the yes men

** witty but not engaging or motivating for me to do anything. saw with lora at rhondas.

the visitor

***1/2 really good plot, nice characters, interesting. at sashas. worth watching, no action but good.

get smart

* complete shit.

shooter

*** surprisingly good. decent plot. lots of action.

city of angels

** nick cafe did okay. nice plot. not breath-taking but decent.

don juan de marco

**1/2 cute. not much memorable stuff but nice plot. great acting.

tropic thunder

**1/2 meh. i chuckled a few times.

Persepolis

*** good dark, interesting plot. wish i had paid more attention
.

a good year

**3/4 surprisingly good russel crowe love film. cute, simple. he could have been harsher but overall i was pleased.

primer

*** good, weird, made on $7,000 budget, made it even better.

under the tuscan sun

**1/2 not bad. cute chick flick. but surprisingly nice. almost teared

3:10 to yuma

***1/2 really good. great acting, dialogue, characters. bravo. watched at home.

garbage warrior

***1/2

really good. watched with lora. didn't finish. love the concept and documentary.

dewey cox, walk hard

* did they really make this piece of crap.

baby momma

** stupid.

the promotion

** not great but decent. yay.

charlie bartlett

***1/4 my roommate rented it and this was surprisingly good. great acting, cute plot. enjoyable.

things we lost in the fire

***1/4 good movie. slow but entertaining and great character development. lots of anticipation. ending didnt really make sense.

bella

*** really cute movie. watched with roommate. interesting!

shotgun stories

*** indie, decent, nice acting. okay story line.

what happens in vegas

**1/2 cute but expected. nothing special

american psycho

*** original, creepy, weird. great movie

bully

**1/2 decent. didnt draw me in that much but enjoyable entertainment. good rec from rachel

stop-loss

** yawn. this movie is whatevers.

vantage point

** wannabe a good movie.

real genius

** with shivani. meh. love val kilmer. disappointing.

the breakup

** normal break up movie. yawn. they overreact which i guess is realistic.

batman begins

**** amazingly awesome movie. no complaints at all. definitely more looking forward to the next film.

balls of fury

1/2 most disappointing movie ever. a few funny quotes but mostly shit. especially about a subject, ping-pong that i love dearly.

the guy from reno 9-11 was great

"the years have not been kind to YOU!
i will not either"

"this is freddie finger's house" - terry crews. love him!

harold & kumar escape ...

**1/2 i loved the first one. maybe i needed to get really high to laugh more at the second one. it was okay but not hysterical.

21

**1/2 not bad. i liked the book better but this was okay.

in bruges

**1/2 decent british movie with colin ferrel and guy from tiger's tail. was okay.

national treasure: book of secrets

**1/2 entertaining but thats all it is. not much more to it...

wanted

*** really good movie. surprisingly. watched with j in union city.

mongol

***1/2 really great movie with shivani at balboa theatre. long, not too much action, great character development, a bit of unnecessary scenes but overall great film.

the kite runner

*** good movie. missing some parts of the book but overall no complaints.

wall*e

*** fell asleep for part of it but overall really good. saw with andrew and john. great animation and cute plot. opening pixar short film with rabit / magician was cute.

darjeeling limited

** i like wes andersons most movies. this was a just a bit too weird.

the happening

? fell asleep on pre-fathers day with parents;)

bigger, stronger, faster

**1/2 decent. with ori,hilary and tim f. nothing spectacular. glorifies steroids a bit but makes some decent arguments.

indiana jones and blah

*1/2 really just shit. so contrived, poorly acted, direction was okay. waste of time, i fell asleep. watched with chris/andrew

iron man

*** really well done acting, cinematography and writing. semi-usual plot but overall super entertaining. actually saw it in a theatre.

zodiac

*** awesome. watched at jenns. great movie.

love on a diet

** decent chinese flick.

door in the floor

**3/4 good acting. no real plot. kind of cute. kim bassinger is hot!

hoffa

**1/2 nice to learn the story about him. better than a lot of other movies.

the namesake

*** really liked the book and the movie. kal penn surprisingly did great.

the game plan

** i like the rock. semi-okay. yawn. another in-flight movie.

into the wild

*** love the book and the movie was just as great

enchanted

**1/2 surprisingly cute. i like.

we own the night

*1/2 great actors but stupid movie. kept wanting to change it on the plane.

last king of scotland

***1/2 perfect. great plot, acting. intense!

4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days

*** greatness. plot was good. acting was perfect. interesting story. worth watching.

tiger's tail

**1/2 decent. interesting plot.

tarnation

**1/2 really emotional. great story. touching.

city of men

*** not as good as the first but independently still a good movie!

there will be blood

*** great acting, great cinematography. strange parts at times. enjoyable but could be shorter.

control

*** interesting story. amazing acting.

before the devil knows your dead

***1/2 really freaking good. suspense. different points of view. great acting, plot. nice!

the number 23

* i like jim carrey but this was meh.

once were warriors

**** perfect. great recommendation from grant. hard lives in new zealand. amazing. touching. loved.

dan in real life

** decent. i like steve carrell. plot is decent. music is great. not enough on his character about his work. kind of flat.

king of kong

**** awesome. really well done. watched on my bed. see it.

buena vista social club

*** all in spanish. great story. glad i found out about it.

juno

*** good but a bit over-rated. had chills but could be cause i was cold.

gone baby gone

*** almost similar to mystic river. good. casey affleck finally gets some light and ben does something decent but more of a copy in my opinion.

once

** got great reviews on RT (rottentomatoes). movie was good. not exceptional, maybe i was just tired.

no country for old men

***1/4 goodness. super intense and scary. jorge bardem is awesome. ending is... you'll see for yourself.

open water 2: adrift

*** i freaking loved both films. realistic and well done.

the great debaters

*** good.