Tuesday, February 3, 2009

2008 Box Office Hits By Deo: Using tHE wEB

By Redge Grind

I have put together a sampling of the more popular movies put up on the big screen in 2008. This list consists of the movies I enjoyed watching this year. Hopefully you will see some films here that are good viewing.

THE DARK KNIGHT: Batman, and Lt. Gordon and D.A. Harvey Dent, are taking the major criminals off the streets. Things are going very well, but now a new super criminal arrives on the scene, and starts a crime spree. Batman is in a battle now, as the Joker has unleashed his criminal insanity on Gotham City.

WALL-E: This film is a science fiction adventure in animation. Earth has been left behind, an uninhabitale wasteland. Wall-E, a trash collecting robot, is assigned to clean up the mess. When Eve, another robot, arrives looking for signs of life on Earth, Walle-E has a friend. When Eve is retrieved by the spaceship that sent her, Wall-E somehow get on the ship, and starts an incredible adventure.

HAMLET 2: Unsucessful actor Dana Marshz has moved on to teaching the high school theater classes to students who just don't care. When the high school loses a major building, the powers to be feel the useless theater coarses will be what is dropped. Wanting to fight, he plans to save the program by producing Hamlet 2, an original interpretation of the Shakespeare classic, which he writes himself.

TROPIC THUNDER: With a collection of acting greats this film is a parody of recent war movies. To get a realistic performance from his super star cast to see the movie be a success, the seemingly bold director into the middle of nowhere, leaving them to fend for themselves. The plan is to scare them into making a war movie monster, which will be caught on hidden cameras in the area. When the director walks over a land mine and is blown apart, the spoiled actors are on their own, and they are covinced everything is just an act, but things are getting very, very real. Great cast with incredible make up for Robert Downey Jr.and Tom Cruise.

ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO: Rent is over due and Zack and Miri, platonic friends since childhoold, really need to find an answer to their money problems. What will they do? Easy, start making pornos. As you can imagine this is a perfect enviornment for lots of laughs.

Jumper: While almost drowning, David Rice (Hayden Christensen) learns an amazing thing. He has the ability to actually teleport himself to any place he wants to go, at any time. Later, he becomes aware that there are others with this skill. After years of "jumping" around the planet, he learns that there are people that are trying to rid the world of jumpers. He must fight for his life, as the hunters believe he should die.

THE INCREDIBLE HULK: This film tells us the tale of Military scientist Dr. Bruce Banner, who hhas been changed into a creature called the green Hulk. The film is an epic tale of the marvel comic character the green Hulk. Edward Norton is the top star in this film. This film is directed by Louis Leterrier. The film genre is sci-fi/action.

IRON MAN: Weapons developer, business mogal, Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.) is attacked and taken by Afghan insurgents. They try to force him to build weapons for the insurgent group. He was hurt when his convoy was attacked, and has shrapnel stuck in his chest. To live through this life threatening wound, and get away from the rebels, he designs a suit of armor, which makes him virtually invincible. Iron Man is born.

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS: Wild and crazy nights in Las Vegas are normal. Barely remembering what had happened, Jack and Joy wake up and soon realize that they had married each other the night before. After winning a huge jackpot, the question is who should get the money, so they try to settle it in court. It is decided that for the next few months they must stay together, and try to make their marriage work. With an eye on the jackpot, the battle is on as both want to have the cash for themselves.

Most people buy or rent these movies, and views them on their home entertainment system. An increasingly popular way to get movies is by downloading them directly off websites. Online providers have websites that with a membership, you can download virtually any movie ever made. - 17943

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