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Show New Utah - Thursday, November II, 2(XM - Page 1 1 .CIKS II ll wimrm'mr-mm'm'mm-mmmm i n nil I J n in by : ; BUSS iV.cKUl rar - v a a 6 "mm- mi r lni.nmini if i.uj iium u " mm umr raanW Im.imu iwiff Nuhmiuhibhiiiiii.iF I U,II I. , I'" ..III. Ray ; , ' -'J . Rating: Full Price I was never a Ray Charles fan. I've never really real-ly listened to his music or cared much about his career. But 'after watching this amazing story, about a Black boy raised from literally liter-ally the depth of poverty, who became blind as a child, and rose to music stardom, I was dumbfounded. dumbfound-ed. What an inspiring and incredible story. Ray Charles is a hero who overcame over-came poverty, discrimination discrimina-tion and addiction to become one of America's most beloved musicians; and this movie tells his story with stunning clarity, emotion and sensitivity. The movie's narrative is told in a chronology of music, the songs he loved, lived and wrote, intertwined inter-twined with flashbacks of haunting memories. Each song carries its own story that moves the narrative narra-tive forward, as each flashback flash-back creates a deeper sense of the man, Ray Charles. While I know little about Ray Charles' life, besides what I've seen in the movie, it seems to be an even-handed even-handed look at a man who was a musical and business genius who ' succumbed to the temptations that come with such a lifestyle. Before he died, Charles viewed the movie (with verbal ver-bal descriptions from the director) and he approved of its form and content. The movie is not easy to watch. It is emotionally draining and spiritually fulfilling. ful-filling. It takes the viewer from the giddiest heights of success to the saddest nam mmmnm mmmm A MASTER JEWELER IS ON AS LOW AS.. 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Foxx is destined for great things as he shows his mastery of not only Charles' brilliant music but of character-driven acting as well. The Incredibles Rating: Call in Sick Maybe I'm getting old. Maybe I just see too many movies. Maybe I think too much. Maybe all of the above. But IH tell you, I'm getting tired of Hollywood fare. I want a movie that I can safely take my kids and grandparents to; a movie that's funny for all ages, with humor that's not gross or debasing; a movie that is enjoyable to watch on the surface but still teaches real life lessons down deep. I know: Impossible. But wait, Finding Nemo was such a movie, as was Monsters Inc., Bugs Life and Toy Story. You see DUTY NOW TO SERVE TOU! of Mind Veftw , Off Puhx &S! I MKT? PmnUtm Ssf I"")1)U",,M b.i.ii".j FARM E RS Cardon Insurance American Fork . ; 756-9643 ' ,UI,l. IJ, 1,1. y f where I'm going? Right, Pixar has done it again. The Incredibles is more than incredible, it's perfect. 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I don't care if you're not an animation fan; or if you don't like super-heroes; or if you don't have kids. This movie is for you. It is brilliantly bril-liantly written, drawn, acted (the voice talents are amazing), and formed. It is not only worth your time and money, it's worth losing sleep over; worth losing your job over. Rise up America, Amer-ica, embrace the super hero inside of you, and go see The Incredibles. Shark Tale Rating: Matinee The comparison is impossible impos-sible to escape, so let's get it over with. This is not Finding Find-ing Nemo; in fact it's not even close. The characters in Shark Tale are much more humanized; they live in human-like cities; go to work, want to make it big, drink Coral-Cola and shop at the Gup. 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The two of them try hiding in plain sight as Don Lino fumes over the death of his son and the disappearance of the other. Crazy fish humor ensues. Unfortunately for all animated ani-mated tails out there Finding Nemo raised the bar; cartoons car-toons can be, and should be as good as regular movies. Shark Tale suffers from comparison com-parison not just with the best movie in the past decade, but with a movie that is so close in subject matter that it seems a cheap knockoff. Shark Tale is very amusing, it is drawn with incredible vividness and is gorgeous to watch. The plot is a bit hinky, the dialogue is a bit trite, but in the end the kids and parents par-ents will love watching it. This movie is worth taking the family to at the matinee. 10- M 1 THE BURGER BOY'S 580 E State Rd, American Fork PHONE ORDERS WELCOME 492-1762 Wi 1 Arty- All local produce in season! - Sot. 756-2882 trained, Heating & Air Conditioning - . Larry Cardon Turn to the Experts I |