Step Brothers

The team that brought talledega nights to the world. This movie was funnier than then talledega nights by far in my opnion. I think its the type of movie where you either love it or hate it. I loved it! Will Ferrell, John C. Rielly and Adam Mckay are comedy power house. The movie is about two 40 your old guys who still live with their parents are forced to share their lives. They hate each other, but soon realize they have more in common than they thought. The plot itself was pretty weak, but overall every skit that they did was just amazingly funny. I gave this 8/10!!

The Dark Knight

WOW, simply wow! Everybody knows the plot to this movie and what its about. The actors in it and everything about it. For that reason i will only that it is by far the best movie of all year, maybe one of the best i've ever seen. Heath Ledger blew his performance of the joker to a whole another dimension. If could rate this over a 10 i would but 10/10! GO SEE IT IF YOU HAVENT DONE SO ALREADY!!

Lost In Translation

First time watching this movie I wasn't exactly impressed, and then it dawned on me. I didn't realize how much of an effect the movie actually had on me. As time progressed I actually kept thinking about the movie, I watched this film maybe 3 weeks ago. I felt that Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray really didn't work well chemically on screen to do this film. Now I can tell you I was completely wrong, it couldn't have been cast any better. The overall plot of the movie is about two people with seemingly different personalities connect in an emotional level that neither could have ever predicted. Bill Murray is an actor who is in Japan to do a photo shoot for a whiskey company. Scarlett Johansson is there with her newly acquired husband who is played by Giovanni Ribisi (You may may remember him from saving private ryan, the medic) who's there to conduct a photo shoot. The two meet while staying in the same hotel, what happens next is full blown romantic relationship between the two. If you decide to watch the movie go in with an open mind. I initially just though it was gross that Scarlett and Bill had the romantic relationship in the film. Maybe it's because I'm secretly jealous of him getting to kiss the most beautiful and talented person on the planet. I gave this a 8/10!





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Wristcutters (A Love Story)

The melancholy in this movie is undeniably beautiful. An artistic creative look at suicide. What better punishment for those who commit the crime against life than sending them to an evening shittier life than the one they had before. Imagine being sent to place where there are no vivid colors and you are physically unable to smile. Torture at its best. I was pretty skeptical on even seeing the movie but i was really bored one day and stumbled on it by accident, im glad i did. I believe its one of those movies that you either love or hate. There's not a lot deep meanings or anything like that. The actors are encouraged to not show depth or emotion which is exactly what the director was to trying to achieve. It work perfectly i must say, beautifully well. The story is about a young guy named Zia(Patrick Fugit) who's devastated by a girlfriend and decides to take his own life. Rather than just dying he is sent to the world I would think nobody would want to live. Put in a mediocre job and rooming with a naggie guy. He meets eugene(Shea Whigham) a failed rockstar who took his own life with a guitar. They head out on roadtrip to find his girlfriend from before he commiteted suicide, who he learns had taken her own life shortly after he did. On the way he inexplicably meets a terribly attractive Mikal(Shannyn Sossamon), she alone is worth watching the movies. What happens next i will not ruin, but encourage you to pick up the dvd! I gave this movie an 8/10!

The Forbidden Kingdom

The long awaited combination of the greatest film martial artist finally comes true in this epic style movie. Jet li and Jackie Chan join forces and even have an amazing fight scene. Which of course ended in a draw. The film is about kung fu crazed misfit american kid who does nothing but live and breathe kung fu films ends up in unexpected adventure. Forced into a crime, he transcends into another world when the perps shoot his friend and nearly kill him. What then comes is what i can only describe as a Chinese chronicles of narnia adventure. I normally hate films that go into a foreign land and everybody there speaks English magically, basically americanized countries. I like when a film authenticates the situation by keeping true to the language, but surprisingly this film was tolerable. It wasn't by no means as bad as pathfinder, that is prime example western film forced into a movie. Overall this film was visually stunning and the fight scenes, although far fetched still worked. The only problem i had with the film was it was a bit corny at times but not overdone. I gave this film an 8/10.

Mar Adentro

Yes another foreign film about a paraplegic, although this one is very different. It takes on the issue euthanasia a very grim and taboo subject. One that many people would rather avoid. This movie features two great actors/actresses Javier Bardem(No Country For Old Men) and Belen Rueda(The Orphange). The plot is about a man (Javier Bardem) who becomes paralyze from the waste down at the tender age of 25, what then follows a 28 year up hill battle against the spanish government and religious figures. He states that he is able to reason and therefore should not be denied the right to end his own life. This a very sad film, but beautifully sad. It is directed extremely well and the actors all do their part in the film with astonoshing results. Overall I'd give this movie a 9/10.





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The Diving Bell and The butterfly(Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)

A French movie, which makes you wonder when Hollywood will get on the ball. When will they learn to produce films which inspire, and motivate as human beings as well as entertain us. I will admit that maybe 1/100 movies are done really well, but its a rarity. This movie is shot from first person perspective, and also a third person. It works marvelously i must say. The underlying plot is about a man who suffers a stroke, and wakes from a three week coma to find that he has lost everything in his human capabilities other than his reasoning, and the use of one eye and eyelid. He has to learn how to communicate using only one eyelid. I was deeply moved by his intricate use of words, the melancholy of his situation saddens you at times, but when he puts his grieve behind he makes you wonder how you yourself would survive if put into that situation. This is based on true story, and its indeed remarkable. I gave this movie 10/10. A well worth rating.





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