Duke’s Films To Watch, 2008: Wanted
I have put together a short list of the more popular movies put up on the big screen in 2008. These are some of the films I enjoyed watching this year. I hope you find a picture or two that are good viewing.
Jumper: During a near death experience, David Rice (Hayden Christensen) learns something incredible. He now knows he can transport himself to anywhere he desires to be, anytime he wants. He then comes to learn that he is not alone in having this capability. After years of “jumping” around the planet, he learns that there are people that think jumpers are a threat, and need to be eliminated. He now must battle for his life, as those people believe he should die.
BOLT: Bolt: This film is an animated comedy. The star is dog actor Bolt, who plays the role of a dog that is a super hero dog. His problem is that he honestly believes he is this super hero dog with superpowers. When he is accidently put into a real life situation, he realizes that he is only a normal dog. Now, trying to get back home, he finds help, in the form of a cat named Mittens, and an overweight hampster named Rhino.
THE CHRONICALS OF NARNIA, PRINCE CASPIAN: It is one year later, in “real” time, when Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are teleported back to Narnia. Fearing for his life Prince Caspian has blownn the magic horn, hoping to be saved. In Narnia, 1,300 years have passed since they were Kings and Queens, but the four legendary characters have be summoned back to save Narnia from the evil Telmarines. With the support of the brave warriors of Narnia, they will fight for the future of Narnia.
WANTED: Wesley, an office worker going nowhere in life, learns that his father, who he never really knew, is an assasin. His father has been murdered, now Wesley is asked to join into the secret society of killers that his dead father was involved with. He is transformed from a nobody office worker into the killing expert that is in his blood. From that point on, this movie gets very complex and twisted. Hang on to your seat.
THE DARK KNIGHT: This time Batman, and law enforcement officials, have been taking down the criminal elements of the city. Crime is now down, but now a new super criminal arrives on the scene, and things get a lot worse. Batman has his work cut out him now, as the Joker is dispensing his criminal insanity on Gotham City.
TWENTY ONE: This movie tells an amazing true story of M.I.T. wiz kids who built a winning formula to beat blackjack. These college kids learned to beat the game, and then performed a ruthless attack on the tables. To beat the games in Vegas, where players who beat the game can be banned from playing, they devised signals, disguises, and even fake drivers liscenses, to keep from being banned. Twenty One is based on the book that tells how the M.I.T. teams took it to the casinos.
10,000 B.C.: This movie takes us back to prehistoric times. When a warlike tribe invade the Yaghai tribe, they capture, among others, Evolet. A strong young hunter, D’Leh, who is in love with her, leads a group of hunters to pursue the warlords, and save her, and the rest of the captured tribe members.
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS: Wild and crazy nights in Las Vegas are normal. Joy and Jack, who had just met, wake up to discover that they are married. After winning a huge jackpot, each thinks they deserve the prize, so they try to settle it in court. The strange ruling is that they must stay together for six months, and see if they can settle their differences. With an eye on the jackpot, they each try to get the other to give up, as both desire to have the cash for themselves.
WALL-E: This picture is an animated, comedy, adventure, sci-fi. Everyone has been removed from Earth because it had become a big pile of trash. Wall-E, a trash collecting robot, is assigned to continue cleaning. Years later, when a robot namend Eve shows up searching for any signs of life, Walle-E has a friend. When Eve is retrieved by the spaceship that sent her, Wall-E sneaks aboard, and begins an exciting new life.
Most people buy or rent films, and views them on their home entertainment system. A more recent method for getting films is through downloads from the internet. Online providers have websites that offer downloading of virtually any movie ever made.
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