Star Trek

I use to make fun of people who liked these kind of movies. They are a little dorky, a little nerdy, and pretty lame. At least, that is what I thought until Lover made me watch Star Trek with him. He got this movie on Blu-Ray for his birthday and wanted to watch it as soon as possible.

I shocked my own taste, when I discovered that I actually LIKED this movie. It's still a little dorky and nerdy, but it is also a little cool. The acting could use some work, the lines were too "planed out." During some conversations it felt as though the actors/actresses were simply reading them and they characters could use more character. I also felt like I was "learning a lesson" the whole time which is lame too. So, because of that this movie lost some points.

BUT...

The plot was cool, the aliens were realistic and not green eyed monsters. Actions don't surprise me, and I like the idea of things happening that are "out of this world." I'm talking about time traveling and the whole idea of black holes.

I hope they improved on their acting skills in the next movies (there are more right?). Plus, Zoe Saldana had to of gained some experience in Avatar. See here and here.

Expert Says: 3.5 Stars, neat movie.

The Other Boleyn Girl

This movie didn't get nearly as much hype as it should have, and was highly under promoted. I hadn't even heard of this movie until I saw it on DVD, but as soon as I pressed play I feel in love.

It is hard to not be captivated by the beauty of Anne (Portman) and Mary (Johansson) Boleyn in this movie. Set in past, and about the creation of Queen Elizabeth, I am sure this movie is not all factual. Even if the movie is only HALF true, it is a great story depicting the lengths a man is willing to go, in order to "bed" a lady.

Typical to families today, this movie depicts one sister who is sweat, kind, and caring; while the other sister is manipulative, callus, and deceiving. From there, you can pretty guess the lengths that are gone to in order to fight for the King.

This movie does a poor job of depicting time. They make it seem like a 3 years journey. When, in reality, this happened over a time of 5-8 years. It's still only a minor detail as this movie was not intended to be a biography or entirely factual.

You will wonder to the end what comes of the sisters and who wins in the end.

Expert Says: 5 Stars, one of my favorites!

The Time Traveler's Wife

Okay, so by request from Twenty-Something The Time Traveler's Wife is my first movie review.

Holy cow, this was a book? I had no clue until the end of the movie, at which point I immediately deemed this a horrible movie, because there is no way it could be better than the book right? Well, maybe not; but having never read the actual book, this was an amazing movie.

Extra props for being a sci-fi movie and my actually liking it because the whole Star Wars thing, ummmm no thanks!

The movie starts off dramatic, it really grabs your attention and reals you in for the entire 107 minutes. Of those 107 minutes the last 30-45 minutes stole tears from my eyes and this time I know it wasn't the PMS because that stage had passed.

The chemistry between Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana is undeniable; if I didn't know better, I would say that there might be a little off set romance going on. Some of the movie is fairly predictable so it looses some points.

Expert Says: 4.5 Stars; go check this one out (take the family); bring tissue; enjoy.


Now, to the good stuff. I am warning you now; MAJOR spoilers lie ahead. If you do not want the ENTIRE movie ruined for you viewing pleasure stop reading now.




NO! Stop! The movie won't be ANY good if you read what's below! Go watch the movie, come back, AND THEN you can read the spoilers and my thoughts on them.



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Okay, so I always hated spoilers, because let's be honest, temptation is too great and no matter what everyone is going to read them; AND I am not going to spoil a movie for you. So..........



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