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Epic Movie

If anyone is familiar with the Scream series, you will also probably be familiar with the spoof series on that, tagged “Scary Movie ‘x’.”

If you’ve ever seen any of those, you probably realize that movies that are based completely on spoofing other hollywood dramas can become quite repetative, and such is the case with Epic Movie.

I actually can’t believe I sat through 2 hours of pointless time in the middle of a Saturday to watch this movie. If I had to give it a grade, it would be a low C, to a low D even. Not quite the “F” that it got from some critics, but definetly not much higher.

There is an underlying current and continual joke based around the film, Cronicles of Narnia that gets, quite frankly, very boring.

Not a bad flick, if you don’t have to pay for it, and have nothing better to do. I recommend watching the first 30-45 minutes of it, and then just turning it off. You won’t miss much plot-wise, and you’ll keep your sanity better than I did.

I rate this a 2 out of 5.

Miracle

Chastize me all you want, I love this movie.

Read the technical mumbo-jumbo here

Sure, most sports movies made now just follow the formula of Remember the Titans ie. Conflict + Underdog = heart-warming story, and maybe that’s the case in Miracle, but nevertheless, it’s a good movie.

Based around the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team, it tells the story of an underdog, underage, and underexperienced team made of college hockey players that are assembled into a team and forced to face the best team in the world at that time, from the USSR.

Not only is this a story of hockey, but it accurately reflects the story of growth as a team, and the bond of an entire nation. The announcer says it best at the final game when he states that the arena is full, and a nation who doesn’t even know what hockey is watches every move intently.

I give this movie 4 out of 5 stars.