Batman Begins

After Bruce Wayne loses his parents as a child, he grows up with one thought of killing the killer. When someone else kills him instead of Bruce doing it, he runs off on a ship to take him anywhere. Bruce ends up in some Asian prison, where he meets, Henri Ducard who takes him in as a new ninja in training. Bruce slowly begins his training in League of Shadows but Bruce had a different opinion and ultimately left to go back home. Bruce learns of what he has to do and becomes Batman, but before he hits up the technology department of his empire, and starts getting all the toys that make him into Batman. Soon Batman learns of a new threat, Scarecrow who is using a drug to induce hallucinations via airborne toxin. Batman finds that Henri Ducard is back to take his vengeance out on Gotham City, Batman stops at nothing to stop Henri from releasing the toxin on the entire city.

It is about time that a Batman film is done right. The acting amazing, story awesome, and soundtrack couldn't be better.

All the actors you will recognizance as they all have been in many other films, there aren't just anybody's in this film. Each actor playing there part so well, you'd actually believe them. They were all that convincing.

Story was my favorite part of the film. For once we get to see the back story of young Bruce Wayne, and see him slowly transition into, Batman. You get to finally see why he chose to fight crime and be the hero Gotham was looking for.

Soundtrack was my favorite part, the music of the previous films were good, but this one tops them all by miles, really gave the film a nice dark tone and suspenseful feeling to it.

For a while I was wondering who was going to be a villain, couldn't be anyone that was to comic booky.. They chose Scarecrow and the actor played it perfect, Scarecrow was just as smart and crazy at the same time. Also serving as a 2nd villain was Henri Ducard or aka, Ra's al Ghul playing the guy who made Bruce into Batman, also being the one who comes face to face with him, trying to defeat him.

This is by far my favorite Batman film of all time, and probably the best one ever! For once it wasn't over the top and to outrageous, this was a perfect film with great actors and a great director!

I give, Batman Begins. _8/10_

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Dude, Where's My Car?

When Jesse and Chester try to remember what they did the previous night, they try to put the pieces together and try to find there car. The hunt leads them to the Kitty Kat Club where they learn they accepted stolen money from a transsexual stripper. From there they find there huge party destroyed there girlfriends house and help clean. After which they end up getting kidnapped by a group of people who need the, Continuum Transfunctioner to go to another world. Jesse and Chester meet up with there friend, Nelson for more questions and go to a Chinese restaurant and destroy it's speaker box. After which Jesse and Chester find two aliens (who to them look like gay Nordic people) both of which looking for the Continuum Transfunctioner, they tell them to go away and they continue to look for more answers. They get slightly beat up by bullies who are mad cause they like there girlfriend. Once more pieces are put together, they find there car, only it was sold at a police auction by accident. The two go to a house who has an Ostridge farm, they get kidnapped and soon set free as Chester knows the answer. It all ends once Jesse and Chester call everyone to miniature golf park where they supposedly have it. Chester realizes he does have it, the Rubik Cube is the device and Chester just cracked it. Now Chester and Jesse must decide to give it to the hot alien chicks or the weird Nordic guys. 


This film was just so dorky and funny, even if the movie really made no sense, I got a good laugh from it, even 10 years later. Acting was not the greatest but maybe it wasn't suppose to, as it was that dorky. The story was semi-decent with like one twist. There was a surprisingly quite a few good actors in the film, Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott along with a few others. 


I did hear a couple years ago that they were planning a sequel called, Seriously Dude, Where's My Car? The status is still unknown whether or not it will actually happen. I kind of hope they do. 

I give, Dude, Where's My Car?  _6/10_

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Quantum of Solace

Bond now is seeking revenge for the loss of Vespa, M warned him don't do revenge, but Bond didn't listen and is out on a personal mission to take down the people that killed her. MI6 captured Mr. White and tried asking questions, only to find out that he's part of a unknown group. Mr. White escapes and Bond is forced to chase him. After things get to personal for Bond, M calls in to cancel Bonds credit cards and trace him. Bond meets up with a girl, Camille Montes who Bond learned was being chased by someone wanting to kill her, the two become friends and Bond learns of his new target, Dominic Greene who ordered her to be killed but failed when Bond intersected. Bond figures out his cards don't work and seeks out help from,  René Mathis who helps Bond get to Bolivia to get on a plane. Bonds learns that Camille is also seeking revenge from General Medrano who killed her family in a fire when she was a little girl. Bond and Camille both go to the desert to seek out and kill Rene and Medrano. Earlier Bond learns that Rene is not making a drill site to dig or oil, but to take the water from the area and try to sell it. After Bond and Rene have a pretty epic fight, Bond does take to his word, and lets Rene live, leaving him in the desert with just a can of oil.




Another awesome Bond film in the series. Although I was kind of on the fence with this one.


The story is great and the acting is good, was just as good as the previous one, but, something about this film just (to me) felt a little short, don't know if it was the story or acting or what, but just felt out of place. After watching both films back to back, this film would of almost been better as like Casino Royale 1.5. This film was an hour shorter than before and felt like this should of been apart of Casino Royale rather than it's own film. This film does take place an hour or two after the events of Casino Royale which is good, but I think it could of been longer, only a run time of 1hr and 45mins. They should of have another 30 minutes or more to include more story. 


Action in the film went even above and beyond than before! The film opens in an epic car chase, followed by a foot chase, which leads into a boat chase then a plane chase dog fight. Land,sea and Air, this film chases it all. This film did feel as if it had as much action as before, just not as much story, the action out weighed the story. 


Music was just as good as before, same kind of music played throughout the film, the intro song was good, but felt a little week and not so, Bond like. But music was good. 

I give, Quantum of Solace. _7/10_

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Casino Royale

Right before he became a 00 he killed a MI6 traitor, after which he's giving his 007 status. When Bond goes to Madagascar to hunt for a international bomb maker, things get out of control and Bond is chasing down the bomb maker ultimately causing a large trail of destruction behind him. Bond was givin a warning to not kill the next one. Bond finds the phone with a text connected to Le Chiffre. Bond travels to the Bahamas to find Dimitrios to find answers only to discover that on his wild goose chase, someone was planning on blowing up the unveiling of a new plane. Bond luckily stops the bomb before anyone was killed. Bond finds that all this is connected to Le Chiffre and must find him. When Bond is on the train he meets up with his contact, Vesper who is posing as Bonds wife, and is going to help Bond take down Le Chiffre.They find that Le Chiffre has entered in a very high stakes poker game worth millions. MI6 found that Le Chiffre borrowed millions in the promise of what ever, and he failed to pay it back, he must now win the poker game to pay back the people, Bond is at the poker game to make sure he doesn't win. After the poker match Bond questions if Vesper is good or a double agent. Bond and Vesper start to fall for one another when Le Chiffre captures Bond and tortures both Bond and Vesper. 




This would have to be the best Bond film I've seen...ever!! Acting was just amazing, soundtrack was awesome and the story was a masterpiece. 


This is a reboot of the franchise, and it was well worth it. After Pierce Brosnan's Bond I was kind of hoping for a much better Bond film, Pierce's were fine, but never was, wow, like the ones before him. I haven't seen all the Bond films, but a good chunk of them, and this is by far my favorite Bond to date.

Acting was very much amazing. So many good actors playing the part near perfect. I am really happy they chose Daniel Craig to play bond as I think he's the best one, other's will say otherwise. Was also nice seeing Judi Dench come back as "M" as she was in the previous ones in the 90's.

The story was just an epic story. So many twists and turns, so many moments where it draws you in and really getting glued to the film. I really don't think this story could of been any better, was already a run-time at 2hrs 30 minutes so they included a lot of story yet also filled with a ton of action scenes to keep you hooked.

Soundtrack was also amazing to listen to throughout the film. Rather than having a renewed intro song, they had a whole new song entirely, which fit a little better. They did keep the classic sounding Bond music in and out of the film. But, at the end they had the classic scene where Bond shoots the screen then fills with blood then the classic Bond song.

I give, Casino Royale. _9/10_

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EuroTrip

Right before he graduated from High School his girlfriend dumps him, leaving for a not so happy graduation. Scott then hangs around online, meeting a girl, who his friend thinks is a dude from Germany. Scott falls madly in love with this girl then, Cooper gives him the brilliant idea to just go to Europe and seek out this girl. Scott and Cooper leave to go backpacking and soon meet up with the twins, Jenny and Jamie who were already in Europe and decide to go with them on this quest to find her. Along the travels they meet up with some very hardcore football fans and get stupidly drunk with them. They end up taking a very long train ride where they meet some older guy in a white suit who is all to friendly. More mishaps and odd things happen while on there way to Germany.


As the poster says, from the producers of, Road Trip and Old School, while watching it (not knowing this) I saw quite a few similarities between the three movies, basically the old traveling from Road Trip, and the funny and smart humor from Old School, mix it with some teens and Europe and you get, EuroTrip.

The acting was decent to say the least, wasn't anything to outstanding but it didn't fall flat either. Most the actors you may be able to recognize with the exception of a few.

Story was good, though it sounded and looked very familiar, it was still pretty good, left laughing from start to finish. Humor was also the huge reason why it was so funny, a lot of stupid and outrageous humor throughout the whole film, getting even funnier towards the end, there wasn't a moment where it wasn't funny, well maybe a few, but that's it.

Giving everything that went odd in the film, it was a pretty funny film.

I give, EuroTip. _7/10_

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The Core

When the earth's core begins to become unstable, causing vicious lighting storms, holes in the ozone layer, and massive earthquakes, a team of 6 scientist's are rushed to help "jump start" the core by going in a very large ship capable of reaching the core, with a very powerful laser able to cut anything in its path. As the team reaches closer to the core, they discover a massive "crystal grand canyon". All along the crew start dying one by one, as they discover that there original plan wasn't going to work, they must hop aboard a single compartment to release the bomb one at a time, forcing at least one member to be sacrificed.


Tried to not give away to much away with the plot, but seeing as this film came out in 2003, I'm sure a lot of people saw it. Surprisingly the film had a decent plot, a lot of good actors, but failed to have a solid soundtrack throughout the film.

Plot was strong, and believable, but the only thing is I don't think there is a ship able to withstand the heat from the core, but in this film they managed to pull it off. Film had enough plot twist's and good acting to keep me watching till the end. There was a lot of good actors playing there part pretty good and solid. Film had a run-time of a little over 2hours which meant there was a good amount they crammed in there for a good strong story.

The only thing I didn't like ( well two) was that time jumped fairly fast in the film, all of a sudden 1 month went by or 3 days, I think they could of had another 30-40 minutes of film to help fill in the gaps. But that aside, the story was still strong.

Soundtrack was so so. I swore a track played during one of the more suspenseful moments was played in Ghostbusters, just a coincidence I'm sure. Most of the music was good, though to me, felt a little short and not so good with the scenes that were taking place. Oh well. The CGI was also pretty good, although for some of the bigger scenes, it looked kind of crappy.

This film is also based on the novel of the same name which would explain the time jumps, just to help speed up the story. I'm sure the novel is greatly better.

Overall this was an OK film.

I give, The Core. _6/10_

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Batman

Batman and Robin go around saving Gotham City, but when they find a submarine suddenly disappear, they learn of it's riddle. Four of worst criminals are on the loose and have decided to team up. Riddler, Catwoman, The Penguin, and The Joker are all there to take down Batman and Boy Wonder. Both are on the chase after they learn the villains are going to deploy missile's and destroy which ever county they targeted. Batman and Robin have a device which makes the missiles blow up in midair, and save the day. The Villains decide to kidnap the richest person in town, Bruce Wayne. Catwomen poses a Russian and tricks Bruce Wayne into getting trapped and Kidnapped. When the Villains start losing hope, they and up getting a device which dehydrates a person. They plain on using that device to capture the worlds leaders from 8 different countries. Batman and Robin race after them to try and stop them.


Wow, this was quite the dorky batman film, but, since it's based after the series, explains alot. There was quite a bit of Villains in the film, my favorite being, The Joker then The Riddler.

The Villains in the film is, The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, The Penguin. Seems almost to much for Batman and Robin, but they do somehow get threw it.

The soundtrack of the film was quite dorky, being made in the 60's really shows with the music they made, though they could of made it darker, but why bother. This version was suppose to be light and not so dark, but semi-serious.

Acting in the film was quite good, even though Boy Wonder would say the dorkiest things like, "Holy Polaris, Batman!" which was said in the film. Boy Wonder would say many of those little puns throughout the film, but it was funny and didn't hurt the film. Adam West played Batman just perfect, despite him very conveniently having a device or spray for a specific weapon you wouldn't think he'd have.  Burt Ward played Robin (Boy Wonder) and was pretty good at it, looked just like the comic version.

The story was also pretty good, even though there was 4 villains working together, you wouldn't think The Joker would work with anyone, but in this film 4 of them did and worked out pretty good. All four villains seemed to have a never ending pile of weapons, that was never said how they came to get it, but, oh-well.

All of Batman's vehicles were driven in the film, which were, Batcycle, Batboat, Batcopter. I loved how Batman stored his Batcopter in the airport's hanger, leaving it way to open for someone to rig it, but didn't happen, so he got lucky.

All together this was a pretty fun entertaining film to watch. I did hear this film was suppose to be made first, then the series to tie it all together, but they made the film after the first season. But it all worked.

I am kind of surprised they didn't make a sequel sometime after the series ended, would of been nice to see them again in another film. 

I give, Batman. _7/10_

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Elf

Buddy was one day in an orphanage on the night of Christmas, when Santa Clause came in, and Buddy snuck into the sack and went away to the North Pole. Jump 30 years later now Buddy thinks he is an Elf, and find out the horrible truth that he is not an Elf and papa elf told him where to go. Buddy now travels to New York in search of his real father, Walter. Soon Buddy finds him and Walter takes him into his home to meet his wife and son. Buddy gets a job at, Gimbels where there he meets, Jovie another employee there, and Buddy and Jovie start to hit it off. When Santa comes to town, he nearly crashes and Buddy sees this and helps Santa find the engine to his slay before the cops get to him all while trying to spread Christmas cheer!


First holiday film I've watched this year! Yet this film just doesn't fail to make you laugh. The story is pretty dorky but solid, and the acting isn't all that bad, with a soundtrack that's holiday music.

Pretty much all the actors in the film you may recognize or may not, only the case with just a few people. Actors such as, Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel, that's to just name a few.

The story was pretty good, at least it was all original and not just another elf movie.I don't think the script could of gotten any more dorky, but it was all funny so, it was good.

The soundtrack to the film was mostly all Christmas themed music which was good, since Christmas is just weeks away. Did set a nice tone for the film.

I give, Elf. _7/10_

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The Matrix Reloaded

Neo finds himself slightly on edge after having a dream that worries him, he then seeks out the help of the Oracle for further info about this dream, the Oracle sends him to the keymaker, who is with, The Merovingian who is a very dangerous person, who is keeping the Keymaker hostage. Morpheous, Trinity and Neo leave to rescue the keymaker. Meanwhile back at Zion, the Machines are preparing to start a war with nearly one million machines and slaughter all the people at Zion. The military at Zion prepare to goto war, all while a few other captains go on the hunt to find the Nebuchadnezzar who is stranded and need help before the Machines get to them first. Towards the end we find that Neo can use his Matrix like powers in the real world to stop a bunch of Machines but winds up in a coma.


Can we say awesome? The much anticipated sequel is what the fans were waiting for. Great story, an amazing acting, and a fantastic effects that would make even Avatar worry. 

All past actors from the previous return (minus the ones who died) and just make the Matrix that much more epic! 


The soundtrack was mostly techno/rock music which was awesome and fit the entire movie. Storyline wise, was a pretty solid story sneaking in some pretty good twists and turns to make you sit on the edge of your seat. The 2 hours flew by with this one.


This film did end with a big cliffhanger leaving the audience going "whoa" that was my reaction when I saw it in theaters, but no worry as after the credits they give you a minute sneak preview into the 3rd and final Matrix film. 

This does make for quite the solid sequel and in many ways surpasses the original film, which is what I think sequels are suppose to do. Not make people forget about the 1st, but make it so people still watch it, but leaving you wanting much more. 

I give, Matrix Reloaded. 9/10

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40 Year Old Virgin

Andy works at SmartTech, he is a lonely 40 year old who collects a lot of figurines, comics, video games, and loves survivor. When his co-workers are looking for another to play poker with, they invite Andy to the poker game. Soon, David, Jay, Cal, discover that Andy is a virgin. They decide to make it there mission to make him no longer a virgin. Andy just kind of goes with it and the adventure begins. The group bring Andy to a speed dating service only to meet some weird chicks. Then on to a nightclub where Andy gets stupidly drunk and high then Andy starts getting more loose. They trap him into a lounge with a porno playing, and locking him in. After Andy doesn't like any of that, he meets, Trish a girl that's around Andy's age that works at, "We Sell Your Stuff on Ebay" store. The two hit it off and begin going on dates. Still Andy's friends want him to have sex with "Hoodrats" before doing her, so he's not bad at sex. Andy and his friends go to a bachelorette party, and Andy hooks up with a girl, and nearly dies, and gladly says no to sex. More crazy adventures happen, all while dating Trish.

Wow, this film I have to say is my absolute favorite adult comedy of all time. Yes, I loved it that much.

The acting was just amazing, the script was done perfectly. The humor was so funny, my stomach was hurting from laughing to much during the film. The film was humorous from start to finish, and ending on a musical note.

All the actors were just great, there was only around one or two actors I didn't recognize, which is good! Not many twists or anything like that, but, this film will make you laugh your ass off!! Soundtrack to the film was all dorky music (yes, I did buy the soundtrack) which was good, as it all fit the movie perfectly.

I honestly can't say anything wrong with this film, runtime of alittle over 2hours, so, 2 hours of a perfect adult comedy. They did (after was released in theaters) release a unrated version, which had 17 minutes of even more film, which made the movie that much more funny, yet critics thought it wasn't as funny as the theatrical version, I beg to differ.

Again I say this was the funniest adult comedies I have ever seen, and I've seen quite a bit of them. This film should not be missed if you love comedies and slightly over the top humor. Favorite part was the waxing scene.

I give, 40 Year Old Virgin. _10/10_ Just a perfect comedy.

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Super

Frank ( i guess) is your average guy (somewhat) he works as a fry cook at some restaurant and is married. Not long after, his wife leaves him for some pimp type of guy. He has a mental breakdown and decides to go on a Personal journey and discovers that he will be a super-hero. But, before that happens he thinks that god is talking to him and planting the idea in his head. He goes to the comic book store for more ideas and meets a worker, Libby who helps him create his character. He then creates his alter-ego, The Crimson Bolt, who uses very violent ways to stop crime, like hitting someone in the face with a very big wrench. Going around posting pictures of himself saying "Shut up, Crime". After trying to get his girlfriend back the girl, Libby discovers his other identity and wants in on the action, she becomes, Boltie. The two go around town stopping crime, all leading up to the final battle where, Crimson and Boltie go to, Jacques home and try to win over his ex-wife.

Well, I don't know why I have a fascination of these, "Real life superhero" films but, they get better with each one, sometimes.

The story was pretty strong but not so great, guy meets girl, girl dumps him, guy goes crazy and tries to win her back. Okay, somewhat good.

There were some good twists in this film, mainly towards the end when things really started getting good. The film did keep my attention, but the end of the film was where it was at. Soundtrack was almost not apparent, some songs could be heard but mainly it was a dark and quiet film, not a bad thing, I'm sure there was more music played during it, but nothing outstanding like most.

Acting was fairly decent, with most of the actors you may know, like, Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon. Yes there were more actors in it, but those were the ones that stuck out the most. My favorite was Ellen Page's character, Libby was just a very odd person.

This was an IFC film, which would explain the lower budget, but none the less, it was still a film you should check out if you like those "real life super-hero" films.

I give, Super. _7/10_

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The Darjeeling Limited

Francis Whitman has called his brothers to meet him on a secret mission that will challenge them in every way. Peter and Jack Whitman start to get a little confused as to what his plains are, but just go along anyways. Jack has a slight fling with a cute Indian girl on a train, while on the train Peter tries to get rid of massive headaches, and Francis is getting in info from a friend that no one has met. Soon along the train ride, it becomes clear that Francis mission is getting his brothers to go see there mother who became a nun in India. All along there travels through various parts of India, they buy a very poisonous snake, some very strong pepper-spray. They encounter some kids trying to cross a river with strong current, and kids fall in, and they race to save them. There adventure continues and they finally arrive to see there Mother.

What an odd film, but pretty good. All the acting was pretty good, with a decent story that keeps you wondering where the film is going until the one reveals his intent.

Soundtrack to the film was mainly just Indian music, which sounded pretty good, some of it being the disco sounding music which still sounded good.

During the film, you see various parts of India, so you got to see many, many part of the country. Very nice looking country.


The plot to the film was very good, leaving you the mystery of what the hell is the film about, till around an hour in, not a bad thing, kept my attention. Film had just enough twists and turns to make this a wonderful film. As part of a feature, they included the short film, Hotel Chevalier, which is only around 15 minutes long, and tells the story of, Jack Whitman staying at a hotel, and suddenly gets a surprise call from fling, or lover, Natalie Portman, in the short film they didn't give her a name. Takes place in 24 hours and it's just Jack and the girl spending the night together and having fun. Then the film starts.

They did play the short film right before the film in festivals, then it was available on i-Tunes then removed from i-Tunes, to play the short film in a theatrical release. 

Overall this film was done very good with good acting, decent plot and a good soundtrack.

I give, The Darjeeling Limited. _7/10_

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