Up In The Air

Up In The Air (another George Clooney film) is also quite excellent. It is not particularly fast paced or that laugh out loud or that serious. It is just plain old good.

Up In The Air gets two kernels for being a good solid film.

The Blind Side

The Blind Side is the wonderful true story of how football player Michael Oher got to where he is. Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw do an excellent job playing the parents and Quinton Aaron played the lead very well. The movie is touching and funny and uplifting and I recommend it.

The Blind Side gets three kernels for being a well rounded and excellent film.

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in the latest version of the detective. The film is noticeably directed by Guy Ritchie. I expected it to be pretty wonderful, but was rather disappointed. Some parts of the plot seemed completely unnecessary and Robert Downey Jr. was difficult to understand at times.

Sherlock Holmes gets one kernal for being a bit of a let down.

Avatar

Avatar is an amazing movie in one regard and a rather average movie in another. In terms of plot there is not much going on with the film. It is not that original or surprising in any way. However, visually the film is second to none. I watched the film in 3D and have not yet seen it in regular viewing, but I think it would still be amazing. It is definitely worth a watch.

Avatar gets two kernels for being visually amazing, but average in plot.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a Roald Dahl story made into an awesome stop animation film. Some of the voices include George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Bill Murray. I would imagine children may enjoy it, but I found it rather humourous for adults as well.

Fantastic Mr. Fox gets two kernels for being very entertaining.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (abbreviated version) Jacob or Edward? That's the question. For the record. Jacob (for being young) is pretty hot. Edward is creepy looking but right for Bella. That is my opinion. I really don't even think there is any more to say.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon gets (this is really hard and if I did half kernels it would be 1.5, but...) one kernel. It did a pretty good job of depicting the book, but I just don't think it is that good.

Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen (abbreviated version) is one of the many recent Gerard Butler movies. The man seems to be in everything these days, but I must say that the range of his characters are quite impressive. I mean, can you even believe that the same actor played the Phantom of the Opera, lead guy in 300, dead husband in P.S. I Love You, The Ugly Truth guy, and Law Abiding Citizen? That is RANGE!
The movie is about a man whose family is murdered and after the murders are not sentenced to the satisfaction of the husband he decides to take justice into his own hands. I really enjoyed this movie. It had cool explosions and action and death scenes, but it also brought up some moral and judicial questions that got you thinking.

Law Abiding Citizen gets two kernels - good combination of action and actual plot as well as another great performance by Butler.

The Informant!

The Informant (abbreviated version) stars Matt Damon and is amazing - in case you were wondering. I will say straight up that I am incredibly bias b/c I love Matt Damon. I thought this movie was so very funny. It is the 'based on a true story' story of the highest ranking whistle blower in US history that worked as an informant (hey, that's the title :P) for the FBI. What makes this movie so great is Damon's character is a little looney and the audience gets to hear his internal dialogue. And believe me, you want to hear his internal dialogue because it is hilarious and completely random. It was a lot like listening to a bunch of Jack Handey moments...there was something about how horrible the texture of an avocado was and who would want that in their mouth?

The Informant! gets three kernels - LOVE IT! And I am biased and lots of people would probably enjoy it but not to the extent that I did.

The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying (abbreviated version) is a Ricky Gervais comedy. The title pretty much sums up the general plot - the thought of telling a lie has never entered into someone's head, until Ricky's character. The thing is, even though these people haven't discovered lying yet, does that mean that they HAVE to say EVERYTHING that they are thinking? I mean you would think that if you didn't lie you would at least just not admit stuff...but, whatever. It was fairly funny seeing what a world without lies would look like. For example, the name on the retirement home read: A Sad Place For Hopeless Old People.

The Invention of Lying gets two kernels for being fairly funny and at times even satirical, but not really that amazing.

Jenniver's Body

Jennifer's Body (the abbreviated version). Diablo Cody's attempt at a teen horror movie. Amanda Seyfried was awesome as per usual. Megan Fox played the hot girl...big surprise there. Adam Brody was incredible hot and eye liner is clearly his friend. Also, he kind of looked like Brandon Flowers, so that's a plus. Also, VMars fans will enjoy finding a co-star reunion in this movie.

Essentially the movie is about witchcraft gone awry in which Megan Fox's character turns into a male eating machine.

Jennifer's Body gets one kernel - just read a synopsis, you'll get the semi-interesting plot and it won't take as long.