Now We Know. And Knowing Is Half the Battle.

This movie should have never been made. Or maybe it should have to show us what movies shouldnt look like. I understand the GI Joe Frranchise wanting to get in on the action like Spiderman and Transformers but this was a half baked attempt. One of the first complaints I encountered when the movie was announced was the fact that the GI Joes were not going to be US Military but an International mash up of people. I could see why that would bother fans but honestly the worst part of this movie were the special effects. I have seen better graphics in video games and I never understand how some big budget movies fall so short of effects.

I also really cant believe Joseph Gordon Levitt did this movie. At all. I heard that he did it to get a taste of effects make up but if thats all he wanted im sure he could have gotten some people to have a "Mrs. Doubtfire" moment at home one night and make him up as something. Adding a Wayans brother or sibling for that matter is also a recipe for failure. sorry guys but its true. When I think about it though, I dont think GI Joe really could have ever been a good movie no matter who made it or who starred.

"You almost knocked over your alcohol with your knife"-Zombieland

Zombieland was in one word, AWESOME. It had everything, action, a decent love story, comedy, great cinematography. The reviews had been really good, basically saying that it was a sleeper from this year and I agree, I think people should really give it a chance even if it isnt their "typical type" of movie they would be into.

The story takes place in a post apocalyptic sort of world where the zombie virus is running rampant (a mad cow mutation of some kind) and causing humans to be outnumbered. We dont learn character names, they are only referred to by their city they are traveling to in order to find any surviving friends or family. Columbus is your typical uptight, nerdy, Michael Cera sort of character who is forced to man up to protect himself in his new found violent world. No longer hiding himself from living life by playing video games in the comfort of his dorm, he sets out to find his family in Ohio. He has a list of rules which he follows to keep himself alive; for example Rule #2 The Double Tap, which is genius because I think at some point we have all watched a horror movie where we wonder why the hell did the character not shoot the "villain" more than once to make sure theyre dead?!

Eventually he meets self proclaimed badass Tallahassee who has lost a loved one and merely searching for a new place to call home and kicking zombie ass and taking names along the way. He also teams up with Wichita and her sister Little Rock who are headed to an amusement park in California that is rumored to be zombie free. Along the way they grow closer, get into danger, find joys in the little things left of human life and blow a ton of zombies apart the whole way.