The Dark Knight

You've seen this movie, right? If you haven’t... I think you're the only one. I'm not sure how to exactly describe what this movie is about, but I will try. Batman (Bale) is faced with the dilemma of giving in to Joker (Ledger) by revealing his identity or letting his city crumble.

Now... Let's move on to what I thought of this movie...

A.MAY.ZING. Amazing. Holy crap!

Heath Ledger by far stole this movie! He did such an awesome drop portraying Joker. SUCH an awesome job, not that I have much to compare it to. But, wow! Is all I have to say about that role. WOW! It's such a shame that he is no longer with us.

Lover and I will always turn the TV to this movie if it is on. We own it in Blu Ray and watch it when we are bored. I don't want to shoot anyone else's acting down because everyone did an amazing job in their roles.

This movie is a classic. It is definitely going to go down with The Wizard of OZ.

Expert Says: 5 Stars, Classic movie, amazing, a definite must see.

8 Mile

A quick summary of the plot. Rabbit (Eminem), a white boy, wants to be a respected rapper, but he can't seem to get any respect from anyone. The truth his, the audience and his opponent can only count on him to choke before he can even spit anything out. Can he over come is cheating girlfriend, his pregnant girlfriend, his alcoholic mom, his new location in 8 mile, and rifts between friends? Watch and find out.

I thought this movie was cool when I first watched it. Then, I watched it again. First, Eminem's acting skills are horrible, which plays a big role in why this movie sucked. Plus, I think he wore out the whole "white rapper" trying to catch a break with his first album.

I like the "battles;" those were cool. Brittany Murphy did a great job in this movie! The last 10-15 mintues are really worth watching, I'm just sure that it is worth having to watch the rest of the movie.

Experts Says: 2.5 stars, mostly bad acting, lame movie, the last battle is good.

The Condemned

I LOVED this movie! The most hardened criminals in the world get the chance at a new life! What a dream. Too bad for the rest of society, but I guess we are assuming that the producer would have let him go in the first place...


So, one you have done it all, what is there left to do? To reinvent yourself obviously. That was exactly what Breckle planned on doing when he purchased 10 convicted killers from around the world and forced them to play his game, while it was broadcast to the entire world via the internet. The game is of course death. Only one convict can "earn" his/her freedom back and that is only done by eliminating the others.

However, one of the condemned, Jack Conrad (Austin), isn't who Breckle thought he was and now with the FBI on his tail he is left with little choice. Can the US save Jack before the teamed up McStarley (Jones) and Saiga (Yamaguchi) kill him? Or will he fight to the death and escape on his own? You have to watch to find out.

This movie doesn't count entirely as prison movie, but they are all prisoners. We have scandal, the good guy, the bad guy, irony, and love in this movie. Some of the graphics are cheesy, but the plot is so amazing you're more caught up in Conrad's survival. This movie looses points because of the sexual bull shit that happens with the women prisoners.

Expert Says: 4 Stars, Nice line, graphics are a little cheesy.

Blindness

There is an epidemic of "white" blindness and it seems everyone is being infected except for one, the Doctor's wife (Moore). All blind persons are thrown into a quarantine building with 3 wards in order to minimize infection. The Doctor (Ruffalo) becomes the spokes person for the ward 1. Ward 3 seeks selfish intentions and takes over the entire facility threatening to not feed the other wards unless they offer something of value or their women.


Moore guides Ward 1 throughout the entire process and helps them cope and deal with their blindness. She tries to keep everything civilized and still maintain her marriage. In the end is their bond strong enough to last? Does the Ward 3 eventually dominate or do they self destruct?

I get that the blindness can wear-off. I am okay excepting that. What pisses me off the most, is that they DO NOT explain HOW they are going blind. In the movie they make it seem like you are infected from someone who is infected. So if the first blind man (Iseya) comes into contact with me, I then become blind along with anyone who has had contact with me, or Iseya. BUT HOW? They could have at least explained HOW Iseya came to be the FIRST blind person. A chemical exposure that is then passed through breath to others? I don't know, but I wish they would have explained it...

Props to the writers. This movie definitely plays off the fears of the World or at least my personal fears. I couldn't imagine loosing my sight. It would be an awful feeling of loneliness. I don't even know how I would begin to handle being surrounded by blind people, no one to help me or guide me. Good acting, I believed they were blind and great job at portraying what is greatly possible of happening. This movie reminds me a TAD bit of quarantine, but 100 times better.

Expert Says: 3 Stars, plays on fear, interesting.

Death Race

It's a prison movie, so you can't really go wrong, but it it's more like Shawshank Redemption meets The Condemned. Prisoners are filmed racing and it is then broadcast to the rest of the world via internet. Except instead of a TV producer behind this stunt, it is the prison's warden. After a prisoners wins 5 races, literally to the death, he is then released.

Frankenstein has one more race left to win before he is a free man. Only Frankenstein dies. Warden Hennessey needs to keep ratings up and Frankenstein does that. So she brings in Jensem Ames to "play" Frank and potentially earn his freedom in the end. Soon, Ames discovers that Hennessey has no intention on setting anyone free. Driven by the life of his daughter, Ames must find a way to out wit Hennessey and free himself before death approaches.

The movie gets cheesy in the special effects and graphics department. I'm referring to some of the stuff the vehicles endure. THOUSANDS of bullets and none of them breach the surface of the vehicle. For the most part.

There is a perfect ending... Well, a perfect ending to me, one that meets MY criteria. I liked the movie and thought it was really enjoyable... It only looses some points on graphic cheesiness!

Expert Says: 4 Stars, cheesy plot, still enjoyable

The Mist

This movie was HORRIBLE! Before watching it I was told to be prepared to be scared! I actually stayed up really late to finish this movie and had to get up really early in the morning to go to work. It was SOOO not worth it.

The only good thing about this movie is that it is pretty fast paced, because I hate movies that start slow. Right away we are dragged (not dragged, but "forced" by the mist) into this scene in a supermarket (which is basically the scene for the entire movie). Many start believe that they are going to die in the supermarket and give up hope, others are so scared they don't want to move. There are a few that stick out in my mind.

There was this one religious bitch that I wanted to punch in the face everyt ime I saw her face or heard her voice. She got on my damned nerves and I could have done without her in the entire film.

You know directors or writers are going for the "cheap" shot when they involve children and violence. Children and violence, they shouldn't go together and they just aren't fair.

In away, I am glad that there are others who believe they can survive! Everyone needs a little hope. But really? Big/mutated insects? That's just dumb!

The end sucks! I don't mean that it is a bad ending, it just sucks for one of the characters. It's horrible and left me thinking, "I sat through the whole movie for this?" LAME!

Expert Says: 1 Star, too lame for words.

Wanted

When I first saw this movie I thought it was pretty cool. Secret agents, spies, curving bullets, magic wax. etc.

Then, I really sat down and thought about the movie and I have to say it wasn't as good as I thought.

First, thinking back the movie reminds me a little bit like a bad modernized Charlie's Angels minus 2 chicks, plus one guy. There is this mystery about who's killed and who lives. Oh and there is this one part where Jolie tries to get all sentimental on us... it doesn't really work, I can't picture her as the "I feel sorry for you" type. She is more of the, you screwed me, so I am going to screw you type.

They really couldn't have picked a better cast for the film. The filming was great and the acting was good. The plot just sucked. Someone brought up a point to me, it's not real, none of it can ever happen and you can't curve a bullet.

I guess that's true, science proves we can't curve a bullet. Has science ruled out witchcraft, fairies, or unicorns yet? Because that would really crash my dreams.

The worst part of the movie that made me say, "WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT?" A Loom? Really? A Loom? Such BULL SHIT!

Expert Says: 3 Stars, the plot was lame after thinking about it, but it was still fun to watch.

Sweet November

This movie is different. For those of you who don't know. We get the illusion that Sara (Theron) takes in one man each month, then after the month ends she kicks them out. Her logic for this is that she wants to help the man grow and gain something he is missing (i.e. confidence) or loose something he doesn't need (i.e. workaholic). So, one man a month is living with her, and she is a sleeping with them. She is a total whore right? Wrong.



As the movie continues on, I started to think that she was BRILLIANT. I mean, how many times do us women get our heart broken or get in too seriously too quickly and everything falls a part? Well, her method avoids all of that. I believe Sara said, in regard to why the man only stays for a month, "because it is long enough to be meaningful but short enough to stay out of trouble." Sara is having these great relationships and then getting our before it gets to serious.


What happens next? Nelson does or should I call him November.


Nelson, a workaholic who just lost his job and his girlfriend found is way to Sara's apartment and became her November. November changed Sara when he found out that he happy-go-lucky attitude was a cover up to something much greater. But, November is in love and nothing is going to stand in the way on Sara.


We WANT Sara to be happy and be with Nelson. Will November be able to crack old habits and force her to settle down with one man? Or will Sara prove to be more stubborn than any of thought and turn down true love?



Experts Says: 4.5 Stars, Cute Love Story.

The Last Legion

I liked this movie. I thought it was pretty cool. I like plots set "in the past." I also find the Roman empire entirely fascinating as well as mythology. There is a little of both in this movie.

It helps that the main person who kicks some ass in this movie is female.

The night a young boy, who happens to be the last blood line to Julius Caesar, becomes emperor his empire falls. The main captain of one of the nine legions vows to protect him to the death. In an attempt to rescue the emperor and find the ninth legion to win back Rome the group of soldiers runs into many problems.

Only in one last battle can they gain back their land and allow Caesar to rule once again.

So, I may not have summed up this movie very well. But, it is kid friendly, interesting, and fun. I may or may not watch it again, but if there was a sequel I would definitely watch it.

Expert Says: 3.5 stars, kid friendly.

Virgin Territory

I should have known this movie was going to be lame. In my own defense, this movie did have Mischa Barton AND Haydon Christensen. I guess it just goes to show you what two day teenage soap stars can actually pull together in a movie.

Technically, I blame the writer for even thinking that a horrific movie like this would sell. It was stupid and awful.

A bunch of "OH! I am such a virgin! Do you believe me? I am a virgin! I am! I am!" What they should be saying is "I'm so f'ing horny and if wasn't for this religion that I was TOLD to believe in then I could be getting laid right now."

So, the movie is about a girl (Mischa) whose father dies from the plague. Now she is desperate to marry the man she was promised to. But, some old guy wants to marry her and tries to trick her. So gross. She escapes that torture, but ends up falling for one of her friends instead. Who is actually in love with some Sister that he kissed while blindfolded. It turns out the old man gets what's coming to him. The man she was promised to fall for someone else along the way, no one is a virgin anymore, and they live happily, orgasm after

Expert Says: 1 Star, lame movie, don't waste your time.

Babylon A.D.

Through out this ENTIRE movie I was thinking, what the hell is with this girl? I caught on pretty early what she was capable of and your brain capacity. However, I wasn't exactly sure HOW or WHY.

Isn't Vin Diesel yummy? He is yummy. I don't think I have ever seen him perform poorly. In a movie silly! Perform poorly in a movie!

So, this movie takes place in the WAY future. Actually, it might have only been about 50 years from now. I can't remember, but there was highly advanced technology. Including passports implanted in one's neck. Apparently... Diesel WANTS to be in the US, but he was banded a long time ago, if he goes back he will be arrested, and it's impossible to fake the passport.

Some terrorist/rich/Russian Mob man comes to Diesel and gives him an offer he can't refuse. Deliver the girl to the US and live like a free man. Unfortunately, he wasn't entirely aware of what he had got himself into. Thierry (the girl) has lived sheltered from the entire world her whole life. BUT she somehow knows A LOT! A LOT of shit. She would be like the ultimate player in any kind of game. She can process information quickly and retain a lot of information, like a computer. Diesel thinks she might be carrying a virus and vows to kill her if she is.

Come to find out, she is harmless.

There are some twists and turns in this movie. It's a little lame, but it gets points for being original. Plus, there is only a semi-happy ending. I do wish it were a full happy ending, but then it wouldn't be what it is.

OH! And this movie looses major points for pulling the whole religious, virgin Mary card. So lame!

Expert Says: 3.5 Stars, Decent movie, check it out for yourself.