The Best of Me Review {SPOILERS}

Let me start out by saying that I have committed a major sin by not having read the book before seeing the movie.  I am the type of gal who refused to go see ANY of the Hunger Games movies before I read ALL of the books.  I am the same gal who after seeing 50 Shades in theaters (almost by force) had to read the entire series, including the first book because I am OCD.  Needless to say, I will probably end up with the book on my Kindle before tomorrow is over.  That being said this review is based solely on the movie.

Have any of you ever seen a Nicholas Sparks movie or even read one of his books?  Well then you can be sure that there is going to be love, loss, and many, many tears.   Does he even write anything with a happy ending???  Does the guy ever get the girl???  Does someone not die???

This is your boy meets girl in high school, boy is from a rough family, girl is from a rich, aristocratic family.  Boy and girl fall in love, father disapproves and tries to buy boy out of girls life.  Boy refuses, things seem to be going well and BAM!  Boy ends up going to prison for accidentally shooting his cousin and killing him while trying to intentionally kill his father, who had just beat up pseudo father figure.  Are you guys still with me?

Flash forward twenty-one years and pseudo fathers death brings boy and girl together again.  Girl is in a bad marriage with a teenage son, and yet still finds herself in love with boy.  Girl calls boy to tell him she loves him and then her son gets into a car accident and needs a heart transplant.  Boy gets shot by actual father who was pissed about sending him and the entire family to jail after cutting a deal with the DA.  Boy dies and girls son gets his heart.  End Scene.

Seriously, Nicholas Sparks.  Enough with the dying and the tears.  I cannot continue to read and/or watch movies based on your books.  Too many emotions,

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Review

Being a flight attendant keeps me on the road for at least half of the month.  During the summer months, even more.  I cherish the nights that I get to spend at home with my family and friends.  Tonight was no exception.  I spent most of the day on the couch trying to recover from a migraine.  When my mom got off work I went and picked up hibachi for dinner and Night at the Museum for us to watch.  To say she was excited would be an understatement.  

I have always enjoyed most of Ben Stiller's movies and the Night at the Museum movies are no exception.  I did however find Secret of the Tomb was not as entertaining or as funny as the previous movies.  Do not get me wrong there were plenty of laughable moments and heart wrenching ones to go along with it.  How can you not be heart broken when watching Robin Williams and Mickey Rooney perform in their last cinematic feature?   

The movie centers around the Tablet of Ahkmenrah and its lose of magical powers, which prompts a journey for Lawrence "Larry" Daley (Ben Stiller) to take the tablet and Ahkmenrah to the British museum where Ahkmenrah's parents are on display.  They hope to gain the knowledge of the tablet in order to preserve "life after dark" at the Museum of Natural History in New York.  

Without giving too much information away and spoiling the movie for those of you who have not seen it.  Nick Daley (Larry's son) has grown into a young adult who is about to embark on life after high school.  The movie goes through the struggles of Larry learning to let go because Nick is becoming an adult and reuniting Ahkmenrah with his parents helps to reinforce the Daley's relationship.

Ricky Gervais is funny and endearing.  Rebel Wilson can only be described as the one and only Rebel Wilson and the cameo with Hugh Jackman as King Arthur was a brilliant surprise, especially when he impersonates wolverine.

 

Overall, I would rate Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb a 2 out of 5 stars. 

I will leave you with this line from Robin Williams character Teddy Roosevelt when he is talking to Larry at the end of the movie.  Larry says, "I have no idea what I am going to do tomorrow." Teddy responds, "How exciting!"  Here is to wishing Robin Williams and his family the best because even though Robin has been gone for a time, the family is still left to grieve.  Here is to tomorrow.

Also, I should note that Mickey Rooney's career spanned over nine decades.  Rooney was the victim of elder abuse, which led to medical debts as well as other financial infractions.  CMG represented Mickey in his last years and has set up a way to donate money to help assist with the financial burdens of his estate.  If you feel compelled to help out you can donate at www.mickeyrooney.com.