Paranormal Activity

After a young, middle class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban "starter" tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.


I'm not going to beat around the bush here. This movie f#cked me up royally. I have had a hard time sleeping the last two nights. I have woken up the past two nights at 2 or 3am and haven't been able to fall back asleep for like 2 hours each night because of the paranoia that this movie has instilled in me. Movies as a whole don't tend to scare me. I feel kind of crazy to say that I feel like I've been desensitized to the violence and what not after seeing so many of them. Its usually certain scenes from movies that will get me (the last one being The Grudge . . . . . still haven't recovered from that crazy things face in the closet). This movie is probably the most terrifyingly transfixed I have ever been watching a movie. During the night scenes where the camera was on a tripod filming their bedroom like the poster depicts, my whole body was tense. I was afraid to movie. I was too petrified to even talk. I was relieved when the movie would go to the daytime parts. Those parts were pretty crappy movie making wise but at that point I was just relieved for the tension release. This was one of the best movie going "experiences" I've ever had.


I couldn't recommend this movie more if I tried. Not because it is necessarily a great movie. To be honest, its really not. The terrifying experience of watching what happens to these two people while they are sleeping is so believable and frightening that this makes seeing this movie in theaters a must see experience.

9

When 9 (Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.


I liked this movie alot. The animation was phenomenal. It ws super short and I'm always a fan of movies that are short and cut out all of the blah-blah-blah stuff. However, the one knock I can make against this movie is that it started really abruptly. I mean if you show up 2 minutes late for this movie you would be convinced you missed a 1/2 hour. I felt like there was a lot that could have been done or explained instead of 9 just kind of waking up. They explain how this alternate world came to be later, but it was a little bit strange how it started and could have been done better. This movie is also absolutely not for kids. Whenever animated movies come out, parents see it as a chance to do something with the kids on a rainy day. Your kids will have nightmares if you take them to see this. Its very dark and its very violent at times.


I would recommend that people check this out. Its not a mainstream movie whatsoever. Its animation on a Pixar level and you definitely enjoy the short ride.

A Perfect Getaway

Cliff and Cydney (Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich) are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii. Hiking the wild, secluded trails, they believe they’ve found paradise. But when the pair comes across a group of frightened hikers discussing the horrifying murder of another newlywed couple on the islands, they begin to question whether they should turn back. Unsure whether to stay or flee, Cliff and Cydney join up with two other couples, and things begin to go terrifyingly wrong. Far from civilization or rescue, everyone begins to look like a threat and nobody knows whom to trust. Paradise becomes hell on earth as a brutal battle for survival begins...


This movie is a humongously huge turd. Its the most boring "suspense" movie I've ever seen. Its basically an hour of watching four people talk while hiking and then there is this "mega twist" that I actually called a month ago when watching the commercial. To make matters worse, there is still another 30 minutes after the major twist is revealed. The trick with these twists is that it has to be a much more climactic reveal. This movie was downright horrible. And for the record - I don't think I will ever be able to watch Milla Jovovich speak and not hear her saying "Multi-Pass" over and over again.


I wouldn't recommend that anyone check out this movie . . . . . . . ever. Seriously. The print of the movie that I saw was scratched and had two lines running down the middle of it. I'm dead serious when I say it was more enjoyable watching the scratch than the movie itself.

Jennifer's Body

Jennifer's Body is about small town high school student Jennifer (Megan Fox), who is possessed by a hungry demon. She transitions from being "high school evil" - stuck up and ultra-attitudinal - to the real deal: evil/evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a meaty snack, and guys who never stood a chance with the heartless babe, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer's insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Jennifer's lifelong best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried), long relegated to living in Jennifer's shadow, must step-up to protect the town's young men, including her nerdy boyfriend Chip (Johnny Simmons).


This movie is one of the most god awful pieces of garbage I've ever seen. The script was bad enough to inspire a desire for deafness. The acting was even worse. I understand that people think Megan Fox is attractive. However, she has not a shred of acting ability whatsoever. Neither does anyone else in this movie. I can honestly say that I watched this whole movie with a disgusted look on my face. It might be the worst movie of the year.


I wouldn't recommend anyone checking this out. Ever. Its one of the worst things I've ever seen.

District 9

28 years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's "District 9" as the world's nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare – they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA. The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable – he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.


This is a very tough movie to review without knowing the specific person that you are recommending it to. I loved it. I think its one of the better movies to come out this year. I have always been a big fan of sci-fi and this movie is a great sci-fi movie. It takes you to an alternate world and does a good job that you can believe it really exists. The story and how it is developed is very well scripted. It has well written political themes. Besides all that, I just kept telling myself that this was a 30 million budgeted sci-fi movie and I loved it. However, it is completely not a mainstream movie. I could see 75% of the people that see this based on the marketing campaign hating this movie. It reminded me a lot of Blair Witch Project. I saw an advance viewing of that movie a month before it came out and thought it was phenomenal, especially based on how simple it was. Then the marketing came out hyping it as the "scariest movie of all time" and people went in to the movie with such massive expectations that most ended up disappointed. This movie is awesome for what it is, but if you are expecting a major blockbuster type movie - you will be completely disappointed.


I can't blindly recommend this movie to anyone. I can say that I absolutely loved the movie. It was a well written sci-fi movie that suceeded in taking you to a alternate version of our world.

(500) Days Of Summer

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman (Deschanel) who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man (Gordon-Levitt) who falls for her.

This movie was great. I really enjoyed this movie. I thought it looked good from the preview but I didn't think I would enjoy it nearly as much as I did. It is one of the more realistic relationship movies I've ever seen. The back and forth storytelling was very well scripted and filmed. The chemistry between the two main characters was very believable. The supporting characters were well written (especially the young girl helping Gordon-Levitt). They also had these really great mocking film/commercial scenes randomly throughout the movie that were hilarious and fit in perfectly. SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT . . . . . . . . This is probably the best non-"happy" ending date movies you could possibly imagine.

I fully recommend that everyone check this bad boy out. Its opened very limited, but if you have the chance, its definitely worth your time and

All About Steve

Bullock's Mary Horowitz is a cruciverbalist - a crossword puzzle constructor. Her brain spins at warp speed with an endless stream of arcane information. She can come up with the perfect word - and dozens with the same meaning - at a moment's notice, but "normal" behavior eludes her. For Mary, nothing is typical, especially relationships. When she is set up on a blind date with handsome cable-news cameraman Steve, Mary thinks the chemistry is undeniable - that Steve is "the one." Steve, on the other hand, thinks Mary is crazy. Mary, who just knows she's found her soul mate, decides to do anything and go anywhere to be with him. She begins to pursue Steve relentlessly as he crisscrosses the country, covering breaking news stories. Mary's escalating infatuation with Steve is encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter Hartman Hughes (Thomas Haden Church), who enjoys torturing his insolent cameraman at every opportunity. With Mary never far behind and Hartman urging her on, Steve becomes increasingly unhinged. But when Mary becomes embroiled in the news story of the year, Steve and Hartman begin to see her differently. Hartman is plagued by guilt, knowing his game of one-upmanship with Steve has placed her squarely in harms way, while Steve is feeling his own pangs of remorse at his callous behavior. Despite the media storm surrounding her, Mary with her upbeat, unaffected manner brings together a small community of new friends. And all who encounter Mary will realize that sometimes the ones who don't fit in are the ones who really stand out.


Any time that a movie is willing to overexplain what their movie is about (see the above description I found for the movie), it tends to be a really really really bad sign. This movie is no exception to that. This is a really crappy movie. Its pointless. Its corny. Its garbage. This is also a prime of example of a movie studio turning crap in to gold based on circumstances. This movie was supposed to come out almost a year ago, but got shelved. I'm 99.9% sure that its because the movie didn't test well with audiences. Then Sandra Bullock made a huge comeback in The Proposal (although I think the credit for that should go to Ryan Reynolds) and Bradley Cooper was the hottest new star of the summer after The Hangover. So, the studio gets to repackage this movie as starring "the girl from The Proposal" and "the guy from The Hangover" when this movie was actually made before either of those actors did the aforementioned quality movies. And the piece of garbage that is All About Steve benefits off of the success of the other two. However, the people that get screwed are us. Needless to say, I saw one critic write "I saw All About Steve so that you don't have to" as his headline. That quote is beyond spot on.


I definitely would not recommend anyone check out this movie. I actually think the two stars should sue the studio for slander at how their names are being used to sell this garbage and probably putting a damper on the great buzz they had coming off their last movies.

Extract

To the outside eye, Joel Reynold (Jason Bateman) seems to have everything. After all, being the owner of a business he built from the ground up - with its patented brand of culinary extracts - should make the "Extract King" a happy man. However, if Joel hasn't reached his front door by 8 o'clock, he'll find his wife, Suzie (Kristen Wiig) cinching up her sweatpants – and about as interested in him as he is in her mastery of supermarket coupon design. Sexually frustrated, Joel confides in his best pal, Dean (Ben Affleck), a barkeep – and soon finds himself wrapped up in a convoluted scheme to make Suzie cheat on him first with a dim-witted gigolo (Dustin Milligan) – thereby allowing him to pursue beautiful new employee Cindy (Mila Kunis) with a clear conscience.

This is a tough to review movie. It was very well written comedy. Jason Bateman was awesome as always. There were good characters (JK Simmons always a favorite supporting actor for me). But ultimately the movie is totally pointless. It really just kind of treads water in terms of story/plot. Unfortunately, no matter how sharp I thought the writing was, knowing that the movie wasn't going to really go anywhere held it back big time.

I can't really recommend that anyone rush to check this out. Again, it has some good laughs. However, it is rather pointless and is just an hour and a half with some well written comedy. Looking back on it makes you really feel like you wasted your time.

The Hangover

Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three buddies drive to Vegas for a blow-out night they'll never forget. But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches, they can't remember a thing. Their posh hotel suite is beyond trashed and the groom is nowhere to be found. With no clue of what happened and little time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A. in time for his wedding. However, the more they begin to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they're really in.


This movie is hysterical. I didn't think it would be able to match the laughs of the trailers (probably some of the best comedy trailers I've ever seen) but it did. The trio was perfectly written and cast and played so awesomely well off of each other. The ties ins of the baby, the tiger, Mike Tyson, etc were great. The movie was a little bit cruder than it had to be but because of the writing and performances it was a lot more tolerable than in other movies. As if the movie isn't funny enough, the picture slide show during the credits is one of the funniest things I've ever seen and one of the best non-blooper endings to a comedy movie ever.


I very strongly recommend people checking this movie out. It is soooooooooooooooo not for kids. Not even younger teenagers. The adults will have ridiculously huge laughs though.

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own...


I loved this movie. I have always been a huge Tarantino fan and was totally psyched when I saw this trailer. My expectations then were destroyed when I found out that the parts of the trailer did no justice whatsoever to what actually goes on in the movie, that it was 2 1/2 hours long and that at least 2/3 - 3/4 of the movie are in subtitles. I always got turned off a little bit when Tarantino's scripts got out of control chatty and the thought of reading it all via subtitles was not intriguing in the least. Now, I don't know how much my lower expectations effected my viewing of the movie but as I mentioned before - I loved this movie. Like I said - the parts with Brad Pitt and company that fill the trailer with all the violence make up such a small (and violent) part of the movie. The best part of the movie is the part of Nazi colonel Hans Landa played by Christoph Waltz. This guy had better get an academy award nomination. He was phenomenal. You find yourself glued to watching him speak the same way you were when Hannibal Lecter spoke to Clarice or when The Joker speaks in The Dark Knight. I found myself totally mesmerized as he talked people in circles about absolutely nothing and then flipped the switch into actually interrogating them. He (and Tarantino's script for his character) totally made this movie. Tarantino also did an awesome job of building up the tension towards the eventual awesome climax. As always, it could have been shorter and there could have been much less talking but Tarantino did an awesome job of having all his seperate little stories come together and he did it without jumping back and forth like he usually does.


I strongly recommend this movie to everyone. Its my favorite movie of the year at this point. Yes, its long. Yes, there are subtitles. Yes, there are some pretty violent parts. Its awesome filmmaking though. Its not Pulp Fiction/Reservoir Dogs good, but its easily Kill Bill good if not better.

G-Force

G-Force is a comedy adventure about the latest evolution of a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws. Tapped for the G-Force are guinea pigs Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell), the squad leader determined to succeed at all costs; Blaster (voice of Tracy Morgan), an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a love for all things extreme; and Juarez (voice of Penelope Cruz), a sexy martial arts pro; plus the literal fly-on-the-wall reconnaissance expert, Mooch, and a star-nosed mole, Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage), the computer and information specialist.


Lets be honest. This movie is completely brainless. Its stupid. Its an insulting assault on our wallets. Its assinying. Its just another marketing masterpiece by Disney where they blatantly target our children 24 hours a day on the Disney Channel forcing us all to throw away or time and money because of our love for them. I could easily see this being on many peoples 10 worst movies of the year list. All of that being said . . . . . . . . I enjoyed the movie. I know full well how terribly horrible the movie was in terms of quality and substance. However, I chose to leave my brain at the door (and it definitely helped that it was free) and enjoyed going to a simple, "fun" movie with the wifey and the little stinker. It was simple fun after a crazy weekend and was enjoyable. I also chose to see it in 3D and would have to say that the 3D in this is better than most of the 3D ripoffs that have been put out there lately.


Regardless of me being able to enjoy this movie, I could never truly reccomend it to anyone. It is absolutely a bad movie. However, if you have kids they will absolutely enjoy it and if you can leave your mind at the door you might be able to as well.

Taking Woodstock

It's 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a down-on-his-luck interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. The bank's about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still figuring how to come out to his parents. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers, thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor's farm in White Lake, NY, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.


This is one of the more pointless movies I've seen in a long time. Let me just make sure that any potential viewers of this know - you don't see Woodstock. The only scene of the concert itself is from about 7 miles away on top of a hill and the guy is tripping on acid when he sees it so it turns in to a massive wave/ocean as you are looking at it. There isn't even any music in this movie. How do you make a movie about Woodstock without any music? This movie is basically about this kid and his parents, who end up being the absolute best part of the movie by far, and their involvement in the happenings of Woodstock. And you really don't end up caring about them at all. The movie was funny at times and then serious at others. Unfortunately, it doesn't commit either way and just kind of ends up being there circling the drain. I really think that Ang Lee might be the most overrated director in all of Hollywood at this point.


I wouldn't recommend that anyone bother checking this out. Its a pretty big and pointless turd of a movie.

Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince

Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn’t counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates! And then there's Hermione, simpering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.

Harry Potter movies are always awesome. The books were awesome and every installment in the movie franchise always makes my top ten list at the end of the year. This movie is no different. The magical effects are great and not too over the top. We are just as attached to the characters as we've always been and its actually pretty amazing to see how much the kids have grown as actors. The back and forth between Harry and Ron in this movie was some of the funniest moments in the franchise. There really is only one knock that I can make against this movie and its only because of how I felt about the book. The movie standing alone is awesome. However, my favorite part of the book was the battling at Hogwarts that led to the climactic scene in the tower. I couldn't wait to see that all played out on screen. Apparantly I'll never get to see it though because that was what ended up on the editing room floor. The bad guys showed up and the next thing you know they are in the tower talking to Dumbledore. It was a little disappointing because of how excited I was to see that part from the book. Outside of that, this movie is just as good as the others. If I had to rank them in order, this would probably be in the top three for me with Prisoner Of Azkaban and Goblet Of Fire.

I don't really think it matters if I recommend this movie or not. Most people are going to see it and the ones that haven't seen any of the Harry Potters probably won't. Its yet another great addition to an already amazing franchise.

Public Enemies

In the action-thriller Public Enemies, we are shown the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang—later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw's capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing "Clark Gable of the FBI." However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis' men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals—from the infamous "Lady in Red" to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti—were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.


This was a very enjoyable movie. I have always been of fan of Michael Mann directed movies. I just like the look that his movies have. Johnny Depp is one of the top three actors in Hollywood and has pretty much reached that "We'd watch this guy take a $hit" status. Christian Bale finally shed the Batman overacting voice and was a solid supporting actor in this. The bank scenes and action scenes were great and the tension going back and forth between the bank robbers and the cops getting towards their eventual climax was very well done. The one real downer of this movie was the lovey dovey garbage between John Dillinger and his girlfriend. The movie would be trucking along at a great pace and then would hit such a wall when the two of them were on screen together. It really didn't seem to work at all. Its unfortunate because this movie would have been excellent without that major distraction that kept rearing its head every time the movie would build up a great head of steam.


I would still recommend people checking this bad boy out. Its not a must see by any means, but is a pretty good watch.

Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writer-director Nora Ephron's adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell's "Julie & Julia" and "My Life in France," by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme. Based on two true stories, Julie & Julia intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends...until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

This was a very simple, enjoyable movie. On a side note, I have never watched anything that has made me so hungry in all my life. Seriously. I was ready to start gnawing on my own arm while watching this with all the delicious looking cooking. Anywho, the movie wasn't necessarily a chick flick. Pretty much anyone can enjoy this as long as you don't expect some sort of an eye-opening biographical thing. Meryl Streep will no doubt be nominated for an academy award as she was perfect playing Julia Child. Amy Adams was a little over the top whiny at times but represented the world of blogging quite well. I would have to say that was one of my favorite parts of the movie with her and her husband debating about her "readers". How many are there? How much do they care? I found it all very accurate and funny when related to blogging.

I would definitely recommend people checking this out. Its not a must see by any means but is a pretty enjoyable visit to the theaters.

Carriers

Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.

This movie is one of those spreading infectious disease movies that is just kind of there. Its not all out gore/horror. Its not done well enough to be like a psychological suspense type movie. You don't really care enough about the characters for it to be a character drama. Its watchable, but it really is the definition of just being there. I would assume that's why this movie never got a wide release.

I wouldn't really recommend anyone paying to watch this. If you have netflix - go ahead and put it on your wish list . . . . but just way towards the bottom. Or you just wait for a rainy day where you aren't doing anything else once its on cable.

Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian

It's a new night and museum for Ben Stiller, who is joined by several other stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history -- including Amy Adams as famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, Hank Azaria as villainous Egyptian pharaoh Kahmunrah, Christopher Guest as Russian tyrant Ivan the Terrible and Alain Chabat as Napoleon. Owen Wilson is back as cowboy Jedediah, and Robin Williams again rides into history as Teddy Roosevelt. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution.

This movie was essentially just a redo of the first one. More museum things come to life. They argue over something that really doesn't matter. There's some big laughs. There are some cool characters involved. Ben Stiller plays himself yet again. And it ends happy. The only real stand out part of this movie was Hank Azaria as Kamunrah. He (and his accent) were hilarious. Outside of that, it was just your basic, run of the mill, simple minded summer movie entertainment.

I'd would lukewarmly recommend this movie to everyone. Like I said - its entertaining but has pretty much no substance at all. If you have kids they will love it but if you are out to see a "good" movie, this really isn't it.

Terminator: Salvation

John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future that Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

This is another tough summer movie to review. Is it entertaining. Absolutely. Is it a good movie. Not really. The special effects were awesome. They really went all out with trying to make new variations of the terminators. The water snake ones literally had my mouth hanging open with awe at how they did that. The motorcycle ones were pretty bad ass too. Sam Worthington was great, but Christian Bale was pretty much completely wasted in this movie. The preview didn't do the movie any favors by pretty much giving away the only story of the movie. If they wouldn't have given away that Sam Worthington was actually a terminator, the first half of the movie would have been a lot more intriguing as they led towards the big reveal that again was shown in the trailer for the movie for the last 3 months. Outside of the build up to Sam Worthington being a terminator and not knowing it, there really wasn't any susbtance to the story whatsoever Its just more of man fighting against machine. This was completely not a stand alone movie. It was just another add on full of special effects to the other Terminator movies. And there was no attention paid to continuity at all. About half way through the movie, I started asking myself how the hell the machines knew about John Connor. I know that we know about his prophecy but how do the machines know? Kind of lost on that. All of those negatives being said, the biggest problem I had with the movie was the editing. There were scenes where I actually though I must have blinked for really long because it was as if chunks of the movie were left out. At one point, two characters are alone in the rain and the woman tells the guy to get firewood. The next second, the rain is over, the ground has dried up and the woman is about to get assaulted by three other guys. Something like this happened a couple more times throughout the movie and was very annoying.

Even with all the knocks on the movie, it still is watchable and entertaining as a thoughtless summer popcorn movie because of the effects and Sam Worthington. As long as you go in to it letting go of any hopes for continuity and/or quality - I would recommend watching it. If you are looking for a great movie - don't waste your time with this though.

Paper Heart

Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least, she doesn’t believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her into yet another modern-day skeptic. "Paper Heart" follows Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand. As she and her good friend (and director) Nicholas search for answers and advice about love, Charlyne talks with friends and strangers, scientists, bikers, romance novelists, and children. They each offer diverse views on modern romance, as well as various answers to the age-old question: does true love really exist? Then, shortly after filming begins, Charlyne meets a boy after her own heart: Michael Cera. As their relationship develops on camera, her pursuit to discover the nature of love takes on a fresh new urgency. Charlyne risks losing the person she finds closest to her heart.

This was a very cute movie. I would have to say that this was the easiest to watch "documentary" I've ever seen. It was simple. It was understandable. You could connect to the people and their different lines of thought regarding love. You were also able to enjoy the friendships between Charlyne and the director and the connection between her and Michael Cera.

I'd recommend people checking this out. Its not a must see by any means but its a very cute watch if you don't mind taking an hour and half to just chill and watch this.