How To Train Your Dragon

Hey, guys! Sorry it has been a while. School, photography, and holidays around here keep me on my toes. I was able to watch this movie a week or so ago, and let me tell you about it, because it is so worth it. =)
  Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), the son of the lead Viking dragon-slayer on the Island of Berk, is not the normal dragon-slayer's son. This poor boy runs into every ounce of luck possible to run into, plus some, and the result is his being put in the Black Smith's care, making and repairing weapons for the other Vikings who are busy slaying dragons and defending their village, despite his earnest desires and attempts to help them. One night his life changes when he hits a Night Fury dragon, the dark, fast, and deadly dragons of the night, and it goes down without anyone seeing him, and no one believing him. Over the next weeks to months, this dragon which he does find, changes how he sees dragons. Such a great story! I really enjoyed this movie, and so did all of my family members. Because it was so good, I will refrain from telling you the rest of the plot, and will simply say to go and get it and watch it. You will not be disappointed. =D I would give it a 10 of 10 rating. It is around 98 minutes long, and the movie is something almost everyone could watch. Enjoy it! =)

Killers

Oh my goodness, I am soooo sorry for not posting for one month! I really do apologize. I am really behind on k-rate. I haven't done even half of the movies I have actually watched this year, which is a fail. haha Oh well. I will try. =)
  Killers was an AMAZING movie. I absolutely loved watching it! haha We had to use the filter, which blocked language, some violence, and a couple other things. I was laughing my head off and many things in here. Killers is about a single gal (Katherine Heigl, seen in 27 Dresses) who just broke up with her boyfriend, and on vacation with her parents. She meets a 'gorgeous', if you will (=D) guy (Ashton Kutcher, seen in Valentines Day, The Guardian, What Happens in Vegas, etc), and immediately hooks up with him. They take a liking of each other, and it is a true, pure relationship. It turns out, though, that he is a secret-agent spy, killing bad guys for his career. But once he meets her and realizes that he longs to have the life style she has and loves, he decides to quit his job, and settles down with his wife. =)  3 years later, they are still passionately in love, but after receiving a secret message from his old boss, their normal lives are turned upside down when suddenly close neighbors start trying to assassinate them both because of a several million dollar bounty on his head. I won't tell you the rest, but let me assure you that when safely filtered, this is an amazing movie to watch. haha =D According to the IMDB it is rated PG-13 for violent action, adult material and language, as I said, and is roughly 93 minutes long. Very much worth watching. =D

Wolfman (viewer's descretion is advised!)

Yes, Wolfman. I told myself I wouldn't watch it when I heard what it was about. But, being the person I am, and not wanting my brothers to watch something that I wouldn't because it was really scary (ok, the Mummy was an exception. I will NOT watch that! lol), decided to watch it at the last minute. So I hop downstairs wearing a men fleece sweatshirt carrying gummies and chocolate from Europe, and hope and pray that I won't be scared to death. Well, here is what I saw. A lame version of Beauty and the Beast. I am serious! Laurence Talbot, an English-born boy, was sent to America by his father after his mother commited suicide when he was a boy. Years later, his dear brother's wife sends for him after his brother was killed by an unknown creature. He returns to his father (Anthony Hopkins), and brother's wife (Emily Blunt, from The Young Victoria =D), and spends his time trying to find that creature. One night while in the camp of gypsies, the creature is revealed to be a wolf of unusual size and strength, which then literally tears apart each of the humans in that scene, ending with it biting Laurence in the neck. From this bite, he over time turns into a werewolf who gets loose and terrorizes the village they were in, and once captured by the somewhat annoying Inspector Frederick Abberline (Hugo Weaving, from LOTR!!!), transferred to London, and tortured for almost 30 days, till the time he was supposed to transform into a werewolf again. The doctors there thought he was mad, and to prove he was not, they had him secured to a chair in front of many, many elderly men, with a view of the full moon that would soon come by. Warning them about what was to happen, and begging them to kill him, as he did not want to be a beast and hurt souls, but not succeeding in his attempts, he turns into a werewolf again...yes, well, I shall stop there with the story. To sum it up, it was a very, very graphic and gory movie, very scary for lots of people, very gross (insides being torn out, to say the least, I am sorry), and it had many moments where something would happen all of a sudden, making you jump. I was prepared, and would dig my head into my dad's shoulder and make sure my ears were properly covered! lol So this movie is rated R for bloody gore and violence (yes. do not question this!), and is 103 minutes long. I would give it 2 of 5 stars. It really wasn't worth watching. lol So, I hope this helps some of you. haha

The Young Victoria

This is the first historically-accurate movie I have seen that does not have any bad scenes or language in it that I can remember. And wow, was it good! Starring Emily Blunt (The Wolfman) and Rupert Friend (Pride and Prejudice), to name a few of the many and very talented actors and actresses in this film. It starts out with Victoria telling about her childhood, being one of seclusion from almost everything normal, being a prisoner in a palace, never being able to do what she wanted, really, and all was found out with she turned 11, to be for her protection, since she was the only heir of brothers, either kings or dukes, and would inherit the royal title as queen when the last king died. She meets a prince (Albert), and they become friends instantly, though his uncle had first had him in the 'friend' position as a main way of getting information to help Germany, but since Albert really was a friend and really did like her for her, his 'mission' failed. x) This movie was so well-made, it is a photographer's dream to be able to see all the true colors, all the focus-changes, all the beauty of England presented as it was. I loved it. =) It is around 105 minutes long, rated PG for smoking, brief violence and incidental language, and some sensuality. No scenes whatsoever, and I did not notice the 'language' being harsh or anything like that. Most of the things in this movie are accurate, though some were put in to add some thrill to the movie, and that they did. It is an AMAZING movie, I would give it more than 5 stars. =)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Theif

Wow. haha This movie really caught me by surprise, yet it didn't. Okay, so this past month I have been hearing lots about the 'gods' and such, and we watched a couple movies with them, including this one. But this one is by far the best. Not only because it was made by Chris Columbus (Director of Harry Potter =D). Percy, an average teenager, lives with his mom and rather annoying 'step-dad' in an apartment. He spends his free time hanging out with his best friend, Grover, at the swimming pool. Most of the time. Percy suffers from what everyone thinks as ADHD, and several other problems as well. He always sees words swimming in his head that he is reading, which, if in a certain language, are translated for him. After a substitute teacher turns into a beast one day in a museum and threatens him, trying to make him give up a 'Lightning Rod', his whole life changes. Percy finds out that he is the son of a god, Poseidon, and is himself a demi-god, a half human half god. He meets many people, some friends, some not, and travels across the United States to find certain things to take him on a certain journey to save the whole world. I will not give it away. Though I am a Christian, and do believe in only one God, the true, real God who created this world and everything in it, I still find this movie a very good, very amusing one, a good education for learning about the Greek mythology and such. I had lots of laughs. heheh I like laughing at various random things, and this movie was packed. =D Rated PG for lots of action violence, peril, suggestive materials, and mild language, and is around 118 minutes long, starring Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, and Alexandria Daddario. =) Great movie, I would so give it 5 stars. =D

When in Rome

=D I like this movie. x) This chick flick is about a gal (Beth) who has her job going well for her. She is a great modern art shower, and just adores her job. The thing is, she is single. And none of her friends are happy with this. They want her to find a guy, but she says she doesn't want to get a guy unless she loves him more than her job. After a bad day at work, her sister comes to her apartment and tells her she is getting married to a guy she has known for a couple weeks, but just knows that he is 'the one'. And guess where they are getting married? Rome! Beth flies over there for 48 hours, and while over there, meets the best man, Nick, who is a lot like her in many ways. She thinks she might like him, and then boom, she sees him with another girl outside. So while everyone else is partying, she goes to the famous fountain of love and takes some coins out just to 'aggrivate' it. Little did she know that those coins were thrown in by some guys who would then pursue her aggressively with no mercy till she either accepted them or really just gave them the complete foot. haha It was very well made, the actors were chosen well (at least Beth and Nick), starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel (in the Transformers movies). Rated PG-13 for some suggestive content, though I would really say it is for some disturbing things. It has that guy from Napoleon Dynamite, and he is as weird as ever, but the parts with the pursuers are just really weird. 91 minutes long, very good, I would give it a 4 1/2 star rating, because of those weird scenes. I really like this movie, though. =D

Leap Year

Can I just say that Amy Adams was excellent in this movie? Oh, was she amazing! Anna O'Brady, a lady who designs rooms to present them to sellers for a sale, thinks she is in love with her boyfriend of 4 years. After her hopes of a proposal one night at dinner are washed down the drain, and he leaves for Ireland, she decides to follow him there, and propose to him on February 29th, since it was a leap year, and girls are allowed to do so that one day. But before she is able to get to where she is going, a storm warning makes their plane land early where she does NOT want to go, and she is either stuck at the airport for a day, or tries to find her own way of getting to Dublin, Ireland. She chooses to go. After a bunch of different rides that fail to help her reach her destination, she ends up staying the night in a small inn owned by a man (Declan) who knows much, speaks little, and laughs at her. After much negotiation and then a threat from someone to close his inn, he accepts her offer of a certain amount of money to take her there, but on their way,  they loose his car, and are forced to find another way there. I am not going to ruin the middle or ending of this movie, as it is waaaaaaaaaaay too good for that. =D =D May I just say that the locations where they shots this movie are SPECTACULAR, to die for places that I would very much not mind visiting for a long time. =) =) Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, and several others starr in this beautiful romantic, funny movie. Seriously, it was so hard to keep from completely laughing my head off while on the plane watching this. x) 100 minutes long, rated PG for sensuality (some sort of inappropriate but not things) and a couple words, most I didn't even understand because of the heavy Irish accents. haha x)  Totally one of my favorite favorite favorite (if not my favorite) movies right now. 5+ stars on this one! =) Amy Adams was incredible. =D =D

Monsters Vs Aliens

haha I love this movie. Totally one of my favorites. =) This cartoon starts out with a wedding. Susan, a normal modern-day young woman wakes up on her wedding day, gets ready, and goes out a while before the wedding to enjoy the moment. Her fiance, Derrick, comes out and talks with her, saying he changed their honeymoon location from Paris to some unheard-of place because of a job audition as a weatherman. She hides her disappointment and watches him leave with a half-hearted smile. While walking back to the church, she sees a meteor and runs, but ends up getting hit by it. During the ceremony, the beautiful bride starts to glow in a strange green hue, then starts to blow up to at least 20 stories high. After being tranquilized and relocated to a hidden location, she meets 4 monsters: a giant cockroach scientist who loves doing the evil scientist laugh and wears a white lab coat, a big blue blob of....er...whatever he is. lol His name is Bob, and he has no brain, but "It turns out, you don't need one!" haha =D She also meets a strange, giant lizard guy who thinks he is a very strong, amazing creature who 'gets girls' and 'defeats hundreds of strong men' uh, yeah, in your very common dreams. haha All of these guys are about the size of her hand, btw. She also meets Insectisaurus, a giant moth thing that is very, very tall. About the size of 4-10 of Susans. lol Anyways, she goes through some big adventures and learns her strengths, all of which she didn't realize she had. The earth gets attacked/invaded by a mad alien trying to get a substance which was placed in Susan's body when she was hit by the meteor, that made her huge. This movie is soooooooooooo good, let me tell you. I love it. Packed full of hilarious jokes, most of which the kids laugh at as well, and also quote...I find myself quoting things from this movie a lot. haha =D Reece Witherspoon is in this movie (Susan), as well as Seth Rogan (Bob), Hugh Laurie (Dr Cockroach), and many more. Rated PG for some mild, mild language, crude-ish humor, and some action that can scare little children under the age of 2. 94 minutes long, and so worth it. Great movie!! =) =) =)

Old Dogs

Robin Williams and John Travolta star in this fantastic, PG rated comedy. Despite all his language-filled movies, (Robin) this one was very clean and so funny. I was surprised at how funny it was. Two old men are best friends, old pals, co-workers, and much more. After hearing from his ex-wife and finding out he has two children, twins, Robin's character goes on adventure with his buddy to care for the kids for 2 weeks while his wife is in jail. He is, as he says, 'allergic' to children, and for the first week or so, struggles with his bud to keep the kids amused, out of expensive things, and happy. They go through maaaaaaany funny adventures in this movie. So good. 88 minutes long, full of things you will laugh at, and you will find that these two actors go so well together as old pals. haha =) I am not positive if I would let any kids under the age of 8 or 9 watch it, but it is still safe. Very well done. =)

Coco Before Chanel

Coco Chanel is a very famous lady, having changed the fashion world forever, in more than a few ways. She starts out in this movie as a very poor girl, barely getting through life by sewing during the day time, and singing at night time, working with her beloved sister. Coco is no typical girl, however. She is totally against the 'silly, ridiculous' styles of the day, and wore mens clothing instead of the corsets, feathered hats, and crazy skirts. She makes some friends, but after her sister moves away to someday get married, she moved to the house of a man she met while working one night, and from there learned how to ride and care for horses, made more friends, and started making hats and such for the ladies who at first throught they were too plain, but then came back more and more as everyone loved the style. This movie is all in the French language, with a couple British words, but not many. haha It is something you would want to wait to see till you are a little older, I think. I had it filtered, as it is rated PG-13 for many, many scenes and crazy sensual things in it. Oh, and some smoking. lol I actually found it annoying how much smoking was in this movie. It is 105 minutes, has amazing actors, including Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, and Alessandro Nivola, who you have probably not heard of, but are all extremely talented. haha  This is actually a really, really good movie, that is very touching and helps you see what type of life people had back then.  Not one of my favorites, but this is still very good, and I plan on watching it again, someday. =)

Alice in Wonderland

Wow. I am very much surprised at my reactions when watching this movie. Once again, I re-learn the 'don't judge a book by it's cover' saying. I thought this movie would be a very creepy, terrible movie. I also thought that they completely butchered everything about the book and original movie. No, that is not the case. This movie's time frame really takes place when Alice is a 19 year old girl with many obligations. She has the same dream over and over every single night of Wonderland, a place with talking animals and crazy queens obsessed with red roses and cutting off heads. But after being proposed to by a slightly disturbing guy, Alice runs off to think about it, and falls into a hole after chasing a rabbit wearing clothing and holding a watch. This movie takes her through the Underland, what she had called Wonderland before. I shall not tell you what happens. =) This movie may be slightly disturbing in a few ways, and kinda scary-ish in others. And no, they did not chop up the story or her original dress. This is the continuation of the first movie, and the reason she wears different dresses is because she shrinks and gets big again, over and over. It has Johnny Depp (who, might I add, was a very good Mad-Hatter, and was totally hilarious at times =) ), Mia Wasikowska (a very new, beautiful and amazing actress), Anne Hathaway, and many other amazing actors and actresses directed by Tim Burton. It is rated PG, mainly for scary action scenes and disturbing images, and is 108 minutes long. I very, very much enjoyed this movie, and it is now among my favorites. =)

Planet 51

=) I love this movie. I've been talking about it aaaaaaaaall day, and singing the really fun song that is played in a scene. haha =)  This movie is about a planet located in the rings of Saturn, where beings live. They fear that aliens will come to their planet and turn them into zombies or eat their brains for dinner. They are aliens, by the way. They think that any beings that are not themselves are aliens. Just like we do. haha Anyways, the day arrives when a spaceship lands in the backyard of a family with a son who is learning astronomy. The 'alien' ends up being a normal, random astronaut who just came to play some golf on the planet before taking off and becoming famous. My goodness, this movie is full of really funny jokes, some of which making my brother and I laugh for a full minute, though some are suggestive humor.  This is a great kid movie, and one adults and teens would enjoy. It is rated PG, has some mild action, and is around 90 minutes long. Very much worth taking time to watch it. =)

Dear John

Of course you have heard of this beautiful, sad, romantic story by Nicholas Sparks, author of The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and more. Psshhh, who could miss it? ;)  jk So this PG-13 movie is one my friends have talked about forever and a day, and became something I was very much looking forward to seeing. Just last night I was at RedBox and saw that it had come out THE day before, so I didn't even have to think before selecting that movie. x)  The story begins with a soldier in the Army. He is on a 14-day leave, and has gone back to his small, comfy home-town for the time, to spend surfing and just chilling, perhaps getting a couple words out of his coin-collecting, quiet, lonely but happy father. While there, he saves a bag a girl he spotted accidentaly drops in the water, and quickly becomes friends with this relaxed, fun, kind girl. They instantly click, and become lovers within 2 weeks. You probably know what happens, but if you don't, that is fine. You should really watch it. =D There are (I believe, but not positive) some words in this movie, and a scene you should skip, but it is really good. Not saying it's my favorite, or half as good as everyone said it was, but Nicholas did a great job. I love his books. =)

Tinker Bell 2

Awe, this is such a cute movie. Of course, once I found out (while watching Phineas and Ferb on the Disney Channel) that Tinker Bell 1 and 2 were playing last week on Saturday, I just had to make sure our Comcast system recorded them. I wanted to watch them, but was busy. So we did, and I watched it. Adorable! This movie has a very good lesson in it about how important friends are, and about how you should take the initiative and say sorry first, because you may have had something to do with what just happened. Tinker Bell is asked to be the Tinker fairy that makes the cepter used in the Blue Moon celebrations held every 8 years, which is responsible for producing blue pixie dust, which keeps Fairy Hollow alive, really. After an accident involving her best friend, Terrence, Tink goes off by herself, feeling anger and abandonment, in search of a magic mirror, which, according the the legends, will grant you a wish. Little kids just adore this movie, and I also enjoyed it. It was well-made, has great characters, a good story, and lots of beautiful, magical things. =) =)

Tinker Bell

Haha Yes, I watched Tinker Bell. And I am proud to have. =D I love fairies, and this movie was just amazing in how it portrayed them. Their beautiful, magical world full of nuts, squirrels, dew drops, tiny pots, light rays and more was just stunning. Tinker Bell, a new Tinker fairy, is a very helpful fairy. A little too helpful, sometimes. After learning that Tinkers do not go the the Mainland, where all the other talented fairies go at the turn of every season, she set her mind on learning to do the things other fairies do. After trying to catch light, hold dew drops, train baby birds to fly, and much more, she ends up ruining all the Spring preparations every fairy had been working on for months. Watch it to see the details and find out what happens. Super cute! Very kid-friendly, something that will amuse you when babysitting (;D). =) =)

Avatar

Finally!!! It has been months and months since this movie came out in theatres. Everyone it seems went to see it, except for us. The first month was crazy because everyone was excited, then they got bored, and went to see the new movies, Alice and How to Train Your Dragon, both of which I want to see. x) Anyways, we just got it the other day, and oh my goodness, is it amazing!!!!!! Aaaaah! It is too cool. =D =D In this film Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation and Clash of the Titans) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek), and many other famous and talented actors and actresses tell the beautiful story that took at least 5 years to create. This movie is PG-13 and has lots of language, intense epic battle scenes, sensuality, and 'smoking', according http://www.imdb.com/ haha Anyways, it was soooo worth the wait! I could go on and on and on about how much I love this movie. It made it's way to the top section of my favorite movies. =) And no, I am not going to tell you the story. It is too good to read about it. Go watch it if you have not, and watch it again if you have!!!! lol =D 

I Hate Valentine's Day

Ever seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding? If so, then you may recognize the actors in this movie. This movie has that same couple in it, playing young store-owners who are completely different. haha She owns a flower shop, he just purchased an old restaurant which he transforms into a great place for everyone to hang out it. She has everything planned, knows how many dates to go on before getting attacked by heart break, and he is some poor fellow who cannot keep a girlfriend for more than a couple weeks. haha This movie is rated PG-13, jtlyk, and has a scene which was forwarded by my parents, has suggestive things, some language, maybe one or two crude jokes, and some gay guys. It has a cute, intersting story, though, and I liked it. Not much, but I don't hate it. =)

Hardwired

One thing I can say right away about this movie is that it was kinda gross. Seriously. One minute into it and I see something so disturbing I was uh, yeah...anyways, I was creeped out and on the edge of my seat more than once. haha This movie is about our world in the future, where advertisements have gone overboard. Every building is advertising something, whether it is Pepsi, a chocolate bar, McDonalds, or the latest watch. Luke Gibson (Cuba Gooding Jr, also seen in Radio, The Way of War, Daddy Day Camp, and many other movies), a faithful husband to a beautiful, pregnant woman, gets in a car accident one night. After seeing that his insurance card was expired, the surgeon has him moved and left. Hope Corporation, however, comes in just in time, saying they have a way to save him. By insterting a chip into the back of his head, he is able to live. His life came with a price, though. His memories were wiped away, so he had no feelings for his now dead wife. But advertisements also came. He started to see things others could not. Advertisements were played over and over in his head, and he could not stop them till he either bought or stole the items. Killing headaches start to torment this man after his first crime. After many people tried to kill him, and him only getting away because of floating directions in his mind, he joins a small team of hackers to get to the middle of Hope Corporation, and destroy those who were destroying others. Okay, people, this is rated R, with language, some suggestive material, and some kind of disturbing things. So if you decide to watch it, know that. haha This wasn't a bad movie. It was nice that a group of people were trying to save others, and it was well made. I would def. watch it again, but not too soon. =)

Pride and Prejudice

Oh, goodness, whoever has not seen this movie MUST! I'm not talking about the 5-6 hour version. Heh Noooooo. I am talking about the 2005, Keira Knightley, best movie of the year version with that cute guy Matthew Macfadyen as the very quiet, reserved, somewhat opinionated Mr. Darcy. X) Okay, whatever. So this movie is about a family with 5 girls, an old father, and a mother who is determined to get the girls married to rich guys before her husband dies. Filled with Regency Era-style dresses, dancing, complicated English words, and a beautiful twist of romance, it is the perfect girls-night-in movie. =) I (along with a couple other girls) was found squeeling at really good parts. =D =D Aaaah, I just love this! X) Totally one of my favorites. =D And I have seen it four times at the moment. (Just to let my future self know...) Hope you enjoy it whenever you watch it!

Bride Wars

Yes, I know, that came out a while ago. But the really sad thing is I never actually saw it. We watched it on a plane once, but I didn't figure out there were free headsets till it was waaaay too late. So, I decided to watch it last week. And thought it would be a great movie. haha So funny, Kirstin. Yeah, no, it was not what I thought it would be. The only really good things about the movie were the wedding planning part (loved watching them pick flowers, sample desserts, and try on dresses), the putting-everything-together part, and the make-up part. And the end. That was cute. It has Anne Hathaway (Princess Diaries) and Kate Hudson (How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days) in it, to name a few, and is about two best friends who have been dreaming of their wedding being held in June at the Plaza Hotel. When their boyfriends ask them to marry them, they start the very short (in their case) wedding planning season. But, by accident, their weddings were booked on the same day, so they turn against each other for the entire time they are engaged, and basically kill each other with terrible things (dying the other person's hair blue, giving the other person a very orange tan color, getting the other person fat, etc. etc.). It was not that great. Really. I am glad it ended up kinda well, but I don't really plan on seeing it very often (maybe once or twice in the next ten years lol). So that is what I have to say about this movie. lol

The Blind Side

You have all heard of this movie, undoubtedly. Oh my goodness, is this movie amazing! It is rated pg-13 for one scene involving violence, language, and a couple references. Sandra Bullock is one of the lead characters, playing the role of a very rich christian wife who is very used to getting her way. Sandra plays so well, making her character have an awesome accent, boss guys around, and oh my goodness I just have her. haha She just keeps getting better and better in each of her movies. =D =D  So, this is a story about a boy. A big boy, named Michael. Michael is colored, huge, and knows very little, resulting in him being treated very differently than others. But he has a gift, that only those who know him are aware of. He has a protective nature, protective instincts that help keep those he loves safe. He demonstrates this time and again throughout the movie, and when his new family (Sandra's character adopts him into her family) realizes this and supports him in his decisions. He attends a school and finally gets grades good enough to allow him onto the football team. I am not going to spoil anything else. This is too good not to watch. Really. Now once you get off the computer, you must go rent that movie if you have not seen it!! =)

Love Happens

It does. Love just happens. haha =D This movie has Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart (Harvey from the Dark Knight) in it, and boy are they amazing! This movie is about a man, an author, who travels to Seattle for a conference he is going to be teaching at. He wrote a book after his wife's death, on how to get over the deaths of loved ones, which touches so many lives. After meeting a very cautious woman and getting to know her well, memories of his wife come back to haunt him, leading him and everyone around him to the discovery that he is not over her death, and he needs help with it. Filled with lots of humor (the good kind, trust me =D), pain, and love, this is a great movie to watch on the weekend with the fam. (haha I just wanted to add that and make it look 'pro'. =D) Great movie!! =D =D

The Prestige

 This is a movie about two magicians trying to get the other guy's tricks and become the best magician. Don't know if that sounds amusing to you, but it sort of half did to me. My brother said it was better than Illusionist, which is a great movie we saw two, maybe three years ago. I believed him, and watched it. It is rated PG-13, and we had ClearPlay skip bad words and scenes, which are in the movie, to let you know. I did not like that movie. The guys obviously did not have Christ in their hearts, or forgiveness, which they both needed desperately. Killing each other's family members, other people around them, lying, stealing, and much more. I just did not like this two-hour movie. But that is just me. It has Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and many other amazing actors and actresses in it, though, so you may want to watch it for that. =D  I hope this helped you!

Nicholas Nickleby

Ever heard of that? I hadn't, not till a week ago. But oh my goodness, is this movie amazing! Rated PG and around 2 hours long, with romance, tragedy, and much more. Nicholas Nickleby, a kind, gendle-hearted young man has just lost his father, and must travel to London with his mother and sister in search of something to do. It doesn't have to pay much, just enough for them to use for food and shelter. Nicholas is sent away to be a school teacher, and his sister becomes a seamstress. And they live happily ever after. Not. No, it does not end this way. Their private world of secluded, England country beauty is no more. They must learn to survive in a cruel world. I am totally in love with this movie. I'm not gonna give anything away, for you should see it yourself if you have not already. =) Anne Hathaway is in this movie, btw. =) =D It has some scenes which you may not want young children watching, but is clean all the way through, with perhaps a couple words. (I think...) Although we actually have a movie cleaner, which skips words and scenes we want it to skip, so it may have done so without me knowing (??). But I really <3 this movie. 5 star! =)

2012

I am sure you have heard of this movie. Actually, who has not heard of this movie? I have no idea. But anyways, we waited till it was out to see it. And yes, we (my fam and I) wanted to see this movie. Not be cause 'we support the world ending in 2012', (which we don't) but because it looked like a really good action-filled, thrilling movie. So we did just the other day. Although it is almost three hours long, it did not fail to keep us almost to the edge of our seats the entire way through. Seriously. They did an amazing job on the computer generated animations (which basically filled every scene lol =D), and they also did an amazing job on putting everything together nicely. It really was a good movie, but not something I enjoyed watching. All those deaths, merciless deaths that happened at every corner, were just too much for me to find enjoyable. haha Not that I like watching people die, but still...Watching all those people die by falling off of the earth's crust into burning lava or being smashed by giant waves was not too wonderful. xd I just know that I do not plan on watching that movie in the next few years, but I did think it was great anyways. =D haha

Julie and Julia

Okay, I am sorry for not posting about movies yet! I just haven't watched any recently. I will tell you about a good movie I watched a couple weeks back, though. It is called Julie and Julia.
   Rated PG-13 for brief language and some sensuality, it is a movie that some people do not watch. Though there were a couple words, it wasn't too bad. Our filter blocked what words were spoken. There was a scene or two that suggested things, which we just didn't look at, but it wasn't too bad. I was actually surprised, because Amy Adams is in it. She has been playing in a lot of movies lately that just aren't worth watching, and in this movie she did very well. Meryl Streep (lady from The Devil Wears Prada) was also in it, playing Julia Child. She did such an amazing job at playing the over 6-foot-tall lady with an almost obnoxious voice, who happened to be a little over --enthusiastic about the French language and everything there. That isn't bad, but it was interesting to watch. haha =)
   Watching that movie made me start wanting to cook as those French cooks did, creating beautiful, delicious masterpieces all the time. Even though that probably will not really ever happen for me unless I go to a French Culinary School (which I am actually thinking about doing), I can still dream. =) It is very nice to get inspired by great people who changed the way people see or do things (for the better, of course). Over all, great movie. I recommend watching it if you can! I would give it a 4 1/2 star rating. =)

About this blog

Hello! You may be wondering what this blog is all about. Why is it called "K-rate"? Let me explain. My name is Kirstin, and I am a teenager in a fallen world. Saved by Christ at an early age, and learning everyday about how amazing, gracious, loving, and forgiving my Savior is, I strive to bring glory to Him every day, through every activity, including movie-watching. One may not think that that is something you need to be concerned about. It is, after all, just a movie, and they 'don't effect us'. Not true, actually. Movies effect us. Plain fact. They determine what we wear, say, how we act in front of others or by ourselves, what we do, sometimes what we eat, and more. They do more than we can imagine, and that is why it is a good idea to guard our eyes and ears from evil, and watch things that God would be pleased with. Though most of the movies we watch have 'scenes' in it, as we call them, we forward them. It does not matter how long it is. My family skips those scenes, and we use a filter that mutes bad language and puts better words up in their place. Both keep us from thinking about those things, and that is God-glorifying.
Now to my reason for creating this blog. It is actually kinda funny. Every time I watch a movie, I have different thoughts about it. I rate it in my mind, try to remember who happened to be in that movie that I've seen in another one, whether it was cute or girlie or action-packed or slow. Whether I liked it or not, and if I would want to watch it again. And, as with every movie, I forget what the title was, and all these details. So, this is a diary-type of blog that allows me to write down all these things about the movies I watch. Because I am a Christian, and I believe this may help many other Christians, I am going to give the Christian view, and whether it is safe for the family (young ones) or not. I hope you enjoy and can use the information I will put on this blog in many ways. =)
Can't wait to get started, but until then, goodbye!

Kirstin