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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
A very cute, but non serious movie.
I'm 57, the wife is 54, no kids or grandkids.
Frankly we thought the movie was really enjoyable, but we tried to see it through the eyes of innocence. There were some parts I actually got a laugh out of, even at my age. I loved the part where it was announced to congratulate a dog on his son, son, daughter, daughter, son, daughter.....just one of those clever parts that you have to pay attention to catch.
I loved the opening credits and Shirley Bassey theme, straight from James Bond and very clever.
Sometimes we need a change from the movies we watch. Movies are so much more than cutting up teenagers in slasher movies, or great American movies like Platoon where a young girl is raped by Americans, or the great Spielberg in his Saving Private Ryan where American soldiers shoot German soldiers who are trying to surrender. No, there wasn't any 'f' bombs, nobody was in a nude scene, nobody was decapitated, nobody cheated on their spouses. You know the types of movies adults enjoy.
Yes, there are times I wish to watch a racy movie or a war movie, however this was not one of those times. The wife and I desired a cute movie that anybody of any age could watch, and this movie was one of those.
Real quickly, I fell asleep during the original Cats and Dogs, but this movie hooked me from the first and wouldn't let me off the hook. The original lost me in the first 10 minutes.
Der Rote Baron (2008)
Far better than expected.
I read several of the comments and reviews and found them to be unfair. Some talk about the lack of historical facts, which to a point I agree with. When Tarantino did like he did in Inglorious Basterds (by changing history), he's considered a genius, yet these guys are hammered for doing the exact same thing. No doubt some facts were wrong in movies like Apollo 13 and many other movies.
I watched the movie for the pure enjoyment of entertainment for a couple of hours. I wasn't obsessed with the fact the Red Baron talked to Brown, or anything else.
I love the fact that there can be some sort of chivalry during war. This is shown in movies like Gods and Generals, The Battle of Britain, Flyboys, and other movies. I would rather see scenes like this versus Americans raping young girls in Platoon, Americans kidnapping a girl in Casualties of War, or Americans shooting Germans who are surrendering in Saving Private Ryan.
I found it ironic that some made negative comments of the possibility of dropping a wreath in the grave early in the movie, however when James Bond does his impossible things, we clap and yell for him.
Is this movie of the Germans apologizing for their history during the first half of the 1900's? Probably, but that's OK. It also showed a Jewish pilot in a very favorable light fighting for Germany.
When I want to read history, I will find a time and place to do so. When I want to be entertained, I will find a time and place to do so. When I watched this movie, I wanted to be entertained, and the movie was very entertaining.