Puss in Boots

Connor's Movie Review

Movie Title:    Puss in Boots

Released:   October 2011

Movie Rating:  PG

Star Rating: «««1/2     

Movie Summary:

The famous swashbuckling cat from the Shrek movies gets his own film, which tells the story of how he became a legend.  The movie sets in the quiet Spanish city of San Ricardo, where Puss, now known as an outlaw because of a crime that he didn’t commit, is on the run and fighting to clear his name.  Puss gets a chance when an old friend, an inventive and intelligent egg by the name of Humpty Alexander Dumpty, along with a sly pickpocket named Kitty Softpaws, recruits him to help find the infamous magic beans.   They plot to plant the beans so that they can climb the beanstalk to reach the castle in the sky, where the Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs lives.   But it turns out that they’re not alone in this quest.  Evil outlaws, Jack and Jill, want to use the powers of the beans to destroy the world.  When the city of San Ricardo is in danger, Puss and his compadres must do everything they can to save the town and clear Puss’ name before time runs out. 

“Puss in Boots” is an action-packed and often funny movie, although it does have some rude humor.             

                

Pronto, mi compadres, to the theater, and see this purr-fectly claw-some movie!

                                                

Enjoy the Movie!  Save Some Popcorn For Me!

The Movie Critic, Connor

Hugo

Connor's Movie Review

Movie Title:    Hugo

Released:   October 2011

Movie Rating:  PG

Star Rating: ««««     

Movie Summary:

Setting in 1930’s Paris, this movie tells the story of a young orphan boy named Hugo who lives with his father, an inventor and clockmaker.  He and his father are working on an automaton (a robot figure), that can draw and write.  But tragically, his father dies before finishing the project, leaving Hugo alone.  Skip several years later, and Hugo is living as an orphan, fixing the clocks of a busy train station.  He is doing his best to survive on his own and stay out of the grasp of the sinister station inspector.   Hugo believes that his father left him a message that only the automaton can reveal, and so he sets off to unlock the secret.  Hugo soon finds a friend, named Isabelle, who helps him in his quest. Together they set off to solve the mystery, while they unwittingly make influences on everyone around them during their adventures, including Isabelle’s godfather, an aging former director. 

I saw this movie in 3D, and I would highly recommend it.  I think ‘Hugo’ is a very interesting and imaginative movie, though it runs a tad bit long.  Otherwise, ‘Hugo’ is a family-friendly, good movie!       

                                               

Don’t waste your ‘time’ on a bad movie, get to the theater and see “Hugo”!

                                                

Enjoy the Movie!  Save Some Popcorn For Me!

The Movie Critic, Connor

Real Steel

Connor's Movie Review

Movie Title:    Real Steel

Released:   October 2011

Movie Rating:  PG-13

Star Rating: «««1/2     

Movie Summary:

Set in the future, “Real Steel” tells the story of Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who was forced out of his career when big metal robots took over the sport of boxing.  Charlie, who is now an unsuccessful boxing promoter, finds out that his wife has died and that he will now have full custody of his son, Max.  Charlie and Max do not see eye to eye, because in the past, Charlie had never spent much time with him.  Once they realize that they both share a passion of robot boxing, they begin to form a relationship and learn to care about each other.  When Charlie and Max discover the remains of a robot in a steel factory and piece the robot back together (whom they name Atom), they enter him into the sport of boxing.  After many successes with the robot, they find that they have a chance of winning the robot boxing title. 

“Real Steel” has some good morals about forgiveness and persistence.  The boxing scenes are cool, but the movie does contain some language.  “Real Steel” is a good movie.                                          

                   

Gear up and head to the theater to see this “real” cool movie!

Enjoy the Movie!  Save Some Popcorn For Me!

The Movie Critic, Connor