i am sam

Year: 2001

Genre: Drama

Director: Jessie Nelson

Screenwriter: Jessie Nelson & Kristine Johnson

starring: Dakota Fanning & Sean Penn

My classmates should see this movie because it is a great movie that is about a mentaly retarted man who is fighting for his daughter it is a heart warming movie and i think a lot of people could relate to this move in some way.

have you seen any other movies that fall in to THIS movie gerne?

have u seen milk by sean penn?

The Orphanage

Year: 2007
Genre: Horror, Drama
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Screenwriter: Sergio G. Sanchez
Starring: Belen Rudea and Fernando Cayo

I would recommend this movie for anyone who loves suspense horror films because it was really scary and unpredictable. I would also recommend it because it is not like most horror films because there isn't a lot of blood and it relies more on suspense and creepy little kids with bags on their heads.

First question: This movie is in Spanish with English subtitles; do you think having to read subtitles takes away some of the suspense of the film? Second question: Which is more scary, movies with more surprise or movies with more suspense?

Enchanted

Year: 2007

Genre: Family/Musical/Disney

Director: Kevin Lima

Screenwriter: Bill Kelly

Starring: Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey

I remember seeing this movie with a couple of my friends, all of them avid musical haters. Yes, it's a Disney movie. Yes, there are some singing woodland creatures. Hell, there's even a poisoned apple! Despite everything working against it, the movie was actually a success. It hit on enough levels for almost everyone to enjoy it. It had the Princess and Prince element for the little kiddies, Patrick Dempsey for the cougars, Amy Adams for the fathers that got dragged there by their daughters, and the absolute absurdity of being in New York (and no one thinking twice about anything) for everyone else.

But, even though I enjoyed the movie, not everyone will like it. Not everyone finds Adams' bubbly personality welcoming or happy. Not everyone can stand a movie where Idina Menzel is cast aside for the short redhead that seems to have the IQ of a house plant. Nor can every audience bear to listen as Central Park bursts into song about not neglecting your significant other.

Now, what are you favorite Disney movies? Is there anything you would have changed about them?

Psycholicious!!

Year: 1960

Genre: Suspense Thriller/ Slasher

Director: Hitchcock

Screenwriter: Joseph Stefano

Psycho.. The MOST famous Slasher movie of all times!!! Psycho started it all; you like your Jason movies? >>Psycho started it<<>>PSYCHO<< ... Psycho started the era of the slasher movies. This movie is super good!! I would highly reccomend it! First, there is no better place to find the most amazing fake stabbings.. it goes to show you that even NOT multi-billion dollar movies, with NOT the best effects can be suspensfull.. The second reason i reccomed this movie is, because this movie made history! If you can't sit through a black and white movie.. LET ALONE one as amazing as Psycho... you don't deserve to be a movie watcher!!

First question i have for you is, if it wasn't for this, would you have even heard about this movie?

and the Second one is, if you have seen Psycho, what elements from it do you see in your everyday suspense/slasher movie today?

Mr. Deeds

Year: 2002

Genre: Romantic comedy

Director: Steven Brill

Screenwriter: Clarence Budington Kelland and Robert Riskin

Starring Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder

I think that the students in this class would enjoy this movie because of the implicit meaning; money isn't everything. Another reason students should see this movie is because Adam Sandler is a beast.

1.What movies have you seen that Adam Sandler has starred in?

2. Have you ever seen a movie with a moral meaning?

Watchmen strikes it BIG

Year: 2009

Genre: action

Director: Zack Snyder

Screenwriters: David Hayter and Alex Tse

First off, just let me say that this movie was AMAZING!!! the way that they made the characters look, and who they got to play them was just perfect! I would really and truly tell everyone to see this movie! First reason, they got the characters and their personalities down. The seconreason i would tell people to see it, is because this movie is SO jam pact and filled with action, you won't be disappointed!

I give this movie a 20 out of 10!!!!

Frost/Nixon

Year: 2008
Genre: Biopic/Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Peter Morgan
Starring: Michael Sheen & Frank Langella

One reason it fits into its genre: The two main characters (David Frost, a famous journalist, and Richard Nixon, the infamous president he managed to interview about the Watergate scandal) are indeed real historical figures and we do find out a lot about their lives and personalities during the period following Nixon's resignation from the office of the presidency. This makes it very much a Biopic.

One reason it does not fit into its genre: The movie by no means fits into the usual Biopic format, which traditionally means to show us the entire lifespan (or the majority) of a famous figure from the past. Frost/Nixon focuses solely on a a matter of months leading up to Nixon's most famous interview (and the interview itself). It is also very much a standard drama because of the tension and verbal fights that the two characters get into.

Two questions: 1) What other Biopics have you seen that only focus on one period in the famous person's life? Why not show us the entire life? 2) Director Ron Howard has made other movies based on real life events but aren't the traditional Biopic, such as Apollo 13. Can you think of other films based on real EVENTS, not focusing on a particular person?

I am Legend

Year: 2007

Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Francis Lawrence

Screenwritter: Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman

Starring: Will Smith and Alice Braga





Questions:

What did you like and/or dislike about this movie?

Have you seen any other movies with a similar plot?

Street Fighter (The ledgend of Chun Li)

Year: 2009

Genre: Action

Screenwriter: Justin Marks

Starring: Kirstin Kreuk

*Two reasons why you should/souldn't see this movie:

*This movie is one of the few movies that shows a girl being the hero after all.

*The actors have a good interpertation of their role.

*Open-ended questions:

*What other movies has Kristin Krek worked in as a hero?

*What other action movie has a girl as the main hero/"the girl" ?

Finding Nemo

Year:2003

Genre:Comedy,Animation,Adventure

Director: Andrew Stanton

Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres and Alexander Gloud

I loved this movie it was very funny. I recommend this movie to any age. This movie is funny,interesting, and keeps your attencion all the time. The characters aren't boring at all they are basically all over the place. The second reason why I would recommend this movie is because any age could watch it and be entertained. It's not a little kids movie because theres alot of parts that connects to every age.

Questions:

1.Would the movie be any better if it wasn't animated?

2.Would the movie be any different or better if it were a different type of fish instead of a clown fish?

goodfellas

Goodfellas

(1990)

Crime

Starting Robert De Niro and Ray Liottar

Director: Martin Scorsese

Screenwriter: Nicholas Pileggi

This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960's and 70's New York. Henry Hill is a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Tommy Devito is a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry's best friend. Jimmy Conway puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.

i ok this movie to anyone who loves gangster movies.

do you think robert de niro plays a good ganger role?

how people must you kill to make a point?

neo

Meet The Browns

Year: 2008

Genre:Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director:Tyler Perry

Screenwriter:Tyler Perry

Starring:Angela Bassett and Rick Fox

Two reasons why this movie should be seen because its an eye catcher. If you like to laugh a lot i suggest you to go see a Tyler Perry movie. My last reason why classmates should see this movie because its mixed genre. There can be some laughs or some Awww's. Also you should check out the play.

1. What is other movies that Tyler Perry directs?

2. How do they pick a certain actor to play a role in a certain mivie?

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Year: 2006
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, and Tom Waits
Director: Goran Dukic
Screenwriters: Goran Dukic, Etgar Keret

The first reason I would recommend this movie is because it is incrediably unique and what it lacks in acting and structure it makes up for with creativity. The second reason I would recommend it is because Tom Waits is in it and he is absolutely amazing.

First question: Do you believe that there is any kind of life after death? Second question: What other movies have you seen that take place in the afterlife/after the main character has died?

the pineapple express

Director: David Gordon Green
Screenwriters: Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg
Starring: James Franco, Seth Rogan, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez

Dale Denton is a process server, someone who hands subpeona's out dressed in disuise. During his work day he is supposed to serve a man but decides to take a smoke break instead. What he sees horrifies him and he attempts to leave but actually performs a hit and run on a cop. The only one to help him is hisloyal pot dealer and unkown best friend. Their run from what Dale witnessed brings alot of laughs and leads so alot of drug use but who can blame them when they got that pineapple express.

1. What would it take for you to realize you have an addiction?
2. Would you be afraid to become friends with someone when society says they are "unacceptable" or "criminals" when you knew otherwise?

Pi: Faith In Chaos

Director:Darren Aronofsky
Writers:Darren Aronofsky & Sean Gullette

Year: 199n

Starring:Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, & Ben Shenkman

Genre: Thiller, Sci-Fi

This flim is a mind bending trip into the paranoid mind of Maximillian Cohens search of the key number that will show the mathimatical patterns in nature. The method acting alone by Sean Gullette (Maximillian) is a reason that hardcore movie fans would enjoy Pi. His characters akwardness and paranoia makes the feel of this movie complete. You almost feel the trama he has indured. I would not reccomend this movie for anyone that doesn't enjoy alot of action (or color for that matter).

what other modern movies were done in black and white?

does this movie compare to the other higher budget movies of Daren Aronofsky?