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Puncture (2011)
7/10
Good movie but not perfect
14 January 2012
Puncture tells the true story of Mike Weiss. Mike Weiss is a lawyer and a drug addict. He has started a case against a major medical supply company. For not supplying hospitals with safety needles that could prevent hundreds of thousands of disease infections each year from patients to nurses.

The story is definitely a legal drama no matter what you have heard. It might not be your typical legal drama with all the cliché's you are used to, but is that really a bad thing? The story keeps you interested in whats going to happen to the case and whats going to happen to Mike.

Chris Evans does a good job creating a character and making you care for the character. Even if the character always does not make the right decision. Evans portrays Mike Weiss as a flawed anti hero. Yet you wonder if he is fighting this case because he wants to help others or if he wants to help himself.

I really liked this drama, especially since it was a true story. Especially since the project was started by Mike Weiss's real life partner who had no connections to Hollywood, but worked very hard to get this movie made which has a very important message.

I gave this movie a 7 out of 10 because while it is a good movie, it does movie a little slow. The ending is also abrupt and I think it could have been longer. But if you are a fan of Chris Evans, please see this movie. He takes this role very seriously and you could tell he worked hard at this movie. You will not be disappointed in him.
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4/10
Different but not different enough
8 May 2011
While this isn't exactly like every other romantic comedy out there it is similar. The premise, A good girl who is kinda cute (Goodwin) is overshadowed by her hot and vapid best friend (Hudson) and loses her college crush to Hudson.

Hudson ends up engaged to the man and Goodwin is jealous and wants him. This film deals with friendship on different levels, girl girl friendships, guy girl friendships. It also deals with adultery and morals which the characters morals are very low. The problem with this movie is that Hudson and the guy who plays her fiancé are very unlikeable. Hudson while written unlikeable still does nothing funny or good for the movie. The fiancé guy is a pretty wooden actor and is holding down the other actors he works with.

John Krazinski is the best part of the whole movie, even though not every one liner is funny, he seems to give the best performance. Im a dude and took my mom to see this movie on Mother's Day, she liked it, but I could tell it was just another average rom com. Ginnifer and John Krazinski are good in the movie but that doesn't save the rest of the movie.
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Fast Five (2011)
8/10
The BEST Fast/Furious sequel
8 May 2011
While this movie doesn't have much straight up street racing its got plenty of everything else. This is the one sequel where they got the action right on all aspects. Not much CGI at all unless it was so good you couldn't tell. Crazy shootouts and an awesome fight scene. The story is probably the best out of all the sequels, while not quite that great. Its a rip off from The Italian Job, but i never liked that movie.

The character development is there for our main cast from the first film. While a couple action parts are cheesy its hard not to like this movie. Much better then the last film and Dwayne Johnson made the movie better. If your a fan of the franchise go see this because they just reinvented the whole franchise.
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Scream 4 (2011)
5/10
Similar to Scream 3 very campy.
15 April 2011
If you like your horror movies with extra cheese then go see Scre4m. The kill scenes were the most brutal out of all of the films but to me this was the least funniest out of all of them. Also it is the least original and least plausible. All of the newer teen characters were one dimensional and no character development. The old cast was also weak and poorly written.

Neve Cambell is the best part, still gives a good performance but Gale was very one dimensional and seemed like her and Deweys scenes were just time fillers with no real point to them.

This Scream is very similar to a Friday the 13th film.
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Up in the Air (I) (2009)
8/10
Great Movie with Great Cast and Great Lines
11 March 2010
Basically George Clooney has somehow got into a rut of being alone. Hes in this rut so much it seems that he likes to be alone. This changes when he meet Vera Farmiga's character.

She is basically the same exact person as Clooneys character, however things change. Clooney also has to work with a younger woman who threatens the lifestyle he has so grown accustomed to.

This movie is great. If you enjoy movies that have great dialog, interesting characters, and a realistic storyline, then Up in the Air is for you. Part drama, part comedy, part love story. This is not a chick flick by any means though.

The film I think also has a good message to it. The directing is great, the acting is even better. This is one movie you cant miss out on. The people who made this movie had something to do with the making of Juno.

Now when I first saw Juno I hated it, then I saw it again awhile later and really enjoyed it because I understood the film better. When I first saw Up in the Air, I LOVED IT. It just makes you laugh, makes you smile, makes you think, and makes a good movie.
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Into the Blue (2005)
7/10
Very Underrated Film
2 January 2010
Im sure you have heard negative things about this film but Im here to persuade you into seeing this movie. Lets talk about the positive elements of the movie.

1. Beautiful underwater scenes and film locations. Im pretty sure it was all filmed in the Bahamas. This movie is visually stunning if you are a fan of diving or just the ocean or beach in general. This is one movie you want to watch on Blu-Ray set up to a really good HDTV. 2. Good story. This is one of those movies where you are thinking what would I do. It makes you question you morals of what is right and wrong. There is a interesting plot and side plot that go together quite well in this movie. 3. The actors all seem to really have a friendship in this movie, especially Walker, Alba, and Caan. It shows well on the screen. 4. Great soundtrack.

The Negatives. 1. Okay the acting isn't the greatest in the world, especially on Alba's part but its do able. I mean this isn't going to win any Oscars but who cares. 2. I think they wanted to set up a twist ending in this movie but Im pretty sure most people can see it coming. Don't worry though because the end still holds up.

All in all this is one of my favorite movies and you should definitely give it a try.
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