Billy Elliot

We picked this movie up at the library after hearing Bill Cutrer quote from time to time: "Ballet is for poofs." After watching it, I hate to break it to him, but no where in the movie was that line quoted. The closest I could find was the line shown below.

Anyway, the movie was fairly funny, but was set in a difficult time, which was reflected in Billy's upbringing. His desire to dance was one of the few up-lifting aspects of the movie. The setting is Northern England during the longest miner's strike in British history, due to government involvement and essentially ended mining in England. It also earned it's R-rating with exhaustive use of the F-word. Rumor is that there is a PG-13 version available and would highly recommend that. Overall a good story and makes one want to speak with a British accent.

Movie Details
Actors: Jamie Bell

Release Date: 29 September 2000
Rating: R
Length: 111 minutes
Websites: Official, IMDB

Memorable Quotes:
"Just because I like ballet doesn't mean I'm a poof, you know." --Billy

Seven Pounds

Movie Details
Actors: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson
Release Date: 19 December 2008
Rating: PG-13
Length: 123 minutes
Websites: Official, IMDB, Pluggedin
Memorable Quotes:
"The first time I ever saw a box jellyfish, I was twelve. Our father took us to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I never forgot what he said... That it was the most deadly creature on earth. To me it was just the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen." --Ben Thomas

Inkheart

This was a movie that we have wanted to see ever since we finished listening to the audiobook. The book Inkheart by Cornelia Funke was an enjoyable story (translated from German) and certainly made for some fun listening while we drove. Last Friday, we finally watched Inkheart with Landon & Laura Hatfield. Diana and I both enjoyed the movie and felt like it was fairly true to the book, even though they shortened the overall story, added some special effects and modifyed the ending. Overall, a great story with action, suspense and fun characters.

PS. This was the first movie I saw on Blu-Ray. Very Impressive! I got to get me one of those.

Movie Details
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany
Release Date: 23 January 2009
Rating: PG
Length: 106 minutes
Websites: Official, IMDB, PluggedIn

The First Post

Welcome to the Peterson Movie Blog! I (Steve) thought that it would be fun to have a blog listing the movies that we watch and post a few comments about them. The idea started with using a blog to keep track of books (coming soon!) and expanded to include movies. Enjoy!