Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Films To See From 2008 by Dolores

By Bryan Jung

I have put together a sampling of the more popular movies put up on the big screen in 2008. I have chosen a few of the motion pictures that I think you might like. Hopefully you will see a couple of movies that you will enjoy.

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS: Wild and crazy nights in Las Vegas are normal. Joy and Jack, who had just met, get up the next day and find out that they are married. After winning a huge jackpot, each thinks they deserve the prize, so they try to settle it in court. The judge decides that they must stay together for six months, and give their marriage a chance. With lots of money at stake, they conspire to make each other quit the marriage, as they are both determined to get the money for themselves.

10,000 B.C.: This cinematic production sends us back to prehistoric times. When a warlike tribe storms the Yaghai people, they kidnap the beautiful Evolet. A young hunter named D'Leh, who is in love with her, leads a group of hunters to pursue the warlords, and save her, and the rest of the captured tribe members.

TWENTY ONE: The basis for this film is the true story of young college kids who built a winning formula to beat blackjack. These wiz kids planned, trained, and executed a brilliant run at the blackjack tables. To beat the games in Vegas, where players can be banned for winning with card counting skills, they created false identities, and used complex signals to avoid detection. Twenty One is based on the book that tells how the M.I.T. teams made millions playing blackjack.

THE DARK KNIGHT: In this film Batman, and law enforcement officials, have been taking down the criminal elements of the city. This has effectively reduced crime, but that is until the Joker shows up, and attacks the city. Now, Batman really has his hands full, as criminal mastermind, the Joker, has released an overwhelming assault on Gotham City.

TROPIC THUNDER: With a collection of acting greats the genre of the film is a classic spoof. Things are going bad, so to get the over rated cast of actors to see the movie be a success, the seemingly bold director into the wild, leaving them to fend for themselves. He hopes to frighten them into the realism needed for a great war film that will be recorded on hidden cameras. Incredibly, because the director blows up on an old French land mine, the actors are now truly on their own, and they are convinced everything is just an act, when things start to get very real. Written, directed, and acted in, by Ben Stiller.

WALL-E: This film is an animated, comedy, adventure, sci-fi. Everyone has been removed from Earth because it had become a big pile of trash. Waste removal robot, Wall-E, has been left to continue cleaning. Years later, when a robot named Eve shows up searching to see if the planet can sustain any life, Wall-E is finally not alone. Eventually, when Eve is recovered by the craft that sent her, Wall-E somehow gets on the ship, and begins an exciting new life.

MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA: This is the continuation to the animated smash hit Madagascar. This small group of animal friends attempt to leave Madagascar, and go back to the Central Park Zoo, and go back to the lives they know. With things going wrong again, as the Penguins are up to their old tricks, they find themselves going to their true homeland, Africa.

THE CHRONICALS OF NARNIA, PRINCE CASPIAN: It's only about one down the road in "real" time, when Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are mysteriously pulled back into Narnia. Running for his life, Prince Caspian has blown the magic horn, praying that he will be saved. In Narnia, 1,300 years have passed since they were Kings and Queens, but they now return to rescue Narnia from an evil fate. With the aid of the brave warriors of Narnia, they conquer their foes and free Narnia.

BOLT: Bolt is a fun animation. Bolt, is a dog who is an actor, who in his role on television has super powers. His problem is that he honestly believes he has these powers. When he is accidentally finds himself in a real world situation, he realizes that he is just a dog. On a journey to get back home, he is aided by Rhino and Mittens, his newly found hamster and cat friends.

Most people buy or rent these movies, and view them on their home entertainment system. A new way people are acquiring movies is by downloading them directly from online sources. There are websites that will download virtually any movie ever made.

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