Taken

The last movie that I watched was Taken. Let me just start off by saying that I can’t believe that this is the first time that I have seen this movie, it was that good. Taken is a movie about a retired CIA agent whose daughter is kidnapped in Europe to ultimately become a sex slave. His 17 year old daughter calls her father as she is hiding under the bed while the kidnappers are in her hotel. He tells his daughter Kim so stay calm, remain under the bed, and shout out all the information she can before they take her. It is now up to her father to use all of his skills he learned from the CIA, hunt down his daughter, and take her back before it is too late.

The action in the movie is outstanding and the storyline is equally amazing. It reminds me a bit of the movie Bourne Supremacy, both movies are about secret agents, who have a life or death mission to solve, with the twist that they are starting with nothing. It is all up to their skills and training they have acquired, mentally, physically, and intellectually. I would not hesitate to say that this may be the best action movie I have ever seen. Defiantly it deserves a five out of five stars rating. If you have not seen this movie it is time to go Red Box is immediately, what are you waiting for?

21 Jump Street

The last week before vacation I saw the movie 21 Jump Street. I really liked the movie, it was very funny. The first seen of the movie set the tone for me, at that point I knew that it was going to be hilarious. It starts out with Jonah Hills character and Channing Tatum’s character back when they were in high school. Jonah Hill was a fat wanna be Eminem nerd. His hair was dies bleach blonde and he had braces, rocking the ever so popular snow pant jeans. If you don’t know what snow pant jeans are then you should probably look up the style and I’m sure you will remember it. Channing Tatum’s character is the cool popular kid in high school, who makes fun of nerds like Jonah Hill for fun on his spare time. Years later they are in the same police academy class and graduate as best friends and partners. They are terrible cops that are assigned a park as there patrol area.

The boys get their chance to go undercover as high school students but to their surprise high school has changed since they were there. Roles are reversed when Jonah Hill becomes the cool kid and Channing Tatum’s role was reversed as he became a nerd. The point of their undercover operation is to find out where this new crazy drug is coming from in the high school. Overall I would rate the movie a 4 out of 5 stars. The one movie it kind of reminded me of was The Other Guys with Will Ferrell and mark Wahlberg. It’s similar in the fact that it is a comedy about two cop partners that suck at being cops, I think that 21 Jump Street was funnier than the Other Guys.

Project X

Project X was the movie I went to see this week. This is the most hyped movie I have seen in a while. The commercials have been comparing this movie to The Hangover, and Superbad. I would have to say that it was a great movie, and I would like to see it again. I would recommend it to all of you but in no way is it as good as the hangover, or Superbad. I can see the comparisons to Superbad, 3 high school losers, trying to make a name for themselves, hookup with hot girls, and become popular. The movie is about these 3 kids and there one opportunity to throw a party that will be a game changer to their social status at their high school. The movie is exactly what you expect it is going to be, which is the craziest party you have ever seen.

            One thing I thought the director did a good job with was building up characters from the beginning of the movie and tying them into the movie in later scenes. Going into this movie you need to expect the unexpected. One thing that I think separated the movie and made it unique was the filming style. The movie is shot as a documentary, which gives it a more authentic feeling. They made the movie feel realistic in the sense that they showed real media clips talking about the party, like Jimmy Kimmel, as well as stating that the events that occur are a true story in the beginning of the movie.(even though we know that its fake)

            The way back from the movie was an adventure on its own. I was driving this girls car that my roommate and I borrowed which was a POS Toyota. When we left the theatre we could see it had been snowing, the roads were bad and it was sketchy enough in this 2 wheel drive 4 cylinder Toyota. Once we got on the highway is when things got bad, the windshield wipers seemed to work everywhere but right in front of the driver’s side. Snow was covering the highway completely to the point where you could not see pavement. After getting passed by a few 18 wheelers and listening to my roommate cry the whole ride back, we eventually made it back safely, thank god cause I can’t even afford to fix my car right now, never mind someone else’s.