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February 10, 2007

Weekly Movie Review: Napoleon Dynamite

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There are some movies that you just know will win oscars. Movies that everyone will stand in line for hours and hours to buy tickets for. Movies that will get rave reviews, and everyone will talk about for weeks after it comes out.
This is not one of those movies. But you must see it.
One of the things I love about this movie is that, it's nothing really special. No briliant scores or award wining prefomaces, and yet, it's so iconic.
for a while, it was so bad, that you couldn't go five feet without seeing a, vote for pedro t-shirt, or hearing some one say, "gimmie some 'a yer 'tots," or "flipin sweet!"
But whats so speial about a film about a very un-special dorky high school boy. To whom nothing very special ever happens?
Well I don't really know, but it might be because we can all relate to it.
We've all at one piont in our lives been like one of the characters. Quiet, shy, Deb. Dorky, but trying to be cool, Napoleon. Jerky, uncle Rico, who lives in the past. We've all been there. (either that or it's just funny!)

January 16, 2007

Weekly Movie Review: Charlotte's Web

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charlottes-web.jpg I saw this one a couple weeks ago and I thought it was really good.

I'm sure you all know the plot, (and if you have never read charlotte's web there is something very wrong with you, and you should, no, NEED to stop whatever you're doing and go the library right now. No make that Barnes and Nobel.)

For the people who don't know, (and haven't LEFT YET!>:/) I will make this very simple.

A runty pig gets spared by a young farm girl, Fern, (Dakota Fanning) and moves to her uncles farm across the street. He learns thet they are going to eat him for Christmas. But Charlotte the spider, (Julia Roberts) decides to save him.

It's filled with great voices. (John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi, Julia Roberts, ect.)
Good for all ages.