Bring your Entourage to the theater*

Good News Everybody!

The HBO hit show Entourage has been given the green light to be made into a full length movie. Much like the show, this will take place after the series finale which left us with Vince getting married and Ari being offered the head studio job at Warner Bros. No doubt there will be a lot of cameos as the show was always full of all-star appearances from sports figures to movie stars and even a couple of musicians from time to time. While everybody from the cast has been open to do a movie, its been 2 years since the series left us back in 2011.

Expect to see this in theaters sometime early next year. My guess is April 2014.

*This was supposed to be published yesterday, but for some reason was rejected.

A love letter to Tina Fey

For seven seasons, Liz Lemmon has taken us on a journey from the acquirement of Tracey Jordan for The Girly Show (TGS) to the take over of NBC to her eventual marriage as Princess Leia. Her hilarious antics have taken us behind the scenes through the interworking of a sketch comedy series and all the conflicts that happen beyond the stage.

Her constant confrontations with Jack Donaghy about the direction of the show which led to an interesting banter that stretched from politics to personal life and is thought to be the back bone of the show. Jack's cool and cunning ambition to always come out on top made him the perfect counter part to Liz who is always running around franticly trying to keep the spinning plates going so everything runs perfectly.

The over dramatic Jenna Maroney and the extremely charismatic Tracey Jordan kept the show interesting with Jenna's crazy antics of trying to reamin the star of the show and Tracey's spur of the moment lifestyle. These two different takes on actors gave Liz plenty to deal with all while trying to live her own life and find love. Very few times do we ever see Liz outside of the workplace and when we do, all the action points back to her job making if feel like she is married to the show.

30 Rock will end tonight, but with repeat airings on different networks, the comedic styling of this show will remain for time to come.

Super Bowl Trailers

Remember last year how we were all treated to the release of The Avengers Super Bowl trailer that prompted us to go see the full extended trailer online immediately. Well, it seems the spectacle of the big game has gone amiss to the studios as only a handful of movies are buying spots for the big game.

Iron Man 3, Oz the Great and Powerful, and The Lone Ranger will have TV spots as well as Star Trek 2, Fast and Furious 6 and G.I. Joe: Retaliation. As for other big budgeted movies like Man of Steel, Pacific Rim, and Despicable Me 2 will not be premiering a trailer in the big game.

It seems like now you can release a trailer online and still generate the amount of buzz a big game ticket item has without spending the cash. This may be the final year for Super Bowl movie trailers as the internet is taking over and the ability to see it instantly before anybody else is grasping everybody.

SAG Awards

There were few surprises last night during the SAG awards. A basic rundown of the winners were those who were expected to win.

Lincoln won for Best Supporting Role and Lead Actor Tommy Lee Jones and Daniel Day Lewis. Silver Linnings Playbook star Jennifer Lawrence won for Lead Actress and Anne Hathaway for Best Supporting Role in Les Miserables. As was expected, Argo won for Best Ensemble Cast which now puts it in the lead for winning Best Picture at the Oscars.

In the TV side, the long loved series of 30 Rock won for its top actors Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Brian Cranston won for Drama Actor as did Clair Daines for Actress in Breaking Bad and Homeland respectively. The ensemble awards were the biggest surprise as they went to Modern Family and Downton Abbey.

Overall, the lack of host was a bit underwhelming, but the awards gives you a great preview of what's to come at the Academy Awards as the Actors are the biggest voting block.

Star Wars ep.7: JJ Abrams Lens Flares

Word has come around that JJ Abrams will be the director for the much anticipated and mostly over talked about Star Wars episode 7. It has been reported that Kathleen Kennedy, the head of Disney, has been courting JJ around for some time now and sources very close to the development of Star Wars has stated that JJ will helm the next installment. Now, I could go on with lens flare jokes or the Star Trek/Star Wars comparison or even an entire look at Abrams career to determine if he is right for the job, but instead i'll play devils advocate today.

Since there is no signed documents linking JJ to the project other than speculation and the word of a highly recommended source, I have reasonable doubt that JJ will or even has signed on. Case in point, he has stated excessively that he has no intention of making the next Star Wars movie as he was already signed on for the Star Trek movie franchise. The directing job he has over there, although nearly complete, has taken a lot of his time and effort from other projects he currently has going.

In addition to Star Trek, JJ has his own production company in Bad Robot. Some of their projects include Person of Interest, Revolution, Fringe, Alcatraz, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and Super 8. Being the owner and CEO of the company means he has to make sure these projects all run smoothly and any problems that may arrise fall onto him. Not to mention that Abrams has passion projects of his own. Much like Super 8 was his personal pet project, he has others he would be willing to make over another persons creation.

The last piece of evidence I have is the fact that there is no finished script. The script for Star Wars 7 is still being written and unless there is a final script, don't expect Abrams to jump onboard. This was the problem for Star Trek 2: Into Darkness. While everybody was speculating if he would direct the sequel the script was unfinished and Abrams repeatedly reported that he would not direct if the script was incomplete. The same thing is going on here. The script is incomplete, so unless he does what he did with the Star Trek sequel and step in to rewrite the script, I will reserve judgement until either Disney released an official statement or Abrams says he will helm the picture.

It won't be long before we have an answer as Star Trek 2: Into Darkness is set to release in a few months.

Best Christmas Movie Ever.

What makes a good christmas movie? Is it the feel good spirits of the holiday season? Could it be all the crazy shenanigans family's go through during the holidays to have the best christmas ever? What happens when kids realize santa is or isn't real? But more importantly, why am I talking about christmas in January?

Put simply, I'm talking about christmas now because one of my favorite christmas movies is returning to the big screen in the next month. February? Christmas in February? Yes. The best christmas movie ever has christmas trees, guns, and explosions. Of course I am referring to Die Hard, the greatest christmas movie of all time. Die hard Die Hard fans will have the chance to see all five, that's right five, Die Hard movies in theaters leading up to the midnight premier of A Good Day to Die Hard.

These build up releases are great promotion for franchise movies as they generate tickets and excitement for upcoming installments in successful franchise movies. So everybody break out your white t-shirts and jeans, grab a walkie talkie and prepare to follow the badass John McClain through this anthology of adventures leading up to the new release this February 13th.

Previews the new trend??

How do you generate buzz about a movie? Make a poster. How do you get people talking about the movie? Release a trailer. How do you get people excited for a movie? Release the first 5 minutes.

This seems to be the new trend in Hollywood as it takes after the style in which The Dark Knight Rises started. To get people excited for this movie, Warner Bros. let out the first ten minutes of TDKR before Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. This not only led people to see MI:GP but also get them excited for TDKR. This happened a second time with Star Trek 2: Into Darkness where they played the first ten minutes before The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. This also got people excited as it was their first look into the new Star Trek movie.

Now it seems that is the way to get people excited about the new movie. The newest film to do this will be G.I. Joe: Retaliation playing its first ten minutes before Hansel & Gretel. I have to say, this is a little bit unexciting to be playing a preview has been delayed over a year and put in front of a movie that has little box office recognition.

As much as I like this new trend of showing previews before a movie, I prefer them to be reserved for the big action movies like The Hobbit or Superman or even The Avengers 2. Movies like these which deserve to have a lot of buzz around them and get people excited for them to have a ten minute preview before other big property movies. With that in mind, don't be surprised if you see the first ten minutes of  the next Star Wars movie in front of The Avengers 2 or vise-versa.

How to win the oscar: FX

Welcome to another edition of How to Win the Oscar. Today's topic is in the area of special effects which include practical and digital. The most common effects of todays era are the special effects since most movies today are dealt with post production on computers that put the actors out of harms way. The other are practical effects where the make-up or creatures are there with the actors and, in most cases, make the action feel more realistic because the actor has something to go off of. In recent years, the winners have been Lord of the Rings for its outstanding costume and location setting in the fictional world of Middle Earth. The other winners have been Harry Potter for the life-like creation of Hogwarts and all the practical effects used to make magic real. Then there's Avatar where every frame was taken to the digital effects laboratory in order to make up the beautiful world of Pandora.

However, not always do the big budget movies get the special effects award. Sometimes the most subtle of touches like The Iron Lady, which won for best make-up, take the gold because they do a minimalistic take on their actors in order to keep them realistic. This just goes to show that not all winners go to the film with the most effects, but rather the one that does theirs the best. So if you're looking into make-up and special effects, then don't always go for the over the top masks, but instead go for the minimalistic realism because you can fool more people with the little details than the big overhaul on special effects.

It's a Disney movie, I swear.

Me and my friends have a little bit of humor when explaining movies to other people. We tell them enough to not spoil everything, but at times it seems like we over simplify things. So in a series of jokes, we came up with different ways to describe what would otherwise be good family movies.

For example, "A man takes over a bunch of school kids in order to win a competition" which is the plot for School of Rock. Others include "A woman takes care of a group of vertically challenged men, only to be sought after and killed by her relative" a.k.a Snow White, and my favorite "A son is kidnaped and a father must travel around the world to get him back" which is in relation to Finding Nemo.

Explaining movies at their basic roots can also be interesting when recommending movies to other people. "A family has a nice weekend get away in the mountains while the father finishes his book" is the plot for The Shinning. "Two friends cover up a murder in order to live the high life" is the plot for Weekend at Bernies.

If you're looking for a bit of movie fun, try explaining movies like this with your friends and see if you can guess which movie it is. Break it down to it's simplest form without giving away too much detail that the movie would incur. Last example is "One man stands between the conviction of an innocent kid and a group of racist bigots." See if you can guess which movie I am referring to.

What is this movie?

It has Oscar nominations, yet I have not heard of it and it has been out for over a year. Of course I am referring to Beasts of the Southern Wild. Coming out of Sundance last year, it was praised by critics everywhere, but never had a wide release, so most people don't know what this movie is about. I've watched the trailer a couple of times and from what I see, it is reminiscent of The Land Before Time. I know that may feel like a stretch but based on the trailer, a disaster happens and a kid must find away to persevere through a tough time in order find a better life. That sounds like the same movie.

In this case, I have a problem with movie trailers in general. Sometimes you get a trailer that down plays the greatness of a movie, and sometimes you get all the action sequences to make it feel big, but really isn't. Then there are trailers like Silver Linnings Playbook where the first trailer made it out to be a humble feel good flick and then the final trailer made it seem action packed with upbeat music and more action scenes. These contradicting views on a movie can make it confusing to pinpoint what the movie is exactly about.

Then in the rare case, you get a movie like Midnight in Paris where the trailer tells you nothing about the premise of the movie other than it's a Woody Allen film and you will like it if you like his kind of story telling. Some people like going into a movie not knowing what it's about, but as for most of us, we tend to go consistently with what we like and don't see a movie we haven't seen trailers for that we didn't like.

Better than the original

This isn't a post about film, but rather those aspiring to be filmmakers. The easiest way people get their talents viewed is through YouTube since it is free to everybody and you can post anything you want. Anybody with a camera and an internet connection can create their own channel and post videos about whatever they feel like. There are good ones, and terrible ones, and then there are those who try too hard to get noticed by taking up grand tasks that don't quite live up to the expectations.

I find the easiest way to get your work done is to parody and be good at it. Some quote I read sometime ago went a little something like "parody is the most sincere form of flattery" and that is true. It's very easy to parody most things, but only the good ones that are not only lyrically executed to a fine creation, but well shot that they almost are better than the original. Those videos are the ones that people gravitate towards because it is visually catching and sounds great while mocking the original song.

This isn't to say that all parodies are bad, but if it looks good, people will stick around longer than if its just words on a screen, even if the lyrics are parodied perfectly. You need to be able to stimulate the eyes as well as the ears. One channel that does this well is The Key of Awesome. They are able to parody hit songs and make them their own. From songs to trailers and even celebrities, these guys use what's at their disposal and create great videos. If you can learn from them, then you too can create a channel with a following.

Space-Time Continuum

I am a fan of time travel, as I feel most people are. It's the chance of a do-over, the ability to bend time and space, the ultimate control over everything. This is why when I heard of a new show that involved time travel, I quickly set my DVR and refreshed myself on time travel with movies like Back to the Future, Hottub Time Machine, The Time Machine, and Idiocracy. Now that was refreshed and well versed with time travel, I watched the new show on the Sci-fi channel.

Continuum heavily advertised the time travel side of the show and the events that could happen if someone from the future was to travel back to our time in order to pursue criminals. While the premise had great potential, the eventual lead in was a bit of a let down. The show opens on the future where Corporations have bailed out failed governments and now run everything. A resistance group has fought back, but its leaders have been captured and are sentenced to death. Right before their execution, they form together a sphere that time travels them sixty years into the past, or our present day. What was supposed to be a six year jump to the beginning of the revolution has resulted in a sixty year leap to before they were born. Unknown to the criminal jumpers, one brave future cop was also caught in the blast and transported with them. Now she is on a mission to find the criminals before they can use their knowledge of the future to change historical events and change the future.

The show starts off with great promise as our feminine hero captures the leader of the resistance. She is present and then transported back to our time where her futuristic communication is just in beta and the creator of the technology is mid way through his creation. They are able to communicate and he sees everything that she sees, which gives him an insight into things he will eventually create. Our hero joins forces with the local police force in order to track down each of the criminals and stop them from destroying the present. The premise is good, but I feel they could have used the time travel story line to better equip the show than a one time use. It almost feels like they used it as a cop-out to give our hero better technology to track down the criminals and make her super human compared to everybody around her.

With all this said, I'll give continuum a few more episodes in order to give it time to stretch its legs and let the plot grow. So far, what I've seen isn't all that impressive after the first couple of times the futuristic technology is used. It becomes normal and the effectiveness of it wears off. Hopefully, they will use the time travel bit to start off every season in a new year where our hero gets closer and closer to the jump date and return back to her own life.

Are video games that hard to make into movies?

An open debate since the beginning of the video game era that has been the subject of off and on deliberation. Can video games be made into successful movies? The literal translation of games to film is one that seems to be taken quite far off the trail blazed by the video games as it seems like whenever a movie comes out based on a video game, it is far from the source material to try and tell an original story using the same characters. This can be frustrating as a gamer and cinephile.

While Tomb Raider has been made into a successful movie, ever since Super Mario Bros. was made in the 80's it has been a challenge to create movies based off video games. I feel the biggest obstacle is the fact that you are trying to take an 8-15 hour campaign story and try to squeeze it into 2 hours of screen time. Most of the character development goes to the wayside as you try to turn the game into a film. This is why the process always begins with a good script and somebody that understands not only the development of the game, but also has the speed to develop characters quickly to move the story forward.

I look forward to Assassins Creed and God of War being made into movies, but if the recent halt of the Halo movie is any indication of what hollywood thinks about video games then I feel these games will be confined to their consoles and never grace the silver screen.

Golden opportunity wasted.

The Golden Globes were happening this weekend. While Ricky Gervais did not host, those talents went to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the entire night was a miss. Now, I usually enjoy the telecast no matter what, but when you have actors who don't even know who or what they are presenting, then it becomes an embarrassment.

With a month crowded of award shows, it is not likely for most people to pay much attention to all the award shows, except for the big ones. This used to be a big award show, but more recently the demeanor of the show has been down the drain. The most interesting shows is the Academy Awards, but even that is beginning to lose its audience.

Pretty soon, the award shows will be gone if they over populate the award season. The less awards out there, the more prestige they ensure. The same goes for indie festivals. Since there are a lot of film festivals, the awards for them, in my eyes, mean little.

Back to my original thought, the Golden Globes are becoming a shame of themselves.

Nolan the new Spielberg?

The question is simple: Has Christopher Nolan achieved what most film makers strive for in becoming the next Steven Spielberg? The answer may surprise you.

A recent study has found that most young viewers consider Christopher Nolan to be at the height of filmmaking, while a much older audience consideres Steven Spielberg to still have that magic touch he had almost forty years ago. While this can be disputed over and over, we may soon have a definite answer.

Christopher Nolan in currently adopting a script that was originally going to be Spielbergs project and instead making it his own. "Interstellar" was going to be Spielbergs last Sci-fi project before he decided to make "Robopocalypse" leaving the former film behind. Turns out that Nolan is interested in adopting that script and making it his own. The original script was penned by his brother Jonathan Nolan, so Christopher Nolan has taken up the work and proceeded to add his own flare in hopes of getting the film made.

Whether he will direct will be determined in the future depending on the script, but it's safe to say that Christopher Nolan will since he is writing the new script. If he does, this could prove to be an overpowering move as he would make a movie that Spielberg passed on.

Hot off the press

The nominees for the 85th Academy Awards were released this morning. If you haven't seen them, then allow me to get you the rundown on the morning. First off, we see a big snub to The Avengers, the biggest movie of the year that was also critically praised when it came out. Next, there's no love for the sci-fi Looper which at the least should have been nominated in the screenplay category. And finally, Ben Affleck was not nominated in the Director category for Argo.

Now for the best chances, Lincoln and Life of Pi walked away with the top nominations while Beasts of the Southern Wild surprisingly came up in almost every major category. It will be interesting to see if this little unknown movie can take home the gold. Given that the Academy likes to award good movies with little box office, it's not that big of a surprise to see it being nominated.

As for the biggest mix of a win goes to the Directing category where the winner has the best chance of winning the Best Picture award at the end of the night. Ang Lee, Steven Spielberg, and David O. Russell return to fight for the top stop, while Michael Haneke and Benh  Zeitlin arrive to try and crash the party. Given that the latter two are festival favorites with little box office reception, look for them to sweep out from under the rug and take the gold man home.

Looks like everybody who thought Les Miserable was going to get the top honors turned out disappointed, but none more so than Zero Dark Thirty which hasn't received a whole lot of nominations which could hurt its box office this coming weekend as it gets a wide release. Still, I find the lack of nominations for comedic movies rather disturbing. I think we can all agree that TED and 21 Jump Street were two stand out comedies of this past year. I'll even throw in Magic Mike for you.

View the full list here

Tomorrow Never Dies.

Tomorrow the official nominations for the Oscars will be released. It will be an exciting morning as the official selection can be taken place. But today, we received a rather unfortunate list of nominees in the 35th annual Razzie nominations were today. As expected, Twilight is up for worst movie of the year as well as the Adam Sandler movie That's My Boy.

As the nominations were revealed, I couldn't help but notice the streak of nominations that Adam Sandler has going for him. It seems like every year his movies get nominated for Worst Movie, and while they are all around an enjoyable experience, I find that his movies are always deemed worthless pieces of shit. This year, I found That's My Boy to be a rather funny movie, albiet ridiculous at times, but a charmer.

Now I don't know if that's because I still see Adam Sandler as the goofy Waterboy and Big Daddy characters or that I have become accustomed to his style of movies that I already know what to expect walking into it. I feel like I've try defending Sandler movies every year, but every year he ends up making a movie suited for a less minded crowd.

I'm sure I already made a post about Adam Sandler. Look to my past posts and I'm sure you'll find more about what I'm talking about.

Is Ben Affleck worthy of praise?

Ben Affleck is one of those Hollywood characters who has had missteps in his career, but always seems to bounce back in one way or another. Since his debute with Good Will Hunting, the career path he has taken is something of an enigma.

After a good performance in his debute, he had an unfortunate turn as Daredevil where the movie was subpar with Spiderman and felt like a round robin style of back and forth. An in-cohesive story and muddled stories led to a rather disappointment for its time.

Then there was the rather abismal Gigli which has been dubbed one of the worst films of all time. It seemed like he was on a string of bad luck with his films. However, he was unwilling to go away and instead took his talents behind the camera as a director in Gone Baby Gone. This movie was a redemption for him, but the film was taken as a one hit wonder.

With the release of The Town and now Argo, Ben Affleck has achieved much both behind and in front of a camera. Although his name isn't quite that big to open up a movie on his own, with him working behind the camera, there is good reason to see his films.

This brings us to today where he as just announced as a nominee by the Directors Guild of America for outstanding directing for a motion picture for his film Argo. This is also his first time nominated and the only newcomer in a crowd of returnees. Maybe it's time to believe in Ben Affleck and show him some approval for a rather wild ride through Hollywood.

What a pretty penny

I saw Lincoln and here's my little review on it. It was okay. Definitely not for everybody.

When I walked into the theater, there was nothing but old people. Maybe about ten people in total were in the theater. Now, I know it has been out a while, and yes, this may be the intended targeted audience, but the movie was still really long and boring.

For going traditional approach to the civil war, this movie deal with all politics in manner of trying to get the thirteenth amendment passed. Although the movie encompasses a length of a month, it feel like it was dragged on much longer. I felt myself looking around the theater since I was unengaged with the content and nothing hooked me in as a viewer.

Given that this movie was probably made to show how politics work and the slow process it is to get anything passed in Congress, I have to say the movie felt more like a documentary than a movie. Daniel Day Lewis was phenomenal as the President and I can see him winning the Oscar for Best Actor. However, I feel the movie's chances of winning anything else are slim to none. Sure, it might get nominated, but I feel there are better movies out there that provide a better time and better conflict than Lincoln.

In short, the movie is like a pretty penny. It's fun to admire it, but it's not worth much in todays world. Maybe once it ages, it'll get better, but that may be a long time before we see its real worth.

Getting Recognition They Deserve

The WGA released its nominations for screenplays and to much of everybody's surprise, Looper has made the list. While the movie itself is not up for any big time Oscar nominations, it's good to see that it has made the list here.

I recently acquired the screenplay for Looper and while I find it lacking in the visual description of characters and locations, the dialogue shines through the concept making each character differential from one another. Not only that, but what catches my attention are the non verbal cues and montages. While the dialogue is distinct, the passage of time sequence following Old Joe is one that is well crafted. No dialogue is spoken during this sequence but shown through action on screen. This is one of the most special tools one can write in a screenplay. Showing what is going on rather than talking about it.

Even though there is a brief interaction where what is just shown is said, its done so briefly so that the other characters know what's going on, but doesn't tell them too much as to re-explain everything to the audience. It provides motive and moves the story forward.

Although it probably won't win, its good to see that it is being recognized as a well crafted screenplay. The other nominees for original screenplay are as follows:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Flight, Written by John Gatins; Paramount Pictures
Looper, Written by Rian Johnson; TriStar Pictures
The Master, Written by Paul Thomas Anderson; The Weinstein Company
Moonrise Kingdom, Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola; Focus Features
Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal; Columbia Pictures

Hooper or Bigelow

With the Oscar season coming to an end, it's time to give out some awards. For the past couple of years, there have been no run away hits to call an easy winner for Best Picture. Normally it is chopped down to a field of five with two main competitors. This year is no different as Les Miserables and Zero Dark Thirty are the front runners for Best Picture this year.

Now while both are good in their own right, the voters would be hard pressed to award either movie the winner because both directors have already had their turn in the spot light. Les Miserables director, Tom Hooper, already won for The Kings Speech in 2010 which was up against The Social Network and beat it out for the winner. While Zero Dark Thirty is directed by Katherine Bigelow, the director of The Hurt Locker, which won in 2009. This new movie is Bigelow's first movie since winning the big award and becoming the first woman to do so.

I personally am rooting for Zero Dark Thirty to win because it is based in a real setting from an original screenplay staring true events. Les Miserables is a successful musical and while it was executed well on screen, the source material and drama were not as elevated as Zero Dark Thirty. The dark real tone of Zero Dark Thirty pushes the realism in movies and thus should win Best Picture.

Review of 2012

By now I am probably late to the party, but I want to reflect on the best movies of 2012 before I look ahead to 2013. Let's do a countdown from 10 and see what I like about each one.

10. TED - This Seth McFarland comedy hits you right in the gut and keeps you laughing. The concept is simple, but executed extremely well. The cast does a great job, but Ted steals the show.

9. End of Watch- A gritty cop movie set on the streets of LA shows a dark side not seen since Training Day. A rare realistic look at what cops go through and how dangerous the job really is.

8. Looper - I love time travel movies and this one does it very well. It doesn't get into the specifics of time travel, but rather deals with the consequences of things going awry.

7. Wreck-It Ralph - Don't mistake this animated movie for just being a kid flick. This has multiple references weaved into it that more than a video game fan can appreciate. A solid animation.

6. Django Unchained - If you like Tarantino, then this movie hits the spot. Jamie Foxx does a spectacular job as the lead. The subject matter is handled tastefully without overstepping.

5. The Dark Knight Rises - This movie is to be treated as a whole encounter of a Trilogy much like Return of the King. It caps off a long story that has been building up and doesn't stay too serious.

4. 21 Jump Street - Watch it. Laugh at it. It's comedy done right. This remake of a TV Show hits all comedic notes and doesn't disappoint.

3. The Hobbit - Best viewed in IMAX 3D HFR. The best movie going experience I have seen since Avatar in 3D. This is what 3D movies should always feel like. No more motion blur and see everything

2. The Avengers - This action packed movie handles the characters of four different film franchises and melds them into a team. Breaking all kinds of records it is a cinematic accomplishment.

1. Zero Dark Thirty - Best story this year. Even though history has given away the ending, it is everything that leads up to it that makes it such a great film. The journey is worth the Oscar.