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How I spent my Summer
22. Despicable Me - Think of the Incredible meets Dr. Evil, meets Annie- This is my top animated movies this year! Funny,with lots of humor for the adults, and not to scary for the kids. Steve Carells voice is hilarious too! Best of all it was a free screening and it was in 3D. The kids were amazed!! 11 out of 11 spies!!21. Slumdog Millionaire- This is one great movie!! I love that it puts an exclamation mark on the saying "You are the sum of your experiences" Danny Boyle rocks!! The way he tells a story is art! Cant wait for "Solomon Grundy" Freida Pinto, has to be one of the most beautiful women in the world. Just an amazing story from start to finish! I give it 20,000,000 rupees out of 20,000,00000 rupees!!
20. Time Crimes- A recommendation from Tweedy Paul. He was dead on with this pic. I wont give anything away, because it has more twists then my spine. But the box says it all " A naked girl, a murder in bandages and a man who accidentally travels back in time." AWESOME you had me at... well every part really!!This is a Spanish film, so you can get it subbed or dubbed. This is a GREAT movie!! 4 out of 4 time machines (for people who have seen it already I give it 4 out of 4 Hectors)
19. The Last One/ The Underground Homeless of New York City- The first is about a guy who makes moonshine in a home made still, not that interesting. The second was about how in the 90's over3,000 people were living in the old subway tunnels. After 9/11 they kicked most of the people out. They live in these weird shelters and some dont come above ground for days. I counted them as one because they were not that great. Maybe 2 out of 6 yawns
18. Layer Cake - A poor mans, Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, with James Bond in it. I'm not saying it wasnt good, it was. It did have some rough spots, but worth the hour and a half.I am surprised someone ripped off Guy Richie like that. Daniel Craig is good and Sienna Miller must have been left on the cutting room floor. I give it 5 out of 8 Kilos
17. High Score- A doc about a guy trying to get the high score or world record on Missile Command. Apparently the CPU's cant handle the use and restart.The last 1 minute he dances on roller skates, which is one of the funniest things I have ever scene. Well it was kinda funny. Oooops I just told you the best part! I give it 4,000,000 out of 80,000,000 points!
16. Role Models - Surprisingly not that bad. Paul Rudd I am not a fan of, but the kids are great especially Mclovin, that guy rocks!! The sword fighting joke went Waaaaay to long but there was a line about a whispering eye, that made Kel and I laugh so hard we cried. Believe it or not I give it 3 out of 4 whispering eyes.
15. Alice in Wonderland- I loved this movie, it was very dark, like how the Mad Hatter went mad. It also had a great message, especially for girls. The red queen was great, white queen a bit freaky. While it was dark at times and the kids pushed their fears the payoff for them was the Fudderwupping dance by Johnny. Fletcher has been doing it ever since as a sign of victory. I give it 9 out of 11 hats!! More if there were great songs like the TV mini series
14.Hannah Montana- Macy loves this movie- I was surprised to find out that Hannah and Miley were the same person. I quickly called Clark Kent to do the story and had Peter Parker take pictures, and asked Diana Prince to give some advice on what a good secret identity should look like. "You dont need a wig, just put your hair up in a bun and wear glasses, Clark doesnt even use a wig, just parts it to the side" Well hey enough about that movie. 1 out of 20 wigs
13. G-force - All the action of Bruckheimer and the fun of fury little creatures. It was ok- Not very note worthy- 2 out of 4 food pellets.
12. Precious -This too is a movie I didnt really want to see, I dont want to see a movie thats depressing, I can find that in real life. I figured since I had just seen Blind Side and Notorious I had a theme with BIG actors going, so now was the time. They really were amazing performances by Gabouray and Mo'nique. I was pretty shocked that Mo took such a risk, looking BAD and behaving worse. Probably one of the top ten villains in a movie ever. My real question was, why did Oprah or Tyler Perry need the other one to get this movie done, I cant believe for a minute it needed the two. I give it 8 out of 9 frying pans--- Side note: When Macy saw Gabouray at the Oscars she said" WOW!!! Why that girl have so big these things!!! (pointing at her boobs)
11. Blind Side- Well I resisted this movie for a long time because, I already know how it ends and was pretty sure I knew the begging and the end. Turns out I was right, but there is a reason people always pay to see the inspiration story of the year, there pretty darn good. I think the part that was more interesting is that they say 90% of it was true, not the usual 10%. Plus I found myself thinking, for the first time,the girl from the bus who was also in the net, was pretty darn cute!! I give it 7 out of 9 footballs.
10. Cleaner- Sam Jackson is always good, and even though this felt like something I may have seen before, Think "sunshine cleaners" vs every film nior. Either way it was really interestingly shop. I loved the cinematography so much I looked up the director on IMBD thinking I NEED to see more of this guys movies. The Director was Renny Harlin.ooops you know "Driven,long kiss goodnight ( ice skating chase scene), Cutthroat island,Cliffhanger,Adventu
9. Notorious- This was a pretty good movie. I found myself twice saying "oh that song from girl talk is Biggie, I always wondered!" I thought that Biggie was well played, so was little "hottie" kim" WOW maybe on my top ten list. The Tupac and Puffy I couldnt stand, which may mean they were played exactly, dont know. Right after words I had to put in "Biggie and Tupac" Doc, I just knew the truth was not in Puffy's version of what happened. 7 caps in your a$$ out of 10
8. Couples Retreat- Every now an then a movie comes out that is so amazing that it changes they way you see things. Before I saw this movie I thought Vince,Jon,and Jason were great comedians- and Kristen Davis was not even in my top 200. After words I realized the sun has set on Vince and Jon, Jason gets a pass, and Kristen is a hottie! Don’t tell me your movie is a comedy if it's not funny, this was just brutal to watch... (Thank goodness I am a time traveler and can go back in time and not watch this movie) I cant believe it didn’t win a razzy. I don’t want to give it anymore time, because it wasn’t worth the virtual ink. 1 out of 102 stars.
7. Clash Of the Titans- Release the "CRAPen" I LOVED the original, watched it a million times when HBO ruled the EARTH in the 80's. I knew that movie, I was friends with that movie,... this sir, is not that movie. Even Sam "I am the new Cristian Bale" Worthington wasn’t good. This was the problem- The whole story made no sense, Argos declares war on the gods, as a result they destroy Zues's statue, and bystanders are killed, Persues's family. He wants revenge, somehow he ends up on a journey to save 1 princess, who must be sacrificed to appease Zeus. Why doesn’t he say , I need to kill Zeus or Hades, who killed his family, or they say, that seems fair, we will give one life of an aristocrat, who waged war on the gods, to save the entire population of their people.- I don’t even get why I am cheering for him, and his quest. 2-The second problem is why is it called "Clash of the Titans?!?! According to mythology the Titans were killed by the Olympians, so how is it the titans are clashing???!?!? I give this movie 10 out of 27 gods
6. The Wrestler- WOW!!! I was blown away!! This was a great movie! This is THE role for Mickey he is that guy to me. And Marissa, I can’t believe her career has come to her doing doing nude scenes! She was perfect to, I kept thinking what did happen to her, she was everywhere, then no where. This is a top 10 for the year! Of course, I heard the JOURNEY , “Don’t Stop Believing” ,Sopranos ending coming. 9 out of 10 rings
5. The Princess and the Frog - This is a good movie!! I was not excited about it, however, Macy really wanted to check it out, and behold I liked it! The songs are great, no Elton john, Randy Newman or Phil Collins. 4 out of 6 flies
4. Avatar- Sure i already saw this in the theater in 3D, but I thought lets see if it is still good at home. - Eeeeeh, it was ok, but not near as spectacular. The story really was such a retread it was a bit boring the second time. It is a bit weird being so attracted to a 10ft tall, blue alien, kinda feel like Captain Kirk. 16 out of 23 stars
3. RIP - A remix manifesto- Amazing movie!! Featuring Girl Talk, and all about how the copy right laws have changed over time and 6 companies control all media. This is a must see, and it can be seen for free, and remixed on an open source website. http://www.opensourcecinema.org/project/rip2.0. 6 out of 7 downloads
2. Sherlock Holmes - Robert D, and Guy are the man, they made Sherlock less stuffy and more cool.I like the sl ow mo , Lock stock and two smoking special effects. It had action, humor and was smart. I loved it!! Based on the ending, I assume we will be seeing part 2 in a year and a half or so. 4 out of 5 clues
1. Meet the Robinsons- I actually love this movie, I do love my time travel stories. Bowler hat guy is a bit creepy, but this is a good Disney movie! 3 out of 4 time machines- Should I be counting kids movies in my 40??
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