I Love You, Beth Cooper  



No one thought that Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) braved will do it. Everyone knew that was impossible Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere), the most beautiful woman in the school, will receive the love Denis that only a nerd. But that's precisely what made Denis. Denis with no hesitation to declare his love for Beth was right on graduation day. Maybe Denis thought he would not lose anything. Soon he would never see Beth again and if Beth did not accept his love, Denis will not be seeing Beth again. But deep down, Denis really love Beth.

Denis surprise when suddenly Beth came to 'party' Denis made to celebrate their graduation. Denis might think that he was dreaming. But it was not a dream, because Kevin (Shawn Roberts), Beth's boyfriend who can not accept a declaration of love to her lover Denis came. When Beth came to greet the love Denis, Kevin actually came to kill Denis. That said, Larry Doyle, the author of the script, adapted this screenplay from the novel that he wrote himself, too. As if not enough, the novel he wrote was reportedly based on personal experience during Larry was still in high school. Seeing adaptation sequences that, should the story in this movie so something that is really 'well'. In fact, not one part of the story is told Larry really feels alive.

High school kids who tried every way to buy beer that should not be their consumption, the nerd who tried to fight the school bully who was always pushing them, or teenagers who are involved in a car accident clearly was not something new in the world of teen movies such as the one it. You certainly could say how many times the scene appeared in similar films that have been circulated earlier. With-thin script, it is clear that not much can be done by the cast in this movie. Paul Rust was unable to make his character act nerd so different from the previous nerd. Hayden Panettiere fortunately able to slightly turn the atmosphere begins to feel tedious. That was not quite able to bring this film was really a fresh entertainment.

Worse yet, the character played by Rich (Jack T. Carpenter) is described as a movie freak who is always quoting from the films that he had seen. Risky Business and Dead Poets Society is a chance the two films mentioned, and that he could not help but make people be comparing the movie I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER by the two earlier films. The same comparison was not balanced.

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G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra  

M.A.R.S. managed to make a biological weapon is very dangerous and name nanomites. James McCullen (Christopher Eccleston) and then ordered two NATO soldiers, Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) to escort a nanomites this bag from falling into the hands of people who are wrong.

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA

Unfortunately on the way, Duke and Ripcord ambushed by a pack of mercenaries led by Baronness (Sienna Miller). Losses in the number and armament, Duke and Ripcord almost tragic fate if only General Hawk (Dennis Quaid) and his army came to help. But despite that, the bag still nanomites captured Baronness and his friends. General Hawk and Duke then invited to join the Ripcord elite troops that he forms a team of super soldiers he called the GI Joe. Feeling responsible for the nanomites now in the hands of a group of terrorists and revenge for the defeat of his old enemy, Baronness, Duke was willing to join with the GI Joe.

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA

Now, along with Scarlett (Rachel Nichols), Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and the GI team Another Joe, Duke and Ripcord had to work hard chasing Baronness and all members of the Cobra organization that wishes to use this nanomites to control the entire world by sowing misery and fear. Film G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA was created based franchise toys GI Joe: A Real American Hero, produced by Hasbro between 1982 and 1994. In his version of the toy, there are about 500 characters in length and about 250 vehicles were released to the market and this film tries to give a visualization of the core characters that appear in this toy line.

Like understood that G.I. Joe is a legend, director Stephen Sommers tried to make this movie the story line as close as possible to the facts contained in this franchise. In general, this movie is like the extension of the franchise that started from toy products to be made this cartoon version. This fact is clearly going to be a gift for the die-hard fans of this franchise.

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA

There are few things that make a Stephen Sommers 'successful' adaptation of this franchise is the selection of the cast who was quite capable of acting for a film that really did not need acting ability. Second, Stephen Sommers able to present a different experience for the audience. That is, the audience was brought to a close look at the action figures fight their idol up close. Fight choreography is not only interesting but made viewers can also see clearly 'what they are doing'.

Stephen Sommers is also carrying a stack of high-tech gadgets and combat vehicles like the toy and the cartoon version and made this movie so much closer to the original source. Although classified as an action movie with high blood pressure, but Sommers kept her 'friendly' for the children to remember this movie must be signed in PG-13 category. This means that, although the action is violent action, but you will not see any blood spilled like the SAW movies for example.

Unfortunately the existing surplus is not balanced by a good script, too. It could be said that the idea of this film's story is very simple, almost cartoon story ideas that duration approximately 30 minutes. Time left only be filled by a series of actions to meet the quota of action to be called a feature film.

Not enough characters to be explored so that the actors did not have room to make the characters feel they perankan 'lives. Dialogue practically absent and replaced with a series of catch phrases like "Damn, that ninja's fast!" or "Dead guys do not breakdance" for example. But apart from that, it still G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA it is a film that 'entertaining'.

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine  


Wolverine, fan favorite of the X-Men universe in both comic books and film, gets his own movie vehicle with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a tale that reaches way, way back into the hairy mutant's story. Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, two boys grow up amid violence: half-brothers with very special powers. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors (and victims of a super-secret government program) known as Wolverine and Sabretooth, played respectively by Hugh Jackman (returning to his role) and Liev Schreiber (new to the scene). It helps enormously to have Schreiber, an actor of brawny skills, as the showiest villain; the guy can put genuine menace into a vocal inflection or a shift of the eyes.

Danny Huston is the sinister government operative whose experiments keep pullin' Wolverine back in, Lynn Collins is the woman who shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with our hero when he tries to drop out of the program, and Ryan Reynolds adds needed humor, at least for a while. The fast-paced early reels give an entertaining kick-off to the Wolverine saga, only to slow down when a proper plot must be put together--but isn't that perpetually the problem with origin stories? And despite a cool setting, the grand finale is a little hemmed in by certain plot essentials that must be in place for the sequels, which may be why characters do nonsensical things.

So, this one is fun while it lasts, if you're not looking for a masterpiece, or an explanation for Wolverine's facial grooming. --Robert Horton

"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" strongly succeeds in conveying the pure "testosterone-filled" masculine energy of the character, and the overall essence of the character - his conflicted journey as he strives to become more than what he has been, and some of the key emotional relationships in his past. The filmmakers have wisely chosen to streamline 20+ years of needless published exposition & contrivances - in order to focus on the strong CORE of the character, which is what has "hooked" readers and moviegoers for the past 34 years

Logan / Wolverine is not the "deepest" or "most profound" character ever to grace the printed page, or the cinema screen. The essence of the character is primal, direct, but never simple or two-dimensional. But, in the words of the fictional character himself, in his niche, he is "the best there is at what he does." And more importantly, so is the Driving Force behind this film: Hugh Jackman.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Two-Disc Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

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