Secret LIfe of Pets

On Tuesday, July 19, 2016, I went to see the movie Secret Life of Pets.  This movie is about Max, a terrier who gets lost one day, after his owner comes home with another pet, a large brown dog named Duke.

Max has always been Katie (his owner's) one dog.  One night, Katie comes home with Duke and they don't really hit it off...  Then, as they get walked by a dog walker, Duke and Max get caught in a scuffle at the dog park and end up getting lost (and also going onto quite an adventure).

The most funny part about this movie is that the animals take on rather human qualities and act completely differently once their owners leave for the day.

This movie was cute and it had some laughs.  This is a general feel good movie.  But it probably won't win any awards or Oscars.

Finding Dory (3D)

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, I went to see the movie Finding Dory in 3D.  The movie is a sequel of Finding Nemo.  In this movie, Dory is living her life with Marlin and Nemo.  This is after the first adventure, where she and Marlin swim across the ocean to Australia to find Nemo.  Now, Dory is remembering bits and pieces of her former life and she remembers that she has a family.  So, with the help of some old friends from the first movie and some new friends in this one, she goes on and finds out that she used to be part of Marine Life Institute.  She has to figure out her way to there and then figure out where her parents might have gone...

How does the story end?  You'll have to watch it to find out.  I enjoyed it and the characters are very lovable.  But I didn't feel it was as good as the first one.

Trois Petits Cochons 2

On Saturday, July 9, 2016, I went to see the movie Trois P'tits Cochons 2 (Three Little Pigs 2), featuring Paul Doucet, Patrice Robitaille and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge.

This is the follow-up story to the movie in 2007 featuring the same brothers (Rémy, Christian and Matthieu) who like to stroke each other's egos about their sexual conquests...  The big difference in this movie is that the middle brother, Christian, is played by Patrice Robitaille this time around whereas he was played by Claude Legualt in the first one.

The story occurs a couple of years after the first movie where the big project is that the eldest brother is putting together a party/memorial for the passing of their mother, whom they love and miss dearly.  Matthieu, the youngest brother, "talks" to and still "talks" to their mother.  Rémy is the big brother, and a big shot investment banker whereas Christian has a job, but his wife's career is taking off so she's raking in the big bucks.

So, even though the story is centred around the memorial, the brothers, as they haven't really changed from their first movie, are pretty much still "pigs" and are up to no good and shenanigans.

What follows is a hilarious movie with one-liners and laugh-out-loud funny scenes, as well as a discussion (or a more serious make you think through laughter approach) on sexuality.  I don't want to give too much away.

A really worthwhile movie to watch.  If your French is not strong, I suggest seeing it with subtitles.  They were very well done.

Love and Friendship

On Tuesday, July 5, 2016, I went to see the movie Love and Friendship, featuring Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Stephen Fry, Xavier Samuel and Emma Greenwell.

This movie is based on the Jane Austen novella, Lady Susan.  Beckinsale plays Lady Susan Vernon, a widower who is trying to secure her future and her daughter's future because back in those days, women had to marry into money (or men had to marry into money).  Since Lady Susan was a widow, she is looking for a husband for herself, as well as a well-off husband for her daughter, Frederica.  Of course, lady Susan is a highly manipulative, flirtatious woman who knows her way around men and how they work.  Her best friend, and her confidante, is Alicia Johnson, played by Chloe Sevigny.

The vocabulary in this movie is very rich and practically every line is delivered with a double entendre or a hidden meaning.  A highly entertaining movie that I think did not get as much credit as it deserved.  And Kate Beckinsale played a really convincing Lady Susan Vernon.

A fun movie, delightful and rich, and a movie filled with eye candy as well.