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Clint Eastwood's new film Gran Torino does well to spread the word of who the Hmong people are and why they are here. This film takes special meaning to me since my girlfriend JoAnn is Hmong.

Eastwood plays the role of a miserable and bitter Korean War vet that has but one remaining love... his flawlessly maintained 1972 Gran Torino.  Without spoiling the movie all I will say is that initially Eastwood's character "Walt" wants nothing to do with his Hmong neighbors but eventually finds himself protecing them from the local gang members.

I was either laughing or completely drawn into the moment from starting scene to finish.  I had never heard of the Hmong people prior to JoAnn... I hope this film makes Americans a bit more aware of their presence.  Definitely a good movie to check out!

I saw Hancock last night and despite some of the pretty bad reviews I had read over at RottenTomatoes.com I thought the film was really good. The story ended up having an unexpected twist that I found to be a great addition to the story (no, I'm not going to ruin it). Bottom line, this is a good movie to take just about anyone to... I would probably limit little children from being in the audience though since there are quite a few adult themes (cursing, alcoholism, people getting their heads rammed up another guys read end, etc). I'd definitely see it again... screw the critics.

Being stuck in a cube for the last few years as a software developer this movie brought about reminiscence of Office Space. The repetitive cycle that occurs on nearly a daily basis of each individual in an office setting. I'd say what stands out the most to me is the massive amount of gratuitous violence in the film. Human shields, brutal beatings of reprogramming and exploding rats filled with C4-laden peanut butter. It was totally a guy movie... but the women that I went with really seemed to enjoy it as well. Probably the biggest let down was Angelina Jolie... she just didn't pull it off in this movie for me. Her part was pretty boring in contrast to that of the and lacked the ultra sex appeal that I've experienced in her previous films. On another note... James McAvoy was totally awesome! Throughout the movie during his transition from pathetic office cubehead to trained assassin the whole "oh shit I am going to totally die now but that was so cool" look on his face during action scenes really pulled me into the film and his character. A must see if you're into this type of movie!

Okay... WOW! I would have to say that Disney's Wall-E is probably one of the best films I have seen in several years. The animation was phenomenal... the story was perfect for anyone... and it made me feel like a little kid watching the Disney classes I grew up with. I would recommend this movie to anyone... it's just awesome! I wasn't entirely sure what to expect other than a robot falling in love with a better robot but the movie turns out to also touch several topics (obesity in our culture from being lazy, all the things we throw away that someone else may find special, how the world could end up if things around here don't change, etc). Great movie. I will probably try to get my parents to go see it this weekend because I am sure they would really enjoy it.

I saw this movie over the weekend... it was rather a let down. I'm sure kiddies liked it but I don't think it was near as good as the first movie that came out. If you are a fan you should still watch it... I was just hoping for a bit more than what I saw.