the book of eli

*1/4 the road was way better

leap year

**1/2 entertaining but predictable chick flick

shutter island

**1/2 meh. nothing spectacular. semi surprising ending.

a guide to recognizing your saints

***1/4 really well done. kind of like lean on me in an urban setting. true story. great acting.

the bad liutenant: port of new orleans

*1/2 why bother.

iron man 2

** minimal acting skills, plot was weak, ending was weaker. bummed since a lot of people said it was good.

brewster's millions

***1/4 all time classic. shared it with lora. loved it. not super funny but decent acting and clever plot.

kick ass

***1/2 good acting, great plot, nice cinematography. not as much humor. good lead into to sequel

breakdown

*** suspenseful, clever, believable. great remake. some parts could be better but an enjoyable watch

hot tub time machine

**3/4 funny, semi predictable, decent

disorganized crime

*** classic. love this movie.

gosford park

** lora likes it cause she's educated ( : i thought it was slow and dull.

where the wild things are

*** i have to give it 3 just cause it was a classic of mine as a kid. with lora at home.

invictus

**1/2 predictable but nice to learn about the story.

an education

***1/4 decent but not believable with such a young girl. acting was good. thought of again and upped review.

butch cassidy and the sundance kid

**** basically perfect. paul newman and robert redford. dream team.

the damned united

*** really awesome brit movie about soccer coaches. great acting and interesting story.

gummo

** weird white trash film. a bit too much.

brothers

*** way more intense than i expected. great acting by tobey maguire

original sin

**1/2 cant tell if i really hate it or not. nick loved the movie. tons of angelina boobies if you hate everything else.

the men who stare at ghosts

*** interesting plot, decent acting. not amazing but watchable

she's out of my league

**1/2 semi cute but no character development. moderately predictable. some humor. bleh

fantastic mr. fox

**** perfect. claymation, great directing, voices, etc...

rules of attraction

*** strangely great. good plot, characters, twists. interesting look at a college campus. surprised by the low rotten tomatoes rating.

the perfect crime

*** a bit extra weird but interesting. good plot. in spanish which means i had to pay attention.

the hurt locker

**** phenomenal war movie. watch it. a few percent of "normal" moments which i understand why. cinematography was awesome. surprisingly only made for 15 million...

amistad

*** i wish i paid more attention. pretty good though from what i caught of it.

to kill a mockingbird

**** one of the best movies all time. it was a nice reminder to see what acting really is.

sin nombre

**** perfect. could not have been done better and watching it second night in a row.

Carriers

* crap

sherlock holmes

*** i should have paid more attention. at home. it was predictably fine.

the road

*** the cinematography was amazing. plot was decent. acting was good. overall i liked it.

the vanishing (french version)

***1/2. well acted, good plot, a bit slow but overall well done. fun to talk about afterwards. could have shown more of the guy searching for the girl.

cape fear

*** all music and great acting. scary. weird to see 90s movies seem "old."

spy game

**1/2 had some charm.

extract

** meh office space - funny

unknown

*1/2 yawn.

the way of the gun

*** got better since jason had commentary on why things were filmed and same writer as usual suspects

the proposal

**1/2 kind of cute but predictable love story.

Avatar

**** flawless. W lora and Gage. At sunset

law abiding citizen

***1/4 would have been 4 stars if not for the crappy ending. its like they gave up and/or ran out of budget. overall worth seeing

world's greatest dad

***1/4 at joe's. great movie. i likey. need to sleep and finish this work.

drag me to hell

*1/2 couldn't believe they actually made this. i like justin long but assumes he says yes to all roles.

district 9

***1/2 awesome. great action. amazing way of filming and presenting story. good story line. fully enjoyable

never back down

**1/2 for a movie that was supposed to be cheesy i enjoyed it. thanks gabe.

the ugly truth

* wow they really made this movie. stupid. not funny.

sunshine cleaning

** it was okay. cute premise. didnt care for characters.

bottle rocket

** wes craven. weird and kind of good. maybe intending to be cult classic but just weird.

the hills have eyes

*** surprisingly good. thanks gabe.

transformers 2: revenge of the fallen

*1/2 horrible. how the F did that make $800 million

zombieland

***1/4 really well done directing. with lora on couch in nyc.

Bruno

*1/2 not really that funny. just trying to go to extreme and wasn't funny.

last house on the left

*** really realistic and well done. one of those that i wouldnt pay to see but i would at least check out and definitely scared me.

i love you, man

**1/2 stupid for the first half and then turned out okay. basically, overrated.

coraline

*** not sure who that movie was made for and its one of those ones i download but just never watch. surprisingly entertaining and weird plot. ending was a bit anti-climatic but overall worth seeing.

push

* meh. had to stop it, because it was so bad.

knowing

** horrible. well not too bad but i hate sci fi movies that are super fake. kind of neat premise to start.

500 days of summer

**3/4 i wanted it to be cute. the directing and cinematography were awesome. it was a nice and entertaining movie but something was missing.

the hangover

*** - at my old austin home. cute.

he's just not that into you

* one of the worst movies ever.

fired up

**1/2 surprisingly funny. i think it helps when you have low expectations. @loras.

up

***1/2 really cute. surprisingly sad but great movie for everyone. with lora, in 3d WITH GLASSES.

bloods and crips, made in america

**3/4 insightful and i love gangsta movies. nice history movie. would prefer a bit more violence and more gang member interviews. given that the movie people could die it was a bit scary. nice insight into what is going on today in gang violence. at loras.

star trek

** i was tired.

dear zachary

**** phenomenal movie. perfection in film format.

ghandi

*** i like. simple

first snow

** like guy pierce but meh.

touching the void

*** re-enactment but surprisingly gripping story. at chad's in LA

crank

*** lots of action, good plot. jason statham kicking ass as usual.

x-men origins: wolverine

***1/2 surprisingly amazing. going to be a huge blockbuster. at johnnys.

the express

*** saw with lora. good movie. developed characters. fun.

eat drink man woman

*** cute family asian movie

the big lebowski

*** surprisingly good this time around (#3)

happy go lucky

*1/2 stupid. boring. dont care about girl, etc...

prefontaine

** decent. watched with sasha.

barbarians at the game

*** great book and movie about takeovers in the 80.

the foot fist way

*** napoleon dynamite for martial arts movies. great quotes. funny

vicky cristina barcelona

***1/2 god i love woody allen. there are no movies he make that i dont like. well black & white are always tough of his but still they win.

transporter 3

* did they really make this?

the doors

young and dangerous

*** not as great as i remembered but tons of fake chinese film violence and decent writing.

nick and norah's infinite playlist

*** cute date movie.

rest stop 2

*1/2 my parents need to stop renting stupid movies.

charlie wilsons war

**1/2 didnt care too much about it. likely cause i was distracted and not paying that much attention.

the bridge

*** interesting. really gripping. crazy tales.

the wrestler

*** really great acting. good character development. at smoaks

ps i love you

** cute plot, nice but didnt move the actress forward to some point.

defiance

***3/4 really great. just perfect jew movie. really enjoyed.

taken

*1/2 so much potential and started strong. too easy for him to kick all the bad guys asses.

man on wire

** different but not too interesting.

gran torino

*1/2 stupid. some of the worse acting ive seen in awhile

transsiberian

**1/2 decent but not great as reviewed on rotten tomato

doubt

* stupid.

yes man

**1/2 decent. laughed more than i expected.

a history of violence

***1/2 really intense so far. at sashas.

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.