Filmed2Death Recommends: Music Within

This movie is my favorite movie! I saw it on Shotime because it was under the Comedy section and it was rated "R" and I believed that i was watching an "R" Rated Comedy but I was watching the uplifting and beautiful true story about a man named Richard Pimentel who helped fuel the Americans With Disabilities Act. The movie starts with his childhood and tells the story up until present times (2007) He grew up with a schizophranic mother and almost raised himself. He didn't have enough money to go to college so he applied for a federal grant from the government just as long as he went to vietnam. In vietnam he lost his hearing and wasn't authorized to go into college using government funds. Along the way he meets many people who change his life for the best and worst: Another Veteran with a temper named Mike Stoltz, A Genius with Cerebral Palsy named Art Honeyman, and a mentor named Ben Padrow. Along the way he falls in love and explores his life in ways that many can't understand. The acting is great. Michael Sheen (Various Twilight movies, Kingdom of Heaven) does a teriffic job at playing a man with Cerebral palsy that when i first saw it, i thought he actually had it. Ron livingston (Band of Brothers, Office Space)  plays an unbelivably relatable version of a hero. Everyone in this movie does a great job. The movie is full of hit songs like "Stuck in the Middle with You" By Stealers Wheel and " We Gotta Get out of this Place" By The Animals. I have seen this movie many times and once with commentary, and i have to say even the commentary on this movie is worth watching. There is one scene in which many who have seen this movie have cried, the scene is set at a pancake house and the time is one in the morning. It is Art's birthday and Richard takes him as a birthday gift. Immediately the viewers get a terrible vibe from the place. The man at the front door doesn't hold the door for Art and it is only to foreshadow the upcoming events. A woman at the counter gives Richard and Art funny looks but they go ahead and sit down. When the waitress comes by she tells them to leave and suddenly snaps on them and says things like: "I thought people like you died at birth, and people shouldn't have to eat around you." Then Art and Richard decide that they would rather be arrested than leave the pancake house on their own, and their need for the abolishment of these laws fuels thier love for all Americans with disabilities and drives them to make everyone equal.

Review: Alex Cross

Shaved head, Well played Mr. Fox

So lets just cut to the chase. This movie is an action movie. Don't expect it to be monumental because it definitely wasn't but it wasn't terrible. Tyler Perry's acting debut fuels this cool but predictable action film. Let's be honest. Tyler Perry isn't going to win an oscar for his performance but he isn't bad at acting. It's just that, well it's an action movie and there isn't much great of acting going on when an action movie is playing. However, Matthew Fox was superb. I cannot describe in words how good his acting was. Anyone who remembers him from the movie "Vantage Point" or the show "Lost" will see those as setbacks in his career. With the great job he did in this movie he could become a c-list or even b-list actor. The movie itself was very predictable and in a few moments was hard to follow. One thing i noticed about Alex was that he had blood on his shirt in many scenes of the movie. When one of the characters dies, none of the characters show any permanent signs of sadness and his/her death is not confirmed so it took me until the end of the movie to realize he/she was dead. Overall the movie was okay mostly average but Matthew Fox's amazing performance saved it's rating from a 5/10 to a 6/10.

Oh look the only picture where Alex Cross doesn't have blood on his shirt!

Top 10 Movie Soundtracks

Please note that musicals are not included in this list only regular movies with incredible soundtracks
10. Pulp Fiction
Featuring Songs like Son of A Preacher by Dusty Springfield and Lonesome Town By Ricky Nelson this soundtrack is amazing and fits the film perfectly

9. The Big Lebowski
With Run Through The Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Hotel California by the Eagles this soundtrack is a must have.


8. Easy Rider
Featuring Bob Dylan, Steppenwolf, and Jimi Hendrix this album is a great buy

7. The Godfather
Who could forget the beautiful theme from the godfather?

 

 

6. The Graduate

anybody who likes Simon and Garfunkel is sure to love this soundtrack

5. Top Gun

Hiiiigh waaaayyyy tooooo the DANJA ZONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. The Big Chill

The Great Soundtrack Featuring Bad Moon Rising By Creedence Clearwater Revival, and My Girl by the Temptations

Note: The song Bad Moon Rising isn't in the soundtrack cd of The Big Chill, but it is played in the movie

3. Saturday Night Fever

"Well you can tell by the way i use my walk that i'm a women's man no time to talk. Ladies loud and women warm i've been kicked around since i was born, now it's alright, it's okay, you can look the other way, you can try to understand the New York Time's effect on man. Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother you're STAYIN ALIVE, STAYIN ALIVE!"

2. The Darjeeling Limited

I know that it features artistic music and scenes but this soundtrack is seriously great. Featuring "This Time Tomorrow" by the Kinks, In what i can only describe as the greatest Scene with music playing in the background i have ever seen in my life

1. (500) Days Of Summer

BEST SOUNDTRACK EVER

This soundtrack is so great that many of the songs cause me pain in my heart. The song "Hero" By Regina Spektor almost Brings me to tears and quite possibly the best scene in the movie is the scene in which the main character Tom is walking down the street and dancing to the song "You make my Dreams" By Daryl Hall and John Oates. But that isn't the end of it all. Just to name a few of the better songs: Vagabond By Wolfmother, She's Got You High by Mumm-Ra, There Goes the fear by the Doves, and Us by Regina Spektor. BUY This SOUNDTRACK DO IT

http://500daysmusic.com/





Review: Taken 2

I don't know about you but when i first heard about Taken 2 I was conflicted. On one hand i was thrilled that they were making a sequel to a great movie, but on the other hand i knew somehow it would be a flop, but was i correct? Pretty much. It is an average action movie. It delivers an average attempt at an average performance of one average man trying to save his average family from the Dos Equis man. The movie seemed to last 3 minutes and strongly encourages breaking the law in any way, shape, or form no matter how unnessicary. For example crashing through the gates of the Us Embassy when it would be simple to ask for help at the gates, or throwing grenades in public places to pinpoint your location using soundwaves. So yes I could say i learned alot from Taken 2, and you think that a family that went through all this would be a little less happy-go-lucky. Also at the end the Dos Equis man tells the main character that his 2 sons will try and kill him, but nobody is scared of that. This movie screams MURDER!!!!!!! Many People Die! Too many People Die!!!! For a family that has been through hell and back you wouldn't expect them to want to vacation very much but wrong!!! THEY LOVE IT!!!! Not only does his daughter love to vacation but she also doesn't like answering her phone. A new installment for this movie is that Liam Neeson's daughter now has a boyfriend. What is she going to tell him when she gets back!!! I have a feeling that after being kidnapped and sold into prostitution this girl would be a little less social. I would assume that she would be lonely for the rest of her life, but not in the world of Taken 2. In the world of Taken 2 a girl can be kidnapped, drugged, and sold as a prostitute and not be in any way emotionally damaged, have a boyfriend, and still probably go to the same high school that her friend from the first taken movie went to. (Who was also kidnapped) All in all, Taken 2 wasn't average. It was sub-par 4/10


"I don't usually kidnap people, but when I do, I kidnap
 professionally trained operatives." -Dos Equis Bad-Guy



Top 10 Movies that should be remade in 3D

Please Note: it was hard to choose because there were many that would've been good.

10. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

9. Raging Bull

8. The Blues Brothers

7. The Terminator

6. Dawn Of The Dead

5. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

4. Red Dawn

3. Apollo 13

2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark

1. Jurassic Park

Review: Argo

Ever since Good Will Hunting, Ben Affleck has been at the top of the box office and has somehow seemed to top it all in one movie. The name of this movie is Argo. Argo somehow seemed to slip under the radar just like most really great movies, but still has a large audience. It is the true story of the great rescue of the six Americans hiding in Iran after the U.S. Embassy was taken over. The main character, Anthony Mendez stages a film and goes to Iran to take a look at the set and meanwhile get the Americans out. Of course it stars Ben Affleck, but it also includes other famous actors like Bryan Cranston (Drive, John Carter) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine, Get Smart.) Ben Affleck mixes Comedy with Drama and does an amazing job. The ending is so climactic i felt like standing up in the middle of the theatre and waving my arms. This movie was the perfect mix of everything and just the beggining of the movie was enough to give me goosebumps. Argo makes the normal movie look like the apittamy of evil. Argo gets a 9/10

Review: Looper

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis star in this inspiring time travel movie about an organization of time travelers run by the mob called Loopers. It is the year 2042 and time travel is invented in 30 years. The mob sends people who they want to kill into the past and the Loopers kill them and dispose of the bodies. The main character, Joe sits in a field every day to kill someone when one day he sees himself in the future. His future self attacks him and reaps a world of chaos. On the outside Looper looks like an artistic action movie using time travel but this movie is much better. For starters this movie is nothing like it’s commercials. The trailer only tells half the story. Looper had great action, superb cinematography, and as far as I could tell it made sense. Even the make-up in this movie was great. They somehow made Joseph Gordon-Levitt actually look like a young Bruce Willis. The movie is filled with a cast of not well known but familiar actors and actresses such as Paul Dano who plays Loki in the Summer blockbuster “The Avengers,” and Piper Perabo of the USA television series “Covert Affairs.” For younger audiences this movie should be reviewed first. It has several nude scenes and uses a lot of language. Overall this movie looped its way to an 8/10