Across the Universe was a fabulously vibrant film. At times the film does get a bit slow, but if you are a Beatles fan you would have enjoyed every second of it. This film shows in almost every scene a story behind numerous Beatles song. I am a very big fan of the famous Beatles so I found this movie very interesting. The setting of the film was during the Vietnam War, so you begin to understand the connection through there songs and the war. I still wonder if the Beatles never experimented with drugs would their music be just as good, would their songs be as creative, and their beats be just as transing. This movie has a lovely romance story a poor male artist falls in love with a wealthy American girl. This movie was on screen in 2007 it was directed by Julie Taymor who did a fabulous job showing the difference in two peoples background and how that draws them together into deep love. I feel this movie didn't get enough credit that it deserved. The scenes in this film are incredible; there are so many powerful images that show on the screen. The choreography in the film is interesting I like the moves they decided to choose and the steps they did to certain beats. I would rate this movie a 4 out of 5 in my book.

I recently had the pleasure of viewing the crowning achievement of American cinema. This movie is known as Encino Man, this is defiantly Brendan Fraser scene at his finest except from his well know film George of the Jungle. There is much depth and intellectual dialog that is spoken through out the film. Dave Morgan which is the main character played by Sean Astin and his side kick Stoney Brown marvelously done by Pauly Shore. They are two senior nerds in high school, though they refer to themselves as weasels. The story sparks when they find a caveman iced over in Dave's backyard when they were digging the yard up to build a pool. The ice begins to melt in Dave's garage and soon enough the cave man begins to run wild. This is where the plot begins to thicken for these two weasels have to tame this mammal, by dressing him in the fashion, teaching him the lingo, showing him all the ladies, and giving him general tip on the life during the bold early 90's. The new named caveman Link brings these to adolescents on a journey that blows their socks off, you never know what Link is going to do next, if it is drive a car on two wheels or jump off a balcony to sniff a pretty girl. The movie is fun, and had me laughing the whole time. I think my favorite character of this movie would have to be Stoney just cause Pauly is such a hilarious actor, and the role he played was great, basically if you want to be a goonie your whole life then follow in Stoney's foot stops. This film teaches you numerous morals such as always be yourself and your true love will find you. Also it doesn't matter how popular you are, what really matters is how you are on the inside.

Horror film's are fifty, fifty the film can be a palm sweating, head screaming horror, or it could be boring and predictable. The classic horrors that not only made history, but deserved there own theme song was Halloween with the pale masked Mike Meyers. Nightmare on Elm Street welcoming the burnt face Freddy Kruger into every ones nightmares. Last, but not least Friday the Thirteenth with the Hockey masked Jason. All three of these series of scream fest movies were well plotted and shocked you with 3,000 volts of cover your eyes horror. Halloween was fantastic I still can't pass a tree with out having a fear of Old Mikey hiding behind it. I think the best idea that came from this film was having Mike always do his threatening scares in the daytime in his films especially the classics he was always popping up in the daytime with the sun out. Then he would attack and start his murders when the moon came up. Also his main prey was his family that was the most twisted part of the film he always was after his family to put them to an end. Freddy Kruger was the only horror film that had me jumpy still afterwards, because it wasn't as if Freddy had to escape from a crazy home, or he could be stopped with a gun or knife. He was already dead, and the only time you could visit him was in your dreams were anything could happen to you there. Also I heard if you die in your dreams you die in real life. Well Freddy had a fetish for dream hunting. I was always to scared to go to bed after watching Nightmare on Elm street. I liked that film alot also cause it had the beautiful, sexy, young Johnny Depp in it which just put the icing onto of the murder-film cake. Never was a big fan of Friday the thirteenth I'm not saying it was creative, just never really find it as thrilling as my buddies Mike, and Freddy. The hockey mask always got to me i can never watch the Rangers again without getting chills down my spine when they give a close up of the goalie. You know what I loved about these films the chose of weapon always something unusual and tortures in use. Mike had to carry the simple everyday kitchen knife, he never wanted to upgrade to a big hook-dagger something unique like that. Freddy had those amazing four claws made out of sharpened blades, that is defiantly the ultimate use of weapon. Who thinks of having four blades on there hand instead of carrying it in his pockets, but i noticed he rarely uses his blades he always ends up killing his victims in a demented way in their dream like having there head blow up or having their bed sheets strangle them. I don't believe Jason ever had a real weapon he just used whatever was the closest for him to grab and then he would turn it into a weapon, like a rock or a sharp edge of wood. It's very powerful when a director can put so much fear into someone just by playing a simple tune that represent these characters, a few notes that can be created in a theme songs to match up with the insane murders on screen can truly make a good film famous. These three shockingly scary films were able to slap fear into millions of viewer over the world. The directing and script writing was the heart and amazing acting was the soul that built such a strong foundation around incredible horror films such as these.

Run LoLa Run (1998) was what I felt a very trippy movie from the music to the crazy images. I really like this movie I would give it five stars, I thought it was very interesting. To start off the main character LoLa played by Franka Potente grasped my attention just by her crazy red hair. The way that the film kept switching from cartoon to reality I felt was so creavtive, even how she would shadier glass when she screamed it really capture her anxious anger. The beginning of the movie was straight to the point it threw you right into their deadly dilemma. The film had its comedy scenes, i think the funniest part of the movie was when the ambulance was doing so much destruction, how ironic first it goes straight threw the glass and then it runs Manni right over. The vehicle that is supposed to take care of the injured, is the one doing the damages. Time was a major factor in this movie down to the last second, that's what made the film so suspenseful. When she was robbing her father's bank I couldn't help but scream HURRY HURRY times running out under my breath. Even when she changed the pace in her running it made such a drastic difference in peoples lives, which later on changed the outcome at the end. It was brilliant to have Polaroid shots of every persons life that LoLa pumped into. This movie was very well put together, there was no slow part throughout this entire movie, I enjoyed it very much. I think Tom Tykwer did not only write a fantastic film about the measures someone will go through to help their love one survive a horrific situation, and how time adds up in any plot you create for yourself, he also did an amazing directing job as well.

The Notebook, the 2004 romance movie of the year bringing tears to every eye in the theater. Directed by Nick Cassavetes, the novel was written by Nicholar Sparks and it was adapted by Jan Sardi. The Notebook received a remarkable eleven wins, but no surprise there. I really love this film it just gets me every time, so heart warming to see two people love each other so much. It just proves no matter the distance if your love is strong you will always be together. I thought the conflicts in the movie was a classic but it completely brought the movie down to reality. Its hard to make romance films very realistic and not over the top corny. The main character Allie Hamilton was played by Rachel McAdams some of her other common films were Mean Girls, The Family Stones, and Wedding Crashers. Ryan Gosling played the male main character who was Noah Calhoun. Both of these artist worked perfect with each other they were a good match to put in this type of film. My favorite scene in the movie was the boat scene when it starts raining, and he puts the boat on the dock, runs up to her and kiss's his soul into her its so breath taking, it always brings tears to my eyes. The best factor about the film is that when they were separated they didn't have cell phones to call each other on, or Internet to e-mail and keep in touch all they had was the faith and hope that they would be together again one day in the future. That's all you really need when you have true love on your side. I think The Notebook is a great film for everyone reading this blog go buy the film and all the boys should take notes while watching. =]

I just watched the movie American History X, well let me tell you right now I have tears in my eyes from the last scene of the movie, so emotional. I'm broken hearted from all the hate that must go on in this world its so upsetting seeing how people must have such anger towards someone else because they don't look the same as them. Though my spirits are lifted from the middle of the film, for the main character Derek Vinyard played by the well know Edward Norton holds such a Strong hostility towards so many different races has actually changed. He finally came to realizes that hatred will get you no where and that you should love the different religions and cultures around us for we our all alike emotionally. We all laugh in the same language. American History X is a about a son and his family who live in poverty and crimes lurks all around them. When he was younger his father was murdered by a black man, that caused him to grow incredible hatred towards other cultures besides his. He became what we call a "Skin-head." He ends up going to jail and while he is there a black man saved his life, this causes him to understand that his way of thinking for so many years was wrong and that it doesn't matter what color you are. All that really counts in the person underneath the skin. He gets out of jail and sees that his younger brother Danny is in the same situation he was in right before he went to jail, which terrifys him to see that. After passing his story down to his younger brother, Danny doesn't want to be part of the same crowd he is in anymore, though its a bit to late to change his mind now. This movie is excellent I loved it the plot was intense and the moral behind was so powerful and moving, you must rent this movie, It was made in 1998 and directed by Tony Kaye, it also was nominated for 2 Oscars. A quote from imbd.com "His father taught him to hate. His friends taught him rage. His enemies gave him hope."

The movie Jesus Camp was very disturbing, the way they brain washed those innocent children into religion. Of course if you tell a young child that god loves you, god created you for a purpose, god wants you to be happy then the child is going to take a liking to god. When your young all you want to hear and feel is love, you want to know that your comforted and safe. In the Evangelical religion that is what it basically consist of worshipping the lord because the lord love you so much, and it is the only thing that is there for you. Its absurd how elders teach these lessons to their children telling them how public school is bad and that is where the devil lives, how close minded is that. Its actually sad in the movie, seeing how those innocent children will never be able to have an amazing remember able childhood, they can never tell their parents how they made new friends at school, and the new things they learned from their teacher. In the future when these children grow older they can take either two paths they can follow their parents footsteps and continue the beliefs that were forced on them when they were younger, or something life changing will happen to them that makes them realize that religion can't answer all their questions and sometimes they will have to learn and trust others that aren't evangelical Christians. Becky Fischer i think is a bit irrational I never seen a person have such strong belief as she does, actually yes I have which makes me think her goal is to start an army and become the next Hitler.....just kidding, I think she is just plan crazy. She gets disgusted with people that want to have a choice and those who don't have the same beliefs as her, when its the ones that don't judge and absorb all the information they hear from others are the ones that will progress in life the most. To hear that two massive evangelical churches get built a day just scares me, to know that this religion is rapidly growing like that. What is the world coming to? This religion is targeted in the south obviously cause it wouldn't be as popular anywhere else, you know why, because it boring in the south there is absolutely nothing to do in the south, so they starting praising Jesus every second to fill up their day that's how they solved the boredom problem. This film was extremely edited and the directors had to cut a lot of scenes out, which leaves me wondering what these scenes consisted of.....a little human sacrifice, or maybe scouring who knows except those that took part. Is it true that if Evangelicals took a vote their side would over all win cause their population is so great, cause if that's true then that is pretty ridiculous. I would enjoy seeing Becky come to big New York City and turn people on to her religion that would bring her back to reality seeing the response she would get. All I have to say is if these are the type of people that are in heaven then I rather not go there. =]