150. Super 8

              Before we get into the whole aspect of the movie Super 8 and what its about lets just get the point. Super 8 is the BEST movie of 2011 thus far. Well at least to what I have seen. Amazing movie. Excellent on all counts. Writing, Directing, Acting, Effects the whole thing.
  
              Director J.J. Abrams set out to make a movie in homage of some of his childhood movies. The Goonies and E.T. have been sited of inspiration for Super 8. Super 8 follows the lives of 5 middle schoolers who are making their own blockbuster about zombies. One night when they are out filming they witness a train wreck that leads them on adventure of a life time. It also shuts down the small Ohio town they live in.

At the core of the movie the relationship between a father and a son. They are dealing with the loss of a wife and a mother. The father is played by the always excellent Kyle Chandler. The son is played by the newcomer Joel Courtney who is starring in his first movie ever! Super 8 moves at a fast pace and you find yourself so engrossed in the world that Abrams has created. Proving again that he is a force in Hollywood.

Final Verdict: Amazing. Must own. Must in Theaters if you can get to it.

102. Catch Me if You Can

Tom Hanks. Steven Spielberg. Leonardo DiCaprio. How can a movie featuring all three of these great movie men go wrong? Then throw in a sprinkle of Christopher "Two mice fell into a bucket of cream" Walken and you get absolute movie magic.
CMIYC is the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr who as a teenager become one of the most wanted by the FBI for cashing in millions of fake checks.  The story revolves around a cat and mouse race of Abagnale, played by DiCaprio, and The FBI that is tracking him all over the world played Hanks. Along the way our young Frank Jr poses as a Airline Pilot, a Lawyer AND a doctor. He gets engaged, he gets caught, he escapes and ultimately finds redemption.

I got you!

From a movie stand point CMIYC is a total knock out. Everything from the script, the acting, the musical score and cinematography everything hits on 100%. A great great movie. There is really nothing bad to say about this movie. It was everything from Action to Comedy.

Final Verdict: Worth Owning. 100%.

75. Raiders of the Lost Ark

               Indiana Jones. One of the most Iconic movie characters of all time.   Another movie that I don’t even know where to begin. In case you are a relic somewhere unfound yet you have probably known and love the Indiana Jones already but just in case you are that relic……

                Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford, is an archeological professor and part time historical tracker downer of artifacts (real title). In this particular journey Indy is trying to hunt down the Ark. Not from Noah but from The Covenant.  All the time he is trying to hunt this down the Nazi’s are also racing him to it.  What happens will, LITERALLY, melt your face off.  The movie is so awesome.

        Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is the brain child of George Lucas and Steven Speilberg who want to make a homage to the great adventure movies they loved as children. They succeeded in making one of the greatest and most beloved movie franchises and heroes of all time.  Oddly enough Lucas didn’t want Ford at first in the role because he was already so iconic as Han Solo. Good thing he let Harrison go after those little artifacts!

Final Verdict:  Yes . Worth owning.