Netflix DVD – they rated it at an uncharacteristically high 4.6 for me, high for a romantic comedy, a genre I don’t tend to look for. That said, I’ve seen quite a few that I do like. This one I gave 4 stars, it was fun to watch, but certainly not a great movie. The general audience gave it only 3.5 stars, so with a 4.6 prediction for me, I figured it was “my kind of weird”.

I was surprised that Keira Knightley could sing, and she did a great job of acting as well. Mark Ruffalo did a good job, playing an unappealing guy in desperate need of a shave and a shower. I

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Sandra and I actually went to the theater for this one – despite the fact that our two tickets cost as much as a full month of Netflix(!). But, we wanted to go out, and this choice turned out to be a good one. We thought it was great! Benedict Cumberbatch did a fantastic job acting the part of Alan Turing, someone I have certainly heard of, having studied computer science in school. I’m sure the movie dramatized actual events, but they did a great job of it, it was exciting and engaging all the way through. At first I didn’t like that Kiera Knightley was in it, but she did a great job and was believable in her part.

I was trying to think of a non-action movie that has been so engaging, and Sandra suggested “A Beautiful Mind”, and it seems these two movies have a lot in common. I wish they had explained how his machine worked, and I wonder if that’s what the real machine actually looked like. What a great movie this was …

Netflix DVD, they predicted it at 3.9 stars for me, and it has 3.7 stars for the general audience. I’m going to give it 4 stars. Christina wanted me to get this movie, and we watched it with her friend Audrey. They had both read the book, and told me that there are other books in the series. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 63%. I found it to be pretty good, but believe that it would be easy to pick it apart. Better to enjoy it for what it is, instead.

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Netflix dvd – they rated it at 3.8 stars for me, with the general audience giving it 3.5 stars. They are pretty close with their prediction, I’m vacillating back and forth between 3 and 4. I think there was a good movie in there somewhere, but it was too long (2:22) and they should have edited at least a half hour out of it. I liked the main characters, Peter and Gwen, but with the exception of Sally Field as Aunt May, I didn’t like any of the others. Reviews said the movie was “too cartoony”, and I can see their point, particularly with making Jamie Foxx look like an electric eel-like Electro, along with the dim-witted personality. I may end up going down to 3 stars with this one, a rarity for me since I love superhero movies.