Movie Reviews

As we start the new year in hope of better things we are happy to be able to entertain ourselves with new movies. Some are old stories retold in a new light and some of the stories have been thought up new by some of the best writers out there. These movies are action packed, heartbreaking, tear-jerking and some are hilarious. Here are my reviews, along with reviews from other magazines and websites. I hope that these reviews help you decide what your next movie to watch will be.

The Dark Knight
From the crazy makeup that makes the Joker the Joker, to the Bat Suit, this movie was all around fantastic. This movie is loaded with everything you could ever want in a action flick. Car chases, bank robberies and a man in a cape. What more could the Batman legacy become?

I myself am not a superhero fan, never have been, never will be. But I will make one exception, this movie. Heath Ledger played one of the most devious roles as the Joker. We are all shaken by the fact that his last role was this movie, but I say that this was a great film and will it always keep his memory with us. Christian Bale did a brilliant job, taking on the part of Batman himself.

As The Rolling Stone puts it " The Dark Knight earns the number one spot by raising the bar." Couldn't have said it better my self.

Bolt
Bolt is a movie where at first I was thinking, oh great, another animated little kid movie. But I found myself laughing many times. Yes it is an animated movie but that doesn't automatically make it a children's movie, does it? I think not. Bolt would be a great little kid movie but also a family movie. Its a cute story with a predictable happy ending but that's what makes Disney movies so popular. The New York Times says, " Bolt, in other words, is a real movie." If I were you I would see Bolt. Even if you don't think you will like it, just go and watch it, you'll find your self laughing at a silly hamster or something like that.

If you don't know what Bolt is about then you obviously haven't been paying attention to those thousands of trailers on T.V. In one sentence there is a dog who is an "actor" on a show where he has superpowers, but he doesn't know that this television show isn't his real life. Problems occur and they are eventually solved. I don't want to give the ending away for those who haven't seen it. And, for those of you who have already seen it, get ready for the 3-D version! [ no joke.]

by: Carly