Movie Review - The Best of the Best Movies For 1-2009

It has been a long time since I did a movie review, ortheme is good, the plot builds up, and the ending, fools
given my opinion on movies, I avoid them, as I try toyou, and you'll be satisfied.
avoid my opinion on many areas in arts until I findIt is a movie with a lot of bad language in it, swearing
something extraordinary to write, or it stands outthat is, and I don't care for that, and there is too much
above the rest. Having said that let me pick out a fewof that in movies nowadays, but somehow it fits in this
movies worth my time, and the best of the best.movie, I hate to say. It is Mr. Eastwood's best movie, or
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in "Righteous Kill" was ashow since "Unforgiving."
worthwhile movie, and gave everyone a surprised"Appaloosa" the cowboy move, with Viggo Mortensen,
ending. They are both well seasoned actors, and itEd Harris in it is a worth while move, and Renee
appeared for a while they went backwards in acting,Zellweger plays a worthwhile part, actually her part
now they got a serious roll, instead of some quickremained me of someone in my youth, along with
earned cash where all they got to do is move theirJeremy Irons.
baby finger.They, the movie makers, seem nowadays to have a
Another worthwhile movie was the recent one byhard time making good old westerns, but this one is
Liam Neeson, whom seemed to me had retired fromworth my time.
the screen, he is back, "Taken," is a move that we allWell, I hate to tell you what I think of the rest of the
can identify with, and he does what we'd all like to do,junk out there, and there is a lot of it...so if you got
Liam doesn't let the movie goers down.nothing good to say, it is best leave it alone.
The remake of "The Day the World Stood Still," mostLast Notes:
remakes are not worth their salt, like the two or threeI remember Clint, when he was playing in those early
made of "King Kong," they just get worse, but this onecowboy movies, over in Italy, he always got the last
was good, actually a little better than the original and Ipunch in. And those Dirty Harry movies, he killed every
saw the original when it first came out, and that is hardone, I think he borrowed Elvis' upper lip for those
for me to say.movies. Anyhow, in his second to last good movie,
Keanu Reeves was good in movie, I think he kind of"Unforgiven," he went home to retire. In this most
stepped back for a while making movies not worthrecent movie, the Gran...he dies. What is the message
making, but he made up for all that lazy time, this time,here? Perhaps this is his last one. Now he can rest, or
and got paid for acting, instead of just being there.play with his music, he like that I understand. Or maybe
Good Job, he is a young actor, and is back on track.can do some good for mankind, besides entertaining
A strange move called "Red," came out with Brianthem for thirty-million to start. Anyhow, good luck.
Cox and Tom Sizemore (Robert Englund), it is a slowTo be quite honest, I don't have a lot of anything for
going movie at first, and one does not expect whatactors. They come and go, and fade into the dust,
happens to happen, vengeance is sweet, and thewhen they think they will live on forever, and live like it.
acting is smooth.Well, if that is the case, farewell to a man who did
But for my money the best of the best, was thenothing but act which he did well, and like everyone in
movie "Gran Torino," by Clint Eastwood. The acting issuch a career in Hollywood, he will be replaced soon.
good, even by the actors I never seen before. TheAnd forgotten soon after.