11. Trollhunter- 1 out of 5 stars

The name says it all. It follows a group of college kids who are making a documentary on a man who is poaching bears, only to find out he actually hunts trolls! Yea sounds dumb already. The movie has English subtitles but I could tell the acting was bad, during one scene one of the kids dies because he is Christian and his friends don't even really care, they kinda just keep going and find a replacement for him who is Muslim. The Director made it quite clear he does not like Christianity as he has the trolls able to smell a Christian man's blood. From all the reviews that I've read that were obviously planted by the movie company, he intended it as a joke, but it ended out pretty offensive. The movie claims it's 100 percent true and not edited at all, but the terrible CGI, Plot holes, and acting obviously tell a different story which was just as dumb as the title. The was little to no Character development. Little to no music. Not the least bit scary or intense or funny. It's not even so bad it's funny, it just straight up dumb. Don't waste your time with this sad excuse of a movie, it honestly almost put me to sleep.

Favorite Quote:
Hans: TROLL!

10. Taken- 4 out of 5 stars

Taken is a solid movie. It follows a man named Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) who's daughter gets kidnapped. Thankfully though Bryan has a "Job" with the government and he go on a search and rescue to find his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace). Honestly I'm not too particularly crazy about Liam's acting, He can do a good job but some scenes it just seems a little off, but that set aside Bryan's character was one of my favorite protagonists I've seen to date. I loved the choreography of the action scenes, to keep the rating at Pg-13 every time Liam shot his gun the screen would flash white so as to limit the amount of gore shown. It really isn't noticeable as most people won't even realize it, but to the trained eye you might pick it up. Nothing really too serious to complain about, but I think I would have liked to have seen more of Maggie and what all she went through with the human trafficking, the movie clocks in around 90 minutes so they definitely would have had the time to include her story in it. However that probably would have taken away from the action aspect and kicked the movie rating up to R. I've heard they a making a sequel, no idea how they could fit it in without being a rehash, but it's definitely one I'm going to be looking forward to.

Favorite Quote:
Bryan: I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for a ransom, i can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

Marko: (after a long pause) Good luck.

9. The Ides of March- 4 out of 5 stars

Political movies don't typically interest me, but I was actually surprised how much I enjoyed this movie. The movie follows Steven Meyers (Ryan Gosling) who is a young campaign adviser and his conflicts during a presidential campaign. I felt the acting was very well done, especially by Ryan Gosling who deserves at least a nomination for best male actor. I'm not the most educated in politics and I was afraid I would be getting lost, but the way it was played out wasn't too difficult to follow, however I did get lost a bit during it. I liked the cinematography of some of the scenes. Music was catchy but nothing award winning. Ending seemed a little abrupt but I guess it made sense. Honestly I feel there's a possibility of it getting nominated for best picture, I'm still gonna stick with The Help for getting it, but we still do have a bunch of movies coming soon like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but only time will tell.

Favorite Quote:
Tom Duffy: All the reporters love you. Even the reporters that hate you still love you

8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- 5 out of 5 stars

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest is one of the elite groups of movies where I have absolutely nothing to complain about. The movie is about a man named R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) who is sent to an insane asylum so is to be "evaluated" (Though the movie implies he is not), he then starts causing havoc around the ward and "Trolls" many of the workers there. The entire cast did an outstanding job, especially those who played the mentally challenged patients, as I feel that type of role can easily be messed up and end up very offensive. I loved the story and the development of characters. The movie was surprisingly actually funny, not in a laugh out loud matter but in a "Troll Face" matter if u will. This movie is an american classic and definitely a must watch.

Favorite Quote:
McMurphy: But I tried, didn't I? G********, at least I did that.

7. Real steel- 2 1/2 out of 5 stars

The best way to put it, I wasn't the target audience. The movie was obviously designed for dads and their 5-11 year old sons.The Story is about a man named Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) who is a professional robot boxer. After losing multiple matches and a ton of money, he gets help from his step son Max Kenton (Dakota Goyo) who finds a robot called Atom. Acting really wasn't that good. Hugh Jackman could have done better, and Dakota Goyo was one of the most annoying people I've seen in a movie. The script was really bad, it was very predictable and had me face palming multiple times during the movie. Music was good, until Max started dancing with his robot and then continued to before every fight, It was one of the stupidest things I've seen and they were obviously trying to make Dakota into a mini-bieber. After that part it was all down hill. The CGI, probably the best I've seen, Some parts of the movie they used actually robots as props instead of CGI and I honestly couldn't tell the difference between them. Action really was pretty disappointing, the first few scenes were pretty good, but then after that each fight seemed exactly the same. In the movie they say Atom was a sparring robot, that he was built to take hits but not deal damage, but in his first fight he takes what seemed like a hundred hits and then punched the bad guy once and killed him. It just kinda bothered me they did that. All that aside it's entertaining and it at least won't put you to sleep.

Favorite Quote:
Charlie: Times have changed. Fighting has changed. But the crowd? They never change. They just get bigger. The human body can only take so much. But the steel never stops.

6. Ip Man- 5 out of 5 stars

Yes I know the first question you are going to ask, Ip is pronounced as one word not as two letters. The movie Ip Man is loosely based on the life of Ip Man, who was the master of Bruce Lee. I can't really begin to find a good footing on where to start the story but it tells of the struggles between China and Japan during the second Sino-Japanese war during the 1930's. The story was unbelievably good and honestly was the best kung fu movie I've seen to date, as well as my number 5 favorite movie. But to give a warning the movie is spoken in Chinese with English subtitles, for those of you who don't like reading subtitles this probably won't be a good movie for you. I can't exactly give a good rating for acting due to the fact I can't speak Chinese, but judging by their facial emotions I'm going out on a limb and saying it's very good. I loved the choreography of the action scenes as well as the sound effects of the punches. All in all, if you're even the slightest fan of action films you will love this one.

Favorite quote:
-Sorry I couldn't find a good list of quotes for the movie-

5. Memento- 5 out of 5 stars

Memento. My second favorite movie I've ever seen. To start the Director Christopher Nolan I believe to be the greatest director ever to live. Every minute of Memento blew me away, and even when you think you know what's going on, you get "Noped" and your mind is blown. Memento is about a man named Leonard Shelby (Guy Pierce) who after an "accident" gets permanent brain damage where he cannot create new memories. In hopes of being able to train himself to remember he carries a camera and takes photos of important people or places and write on the back of them describing them briefly, such as who to trust and who not to, or in the one in the photo above it just says "My car." He also gets "Freaky Tattoos" that describe what happened in the "accident." Now here's where Nolan's ingenuity comes in, the format of the time line is not the traditional one, and I found it best to be explained using a foot long ruler as a representation of it. The first half of the ruler would be black and white, while the second half is color. The movie then plays what would be the 11 inch mark to the 12, so you see then ending first, then the 1 inch to 2, then 10 to 11 and 2 to 3, till it meets at the middle which is technically the end. I've only heard of one other movie make an attempt at a timeline like this and as far as I know it failed.... miserably. I would definitely but Memento in the top 3 movies to watch before you die.

All time favorite movie quote:

Natalie: Tell me about her again.
Leonard: Why?
Natalie: Because you like to remember her.
Leonard: She was beautiful. To me, she was perfect.
Natalie: No, don't just recite words. Close your eyes... and remember her.
*Leonard: (Has short quick flashbacks during) You can just feel the details. The bits and pieces you never bothered to put into words... and... you can fell these extreme moments, even if you don't want to. You put these together, and you get the feel of a person... Enough to know how much you miss them... and how much you hate the person who took them away.

4. Good Will Hunting- 4 1/2 out of 5 stars

Good Will Hunting is about a guy named Will Hunting (Matt Damon) who is a mathematical prodigy. He works as a janitor at a university and after solving a math equation that took a Professor named Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard) years to finish, Gerald agrees to take him under his wing with the help of Sean Maguire (Robin Williams) who councils him. The movie has Oscar winning acting and is full on amazing movie quotes. As far as date movies go, this is probably the best of them, or at least in the top 3, even though it is considered a drama and not romance. Nothing really to complain about, but the romance part of the story was a little cliche but the way it was executed made up for it. It wasn't like the Lion King's "Romance", where the couple meet each other after not seeing each other for 5 years and fall in love and then in the same conversation break up and then get back together in the end of the movie. Also at some parts the music was kinda really awkward, which happened to be during the romance parts of the movie. I can't get over how much of an amazing job Robin Williams had done in the movie, and after a pretty emotional part I wanted to go into the movie and give him a hug and say it'll be alright. It is definitely a must see.

Favorite Quote: I cant put the full quote in because of spoilers, but here's the beginning.

Will: So, when did you know, like, that she was the one for you?
Sean: October 21st, 1975
Will: J**** C*****. You know the f*****' date?
Sean: Oh yeah. 'Cause it was Game 6 of the world series. Biggest game in Red Sox history