Details: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Elle Fanning and other stars. Based on a true story, based on the Dartmoor Zoological Park in Sparkwell Devon. After a tragic death of the wife and mother to the Mee family, Benjamin hopes to start a new life, a new way of living and goes for a large risk, in buying a zoo where his children will live and grow up. But things don't go as planned. Life isn't as easy and happy as he had hoped. But with help and encouragement from the Zoo help, things can turn around.
My Review: I wasn't really interested in watching this movie, but once I found out that it was based off a true story I was very enthralled. I love true story movies. My husband loved this movie more than me. He was sucked into everything: the subtle humor, and business logic, and the parenting guidelines hidden within the plot.
Watching this movie, reminded me of some of the neat Zoos that I've been to during my childhood. There is a drive through Zoo in Texas, where you drive around a path to see the Zebras, Rinos, Ostriches, etc. After we drove through the Zoo, we went to the Gift shop and got to pet a baby Tiger, Hedgehogs, and different small pets and insects. Petting the baby tiger was so cool and very different. Its amazing to see the behind the scenes to what it takes to care for wild animals. And this movie gave us part of that great connection. This is a keeper in my book.
Pros: great acting, wonderful story, that's both touching and true, without too much drama and emotion.
Are you geeking out as much as we are that Avengers the Movie was totally awesome?!!! "Avengers assemble, always we will fight as one til the battle's won...assembled we are strong." Did you hear the music in your mind and sing along with that?!!! OMG!! Totally need to own this movie. My husband and I went to see this in the theater first, then because we loved it that much, we did something we never ever EVER do. We went back with our kids while it was still in theaters. Granted, we went to the $2 showing, but it was so worth it! Our kids were so enthralled, their action figures, their toys were alive and on the big screen. See as a family we loved watching all the animated Avenger themed shows on Netflix, so this was huge. Favorite Super Hero... 2012's big movie of the year starring: Robert Downy Jr., Chris Evens, Christ Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, and more major actors and actresses. Based off the Marvel Cartoon The Avengers. Available to be seen in 3D and regular when it came to the theater. A large group of super natural creatures, super humans, some even resurrected from death, scientists and a God come together to try and save the world from destruction. Lies, and betrayals, lost love, and pride are on the bad guys side against the super heroes. Freaks of nature, science experiments gone wrong, wielders of lightning, electricity, and the biggest serving of courage give the Avengers something special. Okay, so if you have followed any of the other Marvel movies: Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Thor you know these faces, you've come to love those handsome actors, those sexy actresses, and hate their sworn enemies as much as they do. Now with their combined powers they must save the world, the world of New York, because let's be honest, there are only a handful of cities movie makers enjoy trashing. I love seeing Ironman strut his fancy tech and smart brains, with his clever banter with Bruce Banner aboard the Helicarrier. Thor's love-hate relationship with Loki is especially funny. But let's be honest the coolest scenes always involved the Hulk! Except the first scene, which still scares my youngest, so we have to cover his eyes and ears.
Best movie of the Year... in my opinion! We've been waiting for this movie to come out since the beginning of the Introductory movies: Iron Man 1 and 2, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America. Our boys were just as excited as my husband and myself. On Netflix you can find a cartoon series of the Avengers, and many other individual full length movies about Thor as a child, Iron man series (adult, teenager, avenger), Hulk, The Ultimate Avengers, etc. So after months of watching these Netflix movies with our boys they were VERY ready to go to the big movie theater to watch the REAL AVENGERS!!! We saw it in 3D, which was only good because we had a digital screen, and dolby surround system in the specific room. Surprisingly, none of us go sick, which is one reason we don't watch in 3D, but again, totally worth it in my opinion. Amazing acting, great plot, well known cool actors and actresses, sweet special effects and fight scenes. This is on our to buy list. Some things we found that we didn't like in the movie come from our avid prep. In the cartoon series by Stan Lee, they have more Avenger characters than what was in this movie. So when 2 characters where introduced in a way, I was very disappointed. Scarlett and Jeremy are amazing characters in the movie, but no one really knew who they were in the movie. There should have been a separate movie with Jeremy Renner and Scarlett Johansson displaying their characters, skills, and why they work for SHIELD. I hope to see more individual character movies coming out, because it helps us as normal people live in that fantasy world that much more. Bring on Ant Man and Wasp, Black Panther etc!
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