The 10 Best Movies I saw in 2011 In my humble opinion,2011 was a pretty good year at the movies. Yes, we had Super Heroes, animated movies and lots of sequels. Some were good (Captain America,Cars 2)and some were bad (Transformers 3). What do i think was the best in 2011? I will start my countdown with 10 being the least and 1 being the best. On with my list of the Best of 2011. 10) Fast Five - After four movies, they filmmakers of FAST FIVE finally got it right. I'm still not quite sure what made this mindless action movie work, but it might have something to do with it being so darn fun watching Vin Diesel,Paul Walker and The Rock racing and crashing cars in Rio de Janeiro. 9) The Help- It's the best chick flick of the year about housekeepers dealing with racism in 1960's Mississippi. It took me almost 6 months to see this acclaimed movie, and I think it was worth the hype and wait. 8)Crazy Stupid Love- ...
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DOLPHIN TALE DOLPHIN TALE is about a boy who finds an injured dolphin washed ashore on a beach and with the help of some Animal rescuers, attempt to bring it back to health. DOLPHIN TALE didn't win me over with it's acting,which features Harry Connick Jr. and Ashley Judd, but Morgan Freeman's appearance as a specialist in dealing with prosthetics did help. The movie didn't win me over with it's predictable story,either. But what works best about DOLPHIN TALE is when it focuses on the obstacles that involves saving the dolphin.The film is inspiring when it focuses on this part of the story,but becomes hokey and predictable when it focuses on the humans. There's not much else to say about DOLPHIN TALE. I give it *** out of 5 stars.
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN is based on a popular comic book series,mainly overseas,and virtually a stranger to America. Who could be better than filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson to introduce Tintin to America? THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN follows boy reporter Tintin and his dog snowy on an adventure to find a mysterious hidden treasure. Sound like Indiana Jones? Maybe,but not to worry,TINTIN,at least this particular adventure, has almost as much action as the last two INDIANA JONES films and is better than those as well. What I like most about a movie is when all aspects of a film blend together perfectly to make a memorable and enjoyable film. This happens in TINTIN. At least it did for me. I find TINTIN to be the best animated film I've seen this year. Although I don't like to get into plot details about movies,(***MINOR SPOILER ALERT****),I do want to share with you a certain ...
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO I haven't read the best selling book this movie is based on, but I have seen the Swedish film version, which I really liked. So I had my hopes up going into the American version, directed by David Fincher (FIGHT CLUB,SEVEN,THE SOCIAL NETWORK). I also had reservations because of the R rating and strong subject matter. Minus the sex scenes which are border line gratuitous, I'd call David Fincher's version one of the years best. I could write about the graphic content contained in the movie. I could write about what a masterful job David Fincher did in directing. And I could write about how screenwriter Steven Zaillian did masterful job in adapting the novel and being faithful to the popular Swedish film version, but instead I will share my thoughts on actress Rooney Mara's brilliant performance as Lisbeth Salander. Without getting into spoiler territory, I will tell you that the character of Lisbeth is a ...
MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE-GHOST PROTOCOL The forth entry in the MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE franchise is the best of the bunch. Every scene is set up masterfully by screenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec and director Brad Bird. I will give most of the credit to Brad Bird. This is his live action directing debut and it is nothing short out outstanding. You might recognize his previous three animated directing efforts-THE IRON GIANT,THE INCREDIBLES and RATATOUILLE. I cannot describe in words the action sequences this man has created. They are simply breathtaking. Now to Tom Cruise. The man has been in career meltdown ever since jumping on Oprah's couch and spouting off his views of Scientology. This is his comeback film. The man is in top action form here. I'll go as far to say that this is his best action performance since MINORITY REPORT. His performance is the glue to the whole movie.Without him, you...
Movie Review-DESPICABLE ME DESPICABLE ME is about a villain named Gru (voiced by Steve Carell ), who sets out to steal the moon. You might ask why he would do this. Basically for the attention from his verbally abusive mother,the world and competition from a rival villain named Vector. When Gru sees three orphan girls selling Girl Scout cookies to Vector, he devises a plan to use the girls to get closer to Vector. (Yes, I'm leaving out plot details. I'm not one to give every single detail of the movie.) What follows is something that Gru never thought would happen-letting three adorable girls into his hardened heart. I'll start with what I didn't like about DESPICABLE ME. The film took a little bit to get started with setting up the character and the story. It's not until half way through the movie when Gru starts to bond with the three orphan girls that the movie revealed that it h...