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The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Magical! Magnificent!
I saw "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway about 3 years ago, so I didn't know if I would go see the movie. I finally decided to, so on the day it came out I went. And I am so glad I did! The movie was pure magic. Everything about it was marvelous. The singing is sensational, it is obvious that the actors were not just casted purely on "celeb status", they all truly can sing. Emmy, "Christine", plays the part perfectly, and she is a beautiful girl with a beautiful voice. The sets were amazing, sometimes with color, sometimes black and white, but they always looked good. The acting was great too. The best part, in my opinion, was the Phantom. He was cast perfectly. His voice is great, and so are his looks! His acting is marvelous too, it brings you to tears....so definitely bring tissues! The chemistry between the Phantom and Christine was soooo good, it gave me goosebumps. When either one of them sang you would get the chills. I definitely recommend this movie. Even if you already saw the show, see the movie too, please don't miss out on this magical and magnificent movie!
Peter Pan (2003)
Absolutely Fantastic!
This movie is absolutely fantastic! I'm a 16 year old girl and I can't get enough of this movie, it's wonderful! I read the original story of Peter Pan a while back. When I saw the Disney cartoon movie a few years ago I was a little disappointed that it didn't stick to the book. Well, this movie would make J.M. Barrie proud, it sticks to the book exactly! I was a little skeptical about seeing this movie because it was Peter Pan and I thought it would be for little kids. But one night, I saw that it had just started on Starz, so I decided to watch it for maybe 10 minutes and then change the channel. Well, I was instantly "hooked". I sat through the entire thing and laughed and cried. I loved this movie so much that I taped the movie when it was on again that night. I must have watched it about 3 times in one weekend. This movie is wonderful, the actors are cast perfectly, the acting is wonderful, there is GREAT chemistry between the actors who play Peter and Wendy, and it's not too babish, but not too grownup for little kids to see. People will love it, whether they are 7 or 77. It's a great movie! Definitely see it!
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE!
I think this movie is on my list of top 3 movies I have seen and hated throughout my life. And I am usually kind towards movies. I don't like to be critical of them and I try to give them a chance. I usually give things good reviews. But with this movie it was impossible. I wont give away any spoilers in case anyone would for some reason want to see this movie, but all i can say is my friends and I shut if off after 35 minutes. Not because we were scared, because we just couldn't take the movie anymore. It shouldn't even be classified as a horror. Its more like a porno-death movie. The acting is HORRIBLE, the plot is hard to follow (in fact I'm not even sure there is a plot) and from what I saw, there is no horror, just visions of dead people and gross stuff every 10 seconds and naked people. Don't waste your money renting this movie, and don't waste your life watching it. I give it a 0 out of 10.
Phone Booth (2002)
Actually pretty good...
When I heard about this movie I must confess that I didn't think it would be that good. I was like a movie about a guy in a phone booth, how exciting could it be??? But then I heard that Colin Farrell was in it and also got curious as to how it would end. Unfortunatly, I found that out right after it left theaters. So I decided to rent it. Believe it or not, I found it to be very exciting! It was very suspensful, and I think well put together. It's not like Oscar material or anything, but its really good. And every time Colin would cry I would really feel for him, so he is a really good actor in this movie (plus totally hot). And throughout the movie I was like, OMG how is it going to end! I was getting so curious. So I would watch it, and there is even like a twist at the end, but if you pay attention like I did throughout the movie you will catch it. I don't wanna give anything away but I will quickly tell a summary of the movie without giving anything major away. The movie is about this publisist named Stu (Colin Farrell) who is really kind of snobby. He thinks he is like better than everyone else. He has a beautiful wife at home, but yet he is still sorta cheating on her with this younger woman named Pam (Katie Holmes). I say sorta cheating because they have never actually slept together or kissed, but he like secretly calls her and stuff. Anyway, one day Stu goes in this phone booth to call Pam, and after he hangs up, the phone rings again. He picks it up and its this voice, aka. the bad guy (Keifer Sutherland). Anyway the voice starts to threaten him and stuff, but Stu doesn't take him seriously until he shoots this guy and kills him. Stu realizes that this guy is a sniper and can kill him at any moment. Anyway, to sum it up, throughout the movie the guy threatens Stu and then this whole police force shows up, of course thinking Stu killed the guy. Stu can't tell them he didn't because the sniper will kill him and the head police guy (Forest Wittaker) It gets really exciting. For instance the part where both Pam and Stu's wife Kelly show up and the sniper wants him to chose which one dies. Anyway, you really should watch it. I give it 3 and a half stars out of 5.
Right on Track (2003)
Really Good
This was actually a really good movie. I was seeing a commercial for it on about every network so I knew all about it. I was laying on the couch when Disney announced it was coming on. I decided I would watch it to test it but didn't think it would last long. Some Disney movies are really good but others too sappy. Well this movie was actually really good. I really enjoyed it. I sat through the whole thing, and though it was predictable at times I was never bored of it. Some parts can be a little sappy but hey if they weren't than it wouldn't be a Disney movie. It had a really good cast. I liked the relationship of the daughters and their father. It was nice. The movie is about a girl named Erica Enders and her sister Courtney (though it is mostly about Erica). She loves drag racing, but is discriminated against because she is a girl. I'm not going to give away any parts or anything but it was really good. I was surprised. Of course as I said some things can be a little too lovey dovey, but that's what I liked about it. This is a great family movie. I give it 9/10.
8 Mile (2002)
Great film!
This film was great! However I think it would only be great for Eminem fans and people aged 13-30. I thought it was awesome! Besides the fact that Eminem was really hot in this movie I really liked his acting. People have been saying that the movie should get an Oscar, it's really Eminem who should get the Oscar. Without Eminem the movie would not be the same. He plays the part so well, because well, he was the part. The movie is not exactly like his real life, but sort of based on it. You can definitly tell why the movie got an R rating though. Just about every sentence has the F-word in it and Eminem is involved in a pretty heavy sex scene. The rapping in this movie is great and when you hear it you will be doing what the audience in the movie is doing, laughing and going ooooooh! This movie was great and if you are an Eminem fan you will love him in it. Out of a 10 I give the movie an 8 and a half.
A Walk to Remember (2002)
Awesome movie!!! 5 stars!!!!
I read the book A Walk to Remember and could not wait to see it when it came out in theaters. I was shocked when it only got one star and the critics practically trashed it. I went to see it anyway. I loved it!!! It was put together so nice,everything from the cast to the music. I gave it 5 stars (or more), but i think critics should have given it at least 3 stars. It was the best movie i have seen in a long time. Shane West and Mandy Moore were awesome together! Everybody in the movie theater was crying, including me. In case you don't know what it is about, it is about a girl named Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore) who does not fit in and gets made fun of. Because of a prank that causes someone to get hurt, a cool boy named Landon Cartor (Shane West), has to be in a play with Jamie. He eventually falls for her and sees that she has a great personality. I dont want to give away the ending, go see it, its great! If you have read the book, it is pretty much the same but it is set in 1996 instead of the 1950's so it is a little bit different. This movie was so great! If you want to see a great movie this year, this would be it. Go see it, A Walk to Remember was the best, i recommend it to everybody!