I was not alone in the theater moaning every time we had to watch the same sequence of events over and over again, the only difference was that we were watching it from a different point of view. For example one point of view was that of the secret service and another was of the president, another was of the bad guys, and on and on. Each time the clock would go back you could hear other members in the theater getting annoyed. No real story line or plot, which was the most irritating for me. Now, on a positive note, it was different. I had never seen a movie made quite like this before and it was interesting and entertaining. I left the theater not knowing if I really liked the movie or not--I felt confused. Interesting side note. When I stopped in the restroom on my way out of the theater I over heard a woman expressing the same unsureness. When asked if she liked the movie she hesitated and the said yeah but.....
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
(2008)
Loved it
9 March 2008
I truly wasn't expecting much from this movie goon in but it was the only family movie available to watch with my 5 and 3 year old. I figured that because it wasn't a cartoon I'd have to deal with squirming bottoms and talking. But to my amazement the movie was not only entertaining to both of my boys (NO SQUIRMING!!!) both my husband and I loved it. My husband wouldn't even get a refill on the popcorn----and believe me that doesn't happen often!!!! I have nothing negative to say about the film. Some might think it's a little too scarry for younger kids but neither one of mine were scarred. A couple of times I had to explain some things to my 5 year old. The head goblin is kind of scarry looking; but not too bad.
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