Movies A to Z

Completed Movie List

A - Accidental Husband
B - Black Swan
C - Camp Rock II
D - Despicable Me
E - Emma
F - The Fighter
G - The Godfather
H - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
I - It's Complicated
J - Jingle all the Way
K - King's Speech
L - Legend of the Guardians
M - Michael Clayton
N - NeoNed
O - Old Dogs
P - Phineas and Ferb
Q - Quills
R - Rookie of the Year
S - Sherlock Holmes
T - Temple Grandin
U - UHF
V - Volcano
W - Wet Hot American Summer
X - XMen First Class
Y - You Did What?
Z - Zulu

NeoNed

This movie starts in a mental hospital, where a neonazi named Ned has murdered a guy but pled insanity. He meets a black woman who thinks she's the reincarnation of Hitler. They fall in love. I honestly couldn't care less about either of the characters. The plot-line was predictable, other than that the characters were both nuts, and not even well portrayed nuts. The movie is from 2005, and I'm shocked that it's that recent. I was pretty bored throughout.

Zulu

OK, I confess, I started watching this movie, and didn't finish. It was just that bad. It's a supposedly true story of the Zulu wars in South Africa. But it just made these people out to be animals. I guess I shouldn't have expected much more from 1964... but where do you find movies that start with Z? lol

Emma

E is for Emma. I watched this movie, based on the book by Jane Austen, tonight. It was really slow, actually, and I'm still not entirely sure what's going on. The gossipy girls are driving me nuts. Basically... two stars. I guess.

Michael Clayton

One more new movie. I enjoyed this one, but was confused by the ending. That's all I'll say as I don't want to provide spoilers. Anyway, it's the story of a "fixer" at a law firm and a manic depressive partner (like law firm partner not sexual partner) and a corrupt corporation. 3 stars.

Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin is the story of an autistic teenager who grows up to design half of the United States' cattle slaughterhouses to be more humane and not scare the cows. They manage to pull off this character who is clearly autistic, but not overly annoying nor completely impossible to connect with. Which is pretty amazing. Anyway, when I realized the movie was about cows I was a little worried, but it actually kept my interest more than most movies do. The way this girl's mind works is amazing - she can remember everything she has ever seen. And she pictures everything. See, my mind doesn't work in pictures at all. If I see even the most amazing art piece, I won't remember it 5 minutes later unless I'm looking at it again. I guess it's sort of the opposite of her problem - and it is a problem in my case, too - everything is words. I even dream in words rather than images. Anyway, I've strayed from the movie to my personal thoughts, so I'll close here with Four Stars.

The Fighter

This movie was pretty good, actually. It was really well acted by the guy who played Dickie. I was rather annoyed by most of the characters most of the time though. Which I guess is the point and at least I cared about the characters, which is more than I can say for most movies that I watch. The end is obvious though. I mean, they don't make movies about losers, right? Overall I liked it, but I kinda hope it doesn't win best picture.

Movies A to Z

A
B - Black Swan
C
D
E
F - The Fighter
G - The Godfather
H
I
J
K
L - Legend of the Guardians
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T - Temple Grandin
U
V
W
X
Y
Z