John’s Favorite Movies List
This is a sampling of movie hits for 2008. These are some of the movies I found entertaining in this years crop. Hopefully you will see a couple of movies that you will enjoy.
10,000 B.C.: This film will take you back 1,000’s of years. When a warlike tribe invades the Yaghai tribe, they kidnap the beautiful Evolet. A young hunter named D’Leh, who deeply cares for Evolet, organizes a band of hunters to chase down these warmongers, and save her, and the rest of the captured tribe members.
WANTED: Wesley, an office worker going nowhere in life, learns that his long lost father is an assassin. His father is killed, and now he is being recruited into the secret society of killers that his father was a part of. He is asked to become the killing expert that he was meant to be. From there, things get extremely complicated. Enjoy this roller coaster ride.
THE CHRONICALS OF NARNIA, PRINCE CASPIAN: It’s only about one down the road in their normal lives when the four saviors of Narnia, Lucy, Susan, Peter, and Edmund are teleported back to Narnia. Fearing for his life Prince Caspian has blown the magic horn, praying that he will be saved. 100’s of years have passed since they left Narnia, but they now return to battle for the freedom of Narnia once again. With the aid of the bravest in the forrest, including, a dwarf, the centaurs, and a very skilled mouse, they conquer their foes and free Narnia.
Jumper: Nearing death by drowning, David realizes something incredible. He can actually teleport himself to any place he wants to go, at any time. Eventually, he discovers that he is not alone in having this capability. After he becomes used to jumping around the world, he is exposed to hunters that are trying to rid the world of jumpers. He must fight for his life, as those people try to track him down.
WALL-E: This film is an animation comedy. Mankind has left Earth, since it had become a pile of rubbish. Wall-E, a trash collecting robot, is assigned to continue cleaning. When Eve, another robot, arrives looking for signs of life on Earth, Wall-E has a friend. When Eve is retrieved by the spaceship that sent her, Wall-E sneaks aboard, and thus starts the adventure of his robot life.
BOLT: Bolt: This film is a fun animation. 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 is convinced he is this super hero dog with superpowers. When, by chance, he is put into a real life situation, he discovers that he is only a normal dog. Needing to find his way home, he finds help, in the form of a cat named Mittens, and an overweight hamster named Rhino.
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS: I guess it was a typical night out in Vegas. Barely remembering what had happened, Jack and Joy wake up and soon realize that they had married each other the night before. After winning a huge jackpot, the question is who should get the money, so they ask a judge for a decision. It is decided that they must stay together for six months, and see if they can settle their differences. With an eye on the jackpot, they each try to get the other to give up, as both desire to get the money for themselves.
TWENTY ONE: The basis for this film is the true story of young college kids who created a team of blackjack players that beat the casinos. These wiz kids planned, trained, and executed an assault on the casinos. To be successful in Las Vegas, where players who beat the game can be banned from playing, they had to change casinos often, and disguise themselves, so he wouldn’t get caught. Twenty One is based on the book that explains how these kids took it to the casinos.
THE DARK KNIGHT: Batman, and Lt. Gordon and D.A. Harvey Dent, are on a mission to clean up Gotham City. Crime is now down, but now a new super criminal arrives on the scene, and starts a crime spree. Batman has his work cut out him now, as the Joker is dispensing an overwhelming assault on Gotham City.
Many people will buy films when the come out on DVD, so they can see them in the comfort of their living rooms. A new way people are acquiring movies is by downloading them directly from the internet. There are websites that will download virtually any movie ever made.
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