As I head into my final week of high school, I start to think how fast it went and how fortunate I am to have the opportunities I had because I know that everybody isn't as fortunate as I am. This got me thinking about one movie that I love and had recently seen again because I happened to be flipping channels on the T.V. That movie is The Blind Side.
The Blind Side is a Sports movie that pulls at all your heart strings and makes you feel grateful for what you have. This movie pulls at all your heart strings. Ive never seen a movie that makes me feel so many different emotions as this one. The story tells of Michael Oher, now a NFL player, coming from a bad start in his life. The movie takes you through his life and how he came to be in the NFL. This movie was done so well, its hard to say what it makes you feel, other than it makes you feel and hard. The emotions this movie gives is like no other and after it I always want to thank people for what they did for me and the sacrifices they made to benefit me.
If you have never seen this movie, you are missing out. If you are to see any movie it would be this one. Its a heart warming movie that makes you fell so many different things. After it maybe you will do what I did and thank everyone for all the sacrifices they made for you.
I will not be watching any movies for a while, unless I can squeeze one in here and there. That is because I don't want to miss what everyone should be watching and that is the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
I am a huge hockey fan and I watch all the games I can during the regular season, but nothing beats the playoffs. Every game is on nationally broadcasted television, so there is no excuse to why you should miss a second of the action. The playoffs in hockey are some of the grittiest, nastiest, most gruesome hockey you can watch. The games are at a different level and intensity and not one game should be missed. The playoffs in hockey are much different than any other sports. 16 teams going head to head in 7 game series is like nothing else. They battle and fight each other, injury's and their mental state's to win sports ultimate trophy the Stanley cup. Theres not much to be said about the playoffs other than you can't miss them. Its unlike anything in sports and there is nothing more intense. I will be taking a break from movies to make sure I don't miss an amazing story that is happening right now in front of me. I hope you will sit down and watch all the games, or even one because you won't regret it.
Games are on NBCSN CNBC and USA, check https://www.nhl.com for game schedule.
This weekend I went up to New Hampshire and when I returned back to the hotel from a long day I turned on the tv assuming i would just find some show and fall asleep, but that is not what happened. I found one of if not the greatest movie of all time, Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump is a classic that can be watched over and over and you should never get bored of it. Forrest Gump teaches life lessons, makes you laugh and cry, and also makes you not want to waste time. Every time i watch Forrest Gump I always feel that i should get up and do something with my life because he wastes no time to do anything. The character and story of Forrest Gump makes you realize that you can do anything you want if you feel like it, and that if you do the things you like, you will be happy. Forrest Gump makes you feel empowered and makes you want to have a fulfilling life.
If you haven't seen this movie, thats a problem. Forrest Gump is not only referenced all over but will be around forever probably even for you kids kids to enjoy. Forrest Gump is one of the greatest movies of all time in my opinion and if you have yet to see it, that needs to change asap.
Another favorite T.V show of mine is flashpoint. I found this show a while ago on Netflix and have been watching it ever since. There are 5 seasons and I am just about finished with it all.
Flashpoint is about an SRU, Strategic Response Unit, that is based within a metropolitan Canadian are, basically Toronto. They respond to all series calls that occur within the city that regular officers are not trained to handle. They take hostage calls, bomb calls, and heavily armed criminals. The difference between them and a regular SWAT team is that they are trained to talk down the victims, they use psychology first then use weapons later if necessary. Flashpoint follows this team through all its hards calls and the stress and problems they encounter. The team of 6 gets the job done and keeps the peace any way they can.
I enjoy this show because of all the action it depicts and it gives a real sense of what happens and what can go wrong in situations. All 5 season are on Netflix and episodes are being ran on TV on ion.
Last week one of the shows I watch finally came back. Bates Motel is one of the best shows i know that out there. A prequel to the movie Physco, it is the early life and events that lead up to the events in the movie. In the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon, Norman Bates and his mother Norma move in to start a new life. They purchased a motel and house and will run it between them. Norman and Norma are inseparable and over the past 3 seasons things have gotten good.
Bates Motel is a drama thriller that gets the job done. Throughout the first three seasons there are things that I never saw coming and it always kept me interested. There are always multiple plot stories going on and questions that need to be answered. Bates Motel is a show that keeps drawing you back in and gets you addicted to the show. Between Norman, Norma, all the other characters, and how everything falls together it is a show I personally love. If you are into a drama thriller that keeps you interested and guessing on whats gunna happen next and you wanna know how the famous Norman Bates got his start, Bates Motel is for you.
Season 4 just started last week and is running every Monday on A&E, and if you missed any they are online. The first three seasons are on Netflix so there is time to catch up.
One of my favorite movie duo and soon to be a trio, are the insidious movies. They are a type of horror film that takes its own plot and I like that.
The first insidious movie is about a family of Josh and Renai and their sons Dalton and Foster and their daughter Cali. They all move to a new house and think nothing of it. Shortly after the son Dalton, is ominously called to the attic, there he Class a latter to turn on a light in which he falls and hits his head. The following day Dalton, falls into a coma. They family goes 3 months with no result and are allowed to take Dalton home. Soon there after Foster makes a comment one day that he wants to close his door at night because he doesn't like when Dalton sleepwalks.They find this very odd since Dalton has been in a coma for 3 months. The family soon begins to experience supernatural events in the home which ultimately scare them into a new house. From there the plot gets more interesting and into a different type of horror plot that I have not heard of. For that reason Insidious sits at another level than other horror films.
When insidious 2 came out I was so excited to find out it was a continuation of the first plot with the same cast. I was interested to see how the plot would carry out the first movie and I was more than happy. The writers, at leas I think, wrote these movies at the same time. The second plot fills in holes I didn't even see in the first movie and was very impressed with the way of the plot. I can't give anything away cause it would ruin the other story. Insidious and Insidious 2 are a different type of horror film. The plots are so great the writers did a fantastic job in finding connections in them I didn't even see.
I have yet to see the 3rs Incidious but I am expecting a lot out of it. In not sure if this has anything to do with the other two movie because there is only one character that is the same. It takes on a whole new family. Otherwise I expect a lot from this thord movie, so I'm hoping it's not a disappointment.
Links to all 3 movie trailers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuZnRUcoWos(1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbi4NeebAk(2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HxEXnVSr1w(3)
Im going to talk about one of my favorite movies this week and one that many Americans love and support, American Sniper.
American Sniper is another one of those movies that makes you proud to be an American. This is the story of Chris Kyle, who becomes a U.S Navy SEAL sniper. Throughout this movie you follow the story of his life. Chris grows up in Texas and learns to shoot as a kid from his father. From there, Chris takes on a career as a rodeo cowboy. Then, Chris comes home from work one night to find his girlfriend cheating on him and while spending the rest of the night talking about it with his brother he sees the news which is talking about the US 1998 embassy bombings. Chris after seeing the event decides to enlist in the navy. Later Chris qualifies to become Navy seal. From there, Chris is sent over to Iraq after the 9/11 bombings. After Chris is sent over to Iraq you follow his story of war and his homecomings and hardships.
Chris Kyle is an amazing person to go and serve our country the way he did. American Sniper highlights and shows people his amazing life and what is really means to serve this country and become a Navy SEAL. If there is ever a movie that makes you proud to be an American and thankful for the people that serve our country it is American Sniper.
This weekend I saw a trailer for the third purge movie, The Purge:Election Year. When I saw this trailer I was very excited based on the fact I like the previous two movies. The first Purge was good and the second one, I thought, was even better. So, I am hoping that the consistency stays and the third is the best yet.
The first Purge movie follows a wealthier family who supports the annual Purge. The Purge is an event that happens every year that allows all crime, even murder, to be legal for 12 hours in order for people to have the release from not doing anything all year long. This is seen as a good thing for America who is a nation reborn, where crime is at an all time low because of this annual event. At the start of this purge we follow the events of what happens to a wealthier family who sells security systems for people who support the purge but do not partake in the event. Everything goes according to plan until the son of the family opens their doors to a stranger who is stuck outside during the purge. This leads to the family getting into a lot of trouble by preventing a group of purgers their kill that they legally have the right to have. This movie was a good one and left the door open for a sequel that could and wound up being better
Link to trailer one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0LLaybEuzA
The second purge movie is called The Purge Anarchy. This purge follows a different path of a bunch of smaller stories of many people that get stuck outside during the purge and wind up crossing paths. I find this purge movie to be the better of the two because of all the action it has. In stead of being a wealthy family in a house, e get to follow the unlucky who get stuck outside or are the victims of being poor and have no security. We get to see what goes on outside during the purge and get behind the rag tag group of people who find each other to stay alive.
Link to trailer two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzFCDqKE4yA
I enjoy the whole concept of the purge movies. It is a well thought story that can be taken a lot of different ways. They seem to take it different ways each time and that is what I enjoy about these movies. They have the same backstory but you have a different plot each time. I am excited for the third purge movie, The Purge: Election Year and I hope it is better than the last.
A couple weekends ago I went out with a few friends and saw The Boy. Being the hard critic of scary movies I am, I went into this movie not expecting much of it.
Sitting through the first hour and ten minutes was pretty bad. It was pretty much what I expected out of a PG-13 movie. A few jump scares here and there that really were not scary at all. Then just a lot of story. Nothing I would suggest going out to see for 12 dollars. It slow moving and un-interesting. They could have made the first hour and ten minutes just ten if they wanted too. Just boring and uninteresting.
Although in the last 20 minutes of the movie, it took a turn I didn't expect. It actually got interesting in a plot twist I didn't think was going to happen. It had crossed my mind once but because the first hour and ten took so long I forgot about it and I was actually surprised. Im not a fan of this movie and I certainly wouldn't go spend money to see it, but it you happen to see it on tv, I suggest just watching the last 20 minutes cause that is the only good part of this movie.
This weekend I finally got to watch a movie I have been wanting to watch for a long time. As soon as I had seen the trailer I had wanted to see it but hadn't got the chance. Looper is the name of this great movie I finally got to see.
Looper is a movie that takes place in the year 2044. In the year 2044 there is a selective group called loopers. These are people that are hired by a by a mob in the future that send back bodies they want disposed of through time travel. The body is sent from 2074 to 2044 shot by a looper then disposed of. This is done through the highly illegal time travel in 2074 because it is impossible to dispose of a murdered body. Throughout the movie we follow Joe, who is a looper. We follow his daily routine until his friend Seth, who is also a looper, comes to Joe's house late at night. We find out that Joe has done the ultimate wrong the he could do as a looper.
After doing your job as a looper in the year 2044 you can go on to live your life for 30 years until 2074 when the mob is created and time travel is illegal. Once your 30 years is up they find you and send you back to 2044 to yourself to be eliminated so you won't give up information about the system. This is called closing the loop.
Seth has gone to Joe for help because Joe was sent himself and was supposed to close the loop and retire as a looper. Seth recognized that he was himself and let himself run. This is called letting you loop run. This is the worst wrong doing and Joe winds up turning him in which get both the future and current Seths killed.
After this life seems to go on as normal for looper Joe until he is sent himself to close his own loop. All in a second things go wrong. Joe was going to kill his future self but winds up getting knocked out and from there everything goes wrong as Joe has unintentionally let his loop run.
This movie is fantastic and should been seen by all. Looper is a great action packed movie that has a great plot and really makes you think. Looper has exceeded my expectations and is now one of favorite movies.
This week I am bringing an apocalypse movie. Yes, I realize that there are so many but i will only talk about the ones that matter and are good enough to get okay by me. This apocalypse movie comes from 2007 and its called I Am Legend.
I Am Legend isn't your average apocalypse movie and I think that is what makes it so good. Actor Will Smith plays scientist Lieutenant colonel Robert Neville. Lieutenant colonel Robert Neville is the only person left in a deserted New York City. Lieutenant colonel Robert Neville is the lone survivor along with his dog Sam after an apocalyptic virus breaks out. A supposed cure for cancer is found and all obviously get the vaccine. This turns out to be the end of humanity for everyone. This causes an airborne and contact virus that most die from it, but the ones who don't turn into these super mutant beings that are animalistic like. Lieutenant colonel Robert Neville is immune to contracting this virus from the airborne way and through contact, all dogs are immune to the airborne. Lieutenant colonel Robert Neville is the last one in New York and seeks to find a cure for these mutant creatures while trying to contact anyone else who is immune like him and survive the night when they come out.
This is an interesting way that the world the world would end and it also seems plausible. The story acting and twists are what make this apocalyptic movie different from all the others. If I had to watch only one apocalyptic movie from here on out this would be the one.
This week I'm bringing the movie that I watched this weekend with my best-friend, Non-Stop. I had picked this movie because I had never seen it but my friend had and said it was a great one. Not to mention Liam Neeson is the main actor so you know its going to be a good one.
Non-Stop is a more recent action film from 2014 that takes places in that time on an airplane. Bill Marks(Liam Neeson) is an air marshall that is on the non-stop flight from New York to London. Every gets settled down and time passes before Bill gets a text message from anonymous person on the plane, that read that they want 150 million dollars transferred to an account or they will kill a person every 20 minutes. From there on Bill tries to find this person on board by doing whatever he has to, to save the people on the plane.
This action mystery really kept me guessing throughout the whole entire movie. I really had trouble guessing who it was and that is why this is such a good movie. It keeps you interested and really makes you think and try to figure it out along with Bill. Non-Stop gets the okay from me.
The Blind Side is a Sports movie that pulls at all your heart strings and makes you feel grateful for what you have. This movie pulls at all your heart strings. Ive never seen a movie that makes me feel so many different emotions as this one. The story tells of Michael Oher, now a NFL player, coming from a bad start in his life. The movie takes you through his life and how he came to be in the NFL. This movie was done so well, its hard to say what it makes you feel, other than it makes you feel and hard. The emotions this movie gives is like no other and after it I always want to thank people for what they did for me and the sacrifices they made to benefit me.
