Georgia Rule

I had to see this movie because Linds was in it. Oddly enough, her character in the movie is how I actually picture the real Linds, a rebel, a smart ass yet deep down sad, troubled and craving affection.

Jane Fonda is Georgia, Rachel's (Linds) grandmother. Rachel's mother dumps her in Idaho to get some old fashioned mothering and a house full of rules, thus Georgia Rules.

Idaho is boring. Rachel brings her anger and rebiliousness to this small town and shakes it up a bit, including turning on a Mormon love interest. As the movie progresses, you find out the secrets that make Rachel rebelious and her mother drink to cope.

Linds does a convincing job of playing the troubled teen. She looks great and is compelling on screen. The story about the mother hating her mother and in turn perpetuating the same misunderstanding with her daughter makes for a lot more drama than needed. Bascially they learn to understand one another enough to reconcile at some level. Guess mothers and daughters always have that tension. Mothers seem to bring that out in their kids- that over-protective, rule giving, stern parent who shows she cares by instilling rules and being autocratic. And daughters hating it and not knowing how to cope.

This movie may make you cry. It'd probably be a better rental- somewhere in the realm of Terms of Endearment and Steel Magnolias- so get the tissue out and prepare to be tad depressed. Or if you see it at a theatre now, go to Spiderman afterwards for some action.

Worth the money: $$$ 1/2

Spidy

Okay, I had to run out and see this movie on opening weekend. I haven't been able to write about it yet, so thus the late posting. It wasn't the greatest film I've ever seen but there were parts of it that I really liked. And I'm sure, you'll enjoy the little twists as well.

One of the things I liked was Spidy's dark side. No goodie two shoes for Peter Parker. It was fun to see Toby MaGuire strut his stuff and I loved seeing Topher as well as the corporate climber at the Bugle. Kirsten Dunst looks very plain Jane in this film and I'm really bored with her character in general, so I was glad she wasn't in the movie all that much.

It's a long movie, 2 and 1/2 hours and most of the affects are expected. The pearcing sound peaks drove me nuts so bring some ear plugs if you're in a smaller theatre.

I love to see how stories turn out, usually by episode III, they're really boring, except for the Star Wars Trilogy and possibly the Indiana Jones series.

I'd see this film if you're a Spider Man fan, a Toby or Topher fan, or just want some mind-numbing action to watch. In the realm of comic books on the big screen, Spider Man is entertaining and it's still got that little bit of wanting to be a web-slinger action going on.

Worth the money: $$$