Wednesday, February 25, 2009

My Favorite Movies In 2008

By gorodnitskij kikuchi

I have made a short list of movie hits for 2008. These are some of the motion pictures I enjoyed watching this year. I'm sure that you can find a picture or two that you will enjoy.

THE DARK KNIGHT: This time Batman, along with Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, are on a mission to clean up Gotham City. Crime is now down, until a new criminal mastermind shows up, and things get a lot worse. Now, Batman really has his hands full, as criminal mastermind, the Joker, has released his criminal insanity on Gotham City.

STEP BROTHERS: When two child like older men, who each live with their single parents, will now have to live in the same room because their parents have wed, we see that they are bound to have problems. Casting John Reilly and Will Ferrell as the key players, and you have the ingredients for a racous comedy. This seems like a sure thing if your looking for some laughs.

HAMLET 2: Dana Marshz, formerly a small time actor, has found himself teaching the high school theater classes to uninterested students. When the high school loses a major building, the administration decides the acting classes will have to go. With a challenge now in front of him, he plans to keep the school from dropping his classes by producing Hamlet 2, a sequel to the original work, which he writes himself.

TROPIC THUNDER: Overloded with good actors the genre of the film is a parody of recent war movies. To get a realistic performance from his spoiled actors to make a true epic masterpiece, the seemingly bold director into the wild jungle, and leaves them there by themselves. He hopes to frightnen them into the realism needed for a graet war film, which hidden cameras will capture. Unbelievabley, as the director blows up on an old French land mine, the crew is left on its own, and they think there acting, but the bullets flying are actually real. Stars include Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., and Tom Cruise.

BOLT: Bolt: This film is an animated family comedy. The star is dog actor Bolt, who plays the role of a dog that is a super hero dog. The thing about Bolt is that he honestly believes he is this super hero dog with superpowers. When, by chance, he is finds himself in a real world situation, he realizes that he is only a normal dog. Needing to find his way home, he finds help, in the form of Mittens, the cat, and Rhino, the hampster.

Jumper: Nearing death by drowning, David realizes he has an unbelievable ability. He now knows he can transport himself anywhere, anytime. He then comes to learn that he is not the only one that has this capability. After years of "jumping" around the planet, he finds out that there are those that think jumpers are a threat, and need to be eliminated. He now must battle for his life, as the hunters believe he should die.

THE CHRONICALS OF NARNIA, PRINCE CASPIAN: It is one year later, in there "regular" lives, when Edmund, Peter, Susan, and Lucymagically reappear in Narnia. Fearing for his life Prince Caspian has blownn the magic horn, hoping to be saved. 100's of years have passed since they left Narnia, but the four legendary characters have be summoned back to rescue Narnia from an evil fate. With the aid of the the bravest in the forrest, including, a dwarf, the centaurs, and a very skilled mouse, they battle to free Narnia.

IRON MAN: Weapons developer, business mogal, Tony Stark is attacked and taken by Afghan insurgents. They force him to make missiles for the insurgent group. He was injured when his convoy was attacked, and he has shrapnel lodged in his chest. To survive his injuries, and get away from the rebels, he designs a suit of armor, that makes him super strong. Iron Man is born.

ROLE MODELS: Danny and Wheeler, a couple of energy drink promoters, are facing jail time after trashing the company truck. The only way to avoid jail time is to work in community service for 150 hours. They will have to mentor troubled kids as sort of a big brother. A good situation for some good laughs.

Most people buy or rent films when the come out on DVD, and watch them at home. A more recent method for getting films is by using down loading technologies from online sources. There are websites that will download tons of different movies. - 16039

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