Most nights we are right here at home eating a home-cooked meal and doing chores, like laundry and picking up toys off the floor. We often rent movies from Red Box, or Netflix, but don't go out to movies very often.
The kids got movie tickets and a book of coupons for MacDonald's for Christmas from my aunt Bennie. They were pretty excited about it. So I suggested we take them out for dinner and a movie one night last week. It's always a challenge to get the kids to agree on a movie, so Chuck and I kind of chose it for them without asking.
I looked online to see what was playing and the only one that looked like a good family movie was "We Bought a Zoo." Animals are always fun.
When we got to the theater there was quite a crowd. Lucky for us it was not sold out, but we forgot that our theater is a Galaxy theater and the tickets they had were Regal. Oh well. Chuck and I had a free pass for two, so we just paid for the kids to get in. Our Galaxy theater is great. It's fairly new, and I love the comfortable seats, the drink holders and the way the seats are positioned.
The movie was based on a true story, and for me the plot was not predictable. (Something I can't stand these days.) There was real emotion in the story, and I liked the fact that though the main character (Matt Damon) was surrounded by women who wanted to "help" him get through his grief of the loss of his wife, he didn't take them up on the offer. I aslo loved how the movie showed him grieving, and how his children were grieving. But it really isn't a sad movie, it's a fun movie about hope and change and how to persevere when you have a dream.
I'm not sure where he got his money. He was a reporter. I didn't really like the ending, but over all I thought it was a good movie.
Here's a review of the movie.
Here's one opinion of the 10 best movies of 2011
Do you have a favorite 2011 movie?
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