rad" movies. I think this is enough suggestions for now. I think Twilight or some other SWEET musical is up next. Jaren's gonna love it. Those are his favorite. :) If you have any others you think we'll like let us know!!
