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"Invictus" A

Clint Eastwood in my opinion is one of the best directors in the history of movies. He has always been one of my favorite actors and directors of all time. He started out mainly with the spaghetti westerns and started directing academy award winning movies. I remember when his epic western Unforgiven came out and got best picture of 1992. I just watched that recently and it is awesome. It also stars Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman, which pretty much guarantees movie perfection! He has directed other amazing movies such as Mystic River, Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Changeling, Gran Torino and many others. I also enjoyed Space Cowboys, True Crime and Absolute Power, his mysteries and science fiction movie all starring Clint Eastwood. I would sometime like to watch The Bridges of Madison County and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I am sure those are also really good Clint Eastwood directed movies. You may ask yourself, what is this movie review about? It is about his newest movie, which is my opinion, could be the best picture of 2009. Clint Eastwood's storytelling, casting and inspiration all make his movie Invictus a near perfect motion picture. I read the book by John Carlin and the movie really does do it justice in my opinion. It is about Nelson Mandela and his goal to unite all of South Africa after he got our of prison after a 27 year term. His goal is to unite his nation through the sport of Rugby. This is where Francois Pienaar comes in. They have a meeting over tea about how to make South Africa a more united nation that can put an end to Apartheid. What we get is one of the most inspiring movies I have seen in a long time. Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman have perfect chemistry in their roles and I would not be surprised if both of them got Academy Awards. I would also not be surprised if the music got some Oscar nominations. The soundtrack is amazing in this movie and really fits the movie perfectly. In my opinion, Invictus should get best picture of 2009 and it is really a near perfect movie.



"The Blind Side" A

John Lee Hancock is a director of a few movies that I know of. He became famous with his movie entitled The Rookie. It starred Dennis Quaid and it was about a chemistry teacher's dream of becoming a professional baseball player. He becomes a pitcher and a successful one, with the support of his teammates and his family. His next movie, The Alamo, was a really good historical account of what actually happened at the Alamo. It was yet another inspiring movie. With The Blind Side, starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw, it is all about inspiration. This movie is a true story about Michael Oher, a professional football player who now plays for the Baltimore Ravens. The story starts out when he was living on the streets in a rough neighborhood with rough people. Things are tough, until he meets Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy and their children. They take him in, and he has Thanksgiving dinner with them and before we know it, he is living in their home. A particularly sad part is when Leigh Anne gives him his own room in their house. Michael Oher says to her, I have never had anything like this before. And Leigh Anne says, what a room to yourself? Mike says, no, a bed. That scene really shows how their worlds collide and how they immediately become a family. It is a really good story of rags to riches, and it is so awesome that Michael Oher got to attend college at Ole Miss and now plays pro football for the Ravens. It is such a good movie and I highly recommend it to anyone.



"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" A-

The first Twilight movie was a success. The books made it that way. I really haven't heard of the books until last year when the first movie came to theatres. Twilight was a good movie but it wasn't in any way as good as the book. It seemed like it was just retelling the book, as if reading the book to the audience. Just one year later, we get New Moon. It has more fight scenes and its a better movie, but its still not as good as the book. This time, we learn about the werewolves. And the werewolves are awesome. You basically root for them over the vampires this time. Jacob is the guy Bella spends most of her time with this time because Edward leaves to protect her, and to go to the Voltouri, a ruthless vampire clan in Rome, Italy. It's a good story and i think the true fans are going to enjoy it.



"The Time Traveler's Wife" A

It is not very often that I really want to see a movie that is a love story. Don't get me wrong, I love love stories, but I don't usually suggest them. Tonight was a different night. I suggested a romantic movie. The Time Traveler's Wife, starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, is a really good love story with a science fiction element to it. At first, the movie is somewhat complicated because you're not exactly where Henry, the time traveler, is really going. The movie does a good job of setting up a good story and explaining it as it goes along. Henry is a time traveler who learned that he had this power at age 6. He can't control and his anomoly is referred to as chrono impairment. He keeps going back in time to key events in his life, such as his love Claire, his mother, father and his doctor of genealogy, who plays an important role in determining the cause of his time traveling experiences. We also learn that drinking alcohol increases his travels. It is a good mystery love story that is also a tear jerker. The most loving moments are when he goes back to the meadow where he meets Claire when she was a little girl. It is there that the relationship starts and keeps on going in different areas of their timeline. The movie jumps back and forth to different events, but that is all part of the mystery. It is a movie with a good message with a good science fiction element to it. This is one of the most original love stories I have seen in a long time and I am really glad I finally got to see it.