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Avatar (2009)
Don't disrespect nature
Avatar is a movie I would like to watch over and over again. It is an action-packed movie with breathtaking graphics and computer technology. I like the way it makes you feel like you're there, the setting looks realistic.
Avatar is a movie about a planet discovered by NASA called Pandora, and a base is made where military troops are to be sent out on the planet to wipe out danger to get a very valuable ore. One certain man meets and avatar and make a very special connection, which causes him to become part of the tribe.
There was one particular man that became an avatar with others had no legs for life. It felt so good to him when he had legs in his avatar body. His name was Jake Sully (Worthington), and had an unusual personality, and went on his own into the woods. He found an avatar named Neytiri (Saldana), and got accepted into the tribe. Later on Dr. Grace (Weaver) was accepted because they were trusted. The colonel of the troops, Miles (Lang) didn't care about the avatar tribe, he just wanted the ore under their home tree. Jake Sully tries to help both sides, trying to help the humans get the ore but keeping the tribe from being hurt physically or emotionally.
When Colonel Miles makes the signal to attack, Jake tries to convince the tribe to move for a little bit, but is captured for hostage and finally gets them to understand that he wants to help them. Colonel Miles starts the attack and war goes on. Miles shuts down Jake and Grace's avatars and somehow gets back in his avatar body and fights Miles. He kills him and the avatars take over the base.
This movie is trying to teach people to respect all types of life and not to hurt them for economic reasons. I liked this movie because it had a lot of action and used some realistic references, but fantasized it to make it exciting. I will definitely watch it again sometime, and recommend you to watch it if you like action.
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Blackhawk down
Black hawk down in a war like movie this movie is very violent it is about a sustain operation that U.S. marines took part of the eastern war and everything goes wrong when a black hawk helicopter goes down.
This movie is about a convoy of Maries goes into the hot zone to capture Iraning scientist they got the scientists out. A squad of marines to make more space and when there transport helicopter a.k.a black hawk was shot down they had to secure the perimeter of the crash site and that leads to a second black hawk down there are two helicopters down and the U.S. military is stretching it's limits to get every one out.
There are many good guys in this film there is not a main character there are many characters that the movie focuses on. One of them in Josh Horntt witch plays as Eversmann he is a marine. Another out is Tom Sizennore and goes my McNight in the movie. McNightis the convoy leader and his first job is to get some Iranian scientist out of Bagdad. His second objective is to get some marines that are pinned down by Iranian militia.
Treva Etienne and goes by fierier in the movie. He is the leader of a terr-est group and gives resistance for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. marines. He leads the group to counter attack the marines and leads to the downing of one of the helicopters. He does not care who lives or who dies. He just wants the Americans to get out of his land. He will do any thing to make that a reality.
The Lion King (1994)
This movie is a one of a kind Disney classic.
"Lion King" is a pretty good movie. It is filled with action and hilarious scenes. The characters will keep you guessing throughout the whole movie. Also it is very original. It is the type of movie where one guy is jealous of what the other gut has, and will do anything to get what he has.
"The Lion King" is a movie were the characters are animals. They all live in this small kingdom inside of Africa. The leader of this kingdom is a king who brother is very jealous that he is the king. So the brother of a the king plots to kill the king. After he kills the king, the son of the king, who is the next ruler in line, feels that his father's death is his fault so he runs away.
The main character, the protagonist, is the son of the king, Simba. The antagonist of the movie is the brother of the king who wants to take over the kingdom. Then there is Tumion and Pumba. One is a meerkat and the other is a warthog. These guys take in Simba when he runs from his troubles.
The over view of the story is that it is a very funny/action filled story. The son of the king who has a really jealous uncle who wants to kill his brother for the leadership of the kingdom. This is a wonderful movie with a fantastic story! Cordarius D. Campbell
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Summary
The movie Talladega nights the if Ricky bobby us about a comedy, tragedy and drama with a little bit of suspense all in one movie. Well all in all this is a typical Will Farel comedy. With more action and comedy in ever scene that makes you want to burst out laughing out for more every time you see it. Even though you thing this movie is about racing or action it brings out comedy within each scene that keeps you begging for more.
Rick bobby is a Nascar driver for wonder bread company whit bobby competes in races for his family. His friend is fat and while they are racing with each other they do a thing that is called shake and bake and Cal rockets Ricky Bobby up into first place. But a dire accident happens and Ricky Bobby has fears of driving his race car and Ricky Bobby haves to build up his confidence and sooner or later and haves to build his way back up to number one.
Ricky Bobby is the protagonist in this movie. Ricky is considering the good guy winning a lot oh his races and he has to stop Pierre from becoming in first place. Pierre is the gay character in the story. Also known as the protagonist. He is the French guy who ruins Ricky Bobby's chances of still being number one in the NASCAR federation. Cal is his racer buddy who always lets Ricky win his races. Ricky is married and has to kid. Both are funny and rude at the same time.
So all in all this movie is very hilarious and it will keep you begging for more after you see it. My rating – A- J.B
The Blind Side (2009)
two views of blind side
I like this movie because it was about a football player, Big Mike, who was really good. I used to play football, and I like how realistic the football scenes where depicted. The movie is about a young kid who lived in a bad neighborhood where gangs were. There were also a lot of people selling drugs. The neighborhood influenced Big Mike by teaching him the bad way to live. He really didn't have a family and a woman saw him walking down the street so she wanted to help him by taking Big Mike into their family. She taught him the right way to live and got him interested in football. Big Mike started a new life and became a professional football player. The best thing about this movie I liked was how good the acting was. The characters were really believable and the plot was really well crafted.
Robert Dickson
The movie "Blind Side" is a sad story with a happy ending, a life- changing and inspiring movie. This movie can make you laugh and cry at the same time. This is also a movie that you'll watch more than once.
Micheal is a homeless boy with no family to support him, maybe only one outfit and never has had any education. Micheal sleeps on the couch of a friend's when he gets the chance to. Micheal's friend who lets him sleep on the couch takes him to a Christian college to enroll Micheal. The guy also mentions that Micheal is very good at sports, so that's another reason to enroll him. Micheal gets accepted in the school and meets a little boy that he becomes friends with. Micheal struggles with the school work the teachers give him. The little boy's mother gave Micheal a home and adopted him.
In the movie the antagonist would be the people and family around Micheal's old neighbor hood where he was raised. These people tried to get him in the drug business and to drink beer. Micheal did the right thing in the end though.
The protagonist in the movie is Micheal because after he gets helped he really try's hard and keeps it up. Micheal never does anything bad or anything to hurt anyone. He also watches out for his new family and takes care of them, like they take care of him.
This movie is very heart-warming and would inspire you every time you watched it. Watch the movie the blind side and you'll love it.
Amber Adair
The Karate Kid (2010)
Great movie!
The movie, The Karate Kid is about an African-American mother, Sherry Parker came from America moved to Beijing, China with her son, Dre Parker (Jaden Smith). When they moved to China, her son had made a new friend, the Chinese girl, Meiying, who plays violin. They met at the park. While they are talking at the park, Dre lets her listen to American music on CD. Another guy saw him, Cheng, who also feels love for Meiying. Cheng fights with Dre. And Dre doesn't know any Kung Fu. He gets jealous and because of racism the relationship is different.
Then Dre meets an old man, Mr. Han (Jacky Chan) who is secretly a master of Kung Fu. Mr. Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life. After he had learned this lesson from Mr. Han, he went to have a competition with Cheng. And win the contest for not letting Cheng bully him again. At the beginning of the story, Cheng used to bully him and Dre feels like he dislikes being in China. At the same time, he falls in love with the girl.
Dre wins the contest by telling himself that he won't give up. He has to stand up for himself and be proud to be in China.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
o brother where art thou
O Brother Where Art Thou is a great movie that is based off of the Odyssey. It is about three guys in a chain gang who escape from a prison work force to look for a treasure. They meet a blind prophet, a man who sold his soul to the devil to play the guitar, and a one-eyed bible salesman. This movie is full of humor and adventure. If you know the Odyssey, the movie gets better. The movie is a bit of a musical, but they don't just randomly burst into music. When they sing anything it is always live. Like "Man of Constant Sorrows" where it tells a bit about the characters and is a piece of the Odyssey and they are just singing to get money. So this creates a lot of concerts and singing congregations. Overall it is a very unique movie.
Anger Management (2003)
Anger management
The movie I chose to write about is Anger Management. The reason I picked this movie was because it is a laugh out loud movie full of comedy and romance. It's super funny. It will make you laugh and cry. It's heart warming. I loved this entire movie. You will walk away knowing the last two hours where spent on some thing you will remember. It a straight up laugh out loud comedy and it has a little romance.
This movie has Adam Sandler & Jack Nicholson. Those guys work together like no two men should A.K.A the spooning seen in Adam Sandler. It was the one seen that just make you laugh you butt off. This is a great movie for teen and young adults. It's not so much a children's movie but young kid may watch it and still get a good laugh.
This movie was good the whole way though. I have nothing bad to say about it but after this movie you may need some more Anger Management! This movie in my books gets a ten out of ten. It's a five star movie. I LOVED IT!!
Seven Pounds (2008)
This is an all round great movie.
The movie I chose to write about is "7 pounds". This movies is very inspiring to me. When you watch the movie, especially the first time, it makes you think about what you've done and what you can do to change.
This movie is about Ben Thomas (will Smith) had everything going for him, beautiful wife, good paying job, he got that job for going to MIT. Then it all ended when he got in a mass car wreck that was his fault and killed 7 people including his wife. So he dedicates his body parts, stuff it contains, and soon his life to 7 other people who without his help could've died.
The 2 peoples life he saves at the end of the movie causes him to do what he does in the end of the movie. One of the parts of his body he donates to someone were his eyes that went to Ezra Turner who was a blind man, and he donates his Heart to Emily Posa.
What he does to give those people these things is let the box jellyfish sting him, which will kill you. Before he does that he falls in love with Emily Posa who he was planning on donating his Heart to, The night they start talking about a family he goes to the hotel where he had been staying he let the box jellyfish sting and kill him. He makes sure that the people he lets have3 the parts of his body after he dies are good people and not just people that want to keep doing bad things.
That is the reason why you need to go and watch this movie. It could change your life and you never know when someone can come to you and change your life. So keep on the look out for people like this.
-Tray Lamar
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Great adventure movie!
Jack Hall is one of the main characters in the movie The Day After Tomorrow. He discovered that in Antarctica that ice sheet had been sheared off, and this causes an extremely climate shift that affected the whole world. Disasters occur in Los Angeles with tornadoes happening in the downtown area and in Tokyo major size hail ball the size of a golf ball. And in the U.S. in New York had snowed a lot and covered the buildings, and it also rained a lot that it flooded New York.
Jack Hall was meteorologist and he discovered the climate changes were suppose to happen from 100 to 200 years from that day with there sons grandsons generations. The song of jack hall he was in NY for a competition. And there the climate started to change and him and students from his school and other schools from the U.S. were trapped in a library from NY.
Bad Boys II (2003)
Review of Bad Boys 2
Bad Boys 2 was an awesome movie and funny. The main characters are Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowery (Will Smith). The bad guy is Johnny Tapia (Jordi Molla). It was about the Miami Police Department was trying to catch Johnny Tapia, who was a drug dealer. Every time they try to catch him they couldn't because he would sue them because they couldn't find proof he was a drug dealer. Marcus and Mike were the only persons that could catch him. In the end Mike and Marcus catch Johnny in Cuba.
The best thing about the movie is that it is HILARIOUS and nobody in the good guys side dies. The actors did a very good job on acting. It was an exciting movie. I hope they make Bad Boys 3. S.L.
Old School (2003)
old school
Old school is about a group of men that start a fraternity. In it they get people to do crazy this to join it. The main characters are Mitch, frank, beanie, and dean. There was nothing bad about it.
I really like how one of the main characters Is played by will Ferrell. His acting fits his characters perfectly. I also like that the grown men acted like kids. Another funny thing about this movie is how the old man (named Blue) dies.
I can easily say I would see this movie another time. The way the use comedy is hilarious and the actors are perfect.
ML
Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Get Him to the Greek
Get Him to the Greek Review By Eric Belchar
This movie is about a washed up rock star named Aldous Snow. He does drugs and gets drunk while partying all the time. He turns his life around after meeting Arron Green. Arron is working for a record company that has low revenue. Arron suggests that Aldous Snow does a live performance at the Greek theater in Los Angeles. So he is put in charge of getting Aldous Snow from London to the Greek theater. Along the way Aldous decides he wants to see his dad in Las Vegas. After seeing his dad and talking with him he goes to L.A. to see the girl that he fell in love with. After almost committing suicide he performs at the Greek theater. This movie is good because it shows what it's like to be a rock star who has hit rock bottom. This movie is hilarious but also serious. The movie also shows how a good friend can change your life. When Aldous meets Arron he changes his life. When Arron meets Aldous his life becomes more fun.
Meet the Browns (2008)
Meet The Browns
Meet the browns By: Tyler Perry
Hey Guys, the movie I'm about to present is called "Meet the Brown". It's a very good movie, it will make you laugh, and it will make you cry. Now it does have some scenes that are not for kids under ten but it deals with decision making and a lot of teenage peer pressure. I loved the movie because I could relate to it so if you could relate to family situation and just a teenage life this is a great movie! The Movie is about an average family that lives in Brooklyn, New York. Brenda, who is played by Angela Bassett, is a single parent with 3 kids and with no help from dads she has to work. The bad part is that her plant she works at shuts down and she loses her job. Michael, played by Lance Gross, is the oldest. Star of his basketball team in high school and the man of the house taking care of his two little sisters. His mom without a job he insists on getting a job to help out with the house. While that is happing she gets a letter for Georgia saying that her father has died. When she arrives in Georgia she meets her hilarious family The Browns. Michael ends up getting caught up in the wrong situation and makes a very bad decision that gets him hurt. Then with Brenda she is constantly trying to get Michael Sr. involved in his life but he just won't cooperate with her. What funny is that he ends up showing up when something good happens to him. Ha-ha doesn't work. Harry who comes in when she goes to Georgia becomes her boyfriend. He is like an agent for basketball and he also helps Michael to. He is kind of the antagonist in this story. She meets her family and finds out that her dad has left her a house. It's really old and needs help, Harry ends up fixing it up while Brenda went back to Brooklyn. That all I'm going to tell you, overall it's a great movie for any family, it shows the ups and downs, Friendship and trust with people you barley know. So get the movie and I hope you enjoy it.
A Walk to Remember (2002)
best chick-flick ever!
In this funny and charming film, there are tears and some scenes that just make you want to laugh, cry, and think about life. Jamie, aka "Saint Mary", just wants to live with what life she's got and make the most of it. Landon is always getting into trouble, until he meets Jamie when forced to be in the school play. He rehearses with Jamie and her one condition was, "You can't fall in love with me." And with a laugh Landon agreed, thinking that it would never happen, but little did he know promises dealing with love are very hard to keep.
Jamie has a secret reason for not wanting Landon to fall in love with her, but he does anyways. She just wants to live while she can, with as little ties as possible. She is enthralling and independent, she is very strong-willed. She doesn't let others influence her, like with the clothes she wears. She is a must see character.
Landon, a former bad boy, has to be in the school play and is practicing with Jamie (with her one condition). He promised not to fall in love with her (with a chuckle, I might add), but he found something compelling about her, the way she isn't bothered by what people say. He couldn't help it, he was hooked, he broke his promise, but Jamie didn't seem upset by this. He is very clever, interesting, and intriguing.
And last, but not least, Dean is Landon's good friend who stays with him though thick and thin, even when Landon goes good and Dean does like it, he still stays with him. He is funny and adds that certain half bad, half good guy in there.
This is an amazing movie if you're in to a love story with change of heart and a secret twist. It will keep you on your toes thinking "What's the secret?" Jamie's little condition makes Landon want to know "Why?" If you want to know why then watch "A Walk to Remember."
Friday (1995)
Friday
The two main characters are Greg and Somkey who live in Los Angeles. So Somkey the pot head who smokes a lot of marijuana. Owes money to a drug dealer and gets Greg involved in it. So they both find a way to get 200 dollars that they owe to the dope dealer by 10:00 o'clock that night. The drug dealer sends other people to do drive by's and try's to kill them. But Greg has his own set of problems dealing with a neighborhood bully.
The protagonist is Greg and Somkey who smoke all day up in their South Central neighborhood. The antagonist is the drug dealer who try's to kill Greg and Somkey.
Overall I rate the movie a five star movie and you should watch this movie because it's funny and has other cool characters.
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Best movie
You Don't Mess With The Zohan It was a comedy movie that had a pretty good story line. It was easy to follow and mostly the movie a lot of people have seen. A lot of people have said it is a very good film that they enjoyed the movie.
Mainly the movie is about the Zohan (Adam Sandler) who works for the military in the counter terrorist unit and he goes to Iraq to catch the Phantom (John Turturro) the bad guy in this movie. Nothing can hurt the Zohan I don't know why but nothing can. The Phantom is the same way they are equal in that way. Well the Zohan gets tired of his job and fakes his own death. So that he can go to America to live his dream as being a hairdresser. The Phantom almost has the same passion for things in that area except he likes shoes instead of hair. The Zohan gets to America and goes to a crappy salon and makes it a hit. In the end the Zohan and the Phantom settle their differences and save there community from a fire.
The Zohan is the Protagonist he is the main character. He's more of a carefree type of character he goes with the flow but does the job just to get it done. He is tired of the fighting between Iraq and America he just wants a normal life with no worries.
The Phantom is the Antagonist he doesn't really like the Zohan like everybody else does. The Zohan and him are mortal enemies they don't get along. Since he is from Iraq and he is from America they are fighting for there countries.
All in all the movie was pretty good they settled their differences and saved everyone. There was tons of funny things in it I didn't stop laughing through the whole thing. It was a great movie I would recommend it to anyone who wants a laugh or a good movie to pass the time at home or were ever you are. ZT
The Longest Yard (2005)
Review of The Longest Yard
The Longest Yard The Longest Yard is a funny movie with a good story line. The movie takes place in a county jail. There are some cool people in this jail that help out the Protagonist.
The movie starts out in a big, nice house with a huge party going on. Paul Crew (Adam Sandler) is sitting in his room, drinking, alone. He decided to take his girlfriends car out for a ride and gets arrested. Now, he is in a county with a Warden that really likes football. Crew used to be a Quarterback in the NFL, so the Warden makes him a deal. Crew has to put a football team together to play against the guards. Crew rounds up a team and they practice for a few weeks until the season for the guards starts. They go up to a high school in Texas. The stands are full of people and highly skilled riflemen to shoot the convicts if they try to escape. The game starts and Crews team starts to win, the Warden doesn't like that. So the Warden threatens crew with the murder of Caretaker. Caretaker is one of Crews friends who got murdered in Crews cell. The Warden makes a deal with Crew that if he throws the game then he will not charge crew with the murder.
Crew is a nice guy who just wants to get out of jail and doesn't like people messing with him. He decides it's a smart idea to take out one of the biggest guys in the jail, so that no one else will mess with him. The Warden does not like Crew, because Crew does not follow his rules at all. The Warden is just a stuck up, mean, quick tempered old guy. No one really likes the Warden even the guards don't like him.
The movie was made with a sense of humor in almost every scene. The only part that was sad was when Caretaker died. The rest of the movie was very, very funny. I would recommend this movie to anyone who has a sense of humor, or anyone who likes football cause that's what this whole movie is about.
Friday the 13th (2009)
A bunch of kids are stalked by a psycho killer
at the start of a film we see a young woman running in a rainy, wet, dark and stormy night by an unknown assailant. The assailant is later known to be Pamela Voorhees. She's ranting and raving to this woman about the death of her son. Mrs. Voorhees blames her for the death of her son. In an act of self defense the young woman beheads Mrs. Voorhees. As the young councilor runs off, a young boy approaches the now slain Mrs. Voorhees she tells this boy (who's later known as her son) to seek vengeance for both of there wrong-doings. Then it fast forwards to the present and we see a group of young campers who come to this clearing and decide to camp. Two of the campers (Whitney and Wade) go off to explore and they come along an old worn down "Camp Crystal Lake" so they explore. They happen to come upon now grown Jason Voorhees. Wade is killed and Whitney tries to run back to camp to warn the other but he follows her and slays them all. As he is about to slay her it cuts and jumps to another seen. Then another group of teens go for some summer fun at their friends' house. Slowly one by one they're stalked(some murdered). So who'll survive the night? Who'll defeat this legendary foe? To find out who survives this deadly day watch Friday the 13th.
I really do enjoy horror films and I like that this was remade with today's technology. But the one thing that was very inappropriate was the use of graphic sexuality and nudity. Personally I think that these elements are unneeded. Out of ten I would give this film a eight and a half.
Unstoppable (2010)
Unstoppable
The most eccentric and high powered movie is Unstoppable. The whole time I'm watching it, I was on the edge of my seat. For someone who has a short attention span, the movie kept my focus all the way through the end.
The movie is about these train workers that try to stop this unmanned train from tipping chemicals over in Stanton, Pennsylvania. The main character, Will (Pine), helps this retired train worker, Frank (Washington), transport empty cars to a weigh station but on their way, there's a high speeding unmanned train without air brakes heading their way. While trying not to scream, I loved the character Frank. Being a fan of Denzel Washington, I loved his humor that has been distilled and aged just for this movie. Laughing at Frank's jokes and comments, I couldn't stop starring at Will. I wasn't just focused on his looks, but how he comes off as a young guy with a lot to learn and attitude.
Trying not to just remember Will from the movie, I do remember Galvin (Dunn). The guy who runs the money and says what goes and what doesn't. He tries to stop the train himself, but when he fails, guess who comes into the picture? Will and Frank. Other than that, you didn't see anyone get run over by the train, but there were some minor injuries and a death of one of Frank's friends.
For seeing an action thriller, this one by far, is my favorite. The movie gave me an idea of the life on the train and how strangers or young people, that are replacing you, can help you on a situation that could jeopardize life and death. I would recommend this movie, if you like an action packed movie with two great characters who have the same problem ahead of them on the track.
I Am Sam (2001)
I am Sam
I am Sam is a sad and depressing movie. It talks about child birth defects and autism. Also how a man named Sam is born with autism, and has a child named Lucy and tries to raise her.
The movie I am Sam is about a man named Sam who is on a seventh grade level. He was born with autism. Sam works at a coffee shop, but is only allowed to deliver the coffee. He meets a lady who is homeless and lets her live with him. She gets pregnant and they have a little girl named Lucy. The mother runs away when she is born and leaves Sam to raise her. Sam lives next door to a lady named Annie who becomes Lucy's God mother. Annie helps Sam out with Lucy and answers any questions Sam has. San and Lucy are fine until she turns seven. A conflict happens at her seventh birthday party, while a lady from DHS is there watching Sam take care of Lucy. They start to worry about Sam taking care of Lucy, so they go to court.
The characters in this movie are Sam (Sean Denn), Lucy (Dakota Fanning), Rita the lawyer (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Annie (Dianne West). Sam is a strong character. He fights for Lucy with the help of Rita, his lawyer. Rita doesn't know how to control her anger. Sam helps and teaches her how to love and care a person. Lucy is also strong; she's just like her dad minus the autism. Annie tries and helps Sam out in court by testifying. The protagonist is Rita and Sam. Antagonist is the people in the court who are against Sam getting Lucy back and being able to raise her.
In conclusion, this is a very sad movie to watch and see Sam try to fight for Lucy. It's hard for him to explain how he is a good father and won't worry about her future. It's exciting to find out if Sam gets her back or not. The movie keeps you hooked through out it.