Scream 4

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I feel the need to say that I watched this movie at 9pm in a smallish movie theater at college. Playing this movie to a room full of college students was actually really hilarious. While half of me was scared because a random masked figure was popping out and stabbing people to death, half of me was cracking up because of all the people who would scream when that happened. The funniest thing was when the movie leads you to think Scream is going to pop out and kill someone but it's just something stupid like it'll just be a random character. People pretty much screamed whenever the music got louder.

As for storyline goes, as in most horror movies there isn't really one, which is the main reason why I typically don't like them. The point is just to get people killed. But there's a certain attraction to the movie because of the fun part of trying to figure out who Scream actually is. I won't say who, but I'll say it's pretty unexpected. That simple fact is almost the whole reason I'm giving this such a high rating. The other reason is the cast: Lucy Hale, Anna Paquin, Courteney Cox (whose first name I didn't know was spelled like that until recently), Kristen Bell, Hayden Panettiere, and David Arquette being among the long list of the well-known actors/actresses in the cast. Having all of them in Scream 4 just makes it that much better because it doesn't seem as cheesy as it may have been if they had used unknowns.

I give it: 8/10

Sleepless in Seatle

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Okay, so I do know that movies aren't supposed to be realistic, but the whole "love at first sight" stuff really annoys me. Oh and this definitely is not the type of movie I normally watch either, and I will admit that I was more "watching" it as in I had it on but I wasn't really paying complete attention to it mostly because I couldn't devote my full attention to it.

There were some pretty good parts to Sleepless that did make me laugh, but I mostly liked the little kid, Jonah, because he was so cute. As for complete plot predictability, yes it's completely obvious how it'll end (just like in Leap Year actually). But the difference is that this movie makes it actually somewhat worth watching the movie between the beginning and the end. I do like Tom Hanks too.

The fact that I'm giving a movie like this over a rating of 5 means it's good because I normally can't even make it through this type of movie.

I give it: 6/10

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

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Don't let the awesomeness of this movie not impact your life. I don't really know if that line made sense but in layman's terms (because everyone is a layman), this movie is awesome. I think the first sign that I really wanted to see it in the first place is that I actually went to the movie theater to see it. That's right; I went to a movie. And I wasn't disappointed, in fact, I wanted to go right back in and watch it again once it ended.

I'm thinking that the main reason why I love this movie so much is because of how they made it seem like a true comic book (Scott Pilgrim is originally a comic book series which is also worth reading). I knew I was going to like the movie before it even started due to the really awesome decision by some genius to make the sound of Universal into an 8-bit track for the opening. During action scenes, there is a visible "POW" upon the impact of typically a fist on a face, and during once scene, which is among one of my many favorites, one character's face turns into a literal "o.o" face. That made me laugh so hard I almost cried. The plot isn't really that great, it does get kind of dull as Scott continually has to fight the seven exes, but each of them bring their own side plots which adds to the depth. The protagonist is as much of a jerk as he needs to be which makes it extremely easy to hate him.

I don't want to say too much about the movie, but if you're a nerd/geek about comic books and/or video games, like I admittedly am, this movie is definitely for you. Even if you're not one of those people, watch this movie. Now.

I give it: 10/10

Serenity

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This movie is based on the series Firefly. Firefly was a short-lived show that only lasted a single season. Even with only 14 episodes, the show managed to gain a dedicated fan base.

Throughout the almost 2-hour movie, it shifted through ups and downs. The beginning had me laughing and the end had me crying. Not going to spoil anything here, but Joss Whedon sure does love making his viewers crazy on the emotional roller coasters he so loves to create.

The movie centers around the character of River, insane 17 year old female prodigy of well... everything. The antagonist tries to kill her because he believes she is a tool of destruction. He's not wrong. She goes completely insane at a few points in the movie at times knocking out entire rooms full of armed men singlehandedly. How is it that a show that's not really centered around a teenaged superpowered girl has more of her killing people/kicking ass than a show that is? I have no idea. Anyways, the movie has some pretty awesome fight scenes, but at times they just get really confusing and everywhere. Some scenes themselves seem to be randomly inserted and have hardly any relevance, but they actually do because those are the scenes where River is being her usual insane self. I was glad to see the whole original cast from Firefly in the movie, because I hate when movies are made off of TV shows and they use different actors.

I give it an: 8/10