59. Battle:Los Angeles

10 minutes into this movie. The movie about Aliens that attack Earth and the group of Marines that lead a charge to lead a group of civilians to safety and take back their city. So 10 minutes into this movie I turn and look at my wife and simply say…..”We are going to buy this.”

There are, I have found, certain movies that as soon as it starts you just start to feel something special, you get so engrossed right away that you know you will want to watch it again and again. For example this has happened to me in such movies as Twister, Dark Knight and The Blind Side. Battle:Los Angeles is awesome. So action packed. It is one of those movies that is non stop action. It stars Aaron Eckhart (two face in Dark Knight) as the leader of this group of marines. Eckhart is a man’s man. Don’t need nothing but a gun and a fight.

Our Hero.



But Battle:LA works when some Aliens are attacking might fail. Skyline for example was horrible. But in the same movie family as Armageddon and Independence Day Battle:LA makes you want to win. Makes you want the Marines to continue. Not to mention that filmmakers here do an outstanding job portraying the Marines as the courageous patriots that they are. While it is a “guy movie” Battle:LA is awesome and the best movie I have seen thus far in 2011. Can't wait for the sequel. Maybe it will be Battle:St. Louis!

Final Verdict: Can't wait to own it!

20. Armageddon

Bruce Willis saves the world.

             Let me just say at the start of this blog that I love this movie. No really. It is one of my most favorite movies of all time. I remember seeing it in theater (despite the STRONG objection from a certain girl that we will just call Comer) and being absolutely mind blown by this movie. It’s Michael Bay at his finest--even better than Transformers.

                This movie has everything that I love. Humor, Actors I like (BW baby!), Action, explosions and tender moments.  Armageddon is an awesome movie.  It’s fun from beginning to end. In case you have been living on an asteroid for the past 12 years you need to know that this movie is simply about an Asteroid heading to earth. IF we can’t stop it then we are all done for.  What do we do?

Talk about the Wrong Stuff

                What we do is call Bruce Willis. Willis is Harry Stamper, the best deep oil driller on the face of the planet.  He and his rag tag group of guys are shuttled off to space to land on the asteroid, drill a hole into it, and blow the thing up from the inside. Far fetched, I know. But there are some times movies are meant to be out of this world.  Did I mention that his rag tag group of guys includes Owen Wilson, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan and the scene stealer of the entire movie Peter Stormare who plays the Russian astronaut Lev.  I can’t imagine anyone who hasn’t seen this movie but if you are one of those please do so. It’s Great! 

Final Verdict: A must own!!!