2010, here we come!

Well its been a memorable year and it has been a memorable decade.

So what can I say? All I have to say that:

HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY 2010! The Dark Knight rules! Michael Bay sucks! Avatar is lame! Peace on Earth! Love ya all!

Mini Reviews - W.

W.

Director Oliver Stone brings the life of our 43rd president to the big screen as only he can. W takes viewers through Bush's eventful life--his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq

And it makes you wonder that anyone can be President of the United States. Including this guy. Its a good thing that Oliver Stone doesn't give a biased story on the most controversial President to run the country ever, giving both understanding and misunderstanding sides. Josh Brolin gives a good performance as the man himself, with a near 100% resemblance of his looks and speech. While Richard Dreyfuss gives a very uncanny performance as the man with the black heart, Dick Cheney. A good, standard biopic film.

3 and a half out of 5 stars

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 1 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are at the end of my top ten best movies of the decade.

Remember it was very hard to organize the list of the best films of the decade and still this is my opinion on the best film of the decade. So I thank you guys for respecting it. And for this very special film, it is in my eyes fit the words "perfect". A great balance of story, writing, characters, performances, score and cinematography in being both a giant explosive blockbuster and a psychological emotional thinking-man's piece. In results, it claimed enormous critical praises, broke many box-office records and create such a giant cultural impact all around. For me, when the film was over and the theater lights went back up, I kept seated on my seat, motionless and eyes-widened. It was the very best movie theater experience I ever had in my life. It was to me, perfect.

Which makes this very special movie...

The #1 best movie of the decade:
Avatar (2009)

Seriously Avatar is such a..... pppfftt naaahhh! Just playing with you. Hell there is no way this is the best movie of the decade. Lets stop the bullsh*t!

And...

The #1 best movie of the decade:
The Dark Knight (2008)

Who saw this coming? It was so obvious from the start that you couldn't find this entry on any part of the list. Many of you will disagree with me of its position, but it has many damn good reasons why it is worthy of such place. The Dark Knight..... was so damn awesome.

From the start, I wasn't even into the hype of this film. Granted the clips showed Heath Ledger's incredible acting ability, but I kind of forecasted this movie as a great and enjoyable film at best, not entirely brilliant. And I was wrong. The film supremely exceeded every expectation I ever thought of as a comic book/superhero movie as it added so much layers and dimensions and it became so VERY much more than what it could have become. Only Christopher Nolan would be a damn genius to tap that psychological and mind-setting element in a detective/comic book story-piece. And for those who said that this film was just helped by the death of Heath Ledger, I'm sorry, but you're an idiot. This film was damn good in its own merit. While Heath Ledger plays such a big part in this movie, it is Christopher Nolan that is the star of the film. He created such a world sitting on the fence of realism and fantasy, narrating a story that portrays the grey area of the epic battle between good and evil, of a city caught in the brink of chaos and madness and a defining look in what is means to be a hero or a villain. And it is those things that makes the Academy Awards as uncredible as it is now.

What I can say about this film that I haven't praised about? The edge-of-your-seat story. The multiple layered characters, the outstanding performances, the incredible writing, the gorgeous IMAX cinematography, the FREAKIN awesome music score, the well-engaged and brutal action sequences, the tension, the psychology, the emotion... How much do you need to know? We may think we already seen the Joker with Nicholson's portrayal, but that has been outshined by the late and great Heath Ledger. HE IS FREAKIN SCARY! There is no other villain that invokes so much fear and chaos in any other comic book movies we have seen, until this. He's more scary than Nicholson's, Hamill's, Romero's, hell even the comic book version. He is a force of nature that brings death, fire and madness to anyone he lays his eyes. While he had the most outstanding performance of the film, no-one from the cast has slacked off and each of them, including the minors have brought their game to the table. Bale is still the badass of the night as Batman, Eckhart was just brilliant and tragic as the fallen hero, Harvey Dent/Two Face and Oldman is still completely awesome as Commissioner Gordon. Right from the unpredictable opening of the bank robbery scene to the epic emotional ending where Batman have to choose what is right for the city of Gotham, it just kept me on the edge of my seat with so many cool surprises and awesome moments. Just right after the end of the film, I just sat there on my seat, shocked and speechless that I just witnessed something so.... brilliant. The best movie theater experience of my life and to me the best movie of the decade 00s.


Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
Here's the problem with this. There are so many many great moments in the film that I can't just keep it to one. I mean the film is indeed perfect. Mostly are the Joker's scenes, but there are many awesome scenes involving other characters. So I'm going give you my top 3 best moments of The Dark Knight.


"Batman Interrogates Maroni"
This shows that whenever Batman is dealing with petty thugs and crime boss, he is in control. He never breaks his rule, but he brings that sheer brutal punishment. And he is such a badass in this!


Click to Play


"The Final Joker Scene"
We all thought that the Joker would get his inevitable death, as it was demonstrated in most superhero movies including the 1989 version. But when Batman saved him from his fall to death, it just sealed the deal. What follows is everything that is so faithful to the mythology of Batman and Joker. That they are meant to be together, clashing as two opposing forces forever and ever.


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"The Ending"
This shows how damn heroic Batman is. In a sequence of poetic and emotional images, we witness Batman descending down from hero to criminal vigilante for the good of Gotham. And it is either we cry or drop jaw by the sheer epic awesomeness. And what music this has!


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Oh and who could ever forget this?

So that is the top ten list of the worst films and the top ten list of the best films of the decade. Now we will be looking forward to the next decade, whether we will see alot more brilliant or sh*tty films. Its gonna be a whole new level of film next year.

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 2 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are nearly at the end of my top ten best movies of the decade.

And continuing on,

The #2 best movie of the decade:
Eternal Sunshine
of The Spotless Mind (2004)

Say all you want about Jim Carrey and his style of comedy, the guy can act damn well in dramas. That has been proven in movies like The Truman Show, The Majestic and Man on The Moon. Even if The Number 23 was a little... sucky, you got to respect him in the range he was going for. And who know he would be a hurting lovable meek in Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, a film that is so unique and new. It is the result of the collaboration with two people with brilliant minds: imaginative writer Charlie Kaufman and film auteur Michel Gondry. And this film becomes kind of a genre on its own as a science-fiction romance comedy-drama filled with big name stars involved in this indie flick.

If you know about Michel Gondry, you know of his wildly imaginative visuals through the use of practical effects and camera tricks, with minimal use of cg effects. That is why he is awesome. And you can see why in the many of the music videos he directed. But his visual effects are the best of his works, complementing the themes and design of the film. The story, like 500 Days Of Summer, is a realistic look on love and relationship between two characters, totally different and yet made for each other in a way. And like 500 Days, the narrative structure is entirely different. With a plot about erasing memories, the line of the couple's relationship starts from when they broke up to when they first met. For the main couple Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, it is a complete character reversal from the roles each usually plays. Jim, who's usually loud and wacky, is quiet and sensitive and Kate, who's sensible and polite, is wild and impulsive. And while the entire journey is about Jim's character, the outlook on both Jim's and Kate's are very fair and balanced and was never one-sided. And the chemistry between them, for it is a weird choice to have Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as lovers, are just extraordinary that you do feel they are a loving and hurting couple. The film has the good balance of being a study of a broken couple and a visual mind fest that is so weird, funny and imaginative.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
It is right near the end of Joel's journey, near the end of the memory erasing process and near the end of the film. For Joel, it is the last memory he has of his beloved Clementine and after many times of fighting to keep the good memories of her, he becomes accepting of this fate. And it is a truly sad and endearing scene as they both share one last fun and loving time together at a beach house and to say goodbye one last time.



Tomorrow, I will reveal THE best movie of the 00s. It all comes down to this....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 3 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are nearly at the end of my top ten best movies of the decade.

And continuing on,

The #3 best movie of the decade:
Spirited Away (2001)

Possibly the only person in the world that rivals the might of Pixar is Hayao Miyazaki. If Miyazaki has any large credit for, it is he has been in the film/animation industry much longer than Pixar and possibly one of the great masters of animation itself. And very deserving too. Miyazaki doubles the amount of magic and wonder that any animation studio including Pixar has too offer and is not afraid to go off boundary (which he showed in Princess Mononoke and recently Ponyo). After he did Princess Mononoke, everybody thought they won't see anymore magic when Miyazaki retired away. But he came out of it just to give one of the greatest and most beautiful animated films of all. Although Kiki's Delivery Service is still my favorite Miyazaki film, it is no doubt that Spirited Away is his all-time masterpiece.

You can say that this is the Japanese version of Alice in Wonderland, a girl uncertain of growing up and fitting in only to teleport to a whole new magical place where she learns to mature. The audience can feel off in the beginning to have Chihiro being whiny and braty, but those things gradually fade away as she has take on responsibilities and duties around the bath house. And many characters have their own depth and likability, influencing from both Japanese and Western culture. You do see alot of beautiful, funny, emotional and human moments in the film and the imagery is just astounding. And what can I say about the music? Joe Hisaishi have been collaborating with Miyazaki throughout most of his films and his work in this film is nothing short but beautiful. You'll be soaring high with this film.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
One can show the beauty and serenity of as simple as a train ride. The cinematography, the animation, the music and the imagery, it is just so beautiful, subtle and magical.



Tomorrow, I will reveal #2 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 4 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now closing on my top ten best movies of the decade.

And continuing on,

The #4 best movie of the decade:
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

This was ultimately a surprise to me. I was expecting something good from this, but I never knew I would witness something so wonderful and brilliant that I just completely fell in l. This is the ultimate anti-depressant, one look at this film will cure you of your sadness and depression. Sure enough there was one sad moment in it, but its forthcoming situation became an instant hilarious joke. And the film became such an excellent example of a feel-great movie because it comes down to one thing: family. It displays one of the most dysfunctional families you could ever find on the screen and nothing much good comes to them, yet we all can recognize anyone in our own family. No matter what sticky situations or intense dramas they have, they are still stick together as a loving family and we know we are not alone in this.

As a hugely dysfunctional family, we are introduced its members with its dark and flawed characteristics and issues: Dad is a desperate motivational speaker who can't get a break, Son is a rebellious teen who took a vow of silence, Uncle is gay and suicidal. Yet the entire family are glued together by a very special member: the bright seven-year-old daughter Olive who always wanted to win a beauty contest. Like most films that are journeys of self-discovery, their crazy road-trip to Olive's beauty pageant lightens up the irony that shows the true beauty of themselves and as a family. Including the irony of the pageant, promoting the superficial and fabricated aspect of beauty. Everyone in the main cast did a brilliant performance especially Abigail Breslin and Alan Arkin. And Abigail is one truly beautiful girl, making her and her family just so lovable. While the humor can be dark, it just feels right with the overall tone and it doesn't leave you out of place. Thus the film is so enjoyable with each viewing that you will feel right as rain.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
This is the one true heart-warming scene where you just can't help but smile. Although you'll be shocked at first, but you'll gradually laugh and smile. And it is great on two factors. One is that it is giving the middle finger to the whole meaning of beauty pageant, especially child beauty pageant. Thus making the entire audience a bunch of hypocrites. And secondly it shows the support and love for each other in such a bad time, making them a true family.



Tomorrow, I will reveal #3 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 5 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now halfway through my top ten best movies of the decade.

And continuing on,

The #5 best movie of the decade:
WALL*E (2008)

If I didn't have rules, Pixar would be dominating the top ten list. I would have included among my favorites: The Incredibles, Ratatouille and recently Up. But that would be too easy to make the list and it has to be one film of either group per entry. So it all comes down to the most ambitious, most risky and most unique with a little hint of controversy from all the Pixar films. With that comes my most favorite Pixar film and the best I have seen so far. Everyone has their favorite and I'm not disregarding the others. Up is actually my third favorite Pixar film (just riiiigghhht behind The Incredibles) and I LOVE THAT FREAKIN MOVIE SO MUCH!!! Its just that Wall-E is a little better than them. But what I'm saying is that you can always depend on the little studio filled with big imagination that is Pixar. They are a force to be reckon with.

Part of the great appeal of the film that it has on me is the right timing. I have a love for silent films like Chaplin's and Keaton's and during the time of the release, I was writing a paper about silent films and its narrative through motion and expressions. Being Pixar, they came up with the most imaginative mash-up of genres as a science-fiction romance silent film. This film compliment of both the old and new decade, having the first half play out like a silent film referencing to Chaplin's City Light and bound together many many sci-fi references from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Alien. Though it is bound with those, it is also filled with many other heavy-handed messages and issues such as corporation, consumerism, society, health, reliance on machines and the most obvious environmental. Though they are not banging you over the head with it as they are played out as clever sight gags and subtle dark humor. However they are not the forefront of the film when it is really all about the love story between two actual robots. Something Pixar has never done before. The creation of both Wall-E and Eve became one of the most adorable and most lovable couple in probably film history. Despite only communicating to each other with beeps and bloops, you do understand whats going on and really feel for their heartbeats and heartbreaks. And you get all of this in one film. Pixar.... you are just magical.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
There are many great moments in the film that were considered cute, funny and possibly emotional. I could pick from Eve's anger towards the ocean-liners, or Wall-E's discovery of the humans who are now extremely obese and lazy, or the heart-breaking shocking ending. But the most favorite moment that was just magical was how they define dancing. Two robots in love gliding together in space... how is that not the most romantic thing?



Tomorrow, I will reveal #4 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 6 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now counting down my top ten best movies of the decade.

The #6 best movie of the decade:
The Lord Of The Rings:
Return Of The King (2003)

Now let me get this out of the way. I didn''t like or love the Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy. I recognized it as good examples of film-making and I thoroughly enjoyed each movies, but somehow I never see it as one of the go-to favorite classics of films. With this and King Kong, I felt it wasn't balanced in giving the point of the scenes and when to stop giving the point of the scenes. It will strike up a huge argument in how a film should be faithful to its original source, either you take certain important sections of the books to give a moderately time length or be completely faithful and have the entire movie so damn long. Even with the theatrical cut, it was too long. But that just me. And I have to give Peter Jackson such marvelous praise for, just like Frodo, carrying such an extremely huge and dangerous burden in bringing such a faithful film adaptation of the most epic fantasy story ever written. And if I have to choose one out of the three, this is my most favorite to rule them all.

Its a great thing that the series had the green-light in this decade because who knew how it would have gotten made if it weren't for the technology. Sure enough some of the effects look dated nowadays especially sadly the greatest CG-animated star, Gollum. Yet it is still Andy Serkis' brilliant performance that proves timeless and hold no bound from it technological aspect. The whole series journey is not just about the battle of good and evil, but a journey of maturity, growth and responsibility and at the last film, we see great development of most of the characters from Aragon taking the throne as the King of Men to the Hobbits taking actions greater than their size. And the battle scenes are well-directed and provided a great range of emotions and action.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
We all have follow Samwise as he helps his dear friend Frodo, guide him through the devastating lands of Mordor while bearing the deadly One Ring. And at first, he had shown hints of incompetence and cowardice. But whenever his friend is in trouble, he becomes a badass. And who didn't really cheer when Sam mans up and came back to take a giant spider to rescue his friend?



Tomorrow, I will reveal #5 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 7 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now counting down my top ten best movies of the decade.

The #7 best movie of the decade:
Yingxiong "Hero" (2002)

I grew up watching alot of kung fu movies from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and anything from Gold Harvest or Media Asia. Kung fu/Wu Shu/martial arts movies have been so spectacular to watch that it became a mainstream element in the western action movies nowadays. But then comes along a concept that portrays martial arts as an illustrative form of art. A work of art as poetry, dance and paintings. Not only to be entertaining and bone-breaking in the previous martial art films, but in a slow-paced, observing sequence of motion and color. A thing of beauty. I could compare this and another memorable martial arts movie: Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon and you could ask why I didn't choose the latter. Well... Hero just stuck more out to me. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon wasn't artistic enough and this has the artsy factor up to 11!

Not only you're seeing ass-kicking kung fu fight sequences, but you are actually watching a moving Monet painting filled with rich colors and beautiful composition. And color is the significant element that is mainly used for this film, emphasizing the structure of the narrative, the theme of each chapter, the emotions and the tone of the film. But colors are not the only important element that holds up the film, but so does the use of sound and motion like how the swarm of arrows have the sound of wasps and hornets. And it is the most beautiful imagery you'll ever seen in a martial arts film.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
Speaking of beauty, this fight sequence on the lake made me jaw drop with its beauty and tranquility. The use of water and ripples makes this entire play fight in honor of their comrade entirely special.



Tomorrow, I will reveal #6 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Mini Reviews - 9

9

, Crispin Glover , Fred Tatasciore

When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the g... (read more) When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

For a concept that is entirely original and has so much potential, it is disappointing for it to drop the ball with a "paint-by-number" story, undeveloped characters and a VERY short time-duration. Though it brought out a star-studded cast like Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly and Jennifer Connelly, it felt that they were not used so well enough as these characters could have voiced by unknown actors. The visuals and art direction were pretty impressive and I praised it for its dark and terrifying tones. You'll wish that it could handled better and so much more especially the last few minutes.

3 out of 5 stars

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 8 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now counting down my top ten best movies of the decade.

The #8 best movie of the decade:
Cidade De Deus "City Of God" (2002)

In a way, you can compare this film to Slumdog Millionaire. Both are foreign films, set in poverty-ridden part of the city and chronicles the lives of the kids living off on the streets with violence, drugs and power. Though the difference is that one is a fairy tale and the other is based off a true story. Though I ask, which of these is the most harsh and most brutal? Which of them doesn't really f*ck around in portraying the dangerous and intense nature of poverty and survival? If you answer City of God, you are indeed correct. I'll keep on saying this that I still don't see what was the fuss about Slumdog Millionaire. Because when I watched Slumdog Millionaire, I say to myself "Yeaaaahh, but City Of God did better".

You feel the great brutality and danger in the film as you know this is what is actually happening in the most poverty-stricken cities of the world, for example the film's setting, City of God in Rio de Janeiro. The story has the richness of the decades between the 60s and the 80s as it deals with the new hippie youth and the radical government reign while it is much a coming-of-age theme. You'll be introduced to various young characters growing up in the dangerous streets and to reach their ultimate goal in life: either power, freedom or redemption. And the film does not pull any punches especially it involves violence and children. Its a whole new level and experience of crime and gangsters on film and one that should not be missed.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
We all seen kids being creepy and mute in horror movies. But we have never been introduced to a kid so evil and psychotic that takes joy in shooting at random people like he would with a toy gun, only to grow up as the most dangerous crime lord in the city. He is one evil little bastard and his name is Lil' Ze.



Tomorrow, I will reveal #7 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 9 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now counting down my top ten best movies of the decade.

The #9 best movie of the decade:
Requiem For A Dream (2000)

You may think this is just a movie about drugs and that the message of the film is to just say no to drugs. In a way it is. But you can say this is the most depressing and most artistic drug message you'll ever see. This film is not about drugs but about addiction and it chronicles the four happy souls down to a very devastating point of their life. I'll say this, there is no happy ending. No point of lesson realization where things go back to normal. Things go down to the sh*t.. hard! But in this heavy and moral issue lies a beautiful, emotional and visually-breathtaking experience even the faint of heart must see.

Its a visual feast grounded with a sense of emotional and dark issues, following the four characters as they tried to reach that ultimate goal and happiness in life. The most significant out of the four actors is Ellen Burstyn, who gave an outstanding and heartbreaking performance as the ignored, lonely old mother who wanted nothing more than to be on a television show and to be loved by her only son. Others gave great performances too, especially Marlon Wayans who did so well in a dramatic role. The film's trademark would be its editing and cutting style patterns in sequences representing the film's theme of addiction, one that will be parodied in certain films and TV series. The soundtrack is some of the most haunting and chaotic ever put on screen and the cinematography are just out there. Watch this film with caution, by the end of the film you will be hallow inside.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
I could talk about Ellen's brilliant monologue scene, or the montage that shows the character's demise, but probably my most favorite is the final phone conversation between doomed lovers Harry and Marion. Its a short and simple scene, but after following their romance throughout the movie, this comes full effect. That when they end their talk on the phone, all hope is lost and it is downhill from there.


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Tomorrow, I will reveal #8 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 10 Best

Welcome back to the countdown!

Well we have passed through the ten most steamiest pile of crap, now we will be looking and praising the ten most beautiful, riveting, revolutionary, thought-provoking and simply greatest films of this decade. Even though this decade has a fair share of bad films, we still get original, unique and fresh stuff to be placed up on the big ol screen. We'll be looking at films that only achieve the best in both technical and narrative aspects, but also create a huge impact in the film industry and popular culture amongst the audience. So the following days, I will not only countdown the best in order, but I will be giving my most favorite defining moment of the film. Warning: spoiler alert!

Just remember that the list are according to my opinions and my experiences. This is not the ultimate end-of-all list, this is just the best and worst according to me. Your opinions and comments are welcome. And believe me, this was EXTREMELY difficult to make the list of what I considered the "best" of the decade. So rest assure, this is based on my opinions.

Before we start off, here are the honorable mentions for the Best of the Decade 00s:

Gladiator
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Borat!
Memento
Old Boy
There Will Be Blood
Last King Of Scotland
The Departed
Brokeback Mountain
500 Days Of Summer
Casino Royale
Bowling For Columbine
Million Dollar Baby
Sin City
Shaun Of The Dead
Hot Fuzz
Kung Fu Hustle
The Royal Tenenbaums
And many more I forgot to mention...

So without further ado, here are the top ten BEST films of the decade 00s....

And first up,

The #10 best movie of the decade:
Shrek (2001)

We all know how these Shrek movies and other Dreamwork movies turned to be in the long run as we only see a few good and original ones, but most are excessively-pop culture referenced cash cow. But who could forget the huge impact of the very first Shrek movie, Dreamwork's flagship mark on the film and animation industry? Before any future animated movies came out, there was no other animated film like this where it has that great appeal to both children and adult, the writing feels more mature and clever and you have not just kids, but teens and adults going crazy over the series. Even the film was also quotable. It was the first in a long long time. With the help of Pixar, Dreamworks was the one to start the whole film trend of CG-animated films that caters to the pop-culture audience, starting with this.

As we have seen the past years, animated films especially 2D-animated Disney films tread along the formula of princes and princesses, fairy-tale, elements that are kid-safe and plenty of musical numbers, despite being faithful to the original source. Shrek sets out to be the satire and parody of that formula, issuing many elements and give a clever and humorous twist. Such as having a ugly and monstrous ogre as the main protagonist in the fairy tale, an animal sidekick that is nowhere near as cute or cuddly or a villain that isn't that threatening. You can expect many pop culture references that are either recent or old like the The Matrix or that genius rendition of "Its A Small World After All". Despite having a nearly simple story, it is a good story of beauty and acceptance, one that is related to Shrek. But the greatest gem of this film is the writing as it brings out that good balance of subtlety and overly-observant while most being clever and twisted. Its a shame that element was kind of abandoned in the next movies.

Favorite Defining Moment:
There are many great moments that played upon fairytale and Disney movies like Princess Fiona blowing up the bird, The Robin Hood scene or the big musical number finale. However my favorite moment is the most quotable in the entire movie. Each word and pacing in that scene was just genius!

The Muffin Man




Tomorrow, I will reveal #9 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 1 Worst

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are at the end of my top ten worst movies of the decade.

For a film that is considered the worst, the film show the lack of care, ambition, cleverness and production value while failing the objective the film set out in the first place. Not only that, it shows me as the pinnacle of the downgrading standards films are now dumbing down to and makes me worried and furious. Just a look at this movie will drive you to madness and will make you tear your eyes out and cut out your tongue. I didn't do that because I'm a sane person, but I was that close.

AND SO....

The #1 worst movie of the decade:
Disaster Movie (2008)

Uwe Boll was awful, but lost the title. Michael Bay is a d*uchebag, but nearly got the title. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer... I HATE THOSE MOTHERF*CKERS DOWN TO THE BONE! and rightfully deserve the title of worst directors ever! In it for the money and never ever give anything decent back to the audience. And they think they are actually making a funny spoof film in the vein of Airplane..... ARE THEY F*CKIN BLIND?! They are SOOO FAR from being anything that is related to the word "funny". But the right adjectives that describe them are soul-draining, mind-grazing and completely stupid. They have four sh*tty projects to their pathetic excuse of a credit and you would think that with each film, they would improve themselves. Each one gets WORSE AND WORSE! Its like they purposefully losing their ability to make a film and they are getting dumber and dumber till they are noting but retards. Sure I could have place each one of them in the top ten worst movies, but that would be easy. So I have chosen the WORST of their movie for the WORST of the decade, which is the appropriately-titled Disaster Movie.

God when I heard of this movie, I was horrified it even existed. I heard so many bad things about this movie, that I should stay away from this film. Yet I was curious... I had to know how bad it was. So I downloaded the film and watched it with my own two eyes. And everything they say about this film..... was false...

In fact, their words can not comprehend the quality of this movie. It is FAR WORSE than everything they said. This film can be use for torture. In HELL! Marketed as a movie parody of every natural disaster movies out there, this film is nothing but random clips and bad impersonations of anything recent like Hannah Montana and Iron Man and NONE of them are remotely funny. They just scrape the edge of the subject they try to make fun of and offer no new or clever spin to the joke they do. And if that doesn't insult your intelligence, someone in the film will just introduce the character for you like "Oh look, its Amy Winehouse!", "Oh god, its Iron Man", "Gosh, its Wolf from American Gladiator". Even they make fun of subjects that weren't out that time like Hancock where they just based the joke of the trailer... Thats just damn freakin lazy, guys... Seriously is this what these idiot think the audience to spend $10 at the theater or a video store? Throughout the movie you'll be spending time with token white guy and token black guy, the whore who is famous no reason: Kim Kardashian and a bad Juno impersonator who criticize the witty and clever writing of the actual movie. Well aren't you guy big men, Jason and Aaron? Making fun and criticizing a movie that is deemed to be too smart for you? You f*ckin retards. Of course there is no plot or any actual character, but really there is ABSOLUTELY nothing funny about this piece of nuclear sh*t. And when you have a film that does an absolute bad impersonation of THE LOVE GURU! one of the worst movies ever, you know you have a film worse than sh*t.

There you have it! Not only it is the worst film of that year, but its the worst of the decade. If by god, those two retards decided to make another film, god have mercy on our pitiful soul...

Tomorrow, I will get out these pile of crap and go on with the list of the top ten BEST movies of the decade. Starting with number 10 best! What will it be?

Avatar Full Review

Was I right or was I wrong?

When I saw the brand new trailer of Avatar..... I kinda judged harshly because it was just a trailer, a visual hint of the upcoming movie. But it was a big deal to me because it was hyped to be the newest work of sci-fi legend James Cameron. I mean he did f*ckin Terminator 1 + 2 and Aliens, a sequel that nearly surpassed the original. Now for James Cameron to come out of the blue (mind the pun) after his work on Titanic with a story he conjured up for 10 years and the promise of the newest and biggest special effects you'll ever experience. With those news in mind, I was thinking along the line of 2001: A Space Odyssey: a brand new sci-fi opus experience. James Cameron described as a "game-changer", a boastful statement that heightens the expectation of every fan and moviegoers. Seeing the trailer it felt like a crossover between Ferngully, Dances with Wolves and Smurfs and I was very disappointed. Nearing the release of the film, it started to have glowing reviews and I was starting to think... maybe I judged this movie too quickly. I should learn not to judge a book by its cover or else you'll look like a fool. I should give this movie a chance. It was theater night, lined up to watch it on I-Max in Digital 3D and the place was packed. I was about to see Avatar.... and it was going to rock my world by James F*ckin Cameron again. It was going to blow my mind. I saw it and....



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I was right all along...



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The movie did sucked...



Avatar... more like AVERAGE-TAR!



Dear God it was so average. I really really REALLY wanted to like this. I really do. I wanted to be the bad guy in this and once be the fool for being such a judgmental prick. Be proven so wrong! But meh! It was dull, boring, corny and average with the capital A. Granted it was an unique experience and if it weren't for the 3D effects, I would have sooooo been pissed off. But he has to say his name out loud, "James Cameron, I did Titanic and Terminator! Get ready for an awesome ride!" If it was anyone else and with any background, it would be ok on my book. But I feel he just didn't step up to the game. And for 3 FREAKIN HOURS!!! For a story that has been told so many freakin times! What can he put within 3 hours that we can't predict or forecast? I don't like to brag, but man James Cameron bragged about this movie so much. I mean he's one of my heroes and I hate to do this. But I'm gonna brag and say "I was right! This movie was dull from the beginning"



The story is what you have been through for so many times. Guy is part of the army to colonize an sacred planet with indigenous tribes. Guy winds up in the hands of the tribes. Guy learns and loves about the tribes. Guy decides to protect the tribes he loves from his own kind and gives obligatory motivational speech. Its nothing new and nothing original, its a run-of-a-mill textbook epic movie. The thing is does that excuse from just being a visual feast? In a way it doesn't. Towards my beliefs, a film has got to have a good balance of story and visuals. And if the story actually gave some tightness with new aspects and different outlook, it would have been a different and possibly better experience for me. The story just abandons the one element: subtlety. It is good to have messages, but unlike Wall-E, these messages such as environment and corporation are just forced and it come as something abit pretentious. It just bangs you with the head with "Army bad! Corporation bad! Tree good!" and it'll just annoy you with the over-dramatic and over-exaggerated imagery. If it was just nothing but a CG visual marathon, no matter how spectacular it gets, the film become soulless and won't have any depth. Which is disappointing from the potential this film could have. And in a three hour movie, you might feel so dragged in through this story.

The Last Smurferai

Characters are ranged just from labeled, stereotypical and actually decent. And really, I have to be honest that there are no characters that are likable or interesting with one or two exceptions. Sam Worthington is generic hero #32, which is in a way, disappointing, because I was looking forward to his range after a great performance from Terminator Salvation. There are a few good moments, but mostly were just so-so and bland. Sigourney Weaver is back with a little hint of Ellen Ripley and possibly one of the actors that still has that shine on the screen. Michelle Rodriguez is still playing the woman who actually wants to be a man and really is the female Schwarzenegger. You'll either be laughing or cringing (mostly) at her all-so corny one-liner. But the biggest characters that is the roll of the dice whether it works or not are the villains. And they really didn't worked for me. The villains are as overly-done and caricatured as any cartoon villain you see. Giovanni Ribisi is your typical corporation who really thinks of nothing but money and the natural source material that worth alot of money and his performance is really over-the-top, yet no-so fun. Whats missing from him are the top hat, cape and a twirling mustache. And then you got Steven Lang who plays jock marine colonel assh*le who's motivation is to just completely eliminate the Navi tribes. Nothing else, just kill Navis and command marines to kill Navis. Their villainy are flawed by the writing of the film, which gave them the most basic and exaggerated motivation and background to the point they are just ignorant and annoying. Possibly the one good actor that gave a great performance is Zoe Saldaña, who did very well considering her entire performance was through motion capture.

Meeeeeoowww!

Now about the special effects. I'll say it ranges from very impressive to very... whats the word... cartoony. I'm sorry but certain part of the effects and CG felt really out of place for me. It was still like watching a long video game sequence or a Pixar movie. I remembered when Jake first woke up in his Avatar body, I just felt awkward seeing the Avatar's face for the first time as it look so... cartoony. I did get used to it later on, but it look flawed when it comes to far shots of the Navi' movement and action. It may be the different sense of movement and agility the Navi possessed, but I still didn't buy it. Close up shots of the CG Navi looks really good with bits of details and specks as it is close to an organic real human face. Some of the creatures in the world of Pandora (which I think its still a dumb name), are very interesting to look at and some were just so fit for a cartoon. What is impressive is the environment that was created through the use of CG and most of it looks so natural and organic that it looks like its part of our world. Yet if the CG was impressive in every aspects, I would have blown away but it didn't.



Just like his previous film Titanic, you'll have to wade through 2 hours of bland expositions and moments only to get to the last hour for the good stuff. If there's one thing James Cameron can really do, it is that he can create such amazing action sequences. The battle scenes between the Marine and Navi are greatly done and packed with many asskicking stuff, even if the scenes was a bit predictable. The music is again composed by collaborator James Horner who did such works for Cameron like Aliens and Titanic. Only this time his score aren't that memorable or decent. There are some good moments in the film, but yet they are outweighed by the many corny and cheesy moment that could have saved this film from such mediocrity.

I don't care about these Nig.. Navis! What I meant to say..

Depends on how you see this film or how you view film in general. To me.... if it was some new director. Someone who we have never heard of, who came in and made this. I would be very impressed. But this is James Cameron. If he wasn't bragging about the new technology he will endowed upon us and expect us to be dazzled by it, I wouldn't listen to any of his fans and be part of a fun ride. But he did bragged. If he wasn't known for good writing and storyline in a sci-fi effects fest, this would have been a step up from his previous works. But you see such GREAT stories and writing from Aliens and f*ckin Terminator 2! I wonder if a Xenomorph really did ripped out James Cameron's brain. And knowing this, I can't helped but be actually PISSED OFF. I was about to give a much lower rating than what I planned but seeing it is worthy of watching in digital 3D, this is just an average film for what it hyped to be a film of the decade.



3 out of 5 stars! And that's being generous...

James Cameron.... COME ON!!!

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 2 Worst

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are nearly wrapping up my top ten worst movies of the decade.

This one will be controversial to many people, but I can't deny how I felt when I first saw this film. And hey this is my list, so f*ck it.

The #2 worst movie of the decade:
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Last night I talked about Uwe Boll and his notorious reputation in the film industry that he may very well be named the worst director of the decade. Although many d*uchey decisions from many d*uchey filmmakers may saved him from that certain title, plus Uwe Boll may have improved himself with a couple of films. Take it from Michael Bay. He might as well be a lead special effect artist because what he does best are explosions and... explosions. But not once have I seen him tell a good story. For this case, he not only tell a good or a mediocre story, but he adds so many idiotic and baffling elements that questions his fratboy mind, wasted a good amount of time and infuriated me to the point I want to choke someone.

I already wrote a full article review on this film, so I'll just bring in a few important points. I didn't like Transformers as Bay didn't realize a potential epic story of the entire toy franchise, but honestly it was fun. And despite the title of the film "Transformers", the narrative (if there was any) was focused from the viewpoints of the humans and we didn't get to see enough of the Transformers. So from that, you'll think Michael Bay will improve the entire film elements for the next film. No he didn't. Like one entry in the list, the film goes for the "bigger is better" method and yet takes the film to a ridiculous and awful level. Bigger in scale, bigger in length, bigger in production, bigger in the mass of the giant turd dumped by Michael Bay himself. The ideas and elements Bay decided to put in such robots with giant wrecking balls, robots with giant pointy shafts, a terrible ripoff of Terminator, moms getting high on pot and a shot of John Turturro's naked ass. None of the characters are that likable or remotely interesting, humans or even the Transformers. The designs of Transformers are still ugly, bland and indistinguishable only to be sharing the same color schemes and sizes where, in an action scene, you don't even know which is which. And the piece-of-la re-shit-sance are the two Jar Jar Binks robots that you are stuck with for majority of the film. And you'll be hearing them spouting every ignorant and offensive lingos of a black man's caricature.

Sure enough it is became a box office success, but does that mean its a good movie? This movie really really pissed the hell out of me and increases my hate for Michael "D*uchebag" Bay. Really Bay, the movie should have been called "Explosions" instead...

Tomorrow, I will reveal #1 worst movie of the 00s. What movie takes the cake as the WORST of the decade?

Mini Reviews - Ponyo

Ponyo

The story of a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo and her quest to become human

As far as Miyazaki's films, it is his most trippiest and experimental so far. Though the flaw of this is that with all the wild and bold animation design and style of watercolor and kiddy-color schemes comes with just a simple children story. As the imagination can range from magical to just pure freaky, it will sometimes take the audience out of the story. As always with Disney, they provided top-notch A-list stars to voice the characters such as Tina Fey, Liam Neeson and Cate Blanchett for the English translation and they do a professional job. Far from his masterpiece Spirited Away, it is considered his most experimental and I praise him for that.

3 and a half out of 5 stars

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 3 Worst

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now closing in my top ten worst movies of the decade.

The #3 worst movie of the decade:
Alone In The Dark (2005)

If you're a true movie geek, then you would know the notorious Uwe Boll. Known for bast*rdizing every video game adaptation he touches, he strikes fear in every gamer when he plans to take hold of a video game everyone loves and cherish and turns it into a hideous deformed monster. Not even the critics are safe as he challenges each one to a boxing match and beats them to a pulp. And he was that close to making a Metal Gear Solid movie, which will bring the entire world in hell fire by angry gamers if it came to fruition. Already he brought down three reputable video game franchises down to the crappy bottom and one that can't never redeem itself is Alone In The Dark.

Just thinking that having well-known washed up celebrities like Christian Slater and Tara Reid will make this film a guarantee hit is just hurt you so bad. You'll know you'll be in for such a disastrous ride when you are treated to a 5 MINUTE scrolling-text narration outlining the entire background story and some other bullsh*t. One of the trademarks of a Uwe Boll is the faithfulness his films are to the video game franchise he's portraying: just slap the name of video game character and make up his own sh*t. From video game knowledge, Edward Carnby is an investigator who explores dark and supernatural places alone. According to Uwe Boll, Edward investigates monsters with a whole army of SWAT soldiers in broad daylight. Most of the lead actors, most noticeably Christian Slater, look so miserable and tired as though they have witnessed their career withering out of existence. If you're watching with a group, you can play a very dangerous drinking game as you can take a swig upon numerous things like the many times a person crash through a glass window or the many times Christian spouts boring and droning monologues or the many times Tara Reid pretends to be smart. Really Uwe Boll is making sh*t up as he goes, not caring about the original source he's supposed to respect. This film marks the infamous reputation of the most retarded director. Not to mention the CG animation are just laughable and the action sequences are just... plain dumb.

His other movies like House of the Dead and Bloodrayne still proved to be mind-draining craps, but Alone In The Dark takes the cake as the worst. And if Uwe Boll decides to hunt me down just to challenge me for a boxing match just because I hurt his film ego, I'll be ready for him. Uwe Boll, you assh*le...

Oh by the way, there is a sequel to this crap. Not only there is a sequel by Uwe Boll, but Edward Carnby is asian in this movie.... WTF!!!

Tomorrow, I will reveal #2 worst movie of the 00s. This was gonna be #2 until this movie came along...

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 4 Worst

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now halfway through my top ten worst movies of the decade.

Yesterday I talk about Bratz, one that is filled with ignorant racial and social stereotypes. And speaking of that....

The #4 worst movie of the decade:
Soul Plane(2004)

When hip-hop artists and rappers are mixed with movies, it all depends on chance. Sometimes it turns out good like for Mos Def, Ice-T and heck even Eminem. But for most of the time, it is left like a huge doggy-doo stain. There are alot of embarrassing "black-culture" movies such as Phat Girlz or Who's Your Caddy, but the one... THE ONE F*CKIN MOVIE... that is such a huge embarrassment, that black people wishes it never ever existed... is Soul Plane. Seriously... who ever thought of making a film celebrating every bit of negative ghetto black stereotypes, not being at least funny or clever and featuring TOM ARNOLD, one of the most whitest man in movies.... should be shot point blank in the head with a .44 Magnum.

I couldn't believe what I was watching. The entire film is just complete ignorance and moronic. It was marked as a black-people's interpretation of legendary parody, Airplane, yet the only thing that reminds us of Airplane is the last 20 minutes of the film. The rest of the film are just fillers portraying black people as just ignorant, superficial, mindless and egotistical. And the message from I'm getting is that its damn COOL to be that. So really, its damn fine to lower a race class down the intelligence ladder. I know its the notion of the film, but the entire premise is that a black man sues an airline company because he sees them as a "white" company and mistreated him and his dog, so he was rewarded with a $100 Million settlement. What does he do with the money? He could have smartly invest on something or save it for the better, but no, he builds his own pimp-out purple jumbo list complete with hydraulics suspension. I don't even think that cost $100 Million to build that. Not to mention you'll be seeing sassy fat black women, the in-flight meal is nothing but fried chicken and the most ignorant statement they put on that stupid film is every black people on the plane sees a guy with a turban and assumes he's a terrorist. Another dynamic to this crap pile is the film includes a white family, joining in for the ride. They're not white enough to be on a plane full of black people, so they amped up their whiteness TEN TIMES MORE. But no, most of the family don't act white. Little son is wiggerish, trying to act homie, teenage daughter is being a skanky slut and the mom being like the daughter except she's a milf. The only member who is so white is the dad, Tom Arnold. And GOD! the teenage daughter had such a huge disrespect for the dad, telling him he doesn't know her and she wants to be a stupid hoe. He goes "Oh gee willikers, I don't know what to do" and has to learn to accept her decision. Now I'm not one for family/domestic violence, but if I was the father, I would slap the f*ck out of her. The nerves on that b*tch!

I don't know if this had a theatrical release or went straight to DVD, but I can tell black people are so embarrassed that this movie even existed. I was even embarrassed to have seen it at all. So this is one uncool thing about being ghetto.

Tomorrow, I will reveal #3 worst movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 5 Worst

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now halfway through my top ten worst movies of the decade.

The #5 worst movie of the decade:
Bratz (2007)

You think its best for kids to learn anything better from racial and social stereotypes. Especially any movie that disguised itself as a High School Musical copycat based on a weird toy franchise. Girls will know the goodness of friendship by showing off wonderful accessories and spouting out "BFFs". While Twilight teaches tween girls to date wooden and pussified fairy boys, this teaches them how to be totally superficial and spoiled in every way, how to be a certified brat.

Right from the start, you get to see all the things why we all hate these kind of popular girls. Especially the exaggerated and cartoonish representation of each race and social class. And no matter how poor or rich or proper or chaotic they are, they are always thinking about clothes and shoes. The film thinks its establishing the so different personalities of each one of these girls when we don't really see that much of their personality. And it becomes a galore of stereotypes and superficial fashion. Not to mention you have a much more bitchy school queen who segregates labels in the school like jocks and emos. I'm not a fan of High School Musical, but I had no problem listening to the music numbers as they were safe and bland. For this, their songs are very depressing. But the most painful thing to watch is Jon Voight. Oscar Winner Jon Voight... I don't know which respectable career is going down the sh*t drain: Jon Voight or Sir Ben Kingsley. Seriously Jon Voight, what the f*ck, are you that f*ckin poor to get a paycheck that you'll sell yourself for this or Baby Geniuses 2. Its got a very simple story yet its decorated with crappy random stuffs that no kid should suffer through.

The thing is the motive to produce this crappy film over an already superficial toy franchise was so unnecessary. Can believe Jon Voight got into two crappy feature films based of a toy franchises. Unlike one where it has a long history and a huge fanbase, this disappeared like last year's winter brand dress... (I don't know thats a girl's term)....

F*ckin Jon Voight... what the f*ck is he doing?

Tomorrow, I will reveal #4 worst movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 6 Worst

Welcome back to the countdown, continuing at the top ten worst movies of the decade.

The #6 worst movie of the decade:
The Love Guru (2008)

Mike Myers has had a little trouble getting back on his feet after his own run with the Austin Powers and Shrek movies. I mean what did he do in between? Cat In The Hat? So he kind of disappeared while providing the voice of the ultimate animated green cash cow until he finally came back in front of the camera for the Love Guru. Somehow it runs the premise and humor as Austin Powers and even had a few people over from the series too. Meaning like Austin Powers, it plays on the same penis, balls and fart jokes only people below 14 would love. Is this a win for the studio? Not by a long LONG shot.

When Austin Powers played its adult and revolting humor in all three movies, it can ranged from clever to completely hacked. It was a trial and error technique, but the series made up for its clever parodies of the James Bond franchise and the lovable and very funny characters such as Dr. Evil, Mini Me and Frau Farbissina. The Love Guru plays like Austin Powers' retarded cousin without the likeable characters and good humor. One after another, you slapped in the face every dick jokes they could possibly throw at you. Not one of them is funny. I mean there is a word called "variety". Do we get a variety of humor instead of a f*ckin dick joke? You come back in front of the camera just to give out dick jokes? F*ck you! Well ok there was a few variety in humor, taking a stab on Indian culture. And they have no shame in giving the most awful impression of Indian people and culture. And not forgetting there are alot more immature jokes in this film such as midget bashings and elephant sex. This film was so frustrating and such anger-inducing, that I kept thinking myself "I liked this guy for Austin Powers, why is he doing this?"

For this film, this could be a career suicide for Mr. Wayne, Dieter and Austin Powers. Even if it doesn't kill his career, this will stick out like a giant thorn on his butt. He has alot of thinking to do if he was to do nothing but dick jokes.

Tomorrow, I will reveal #5 worst movie of the 00s. What will it be....

Mini Reviews - Funny People

Funny People

Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann star in this seriously funny film from writer-director Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up). When famous comedian George Simmons (Sandler) is given a second chance at a new beginning, he and his assistant, a struggling comedian, Ira (Rogen), return to the places and people that matter most…including the stand-up spots that gave him his start and the girl that got away (Mann).

It is nice for a director to branch out to different areas and styles instead just being stuck to just one. Judd Apatow's first two movies served adult content for adult audience, while this becomes a little more mature and more on mature issues. It is great to have two different spectrum in the world of comedians: the light and the dark side. Adam Sandler still makes us feel we underestimate him as he gives a genuine and dark performance of a character with many flawed characteristics. The film still brought up the typical Apatow humor with the same feature actors, which is still great. But its very thoughtful to give that added dimension to the adult comedy.

4 out of 5 stars

Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 7 Worst

Welcome back to the countdown, continuing at the top ten worst movies of the decade.

The #7 worst movie of the decade:
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

What kind of name is McG? If he was a rapper, it would be fine. But as a director, is he too good to have a full name for the credits? I wouldn't be too trusting for a movie directed by someone named after a hamburger. So when he touched on one of my favorites movie franchises, I was very nervous about it. I mean McG's Terminator was... ok... But who wouldn't get nervous when you just saw Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle?

The first film was, in a way, fun. Sure it ripped off certain movies that was very popular at the time, but was enjoyable as it was completely dumb. Somehow McG took out the "enjoyable" in the this film, as he added a lot more dumbness. As the saying goes, "Making it bigger doesn't make it better". It didn't work for one film this year. It is a fine line where you have to bring out the logic and where you bring in the logic. It would have been ok if there were one or two things that were illogical, but this film brought up such a ridiculous amount of nonsense it was just insulting. So its saying that these angels were brought up like super soldiers with all the super advanced military training and intelligence known to man. Why does they just fight in the army and find Osama Bin Laden? Seriously I felt very insulted and ripped off. The angels were to be smart and strong women, but I still get the feeling they're still dumb bimbos. Not to mention they are not nice to look at. The story is so dumb, its not worthy of a dumb action flick. And the action sequences were short and unsatisfying. I paid money for this on the big screen and this is all I got?! F*ck McG and this movie.

Even though Terminator: Salvation amped up a notch on my trust to McG... (I still hate his name), its gonna take me alot more good movies of his to warm up to him. And seriously no more Charlie's Angels movies... And you call this Demi Moore's comeback?

Tomorrow, I will reveal #6 worst movie of the 00s. What will it be....