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Avatar (2009), Initial Impression [SPOILERS]

By Jeff | Published: 20 December 2009
In case you didn’t not noticed in the title there, this post has spoilers. And, in case you do not know what spoilers are, its when you write about something that happens in a film, book, whatever. Some people believe that this “spoils” the story for them. So, if you don’t like spoilers, do not [...]
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Avatar, Before the Movie Began

By Jeff | Published: 18 December 2009
Originally this post was going to be broken into two parts. The first part was just to have some general thoughts on the experience. The second part was to have  thoughts on the film, and will as such contain spoilers. Unfortunately, while I was typing my battery died. And, while I was walking to the [...]
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Zombieland (2009)

By Jeff | Published: 20 October 2009
Earlier this week I went to the local theater and saw Zombieland. The film had been getting good reviews, and the few people I knew that saw it seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. So, I figured I would go check it out. Unfortunately the film ultimately disappointed. The trailers I saw of the film made it [...]
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District 9 (2009)

By Jeff | Published: 15 August 2009
District 9 (D9) was easily one of the best movies of the year thus far. However, this is not saying much as the movie selection has been lack luster at best. Prior to District 9 I can think of only two films that I actually considered to be good. The first was Watchman, but it [...]
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Transformers 2: Initial Reaction

By Jeff | Published: 24 June 2009
Well, Transformers 2 has finally arrived. Based on what I saw of the movie (I missed a few minutes, but more on that in the follow up post) I would say it is the perfect summer blockbuster. It hit all the primary criteria: Popular with teenagers (six theaters sold out in Grand Haven for the midnight showing) Ample [...]
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