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Thursday, Apr 10, 2008

Yes I know, it's late, it's very late, but I wanted to wait until a certain choice of mine was out on DVD, and it did come out this week, so now I can finally make my list.

10. Superbad- A great coming of age story, and a great teen comedy. This could probably rank up there with some of my favorite teen comedy's like Revenge of the Nerds and Animal House. Another thing about this movie is that it's pretty realistic, except for the cops, but they're the best part of the movie, so who cares.

9. Zodiac- As soon as I heard the name David Fincher I knew this movie would be good. Great performances from Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhal, and Mark Ruffalo. It's based on a true story, and it features a first, a movie about a serial killer that doesn't focus on the serial killer, and there aren't even that many deaths in it, maybe the people who make Hostel and all those other so called torture porns, should take a lesson from this movie.

8. Hot Fuzz- Another movie where all I had to do was look at the cast and know this movie was good. After doing a parody on zombie movies, they decide to do a parody on action films and British police, and it worked great. It also preformed a miracle, it made one of the worst sequels, Bad Boys II, somewhat enjoyable. I may sound like a broken record, but maybe the people who made Date Movie, Epic Movie, and Meet The Spartans should see these movies, so they know what good parodies are instead of the utter crap they're producing.

7. Grindhouse- I loved almost everything about this movie, in fact it was the most fun I think I've ever had at the movies. These may be two movies, but they are two movies that are meant to be watched back to back, and while I think Planet Terror was a better movie then Death Proof, the best part was easily the fake trailers. If you missed your chance in seeing this in theatres, I pity you, because you missed on of the best movie going experiences ever. I will not buy these two movies sepretly on DVD, the only way I will buy Grindhouse is if, Planet Terror and Death Proof are on the same disc, with fake trailers in between them.

6. Ratatouille- There is no doubt that what ever Pixar makes is true greatness, the same goes for Ratatouille. While it isn't Pixar's best(That would have to go to the Toy Story series, or Monsters Inc), this is still a great film for the entire family to watch. It also had a good message that need to be put in a good movie. Although they put that message in Racing Stripes, but Racing Stripes equals EPIC FAIL

5. Sweeny Todd- One of the best musicals I've ever seen, also one of the bloodiest too. Who ever thought a musical about a barber, slitting people's throats would ever work as a movie, well Tim Burton did, and I'm glad he did. With a great cast giving an equally great performance, there is not much you can't love about this movie. My friend even memorized most of the songs in this movie.

We've reached a point in my list, where you can arrange these next four movies in any order you want, this is just the order I've chosen

4. Knocked Up- With Superbad coming out just two months after this movie, I think a lot of people forgot about this movie, but I didn't. I believe this movie is a lot better then Superbad, and while Superbad had some great performance and a lot of laughs, Knocked Up had better performances, and more laughs. Just like Superbad it was very realistic, and was probably the funniest movie to come out this year.

3. Charlie Wilson's War- Another story based off a true story. It shows how Afghanistan was once are allie and ho we help stopped the Russians from invading there land, it also shows how we start to lose them by the end of the movie. Tom Hanks gave a great performance, but Phillip Seymour Hoffman was easily the star of this movie, he really did get snubbed about the Oscars and should have won best supporting actor. I really liked the quote at the end of this movie by the real Charlie Wilson too.

2. 3:10 To Yuma- Here's another movie that got snubbed at the Oscars. Both Russel Crowe and Christian Bale gave some of there greatest performances in a true western movie. This was a remake too, and I think it's one of the best remakes to come out ever. This movie also deals with something important to me, honor, which I feel is too under appreciated these days.

I actually have two number ones, I had to include this one movie, so I'm just going to label it as 1.5

1.5. The Simpsons Movie- I am very bias with The Simpsons, I love everything about them. I even love the new seasons, even though deep down I know there not that good. However that's not the problem with The Simpsons Movie, all Simpsons fans should love this movie, and was like a throwback to the original seasons. I think people who don't even like the Simpsons will love this movie.

Now on to my real number 1 movie of 2007, and it's a movie you probably never heard of.

1. Ressurecting The Champ- What a great movie! It's about a reporter(Josh Harrnet) who discovers a homeless boxer named Bob Saterfield(Samuel L. Jackson), and he decides to write a article on him, since he was very popular, so now everyone can see what's happened to their favorite champ. Samuel L. Jackson voice may sound funny at first, but you get use to it and his acting surely makes up for it. Also it features something rare a great performance by Josh Harrnet. When this movie debuted in theatres, it finished at number 14 the week it debuted. I really wish more people could have saw this movie, but it was released on DVD this week, so go watch it now. PLEASE though, do you yourself a favor; DO NOT WATCH ANY TRAILERS OR READ ANY REVIEWS OR SYNOPSIS, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE ON THE BACK OF THE DVD COVER. There is a plot twist in the movie that caught me by surprise, and when I went home and watched the trailer for this movie and read the reviews, I saw that nearly everyone gave the twist away, so please do yourself a favor and find out what the twist is by watching this movie, not reading a review.

Monday, Feb 5, 2007

With 2005 and 2006, it's clear to me that movies have gone downhill. Infact it was hard for me to actually come up with this list.

10. Jackass Number 2- This is a very funny movie, stupid, but funny. With all the pranks, and incredibly crazy stunts they do at the movie, it's hard not to laugh. However I'm surprissed that Johnny Knoxville is still doing this crazy $&*% since he's some what of a successful actor, and if he keeps this up he'll be the next Christopher Reed, he even brought his daughter on set a couple of times. This would be higher on my list, but it really doesn't have a plot.

9. Monster House- The animation in this movie was incredible and I hope to see more movies with this kind of animation. Plus you got great voice work by Jason Lee, Jon Herder, and Maggie Gyllenhal. The story was oringinal too (Which is rare for Hollywood, now a days) and the twist at the end is a nice touch which I would have never guessed. Although it's a long shot, I hope this wins best animated feature at the oscars.

8. V For Vendetta- Great action sequneces, great story, great movie. I loved the character of V, he kinda reminded my of a new age Robin Hood, and all the other characters developed splendidly. Some of the visual effects in the movie were amazing, so as much as it's a movie for your brain, it's a movie for your eyes too, a rare combination. This is based of a comic book, not my favorite comic book movie when you have Batman Begins, Superman 2, and Hellboy out there, but it's top knotch.

7. Stranger Then Fiction- Another original story with great acting performace by Will Ferell, Emma Thompshon, Dustin Hoffman, and Maggie Gyllenhal. I don't think a lot of people expected a Will Ferell to be in a movie like this, fore it's a change, but it's a good change, fore he's going down the road of Tom Hanks and Jim Carrey. This also has one of the best final act in a movie of the year where Emma Thompshon must choose between writing one of her best books ever, or humanity

6. Clerks II- This might actually be better then the orginal. I glad Kevin Smith(possibly my favorite director) finally gave us the sequal he promised us for 7 years. I also glad to see nothing has really changed in Randall or Dante and it's good to have them back. Though this has a lot of curde humor, it also has a lot of heart, and it's a shame people will be lead away by all the crude humor to see what this movies really about.

5. Little Miss Sunshine- Here's another movie that has a lot of heart and should be seen by everyone. Know this may seem like RV a first but trust me, this blows RV out of the water(although that's an easy accomplishment). Such great performances by Alan Arkin, who plays the heroin addicated grandfather of the family, and Abagail Breslin, a little girl who wants to be a beauty queen, and is the glue that holds the family together.

4. The Departed- Know here's a movie where your not going to find much heart. This is an intense, on your seat action thriller that's done properly and Scorsese definetly deserves a best director award for this (Which is kinda funny since he lost for movies like Taxi Driver and The Aviator, but he might win for a remake of a Hong Kong film). Great performances by Matt Damon, Leonardo Dicaprio, and Jack Nicholson, that it's a surprise they got left out of the oscar run.

3. Pan's Labyrinth- Although this looks like a fairy tale, and it is, it's also not for kids, or anyone under 14. This is a stunning, beautiful peice of art. Don't be lead away by the fact that it's subtilted, it's magnificant in any language and should not be put aside for that reason. Their are many colorful characters too, like Pan, the faun, and the The Pale Male, a vicious monster who's eyes are located in the palm of his hands. This is on exciting and facinating tale with a true villian, who would twirl his mustache if he had one.

2. Borat- First off this is not a better movie then the most of the movies mentioned above, but none of them are funnier then this one. I just loved every inch of this movie and felt it should have been nominated for more oscars then it did. I think it's funny too how everyone probably believed that Borat was just a reporter for Kashastan making a documentary about America, as he finds the dark side of the human race

1. Rocky Balboa- What and inspirational, and wonderful movie. After 16 years it's good to see Rocky back on the big screen and gives us a fitting conclusion to the Rocky movies(Even though I'm the only person I know who liked Rocky V). Plus they have good emotinonal dramtic scenes and quotable lines. It's not really that much better then Borat, Pan's Labyrinth, or the Departed, but it completted a goal I thought never would happen, It was better then Rocky, and Rocky used to be my favorite movie, but know the title has to go to Rocky Balboa

Honarble Mentions: X-men: The Last Stand, Slither, The Omen, Tailadega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

However I did not see 3 movie I wanted to see that came out in 2006 that I'm sure I would have put on my list: Babel, Children of Men, and The Last King of Scottland.

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Monday, Jan 2, 2006
2005 started out pretty slow for movies, but once the second half started, they were great I have a list of my favorite movies of 2005
10.The Chronicles of Narnia- The Lion The With and The Wardrobe- This is an excellent movie. The four kids give excellent performances and so does Liam Nelson as Aslan, the lion. This is also a movie that a lot Christians would enjoy, mainly because, Aslan will remind you of Jesus. The final battle at the end was better then any Lord of the Rings fight, and that's saying a lot
9.War of the worlds- It had me on the edge of my seat. I was surprized by this movie, it was a lot better then I thought it would be. First of all it's a remake, Second, Tom Cruise is in (although he was very good in Collateral) he actually gave a good preformace in this. The Special effects are wonderful, and the movie is so intense, I'm surprized it wasn't an R
8.Wallace and Gromit- The Curse of The Were Rabbit-There hasn't been many good animation movies latly, Thank god for the British pair of a man and his dog. It delivers big laughs and is very smart and witty. If this dosen't win the oscar for Best Animated Picture, I'm going to scream
7.Sin City- Be warned, this is not for the weak of heart. This is one of the gory and senseless voilents in a movie, I've seen in a long time, that's why I love it. One of the best things about this movie is that it follows 3 different story, and each one's as interesting as the rest. Mickey Rourke gives a fine preformace as a guy he goes though every guy he knows that would know about the guy who killed the girl he loves, and Elijah Wood's preformace, is so creepy, you'd never guess that that was Frodo.
6.The Wedding Crashers- This is one hillarous movie. Vince Vaghun and Owen Willson make the greatest team since Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. There are very few Romantic Comedys that I actually like, but this one tops them all. Christerpher Walken gives a great preformace, and for once he's not a villan.
5. Star Wars, Episode III Revenge of the Sith- Lets face it, Phantom Menace was a dud, Attack of the Clones was alright, but this whalops all of the Star Wars except, The Empire Strikes Back. Every single person gives a great preformace and the special effects were top notch. The fights were some of the best I've ever seen, The best one was the final fight between Anakin and Obi-wan. You may have lost hope that Star Wars, wouldn't get any better after seeing the first two, but watch this, please, and you'll watch the faith come back.
4.King Kong- This is one hell of an extrodany movie. Special effects are amazing, preformances are great, Naomi Watts should even get a nominee for best Actress. Kong is definatly a masterpiece of special effect, the whole practically movie is one big speical effect. In the original version, of King Kong and the 70's remake, I was freaked out by Kong's cursh on Ann, but in this one it's really sweet and she even liked him back. It made me sad when he falls of the Empire State building
3. March of the Penguins- Three words, This Movie's Amazing. It's a simple documentary about the Emperor Penguins mating ritual. It's amazing that the filmakers spend a whole year on Anartica, the coldest place on the earth, and what the penguins go through to bring just one baby into the world
2. The 40 Year Old Virgin- Alright, you don't really expect much from the title, like this. Infact, I only saw this because Steve Carrel is one of the funniest men I know. It was incredably funny and it had me rolling off my chair. All of his friends gave great preformances and so did Steve Carrel. Do yourself a favor see this movie!
1.Batman Begins- This just blew me away. The Special effects are fantastic, and the story is wonderful. The action is really great and you'll enjoy some of the great fight scenes this movie has to offer. This is just as good as the orginal Batman, if not better, and that's one of my all-time favorite movies.
Honorable Mentions
Hitch,Hitchikers Guide to the galaxy, Fever Pitch, Kung Fu Huslte, Sky High, Harry Potter.
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