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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen  (2009)

There isn't a whole lot to say about this movie... seeing as it is a sequal, I would be lying to say my expectations weren't high. Dispite the fact that about fifteen minutes into the movie I was pleading for the credits to roll, the plot was bearable and the acting wasn't the worst. AND dispite the fact that a major selling point for the movie was banked on Megan Fox's unfortunately gorgeous bod- I was hoping that the Transformers would be a main part of a movie that holds the title "TRANSFORMERS"... What I got was a washed up storyline revolving around the Military & a college student named Sam... The transformer Bumble-Bee (a main character in the previous film,) barely held a part in this movie. I was dissapointed to find myself losing intrest so quickly, and had to force myself to pay attention to the rest of the film... all in all, I wish it would have been better!

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9  (2009)

9 was an animated film intended and advertized for adults. However, I found the movie more suited for a younger audience, prehaps a more young-adult audience (This is why I think the movie was appropriately rate PG-13) The Character's and storyline were obvious & straightforward, which was refreshing. Acker did a good job portraying an interesting and evolving post-apocolyptica. However, I found the ending a little stilted, uncomfortable, & brief. All in all, Elijah Wood gave a stunning vocal performance, and I found the movie very Tim-Burton-Esk, as he (Burton) was appropriately one of the many producers.

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Land of the Dead  (2005)

This was my very first zombie movie, and I was a little surprised;
I was expecting a lot more of the “un-expected”. According to my friend Robby, this isn’t a typical zombie movie- in this film, the zombies have the ability to learn and evolve. I found the story line predictable, and it appeared to me that the zombies (although they feasted on human flesh and were the walking dead,) were more of an interesting character study then the actual leading characters in the movie. My favorite scene was when John Leguinzamo's character killed the main greed-addled opportunist guy. All in all, it wasn’t bad; I enjoyed it.