December Movies

Here's a list of the movies I want to see in December. It's going to be a long month...

Definite must sees
The Nativity Story
Apocalypto
The Holiday
Charlotte's Web
Eragon
Night at the Museum
We are Marshall
Children of Men

Husband wants to see
The Good Shepherd
Rocky Balboa

Will possibly see, but probably not given all the other movies coming out
Pursuit of Happyness
Arthur and the Invisibles
Miss Potter
The Good German
Pan's Labyrinth

Review: Happy Feet

Mumble sets off to discover what has happened to all the fish after being shunned from the penguin colony for his lightness of foot.

Cute movie with a message. Great music, awesome animation. At one point I was confused as to whether the people in the movie were real or animated. I definitely know at one point they were real but there were also points where they seemed animated too. Crazy.

My favorite parts of the movie:

The Music
The Animation
Robin Williams, always great

4 out of 5 stars.

Trailer: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Review: Casino Royale

James Bond (Danial Craig) recieves double-o status and enters a high-stakes poker game to stop a financer of world terrorism.

Excellent movie all around. (As long as you don't mind a blond Bond, which I don't). I appreciate that the series has abadoned the cheesy-type movies they made with Pierce Brosnan, except for Goldeneye. I enjoyed Goldeneye. It reminds me of where the Batman series went before Batman Begins. The only slightly cheesy part in this movie is the unbelievable action, especially the crane sequence. However, I will give them the fact that it is a movie after all and action in general keeps getting bigger and crazier.

The dialogue between Vesper Lyd (Eva Green) and Bond is wonderful, especially during their first meeting on the bullet train. This movie also has the funniest torture scene. Probably the only funny torture seen ever.

Also, crashing Aston Martins, ouch. My dream car...

My favorite parts of the movie:

Refreshing humor
the poker game
the opening credits
Dame Judi Dench (M) is always wonderful
Aston Martins

And I must say Bond in his swim trunks, ow ;)

5 out of 5 stars.

Lauren's Tidbits

I just finished watching Full Metal Jacket starring Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Adam Baldwin. What a messed up movie. I must say that Vincent D'Onofrio is one of my least favorite actors, right under Steven Segal and Chuck Norris. He is a good actor (unlinke the other two) but all of his characters irritate me. He gained 70 pound for his role in the movie. A record just broken by Christian Bale (100 pounds from The Machinist to Batman Begins). R. Lee Emery, the drill instructor, also irritates me. He was hired to train the actor playing the drill instructor and won the role with his demostrations. (Spoiler alert: Thankfully they both bite the big one in this movie).

Trailer: Evan Almighty

Trailer: Bridge to Terabithia

I remember really enjoying this book as a 6th/7th grader.

Trailer: The Simpsons Movie

Trailer: Spiderman 3