Drama: Seven pounds (2008)
An IRS tax collector named Tim Thomas is burdened by a
terrible past when an accident caused his fiancé and six strangers to die.
Feeling at fault for the accident he makes it his mission to change the lives
of seven strangers posing as his brother Ben Thomas. Sadly he falls in love
with a woman named Emily who has a heart condition, and it almost changes his
overall plan, but decides to continue with it to save her life. It is a very
touching movie with a deep emotion that would make anyone cry. I loved this
movie when I first watched it, it has a strong message. If you haven’t seen
this movie I highly suggest that you watch it.
Action/Adventure: Twister
A weatherman named Bill Harding is trying to get his wife to
sign divorce papers so he could marry his girl friend Melissa. Unfortunately
that is postponed due to intense storms in Oklahoma. They team up with a group
of storm chasers to try and insert measuring devices code named “Dorothy” into
the heart of tornadoes. I still love
this movie, and I watch it every time I see that it is on television. I don’t
know why I love it; by I used to watch so much as a kid that all my family
could recite the lines word for word.
Horror: They (2002)
Now this is an interesting movie, I watched this when I was
younger and it made me really afraid of the dark, sometimes I still have to
have a light on. A woman named Julia Lund had terrible nightmares as a child,
and she discovers that it might all be real. She is working for her masters in
psychology when an old friend contacts her, and says that demons from the dark
are out to get him, and he commits suicide. Julia fears that these demons are
out to get her, and she becomes terrified of the dark. The down side to this is
that from another prospective it seems that she could hurt an innocent person
when she is just trying to protect herself. This is a scary movie, so don’t let
your kids watch!
Comedy: The Princess Bride (1987)
This is a classic fairy tale, and is a story within a story.
This is a very romantic comedy, and is just filled to the brim with laughter
and fun twists. This story is told by a grandfather to his sick grandson, and
has been a tradition passed down from father to son. The beautiful Buttercup
falls in love with a peasant boy named Westley, yet for some reason he
disappears when out at sea. While he is gone Buttercup is to be married to a
prince who has her kidnapped to start a war. It is up to Westley upon his
return as the dreaded pirate Roberts to rescue buttercup.
Romance: Practical Magic (1998)
Sally and Gillian Owens were raised by their aunts knowing
they were different. They grew up being taught the use of practical magic, they
also learn of their family curse. A curse that the men they fall in love with
will be doomed to an untimely death. The two sisters as adults have to fight to
protect themselves from Gillian’s evil boyfriend’s ghost (who the accidently
murdered twice). Also while Sally tries not to fall in love again, with a
detective who turns up looking Gillian’s dead boyfriend. This is a lovely
romance with a happy ending, I love the way it was put together, and I love
both Sandra Bullock, and Nicole Kidman.
Thriller: Secret Window (2004)
This was suggested to me by my friend who loves Johnny Depp
Movies, I’m not a big fan of horror or thriller movies, but I enjoyed this one.
I am a writer at heart, that much is true and as I watched this I fell in love
with the story line and plot. The writer Mort Rainey is accused of plagiarism
by a man calling himself John Shooter. As Mort waits for his evidence that he
wrote the story first, Shooter becomes violent towards him; a few examples
being starting his house on fire (Which only his soon to be ex-wife lives in).
Also Shooter kills his old dog which is done with an old screwdriver. In the
end it turns out it was just him feeling like his story needed the right ending
so it had created another person in him to complete this.
Science fiction: Serenity (2005)
This movie was based off the show Firefly which is a science
fiction show with only one season. In the future a spaceship called serenity is
hiding a deadly secret. This secret is a person who was turned into a weapon by
a twisted government. The crew of this ship finds themselves fighting against
this military government, and bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted
areas of space called Reavers. While doing this they discover the secret of the
deadly creatures by finding out the secret of the planet named “Miranda”. The
crew decides to release the information they found on “Miranda” to the entire
universe which they achieve in the end. This is a very good movie, with a very
good plot, and I love good storylines.
Children: Lady and the Tramp (1955)
This is the romantic tale of an uptown cocker spaniel named
Lady and her adventures with a mutt that calls himself the Tramp. I have always
loved this movie I always watched it when I was little. My favorite character
was always Jock the Scottish terrier. I used to only have this movie on a video
tape, but sadly I went so long without seeing it since we stopped using out VCR
(Oh goodness what is a VCR), just kidding. I received the DVD of Lady and the
Tramp from my father as a gift, and I still love it. I find that I still love
the old Disney movies, and Jock is still my favorite character in that movie, I
always smile when I see him.
Academy awards winning picture of the year: The Blindside
This is the true story of Michael Oher, who was a homeless
traumatized boy who became an all American football player. This is another
film with Sandra Bullock and has yet another touching story line. The end
always makes me cry, when Sandra Bullock who played his adoptive mother watches
him go off to college very proud of him. This film deserved the Academy award
as it was a very touching story. Anyone who has not seen this movie should
watch it, it is worth it.
The “I wish I would have seen this in the theater”: Monster
in law
I love this movie, I have always like Jane Fonda and in this
movie she plays an old show host who just lost her job. She loves her only son,
and is not to happy to discover that he has a girl friend, if that is not bad
enough they are engaged to be married. Yet when he is called away it is a full
out battle between Jane Fonda and her daughter in law to be played by Jennifer
Lopez. This is a fun movie to watch and is filled with comedy, and romance. I
love this movie, and my mom just hates the way Jane Fonda does her fake
laughter in this movie.
Staying on the topic of paper folding, another pet peeve I have
is folding the corners of books. This is
the number one do not do in my opinion. I barely borrow any of my books to
anyone, and when I do I warn them that they should not fold the pages. Doing this
makes me very angry, because it ruins the overall look and feel of a book. I
love books, so I like to keep them neat and with minimal damage. I WILL NOT
ACCEPT FOLDED PAGES IN MY BOOKS!!!
