Fame

Fame follows a group of dancers, singers, actors, and artists for four years in New York City High School of Performing Arts. Through many activities, all students from all social levels are given the opportunity to live their dreams and reach the true and long-lasting fame. The movie emphasizes on the idea the fame is only reached by a person with talent, a lot of dedication, and very hard work. In a very competitive place, student's passion are placed in risk. Beyond having to manage their artistic objectives, they also need to deal with normal school problems like absurd amounts of homework and projects, friendships, love, and self-acceptance. While all students fight for their moment of glory, they will discover who among them has the talent and discipline needed to be successful. Its an enjoyable movie, but nothing exceptional. The only thing I really liked were the songs and that it shows that sometime dreams can be so faraway and almost impossible to reach, but if you are determined, ready to confront competition you might get there. It also shows that the path you take to reach your dream is something you'll never forget.

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Law Abiding Citizen

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Clyde is a dedicated family father that is a witness of his wife's and daughter's death. One of the culprits is freed only 5 years after the crime due to an agreement made with an ambitious promoter called Nick. Some years later the assassin is found dead and Clyde is arrested because of that without evidence against him. Now his only goal is to denounce the corrupt judicial system, even if he has to kill everybody involved, one by one. The problem is, Clyde is already in jail... "Law Abiding Citizen" is a very interesting movie because is shows that not always there is justice for horrible crimes, especially when the justice system is corrupt. Also its a little shocking watching the only person who is seeking justice being seen as the culprit. Throughout the scenes I felt like I was in Clyde's place because I imagined how much anger and frustration he would be feeling. It is really hard to loose those you love, especially two at once, but it must be even harder if you end up watching it like he did. I really liked the movie because its different from many others I've seen, only the end that was a little predictable.

Surrogates

In the movie "Surrogates" the FBI agents, Greer and Peters, investigate the mysterious death of an university student. This murder is somehow related to the man that helped create robots that replace humans, a phenomenon that allows people to buy perfect robotic versions of themselves. These machines are initially controlled but later end up assuming people's life, humans stay in the comfort and security of their homes while the robots live their lives. However the robots are really similar to human beings, so now this investigation has not only to find out who is responsible for the crime, but also who in the world is real, and in who can they trust. Its a very intriguing movie because its a way the directors found of questioning values and conditions of the world in which we live. Its based on a very original script and humans sending robots to live their lives in my opinion is a symbolism for the fear we have of violence, competition, and life in general. Its a good movie for those who like science fiction.

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A Christmas Carol

Christmas is coming and, 

like always,

 Ebenezer Scrooge continues with his disdain towards this so celebrated date. He's very rich, stingy, and only thinks about money, consequently not allowing himself to have some emotion/feeling in his heart. Therefore he makes fun and abuses of those who enjoy Christmas, like Bob Cratchit his assistant and also ignores his nephew Fred. When his business partner dies Ebenezer is visited by 3 Christmas ghosts: from the past, present, and future. Each one takes the old and grumpy man in a "trip" that will help him reflect better about his passed life and choose what he'll do with his future.  "A Christmas Carol" is based on a Charles Dickens' book and its very faithful to it, all the events in the book are shown in the movie. Many people already know this story so I thought it was really interesting that they made a movie about it. I also liked that even though it might be considered a children theme, the movie was made in a way that I don't consider childish. I really liked it and would recommend to people of all ages.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" is a movie about a scientist who wants to end with hunger problems in the world. For the small population of Chewandswallow, everything seems to be working out, but one day food starts falling from the sky. Just like all other children stories, it explores the plot in which the main character is excluded from society because of a lack of talent and later is seen as a hero since they discover he/she is special due to an unique skill. In this movie Flint is the excluded character because his inventions always go wrong. To make things worse, he lives in a minuscule island where the population only eats fish and his father wants him to give up on his creations and inventions to come work with him. He starts feeling depressed while selling fish, and decides to try his last invention, a machine that transforms water into food, but obviously something is going wrong. The only thing that makes the movie little interesting is that its 3D and its animation, its very well done.

Even though the story is very predictable, its not all bad since its suitable for its audience. I wouldn't recommend it for adults or teenagers, but children between the ages of 3-10 probably would like it, specially because its 3D.

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