Petrelli's Eleven

If you are a fan of Heroes or the Ocean's movies, I am pretty sure you will enjoy these. I thought all of them except Petrelli's Twelve were great.

Petrelli's Eleven
Petrelli's Twelve
Petrelli's Thirteen
Shephard's Eleven

August Rush

I did not have high expectations going into this movie. Boy was I surprised when I loved it. August Rush stars Freddie Highmore as an orphaned child who ends up being a music prodigy. Keri Russell, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, and Jonathon Rhys Meyers also have major roles. Although the romance story and the story of a lost boy trying to get back to his parents were both wonderful, it was the role music played that made this film great. There was so much great musicianship from not only Rush, but everywhere. I had never seen Robin Williams play such a mean and dark character and I think I enjoyed it more than his sometimes not funny and annoying comedy roles. I absolutely recommend this movie, especially to those who love music.

12/8 Rankings and Performers

Peformers of the Week

1. Nathan Petrelli- Heroes (12)
2. Mike Cannon- Las Vegas (27)
3. Gabriel Sylar- Heroes (16)
4. Tracy Jordan- 30 Rock (34)
5. Earl Hickey- My Name is Earl (11)
6. Tim Riggins- Friday Night Lights (11)
7. Chuck Bartowski- Chuck (21)
8. Hiro Nakamura- Heroes (22)
9. Danny McCoy- Las Vegas (53)
10. Brian Darling- Dirty, Sexy, Money (8)

Power Rankings

1. Heroes (1)
2. Lost (2)
3. Las Vegas (3)
4. The Office (4)
5. 30 Rock (5)
6. 24 (6)
7. Friday Night Lights (7)
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm (8)
9. Grey's Anatomy (9)
10. House (11)
11. Chuck (10)
12. Entourage (12)
13. Journeyman (13)
14. American Idol (15)
15. Dirty, Sexy, Money (14)
16. My Name Is Earl (17)
17. Cane (16)
18. Family Guy (19)
19. Brothers and Sisters (18)
20. Scrubs (20)

Rush Hour 3

It's been a while since I have seen Rush Hour or Rush Hour 2 so I forgot how much I enjoy Chris Tucker. I can understand how he can get annoying to people but I really love his humor. My favorite part of Rush Hour 3 was definitely Carter's (Tucker) antics but I also enjoyed the action aside from the drawn out finale fight scene. The fight scenes in the beginning had a few sweet moves that were quite enjoyable. The fact that this movie has been in the making for ten years left me disappointed, but overall it was a delightful watch. Inspector Lee is no Chon Wang, from the Shanghai movies, but Jackie Chan's performance in this movie was good.

Now that Rush Hour 3 is finally out I was wondering how I felt about the Rush Hour trilogy in comparison to the other great trilogies. Here is my list of my favorite movie trilogies. Keep in mind that Star Wars has six movies so I didn't count them and Indiana Jones is about to come out with the fourth so that's out as well.

Top Twelve Trilogies

1. Ocean's
2. Pirates of the Caribbean
3. The Mighty Ducks
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5. Austin Powers
6. The Godfather
7. Back to the Future
8. Rush Hour
9. Naked Gun
10. Shrek
11. Beverly Hills Cop
12. Lord of the Rings

12/1 Rankings and Performers

Performers of the Week

1. Alex Vega- Cane (14)
2. Frank Rossitano- 30 Rock (9)
3. Gabriel Sylar- Heroes (8)
4. Jack Donaghy- 30 Rock (31)
5. Tim Riggins- Friday Night Lights (6)
6. Chris Turk- Scrubs (5)
7. The Warden- My Name Is Earl (4)
8. Ramon- Cane (3)
9. Gregory House- House (30)
10. Captain Awesome- Chuck (5)

Power Rankings

1. Heroes (1)
2. Lost (2)
3. Las Vegas (3)
4. The Office (4)
5. 30 Rock (5)
6. 24 (6)
7. Friday Night Lights (7)
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm (9)
9. Grey's Anatomy (8)
10. Chuck (10)
11. House (12)
12. Entourage (11)
13. Journeyman (13)
14. Dirty, Sexy, Money (15)
15. American Idol (14)
16. Cane (17)
17. My Name Is Earl (16)
18. Brothers and Sisters (18)
19. Family Guy (20)
20. Scrubs (-)

Enchanted

This combination of Romantic Comedy and Disney Animated fused together quite well. I thought that there was going to be more animation than simply the first ten to fifteen minutes of the film.

I loved the comedy of the animated characters acting in fairy tale ways while in New York City. Amy Adams' princess character, Giselle, was absolutely ridiculous for the entire movie. Sometimes this was annoying but most of the time it was charming. Although I enjoyed Patrick Dempsey (Maine native) in this film it was a bit disappointing if you were to compare it to his performance as Dr. McDreamy.

What I think made Enchanted a good movie instead of a ho-hum movie was the music. The songs were great and the score was fantastic. Who was the man behind the curtain? Alan Menken, music genius who composed Disney classics like Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid.

Best Music by Alan Menken

1. Newsies
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Aladdin
5. Hercules
6. Enchanted
7. Pocahontas
8. Hunchback of Notre Dame

11/25 Performers and Rankings

Performers of the Week

1. John Casey- Chuck (10 total)
2. Noah Bennett- Heroes (20 total)
3. Gregory House- House (28 total)
4. Brian Darling- Dirty, Sexy, Money (7 total)
5. Hiro Nakamura- Heroes (19 total)
6. Chuck Bartowski- Chuck (17 total)
7. Alex Vega- Cane (4 total)
8. Dan Vasser- Journeyman (5 total)
9. Jeremy Darling- Dirty, Sexy, Money (2 total)
10. Dr. Kutner- House (8 total)

Power Rankings

1. Heroes (1)
2. Lost (2)
3. Las Vegas (3)
4. The Office (4)
5. 30 Rock (5)
6. 24 (6)
7. Friday Night Lights (7)
8. Grey's Anatomy (8)
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm (9)
10. Chuck (10)
11. Entourage (11)
12. House (12)
13. Journeyman (13)
14. American Idol (14)
15. Dirty, Sexy, Money (16)
16. My Name Is Earl (15)
17. Cane (18)
18. Brothers and Sisters (20)
19. Back To You (17)
20. Family Guy (-)

Bee Movie

Just finished watching this movie and I have to say Seinfeld was just not up to his old sitcom standards. It was a pleasant movie but had nothing special. It was extremely poor given the amount of big name voices they grabbed for this picture. First of all this was Seinfeld's big comeback party. You have Renee Zellweger playing his romantic lead. Then you have quality voice actors that have been in major successful animated pictures with Patrick Warburton (Emperor's New Groove, Hoodwinked, Open Season) and John Goodman (Cars, Emperor's New Groove, Monster's Inc.). Add to the mix two of the most recognizable voices with Chris Rock (Madagascar) and Rip Torn (Hercules). All of that being said I was certainly not blown away. I will say it again as I've said before, Dreamworks can't write the kind of story that Disney/Pixar does. At no point did they have the magic in this one. They tried to go with the Shrek-like comedy but it didn't stick with me like Shrek did when it first came out. Instead of making fun of fairy tales they simply made fun of people in general. The major flaw of this story about bees is that it is not in the classic Pixar style. When Berry Benson first talks to a human they completely lost me. In Toy Story, Monster's Inc., Finding Nemo and A Bug's Life all of the action could actually be happening and we would have no idea, because when humans come around they act like normal toys, fish and bugs, but behind the scenes there is so much going on. That's is what makes it so intriguing and magical. Bees engaging with humans just doesn't do it for me.

Dreamworks Animation Movies

1. Shrek
2. Shrek 2
3. Bee Movie
4. Over the Hedge
5. Madagascar
(haven't seen Shrek the Third yet)