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Had a movie night with my friends last night.

Cloverfield - Cloverfield is my favorite type of horror movie, one that relies more on suspense and character interaction than massive amounts of Gore (for example, the scene where the bite victim dies is much more effective being shown in silhouette than it would have been if it was shown outright). It was a breath of fresh air in the toxic world of horror movies.

4.1/5

Juno - Clever writing and great performances from everyone involved made Juno, a movie with a very basic premise, a standout film. It was a great way to spend an hour and a half (well, three hours really since I saw it in theaters last December).

4.7/5

Last saturday I saw these movies:

Atonement (2007)

Great drama, excellent acting.


Billy Eliot (2000)
Must have been the third or fourth time a saw this movie, but it has lost nothing of its charm.

What a girl wants

Cute movie, nice story-line and a very funny Amanda Bynes.

Legally Blonde

Bringing Down the House

Both very funny.

Bridget Jones's Diary

One of my favorite movies. Absolutely love it. Probably even my favorite movie. Hilarious, wonderful music, great actors (yummy) and romance.

I watched Ice Princess the other day- it's one of my favorite live-action Disney films, and I never get tired of watching it!

Iron Man

I caught the film on opening night and man am I ever happy I did. This is what a superhero movie needs to be. A fantastic mix of drama, action, romance and comedy; in fact I would say it is the most intentionally funny superhero flick I've ever seen. The acting was phenomenal, I would even guess that Robert Downey Jr could get an a few nominations come award season (ala Johnny Depp in PotC 1 and 2) his performance was that could.

And here's a note to all who have yet to see the movie, stay till the end of the credits. An additional scene featuring a big name, and uncredited, actor as a prominent member of the Marvel Universe mythology makes an appearance to set up a sequel/spin-off movie.

4.7/5

Unfortunately its from the ULTIMATE Marvel Universe. Tits. I knew this would happen. Creating the Ultimate Marvel books was the biggest mistake Marvel ever made - because now there is no definitive canon or character.

I finally saw Stardust (my HD DVD) and all I can say is what a wonderful film. I've not seen Enchanted but I doubt if can be half as appealing as this modern day masterpiece.

What I liked about Stardust is that it still had the guts to actually include some scares (for young children, of course). Now, when was the last time you can remember that in a filmed fairytale type film?

Shame hardly anyone saw it at the cinema. I do have to ask myself, what do the public want when films like this linger on the cusp of obscurity, yet films like "Are We Done Yet?", "P.S. I Love You" and "Fred Claus" do better.

I'm feelings depressed now. I'm going to buy some ice cream.

Juno

IMHO the best movie of 2007 and it might turn out to become one of my all-time favorites.

I watched Stand by Me a few days ago. I absolutely loved it and it is now in my top 5.

Also, I saw Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay today. It was pretty funny but not as good as the first one.

I went to the movies last night and saw Made of Honor.

If you love romantic comedies, you MUST see this one!

It's cute, fun and there are amazing sceneries from Scotland!!! Oh and Patrick Dempsey is worth the money anyway!

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - A pretty funny movie.

Iron Man- I like it. My favorite character was Pepper Potts.

1776 (1972), been wanting to see this for a while now and it was worth the wait. A great musical that is both capable of standing on it's own feet as being educational as well as entertaining.

I finally got around to watch Stardust, and I'm so glad I did. I been looking at this dvd on my shelf for the past few weeks and friday I finally decided to watch it. From start to finish, this film was simply amazing, and based off the previews I would have never guessed that. I sure that's one of the main reasons it did so poorly at the box office. Anyway, I just finished watching it for the thrid time and I highly recommend it.

The Golden Compass

I don't see why everyone is harping on about how this isn't a good film. It might be just me, but I thought it was actually really good. Good acting, great SFX and great fighting scenes. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Raiders of the lost Ark

Not my favorite Indiana Jones movie, but still one of the best movies ever.

The African Queen (1951), very good. A must see for anyone who is a fan of the Jungle Cruise attraction at the Disney parks since this films is what it is based on. Loved Hepburn's reaction to the first set of rapids, and her hat too.

Did you watch that on TCM? I was going to, but I totally forgot!