“The Hunger Games” makes special use of the first person restricted point of view. I am trapped inside Katniss’ thoughts which come as fragments, short musings, or rushed sentences. Slowly, it changes from me simply reading the book to me experiencing Katniss’ reality. This is where it turns from good to amazing for me. I am identifying completely with ‘the girl from District 12.’
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Liam Neeson vs. Nature. Nature doesn’t stand a chance in “The Grey”
No action movie has ever made me tear up or given me the shivers like this before. Safe to say, I wasn’t prepared to feel just as hopeless as one of the plane crash survivors but I did, and that’s exactly what director Joe Carnahan wants.
Can you handle a night with the Devil?
“The Devil Inside,” while eerily reminiscent of the documentary-style Paranormal Activity series, makes for one epic scary movie that doesn’t fall into the typical, god-awful horror genre we’ve all grown bored of, and are a bit insulted by (Shark Night 3D (2011), anyone?).
Harold and Kumar reunite in time for a fun-filled Christmas
The biggest drawback was the 3D. A good amount of the jokes (and the five-minute clay-mated portion of the movie) depended on flying objects zooming out at you, but it’s not completely necessary. I decided against it at the last minute, and got the jokes just fine.
You won’t have the time of your life watching “In Time”
The movie was watchable — once you get past the N’SYNC jokes and clichéd time references. I was totally captivated by Seyfried’s ability to run throughout the entire movie in “stripper heels.”
Paranormal Activity 3: The paranoia will follow you home
The best part of this movie is the unexpected twist towards the end. I was literally screaming and doing that “peek-through-the-fingers-until-it’s-safe” bit for practically the whole last half of the film (along with the rest of the movie-goers). I won’t divulge the details. You’ll have to watch and see. Muahahaha.