I can’t believe it took me this long to see this movie, especially since I like Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Cooper. Cooper is a miner in a mining town in West Virginia and Gyllenhaal, who plays his son doesn’t want to go into the family business. He wants to be a rocket scientist. It’s based on a true story. It’s no academy award winning movie, but it’s very charming and so is Jake Gyllinhall. He’s very young in it. The acting by everyone in it is adequate. Everything about it technically is adequate. There’s a fun little montage of them shooting, or trying to shoot of their rockets and failing over and over. The sound track was all 60’s music which was enjoyable. Although a little predictable and a little derivative it was still pretty entertaining and enjoyable. Maybe because it’s just so disgustingly feel good. I cried despite myself at the end. It’s also just one of the most family oriented movies ever. If you have the whole family over and don’t want to offend anyone, this is the perfect movie for that occasion. There’s footage of the real people at the end of the movie. It’s pretty fascinating.
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 06:56:13 +0000
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