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Top Secret!  (1984)

I couldn't believe I saw this movie in the theater, and it's still being reviewed.  That means it's selling!  I'm glad.  I love the silly music that has funny lyrics and ridiculous musical perfomances.   This wasn't meant to win any oscars.  It's fun to point & spot the oddities and sing along.  There's a bit of crude humor (a reason why I can't say I love this movie), dry humor, wet humor (underwater bar fight), and even sky humor!  Have you ever sat at the dinner table with a bunch of old guys like Dad and the uncles  telling silly old war stories and jokes?  Well, it could be found in this crazy movie.  It measures the amount of humor in our own lives by asking, "How Silly Can You Get?".

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars  (2008)

I saw this movie with my husband  who is a Star Wars fan.  He thought it would be to the calibre of Lord of the Rings series of movies.   It was too "kiddy" for him, so the next week we took our 11 year old daughter, her best friend, and our teen daughter to see it.  I must admit, I liked it better the second time around.  Here's what the kids said about it:   "  Clone Wars is a super cool movie. We went to see it with our best freind, and we all shared the same favorite scene: when the captain of the clone troopers told a number of droids " You are out numbered. So the droid says" Hold on a sec... 1, 2, 3 *BOOM* " (Look out for this part of the movie. Everyone in the theater was laughing their heads off, especialy the little kids.)  Anakin Skywalker is still the good guy in this movie. The Girl in this movie 'Asolka' is a sassy charecter and a great Jedi -to-be.  I think (becuse of this movie) I might be a Jedi for Halloween.  I have to admit, this is in my mental list of favorite movies."

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Tropic Thunder  (2008)

Tropic Thunder, Tropic Thunder... what can I say about this film?  While watching this, I got this nagging twitch in my cheek.  By the end, my eyes were dripping blood.  My brain was trying to escape from the theater without me!    I felt this was a first draft skit put together by bored rich guys.  Walking out of the theater, I scanned the posters of movies I wish I saw INSTEAD.

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The Dark Knight  (2008)

Christian Bale

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City Slickers  (1991)

I popped this movie in when I needed  to get out of the blues.  It worked!

Even though Billy Crystal is the funny one, Jack Palance stole the show.   He's that quiet and mysterious guy everyone wanted to figure out.

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Gidget  (1959)

Gidget Goes Hawaiian  (1961)

Blue Crush  (2002)

This is an all girl movie.  A surfing Cinderella or Roxy Balboa is what I got out of it.  The two girls in the background?  They are not her evil stepsisters.  No, they are her best friends and Hawaiian Hut Roomies who push their friend to the top of the Pipeline.   That's equivalent to going to the moon, for surfers.  Lots of girl problems to solve, sisterly girl moments and was fun to watch with my teen girls who like Gidget  and now want to surf in Hawaii.  This film is like any sport, if you take it too seriously, you won't enjoy it.  Gidget goes Hawaiian

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The Ten Commandments  (2006)

I saw the trailer and noticed the soundtrack of The Prince of Egypt playing.  I've always wondered what that cartoon movie would look like if it was made with real people and the new special fx.  It would be really cool if it were 3D at the IMAX.  That's the best for an epic story. 

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Hellboy: Blood and Iron  (2007)

I think I would have named him Volcano Monkey instead of Hellboy if I discovered him.  He's a hero.  Heroes don't come from hell, but they can definitely give bad guys hell.  No other voice than Ron Pearlman's can make this character believable.  This series of cartoons is an entertaining reminder of the Spiritual Battle beyond the veil which is going on all around us.