Hail! Caeser, The Choice, and Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies!

Friend of the Rocker Morning Show, man-about town, movie critic, and raconteur, Ryan Jay stopped by The Rocker Morning Show to talk movies opening this weekend.

• Hail! Caesar
  • Movie is a beautifully decorated cake, but it’s a mess.
  • Supposed to be a comedy – no one laughed once.
  • The trailer made it look amazing and it’s not.
  • It means nothing. It’s boring.
  • Skip it!

• The Choice
  • Just looking at the poster and the name Nicholas Sparks was enough to lower my expectations for this movie. But I’m surprised and happy to say this is the best N Sparks film since The Notebook!
  • The chemistry between Ben Walker and Teresa Palmer is phenomenal.
  • The soundtrack, on the other hand, is horrendous! Every time a song came on, with lyrics, I cringed. It was, like, super low budge sounding and took the whole production value down a notch.
  • But this movie is great!
  • See it!

• Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies
  • This is a cool, fun movie. It’s truly a juxtaposition of the classic Jane Austen tale and zombies.
  • It truly is but it’s the first time I’ve jumped out of my seat in a period romantic drama, so I loved that
  • …you can never tire of seeing a dainty, classic beauty in proper dress and hair, pull out a knife or sword and go to town on the undead. It was, like, eye-popping to watch.
  • And it’s so not a chick flick! It’s the perfect date movie because it has something for everyone – it’s romantic, action-y, funny, dramatic, cool, different. All good.
  • See it!