Movie Review: The Terminator

The Terminator (1984)
Starring: Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton
Characters: Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor
Directed by: James Cameron
Tagline: Your future is in his hands
Grade: A++

This is one of my very, very favorite movies. I LOVE this movie. It's one action packed movie. Stuff blows up, people shoot other people, and the plot is so confusing that it literally blows your mind. (And The Terminator has to be one of the coolest movie characters of all time, besides John Connor and the amazing Kyle Reese). This movie is about a waitress named Sarah Connor, who's son, John Connor, will one day become the leader of the human resistance against the machines. (She doesn't know this when the movie starts, of course.) A Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes back to the year 1986 to eliminate Sarah...Kyle Reese, a soldier from 2029, comes back to protect her. She doesn't believe this when he tells her, of course. Neither do the police when they eventually capture them. They think he's crazy. So, when the Terminator comes to...well...terminate Sarah, Kyle is able to get away and grab Sarah in the process. They get away to a hotel, where they build bombs. Then, they...well, let's just say Kyle ends up being John's father...which is one of the confusing parts. When John meets Kyle in the future, Kyle is a teenager and John is an adult. Then they have an epic battle at the end and the movie ends with an alone Sarah Connor driving off into the distance, which is one of the coolest scenes of all time. The gas station guy says, "There's a storm coming," ..he's talking about the weather. Sarah answers back, "I know."...meaning Judgment Day. Then she drives off into the distance, with the storm (both real and metaphorical) brewing in the distance. My review of it does it no justice, so people really have to watch it for themselves. All I can do is reccomend it...very, very strongly.
-MOT

Just finished: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Watching now: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Excited to see: Dear John

Movie Review: Say Anything...

Ok...so I've decided to review a movie.
A) Because I like writing
B) Because I'm bored
C) Because the title of this blog is, after all, Musings of a Movie Obsessed Teenager
D) Because I love talking about movies
So, here goes...

Say Anything... (1989)
Starring: John Cusack and Ione Sky
Characters: Lloyd Dobler and Diane Court
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Tagline: To know Lloyd Dobler is to love him. Diane Court is about to know Lloyd Dobler.
Grade: A

I think it's fitting that the first movie review I write is about an 80's movie. There is no way to measure the love I have for 80's movies. Most of my favorite movies are made up of them. But I love this one in particular. It actually didn't interest me at first. But I watched it because I had gone to a lot of trouble to record it and I didn't have any other movies to watch. Now, I'm so glad I did. Because now, I love, love, love Say Anything...
The movie is basically about an unpopular guy (Lloyd), who also happens to be a wonderful guy, is in love with the beautiful and smart girl (Diane). It's pretty predictable, right? Wrong. Not only does she end up loving him back, but there's even a sort of "mystery" involved. **Spoiler** Diane's father is being investigated by the IRS. At first, you just think it's an unnecessary diversion from the main point of the movie. But it soon becomes what brings Lloyd and Diane back together. In the end, she (kind of) reconciles with her father and heads off to England, with Lloyd there to support her. Which, I think is a good ending.
Not only does this movie have a great ending (Woo! for happy endings), it also has several unexpected turns...*insert ghostly sound and cackle* Not that kind of unexpected turn, but still.
-MOT

Just finished: Say Anything... (still)
Watching now: Never Been Kissed (still)
Excited to see: Dear John