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This was a great movie !! I feel as though you could have put more details into your essay because it was such a great movie. On a scale from 1-10 I would give you a 6. -Tapria Owens
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Spider-Man 3
Do you like a super hero movie with lots of drama, comedy and action? Well this should be the next movie you should watch. This is the third movie in the Spiderman series and is probably the best of all of them. This movie got rated a 6.5 which I think was stupid and was a hit the weekend it came out. Tobey Maguire played as peter parker again and did an outstanding job along with a few of his cast mates Kristen Dunst (Mary Jane), James Franco (Harry), Thomas Haden Church (Flint) and Topher Grace (Eddie). Together this came together to finish the movie in the series.
In this movie, Peter Parker returns as Spiderman who life was getting better for him but more challenges arise for our young hero. Peter's old friend Harry Obsourne has set out for revenge against Peter; taking up the mantle of his late father's persona as The New Goblin, and Peter must also capture Uncle Ben's real killer, Flint Marko, who has been transformed into his toughest foe yet, the Sandman. All hope seems lost when suddenly Peter's suit turns jet-black and greatly amplifies his powers. But it also begins to greatly amplify the much darker qualities of Peter's personality that he begins to lose himself to. Peter has to reach deep inside himself to free the compassionate hero he used to be if he is to ever conquer the darkness within and face not only his greatest enemies, but also himself.
The acting in this movie was amazing. How they played their characters was impressive and I think Tobey Maguire did an exhalent job as peter especially during the aggressive side of his character. Kristen Dunst was also great making her character look believable the entire movie except one part where she looks like she smiling when she supposed to be scared. The acting by the cast overall was fantastic.
This is a great movie and I would really recommend this movie to anyone. - William M.

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Forrest Gump
What would you do if you were fighting in Vietnam for your country? That was the question people faced in the 1960’s. In the 1994, Tom Hanks plays as Forrest Gump. This movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis but the screenplay was written by Eric Roth. The film Forrest Gump is a lesson filled movie, it has music from the time period and a lot of different moods that show how the people feel.
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By Amanda B.
Great job on the review. You show a lot of passion in stating and supporting your feelings towards this film. The only thing that could use some work is the length. other than that it is perfect. I may consider watching this movie from start to finish.
By: Marcus Moss
Battle: Los Angeles review
Will Battle: Los Angeles ever becomes a reality? The movie Battle: Los Angeles is based on an invention that the U.S. Marines have to try to protect the people in Los Angeles. People say alien life is out there but we are not that sure. Some people believe in it and others just think it’s crazy. But we won’t know for sure until it actually happens. This movie is filled with great acting and amazing special effects.
In conclusion, the film “Big Daddy” has mind-blowing actors’ performance, the powerful script which flows throughout the movie, and some seriousness that jump out from its mask at last. This movie has the ability to entertain everybody who watches it. This movie last about 93 minutes; everybody who watch this movie can laugh throughout this one and half hour. This movie is for all kind of audience except little kids because some of the jokes are for adults. I prefer this movie to anyone especially people who depressed and need a way to clear everything from their mind should watch this movie. This is full entertainment movie except some emotional scenes in the climax court scene. I will grade this movie as A- because everything except the insipid seriousness is first-class in this movie.
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hangover part 2
What would you do if you just woke up one morning in Bangkok and you don’t even remember the night before that? Well that’s what happened to the stars of the movie “The Hangover Part II”. This movie debuted in theatres in May of 2011. This 102 minute comedy was definitely a good one. I found the movie hilarious in so many different ways.

I agree with the film review. The Persuit of Happyness shows bavery and hardship that actor will smith goes throught with his 8 year old son. This movie is one of the best in its time and has more character than the rest of '06 and is very vivid in detail. This review show more than the eye can see just as the movie does. If i had not already seen this fantastic movie this movie review would have made me done so. Very well done work Cheyney.
- Ariana Howard
Overall i like your film review and the details you added to show the hard life of the character. You had a few spelling errors but managed to get the point across. Jayson Collins
If there is one bad thing about a comedy movie, it would be that it’s not that funny. After you hear Clark Griswold go on an angry rant about his penny pinching boss, you know that Christmas Vacation wasn’t all that bad of a movie. Christmas Vacation is a movie directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik, written by John Hughes, and stars the great pair of, Chevy Chase and Beverly D’angelo. Clark (Chase) and Ellen (D’angelo) are a couple that just want to have the perfect Christmas. Everything goes wrong and is filled with gags and laughs throughout. Although the story is not original, the cast definitely is. The cast is a great ensemble with everyone having their own personality that contributes to the films craziness. They are all perfect together and make that eccentric family that everyone enjoys watching. The story of Christmas Vacation is simple but is fun to watch and will make you laugh. Christmas Vacation has all that a great movie should have including a great screenplay, good effects, a superior cast, and leaves you with a nice, warm feeling as the credits begin to roll.
One thing that big budget action movies do a lot these days is that they have a bunch of mind boggling effects and think that this will make the movie good. That is not necessarily true. The movie could have cool effects but that means nothing if the writing isn’t good. A movie without a lot of effects could still be good. An example is Christmas Vacation. The movie’s screen play isn’t complicated and difficult to understand. It is a good story that doesn’t need all of those effects. The screenplay is something we have seen before. A guy that is looking forward to having a perfect day and everything goes wrong but things turn out alright in the end. In Christmas Vacation, Clark wants to have a perfect Christmas with his family. He wants everything to be perfect and he expects everything to be perfect. He goes overboard by setting up every square inch of his house with bright lights, inviting over his parents and in-laws that don’t get a long, and just plain being a perfectionist with this year’s Christmas. Things start to go downhill for him starting in the beginning of the movie when his oversized Christmas tree destroys his living room, his Christmas lights display doesn’t go as planned, Christmas Eve dinner is ruined, and more things happen in between. The story is simple and plain and isn’t full of flashbacks or scenes that confuse you, it starts with a beginning and goes forward from there. A good thing is that it doesn’t rely on toilet humor to make you laugh. It has jokes that are more slapstick related and doesn’t make you have to sit through things that look like South Park. Although the screenplay is similar to other films that doesn’t mean the movie doesn’t shine. The movie though, certainly wouldn’t shine without its great cast.

There is two reasons I would understand not enjoying this movie. The sex scences were way to explict, and took to long to get to the climax. Lisbeth Salander was raped at least twice in the movie. The scences didn’t have to go so much in detail. They showed her being tied up and
By:Anyia
The way you made this movie sound makes me want to go see it. It is also unfinnished, but overall it was good. -Alyssa L <3
Reading this really made me want to see this movie. It's very detailed and has good body structor, but it wasn't finished so I didn't get to see what happens at the end. :9 But over all it was good. -Ashley R.
This Christmas
The 2007 film “this Christmas” is about a traditional African American family coming home for the hollidays, to their mothers home in Los Angeles. The film has what most people would call an all star cast, including singer Chris Brown, and Colombus Short. The movie sounds like a christmas movie, but I believe that it is a good movie to watch anytime of the year. Imdb (internet movie data base) gave the movie 5.4/10 stars, which I think is ridiculous.

Overall the movie was really great. There were no bad scenes. From the special effects to the emotions and the camerawork, everything really just came alive. It made you feel like you were in the movie and you could feel what they were feeling. It made you want to be in the movie and become a vampire too. Would you want to live in a fairytale and marry your love, the hot dreamy vampire, then have to give birth some create that you didn’t even know could grow in you? Or have Werewolves that you thought were you friends turn on you and try to hurt you, so your baby couldn’t hurt anyone else?
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-Your review make a lot of sense. i don't like this movie, but you make it sound interesting for people who do like it.- Cade.

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Overall your film review is very good, i like how you explain the main parts and why it is a good comedy. By: Taylor Bompensa
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Step Brothers
How would you feel if your older brothers acted as if they were thirteen? Well Brennan and Dale definitely showed how to act like little kids in the nonstop laughing comedy movie called Step Brothers, released in 2008, directed by Adam McKay and who made us all laughed Will Ferrell, John Reily, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Adam Scott and Kathryn Hahn. Hands down, Step Brothers is the most funniest movie I’ve ever seen, it doesn’t matter how many times I’ve watched it, I’ll still chuckle hysterically. The two main things in the film that made it so hilarious were the performing and script. The actors/actress who played in the movie definitely did a fantastic job.

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By:Cade G.
Overall this film review was very well put together. But I think you need to make it a little more longer, It seems sooo short. Also, you need to proof read and work on grammer. I love your hook and first paragraph it really catches your attention. If i have never seen this movie before this review would make me want to go see Step Brothers. -Danielle Cowgill
Cade i think that your film review was descent. I liked your hook sentance it caught my attention when i read it. and your review was so detailed and it made me want to go see the movie. i felt like you put alot of work into your review and i want to go see the movie now. Bryan Green
This is a great movie you choose i loved it. Even tho your review is a little short and choppy is still liked it. Maybe you should thi nk harder on your grabber the only reason i read it is because it said step brothers, if it wasnt for the title i wouldnt be writting this. -Naya Young
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Have you ever thought the person you were dating was the one for you until you stated faceing some problems? Well that’s what Monica Wright thought in Love and Basketball. From the time she was 11 through college she had fallen for Quincy it proved rough for her when he had some family problems and turned to drinking in college. He had problems with his dad cheating on his mom and that took a toll on him and led to him making the wrong decision. Monica and Quincy lived in Los Angeles, California since she moved in at the age of 11 and led to a lifetime of love and a forever competition of who is the best at basketball. Love and Basketball was written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, starring as Monica Wright, Sanna Lathan and as Quincy McCall, Omar Epps are the main actors. This movie is great in many ways but the ones that stand out to me are how real it feels and how amazingly athletic and into the movie the actors are.
Love and Basketball has such amazing talent in the actor selection. Sanna has a love for basketball outside of her movie career so that made her perfect for the part of Monica Wright. She has had no professional basketball experience at all. In my opinion she is a great basketball player, for the fact that in the part where she, as Monica Wright, plays a one on one game against Omar Epps, as Quincy McCall. ON top of finding two amazing main actors that are good at basket ball, they had to find teams upon teams of basketball players. There were teams of boys’ teams and girls teams. They both had high school teams and college teams. He went on to the NBA and there’s another team of all new players and Monica went overseas to Italy and played there too. They had a whole crew of young and talented actors.
The setting scenes of this movie were in the early 80’s in San Francisco. A reckless, dirty train station was where the homeless man Will Smith and his son Jaden lived. They slept in vicious conditions. Winter, summer, fall, etc. Inside the train station, placed a restroom, where Will Smith made laid his bed and closed his son’s eyes. Locking the doors for protection, using the sank as a washer, and making toys out of toilet paper was this brave man. All for his son.
In conclusion this movie overall was the best movie I have ever seen. I connected with the characters, I felt the pain that was brought amongst them and I understood. From watching this movie, I myself learned a valuable lesson. That lesson was that never judge a book by its cover. Just because someone is smiling and has a positive atmosphere, doesn’t mean that there not a secret behind those eyes, or call for help behind the smiles, or a tear every time they walk.
I agree with the film review. The Persuit of Happyness shows bavery and hardship that actor will smith goes throught with his 8 year old son. This movie is one of the best in its time and has more character than the rest of '06 and is very vivid in detail. This review show more than the eye can see just as the movie does. If i had not already seen this fantastic movie this movie review would have made me done so. Very well done work Cheyney.
- Ariana Howard
If there is one bad thing about a comedy movie, it would be that it’s not that funny. After you hear Clark Griswold go on an angry rant about his penny pinching boss, you know that Christmas Vacation wasn’t all that bad of a movie. Christmas Vacation is a movie directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik, written by John Hughes, and stars the great pair of, Chevy Chase and Beverly D’angelo. Clark (Chase) and Ellen (D’angelo) are a couple that just want to have the perfect Christmas. Everything goes wrong and is filled with gags and laughs throughout. Although the story is not original, the cast definitely is. The cast is a great ensemble with everyone having their own personality that contributes to the films craziness. They are all perfect together and make that eccentric family that everyone enjoys watching. The story of Christmas Vacation is simple but is fun to watch and will make you laugh. Christmas Vacation has all that a great movie should have including a great screenplay, good effects, a superior cast, and leaves you with a nice, warm feeling as the credits begin to roll.
One thing that big budget action movies do a lot these days is that they have a bunch of mind boggling effects and think that this will make the movie good. That is not necessarily true. The movie could have cool effects but that means nothing if the writing isn’t good. A movie without a lot of effects could still be good. An example is Christmas Vacation. The movie’s screen play isn’t complicated and difficult to understand. It is a good story that doesn’t need all of those effects. The screenplay is something we have seen before. A guy that is looking forward to having a perfect day and everything goes wrong but things turn out alright in the end. In Christmas Vacation, Clark wants to have a perfect Christmas with his family. He wants everything to be perfect and he expects everything to be perfect. He goes overboard by setting up every square inch of his house with bright lights, inviting over his parents and in-laws that don’t get a long, and just plain being a perfectionist with this year’s Christmas. Things start to go downhill for him starting in the beginning of the movie when his oversized Christmas tree destroys his living room, his Christmas lights display doesn’t go as planned, Christmas Eve dinner is ruined, and more things happen in between. The story is simple and plain and isn’t full of flashbacks or scenes that confuse you, it starts with a beginning and goes forward from there. A good thing is that it doesn’t rely on toilet humor to make you laugh. It has jokes that are more slapstick related and doesn’t make you have to sit through things that look like South Park. Although the screenplay is similar to other films that doesn’t mean the movie doesn’t shine. The movie though, certainly wouldn’t shine without its great cast.
The cast consists of characters of all ages and shapes and sizes. They all have their own personality that makes you chuckle or laugh. They all have good Chemistry and they all make the other characters look better because they are there. There’s Clark who is crazy and is the funny one and keeps the movie going. There is Ellen who is more calm and meek and not that funny but goes great with Clark because she is somebody to keep him sane. Also, there are the two kids that are unenthusiastic about their dad’s Christmas plans and they cause their parents to look like parents that are nuts. All of the characters are good together and make the viewers believe that they are an average, real family.
As mentioned earlier Christmas Vacation avoids having a lot of effects. It isn’t an action movie that has cars jumping off bridges or trains exploding, it is just a simple comedy. It doesn’t pound you in the head with special effects every ten seconds. It is just a simple movie that uses nothing but camera’s and doesn’t have green screens and special computers. The movie really doesn’t need any effects. It has funny people in it to make you laugh and it has a good screenplay that won’t let you get bored. The movie has lots of jokes throughout and interesting things happen, like the squirrel jumping out of the Christmas tree and destroying the house, to keep you occupied and you won’t even worry about there being no effects. Not needing a bunch of effects is what makes the movie different from lots of recent movies.
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Overall your film review is very good, i like how you explain the main parts and why it is a good comedy. By: Taylor Bompensa
Step Brothers
People might say this movie is to long, over rated and the story will never happen in real life are people who are not great dreamers in life. This movie tells you a great story about bonding with someone who you just met and getting couple who should have always been together back together. Every scene might not be true, but events like these could have happen to people in real life. This screenplay is creative and intriguing to watch.
This movie has been in many people’s favorite classic films because of the story and how the actors played the characters out. It’s a story that people wanted to know how to feel if they just find out they had brother or sister they never knew about. How would you feel if you found out having a sibling when you were eleven? It would be confusing. It might not be a true story, but its creative and humorous scenes make this movie a winner! by: Flora Yu
Shana WilliamsYou started off very strong and then your paragraphs got very short- shana
Breaking Dawn
Imagine marrying a vampire, then having wolf pack come after you for your devil child. In the movie Breaking Dawn directed by Bill Condon, Edward played by Robert Pattison marries an 18 year old girl named Bella played by Kristen Stewart. On their honey moon they create a devil child that thrives on blood and grew rapidly over a short period of time. The wolf pack sees the baby as a threat to them, Bella, & the town. Although some people would think this movie was just like the other twilight movies, I thought it had powerful emotions, marvelous special effects, & wonderful camera work.
The camerawork really mad the special effects and the emotions come alive. The scene where Jacob was imprinting on Renesmee. Then camera was moving slowly to show gentleness and love. If the camera would have moved fast during that scene it wouldn’t have captured the same emotion. Scenes where the camera is above the trees and is moving really fast with then music should mystery and suspense.
Overall the movie was really great. There were no bad scenes. From the special effects to the emotions and the camerawork, everything really just came alive. It made you feel like you were in the movie and you could feel what they were feeling. It made you want to be in the movie and become a vampire too. Would you want to live in a fairytale and marry your love, the hot dreamy vampire, then have to give birth some create that you didn’t even know could grow in you? Or have Werewolves that you thought were you friends turn on you and try to hurt you, so your baby couldn’t hurt anyone else?
This review is amazing. It really draws a picture in mind of the scene when shes having the baby. I gives this a review a thumbs up and i would totally agree this is a movie to watch! - Flora YuShana Williams

In one point in the movie they perform a song on Dale’s dads precious boat that he put his heart in. They get all these girls and video cameras. They took a long time to get the video and music together. They finally show Dr. Doback at his birthday party. The video was really provocative and mentioned foul language. They end up crashing the boat and crushing his dads dreams.
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a 6 - Tapria Owens
your writing is alittle short, there isnt really five paragraphs Your explaining the tory well but you can go into alittle bit more detail. I like how you explained both of the guys. And also i loved this
movie so i know where your coming froml. you forgot to add in the ending which was the most important part. But other than that, the movie review was decent. Comment by Amanda mae cheltenham

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The Crucible
By:Cade G.
Overall this film review was very well put together. But I think you need to make it a little more longer, It seems sooo short. Also, you need to proof read and work on grammer. I love your hook and first paragraph it really catches your attention. If i have never seen this movie before this review would make me want to go see Step Brothers. -Danielle Cowgill
Cade i think that your film review was descent. I liked your hook sentance it caught my attention when i read it. and your review was so detailed and it made me want to go see the movie. i felt like you put alot of work into your review and i want to go see the movie now. Bryan Green
This is a great movie you choose i loved it. Even tho your review is a little short and choppy is still liked it. Maybe you should thi nk harder on your grabber the only reason i read it is because it said step brothers, if it wasnt for the title i wouldnt be writting this. -Naya Young
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Have you ever thought the person you were dating was the one for you until you stated faceing some problems? Well that’s what Monica Wright thought in Love and Basketball. From the time she was 11 through college she had fallen for Quincy it proved rough for her when he had some family problems and turned to drinking in college. He had problems with his dad cheating on his mom and that took a toll on him and led to him making the wrong decision. Monica and Quincy lived in Los Angeles, California since she moved in at the age of 11 and led to a lifetime of love and a forever competition of who is the best at basketball. Love and Basketball was written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, starring as Monica Wright, Sanna Lathan and as Quincy McCall, Omar Epps are the main actors. This movie is great in many ways but the ones that stand out to me are how real it feels and how amazingly athletic and into the movie the actors are.
Love and Basketball has such amazing talent in the actor selection. Sanna has a love for basketball outside of her movie career so that made her perfect for the part of Monica Wright. She has had no professional basketball experience at all. In my opinion she is a great basketball player, for the fact that in the part where she, as Monica Wright, plays a one on one game against Omar Epps, as Quincy McCall. ON top of finding two amazing main actors that are good at basket ball, they had to find teams upon teams of basketball players. There were teams of boys’ teams and girls teams. They both had high school teams and college teams. He went on to the NBA and there’s another team of all new players and Monica went overseas to Italy and played there too. They had a whole crew of young and talented actors.
The setting scenes of this movie were in the early 80’s in San Francisco. A reckless, dirty train station was where the homeless man Will Smith and his son Jaden lived. They slept in vicious conditions. Winter, summer, fall, etc. Inside the train station, placed a restroom, where Will Smith made laid his bed and closed his son’s eyes. Locking the doors for protection, using the sank as a washer, and making toys out of toilet paper was this brave man. All for his son.
In conclusion this movie overall was the best movie I have ever seen. I connected with the characters, I felt the pain that was brought amongst them and I understood. From watching this movie, I myself learned a valuable lesson. That lesson was that never judge a book by its cover. Just because someone is smiling and has a positive atmosphere, doesn’t mean that there not a secret behind those eyes, or call for help behind the smiles, or a tear every time they walk.
I agree with the film review. The Persuit of Happyness shows bavery and hardship that actor will smith goes throught with his 8 year old son. This movie is one of the best in its time and has more character than the rest of '06 and is very vivid in detail. This review show more than the eye can see just as the movie does. If i had not already seen this fantastic movie this movie review would have made me done so. Very well done work Cheyney.
- Ariana Howard
If there is one bad thing about a comedy movie, it would be that it’s not that funny. After you hear Clark Griswold go on an angry rant about his penny pinching boss, you know that Christmas Vacation wasn’t all that bad of a movie. Christmas Vacation is a movie directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik, written by John Hughes, and stars the great pair of, Chevy Chase and Beverly D’angelo. Clark (Chase) and Ellen (D’angelo) are a couple that just want to have the perfect Christmas. Everything goes wrong and is filled with gags and laughs throughout. Although the story is not original, the cast definitely is. The cast is a great ensemble with everyone having their own personality that contributes to the films craziness. They are all perfect together and make that eccentric family that everyone enjoys watching. The story of Christmas Vacation is simple but is fun to watch and will make you laugh. Christmas Vacation has all that a great movie should have including a great screenplay, good effects, a superior cast, and leaves you with a nice, warm feeling as the credits begin to roll.
One thing that big budget action movies do a lot these days is that they have a bunch of mind boggling effects and think that this will make the movie good. That is not necessarily true. The movie could have cool effects but that means nothing if the writing isn’t good. A movie without a lot of effects could still be good. An example is Christmas Vacation. The movie’s screen play isn’t complicated and difficult to understand. It is a good story that doesn’t need all of those effects. The screenplay is something we have seen before. A guy that is looking forward to having a perfect day and everything goes wrong but things turn out alright in the end. In Christmas Vacation, Clark wants to have a perfect Christmas with his family. He wants everything to be perfect and he expects everything to be perfect. He goes overboard by setting up every square inch of his house with bright lights, inviting over his parents and in-laws that don’t get a long, and just plain being a perfectionist with this year’s Christmas. Things start to go downhill for him starting in the beginning of the movie when his oversized Christmas tree destroys his living room, his Christmas lights display doesn’t go as planned, Christmas Eve dinner is ruined, and more things happen in between. The story is simple and plain and isn’t full of flashbacks or scenes that confuse you, it starts with a beginning and goes forward from there. A good thing is that it doesn’t rely on toilet humor to make you laugh. It has jokes that are more slapstick related and doesn’t make you have to sit through things that look like South Park. Although the screenplay is similar to other films that doesn’t mean the movie doesn’t shine. The movie though, certainly wouldn’t shine without its great cast.
People might say this movie is to long, over rated and the story will never happen in real life are people who are not great dreamers in life. This movie tells you a great story about bonding with someone who you just met and getting couple who should have always been together back together. Every scene might not be true, but events like these could have happen to people in real life. This screenplay is creative and intriguing to watch.
This movie has been in many people’s favorite classic films because of the story and how the actors played the characters out. It’s a story that people wanted to know how to feel if they just find out they had brother or sister they never knew about. How would you feel if you found out having a sibling when you were eleven? It would be confusing. It might not be a true story, but its creative and humorous scenes make this movie a winner! by: Flora Yu
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Breaking Dawn
Imagine marrying a vampire, then having wolf pack come after you for your devil child. In the movie Breaking Dawn directed by Bill Condon, Edward played by Robert Pattison marries an 18 year old girl named Bella played by Kristen Stewart. On their honey moon they create a devil child that thrives on blood and grew rapidly over a short period of time. The wolf pack sees the baby as a threat to them, Bella, & the town. Although some people would think this movie was just like the other twilight movies, I thought it had powerful emotions, marvelous special effects, & wonderful camera work.
The camerawork really mad the special effects and the emotions come alive. The scene where Jacob was imprinting on Renesmee. Then camera was moving slowly to show gentleness and love. If the camera would have moved fast during that scene it wouldn’t have captured the same emotion. Scenes where the camera is above the trees and is moving really fast with then music should mystery and suspense.
Overall the movie was really great. There were no bad scenes. From the special effects to the emotions and the camerawork, everything really just came alive. It made you feel like you were in the movie and you could feel what they were feeling. It made you want to be in the movie and become a vampire too. Would you want to live in a fairytale and marry your love, the hot dreamy vampire, then have to give birth some create that you didn’t even know could grow in you? Or have Werewolves that you thought were you friends turn on you and try to hurt you, so your baby couldn’t hurt anyone else?
Shana Williams
Maya Angelou once said “all great achievements require time.” She saying it takes time and patients to get bigger thing done with great success. This relates to the movie Dune because the character named Paul who takes a long journey to become the Kwisatz Haderach. That heThis review is not to become. Paul is the son ofamazing. It really draws a duke Leto Atredes that live on the planetpicture in mind of Caladan. Dune is a great movie because the Storyline of Paul and how he becomescene when shes having the baby. I gives this super being is very thrilling, breath taking and spin chilling.
This movie opens up with a monologue of the history of the house of Atredes and how after the war with giant space robots the universe is at peace until the Baron on the planet Geidi Prime plans to kill the house of Atredes and unknowingly fails to kill the Duke’s son and mother. After the attack Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica are stranded on the planet of Arrakis and run into one of many giant worms that live on Arrakis and the other inhabitants there as well and are welcomed intoreview a group of Fremen. Paul teaches them to fight as he was taught and starts a romance. After a while Lady Jessica is pregnant and Drinks the water of life in which makes her give birth prematurely to baby Alia who is born with tinted blue eyes as her mother has after drinking the water of life. Two years later baby Alia is all knowing and has extraordinary powers. After a while Paul is convinced by Chani that he will survive the test as him motherthumbs up and sister did. Oncei would totally agree this is done Paul awakens with tinted blue eyes and heads to the capital of Arrakis and is challenged to a knife fight. He wins and overthrows the Emperor and banishes him and his princess to an outcast’s planet. When all is said and done it finally rains on Arrakis for the first time in the planets his story because Paul was the Kwisatz Haderach or this all super being.
Another thing that makes this movie awesome is that it takes place on a couple different planets that are home to different things and people. One of the Planets are Arrakis which is bone dry dessert planet that where it never has rain once in that planet’s history. Another is Caladan where Paul’s family used to live. The last is Geidi Prime where the sadistic Baron lives with his nephews. All these different setting give this movie the highlight it needs to successful in the future and so onward. These different planets show that even people from different worlds can still go to war even if they live nowhere near them. This also proves that people can disagree without being a neighbor you don’t like.
Thought someone might say that the storyline makes no sense to them that only means that you where not paying any attention to the story as it was being told to you. By: Ariana Alysse Howardwatch! - Flora Yu

Overall the movie was really great. There were no bad scenes. From the special effects to the emotions and the camerawork, everything really just came alive. It made you feel like you were in the movie and you could feel what they were feeling. It made you want to be in the movie and become a vampire too. Would you want to live in a fairytale and marry your love, the hot dreamy vampire, then have to give birth some create that you didn’t even know could grow in you? Or have Werewolves that you thought were you friends turn on you and try to hurt you, so your baby couldn’t hurt anyone else?
Shana Williams
Maya Angelou once said “all great achievements require time.” She saying it takes time and patients to get bigger thing done with great success. This relates to the movie Dune because the character named Paul who takes a long journey to become the Kwisatz Haderach. That he is not to become. Paul is the son of a duke Leto Atredes that live on the planet of Caladan. Dune is a great movie because the Storyline of Paul and how he become this super being is very thrilling, breath taking and spin chilling.
This movie opens up with a monologue of the history of the house of Atredes and how after the war with giant space robots the universe is at peace until the Baron on the planet Geidi Prime plans to kill the house of Atredes and unknowingly fails to kill the Duke’s son and mother. After the attack Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica are stranded on the planet of Arrakis and run into one of many giant worms that live on Arrakis and the other inhabitants there as well and are welcomed into a group of Fremen. Paul teaches them to fight as he was taught and starts a romance. After a while Lady Jessica is pregnant and Drinks the water of life in which makes her give birth prematurely to baby Alia who is born with tinted blue eyes as her mother has after drinking the water of life. Two years later baby Alia is all knowing and has extraordinary powers. After a while Paul is convinced by Chani that he will survive the test as him mother and sister did. Once this is done Paul awakens with tinted blue eyes and heads to the capital of Arrakis and is challenged to a knife fight. He wins and overthrows the Emperor and banishes him and his princess to an outcast’s planet. When all is said and done it finally rains on Arrakis for the first time in the planets his story because Paul was the Kwisatz Haderach or this all super being.
Another thing that makes this movie awesome is that it takes place on a couple different planets that are home to different things and people. One of the Planets are Arrakis which is bone dry dessert planet that where it never has rain once in that planet’s history. Another is Caladan where Paul’s family used to live. The last is Geidi Prime where the sadistic Baron lives with his nephews. All these different setting give this movie the highlight it needs to successful in the future and so onward. These different planets show that even people from different worlds can still go to war even if they live nowhere near them. This also proves that people can disagree without being a neighbor you don’t like.
Thought someone might say that the storyline makes no sense to them that only means that you where not paying any attention to the story as it was being told to you. By: Ariana Alysse Howard