Shrek the Third

Point I Fell Asleep: 0:35 out of 1:33(37%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0413267/

I guess if you're a Shrek fan and have seen the first 2 installments, then you have to watch this one too. However, if this was a standalone movie, then you should pass. I think I only chuckled 3 times in the whole 90 minutes. Everything was so predictable and NOT FUNNY. Hopefully they'll stop the madness and end the series with this one.

American Gangster

Point I Fell Asleep: 0:05 out of 2:37(3%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0765429/

The only reason why I fell asleep was because I was really tired. That and the fact the movie started off really slow. By the time I woke up at the 0:45 min mark, things were uphill from there. So if you decide to watch this movie, which I highly recommend, then I suggest you drink some caffeine beforehand. Oh yeah, anyone else think Eva Mendees picked the wrong gangster movie? She shoulda done this one instead of "We Own the Night." Lousy agent!

Afro Samurai

Point I Fell Asleep: 0:50 out of 2:05(40%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0465316/

Man, if you ever wondered what a "black" anime movie would be like, here's your chance. First of all, it was dubbed, which was problem #1. Second of all, the 2 main characters in it were both dubbed by Sam Jackson, so you had to ask yourself if the 2nd character is a figment of the main character's imagination. Third, everyone else's voices were bad too. It was all so ghetto....so wrong. Just stay away!

Into the Wild

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0758758/

So I'm going to Alaska in about 2 months, and this movie was homework. It kinda surprised me though because I thought the whole movie would be based in Alaska, but the movie went through how the main character goes from his college graduation to Alaska. Alaska was only about 15-30 minutes of the nearly 2:30 long movie. Movie was a tad bit too long; I think they could have shortened it to the 2 hour mark, but overall, it was an enjoyable movie.

Death Proof

Point I Fell Asleep: 0:55 out of 1:54 (48%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Midnight
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt1028528/

First off, I take back what I said about Rose McGowan. Well, sorta. Brunette Rose in "Planet Terror" = HOT! Blonde Rose in "Death Proof" = typical blonde actress = average. Secondly, this movie has the best thrilling car chase scene I've ever watched. Yes, this includes "Bourne Ultimatum" and the "Transporter" movies. Quentin didn't use all the special effects and explosions like modern movies; he puts his own spin on it, and once you watch the movie, you'll understand. Five minutes into the movie and you instantly know it's a Tarantino movie because you have 4 girls in a car just talking Tarantino-style. It's great. It's almost like "Pulp Fiction" with girls. I don't think this movie is a classic though. If I were to rank the Tarantino movies, it would go "Kill Bill" > "Pulp Fiction" > "From Dusk Till Dawn" > "Death Proof" > "Desperado" > "Reservoir Dogs" > "Jackie Brown." I know I left out a couple others, but these were the biggest ones I think. Although I fell asleep, I really did enjoy this movie.

Planet Terror

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt1077258/

First off, let me just say how beautiful Rose McGowan is. I had never noticed before. Well, except for that one dress she wore to the MTV Awards with Marilyn Manson. Throughout the movie, I kept going, "Wow, she's up there with Angelina Jolie. She has the same jaw structure, voluptuous lips, and huge knockers. Too bad she had no career because Manson really did kill her career." Sorry. The truth hurts. Anyway, the movie paid homage to the 1960s zombie flick, right down to the old school camera and film they used. You don't have to be a Robert Rodriguez fan to enjoy the movie, but it makes it all that more enjoyable if you are. The movie was over the top with its fake gore and intentional and unintentional comedy that it kept me awake the entire movie. I sorta recommend this to the average movie go-er. A must if you like RR or Tarantino.

Sleuth

Point I Fell Asleep: 0:40 out of 1:26 (53%) and 1:00 out of 1:26 (70%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0857265/

So for the first 30 minutes, I was like "Wow, I love the camera angles and dialogue in this movie." And then I went zzzzzz at the 40 minute mark. Woke up, rewinded it back to the 40 minute mark, watched for another 20 minutes, then zzzzzz again. I guess all that talking eventually bored me. Still loved the camera angles though. I don't think I've ever seen a movie that only starred 2 people. No extras, no nothing. Oh wait, there was the man on TV. That's it! The movie was interesting though. But quite frankly, I don't care enough about the last 26 minutes to find out the ending.

Arctic Tale

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0488508/

Is there anything cuter than a baby polar bear? I think not. I sorta enjoyed this documentary, but I liked "March of the Penguins" and the "Planet Earth" series better. This documentary followed a baby polar bear and a baby walrus from infancy to motherhood. The one nagging feeling I had while watching the polar bear scenes was that I could have sworn I've seen it already somewhere - probably in the "Planet Earth" series. I felt a little cheated. Other than that, the movie was midly enjoyable.

I Know Who Killed Me

Point I Fell Asleep: 0:33 out of 1:45 (31%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0897361/

Oh man, this movie was so bad that I could make so many puns with the title of the movie. For instance, "I Wish Someone Had Killed Me" or "I Know Who Killed Me - Lindsay Lohan." The only reason I played this movie was because I knew it'd put me to sleep. Even Lindsay's stripper scenes weren't that good. Plus, if you ever wanted to scare your 16 year old daughter away from suntanning, have them look at an un-Photoshopped picture of Linday from the shoulders up. UGH! Oh, and let me make this rule for all actresses out there - if you plan on playing a stripper, you HAVE to show some nudity. Else, it's not convincing and you may as well pass on the part. The irony out of all this is that her supporting cast was great. I recognized almost all of them. I'm not sure if Lindsay was just that horrible (most likely) or if the movie was just bad. I woke up at around the 0:57 part, then skipped through to the end to see the ending. Of course when I did, I just rolled my eyes in disbelief.

License to Wed

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0762114/

Wow! Has a romantic comedy ever gone from "This movie is going to be great" to "This movie is going to suck" any quicker? When did this happen you ask? Oh about 5 minutes into the movie. And for the remaining 1:25, I kept asking myself "What went wrong?" I asked that about the movie as well as Mandy Moore. She was so hot back in the day. She was about 10lbs skinner, didn't have the double chin, or the big arms. She's one of the few actresses who can actually articulate herself in an interview. I blame Zach Braff for her downfall! So anyway, back to the movie, I think most of the blame has to go to Robin Williams! He's just not funny anymore. He's just too over the top! He was funny back in the 1990's but not anymore. Then again, he was actually good in "RV," so I don't know. I think the only reason why I stayed awake was trying to guess how much weight Mandy put on. Terrible! I know. Stay away from this movie!

Enchanted

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Midnight
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0461770/

Oh man, for 6 year old little girl movies go, this is by far THE BEST I've watched. Let me first say that this movie had ABSOLUTELY no shot of making me stay awake. I had just fallen asleep during Idol earlier, which I rarely do, and having started this movie so late, seriously, it had no shot in hell. But let me be the first to say - this was the best love story movie since "Perfect Woman." Yeah, I just said that! That's how much I enjoyed the movie.

However, the whole subplot of the movie was wondering if Amy Adams is a younger, hotter Nicole Kidman or a poor man's version. If you base it strictly on the movie, it'd have to be Nicole, but I just saw Amy on SNL in HD last Saturday, and she definitely wins it live in person. The casting in the movie was almost perfect. I was not too thrilled with McDreamy at first, but he eventually grew on me. Every other part was cast perfectly though, even down to Susan Sarandon as the queen. I have one small gripe about the movie which I put down in the spoilers section, so make sure you've watched it before you read it. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and HIGHLY RECOMMEND it to all audiences!

***** SPOILER ALERT *****

Okay let me say that I really enjoyed all the plot twists at the end. I even enjoyed when the queen turned into the dragon. However, I didn't like how the dragon died. C'mon, for a queen not to notice the post bending and then NOT FLYING when she was falling...c'mon now. I'll even give you Amy being able to throw the sword to catch McDreamy, but the dragon's death was just too much. I would have rather seen lightning strike the post, the queen dropping McDreamy, and then Amy catching him.

***** END OF SPOILER ALERT *****

The Game Plan

Point I Fell Asleep: 1:07 out of 1:50 (61%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0492956/

This movie was SO BAD that I forced myself to fall asleep. Maybe I had to be a 12 year old girl to enjoy this movie, but I think any good movie, even movies catering to that audience, should appeal to everyone. Hell, I enjoyed "Legally Blonde." This comedy wasn't funny at all. "The Rock" needs to go back to action movies or wrestling. I don't like this trend of big bad action stars doing kiddy flicks (see Vin Diesel in "The Pacifier.") At least "The Pacifier" was more enjoyable than this garbage. Plus, this really should have been a 90 minute movie. Utterly TERRIBLE!

Dan in Real Life

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0480242/

If you like Norah Jones, then you'll like this movie. It's about a middle aged white man with 3 daughters who go off for a weeklong family gettogether at the grandparents' house, meets a woman along the way, who just so happens to be dating one of his brothers. I think you already know what's going to happen at the end. One of Steve Carell's better performances. And what's up with Dane Cook being in every movie? Do people think he's the 2nd coming of Jim Carrey or something? Terrible! Good movie nevertheless with a lot of star power. I had forgotten how beautiful Juliette Binoche was since the last time I saw her was in "Chocolate."

Protegé

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Midnight
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0841150/

I'm a big fan of Asian movies. They always have crazy endings, hot chicks, and not afraid to kill off the protaginist. Andy Lau stars in this movie where he plays an undercover cop who is trying to break up a drug ring. Very original huh? Well if this was an American movie, it would have been, but being a HK movie, the ending definitely shocked me. Not as great as "The Departed," another HK based movie, but it's still a must see.

The Simpsons Movie

Point I Fell Asleep: 0:47 out of 1:27 (54%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0462538/

You had better be a Simpsons fan before you watch this movie. The one thing that I like about the Simpsons is that it caters to the ADD crowd. The things that happen in the first 5 minutes of the TV show most likely won't be the plot of the show. And even throughout the other 20 minutes (remember 5 minutes of commercials), there'll be tangents to the plot as well. That's great and all but when you have to endure this for 90 minutes, then your mind starts to wonder and you'll zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Run Fatboy Run

Point I Fell Asleep: 1:17 out of 1:40 (77%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0425413/

Wow, just when I thought I was on a roll with 5 straight movies without sleeping. I made it so far too.... Not that this movie was bad, but it did get slow on me. First of all, I'm not a big British comedy fan. I tried watching "Snatch" but got annoyed with it after 30 minutes and turned it off, and I never got around to watching "The Full Monty." I actually can't remember the last time I watched a British comedy. Does a Jude Law or a Hugh Grant movie count? How about "Notting Hill?" So this movie was about a guy who tries to win back his girl by running a marathon although he's a little fat. The biggest shock came when the credits were rolling and I saw that David Schwimmer directed it and Michael Ian Black wrote the story. No wonder there were so many American actors in this "British" movie. Decent watchable movie nevertheless. You could do a lot worse at Blockbuster.

I Am Legend

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0480249/

So I'm a big Will Smith fan ever since "Independence Day" and "Enemy of the State." I'll give him a mulligan for "Bagger Vance." Pun intended. What was disturbing with this movie was not the movie itself but that Will had gray hair in it. I hope this isn't a turning point in his career where he has to do "old man" movie parts now. That'd be a shame. Especially seeing how ripped he was in this movie. As for the movie itself, it's practically an American version of "28 Days Later," where Will is the last man alive in a world where a virus has wiped out almost all the population and turned the remaining into subhumans. Although the movie was 1:40 long, it seemed like it flew right by. I'm guessing that's a good thing, but I felt it was maybe 15 minutes too short. Either way, I enjoyed 95% of the movie. I'm not going to spoil it for you and tell you which 95%, but I think you can put 2 and 2 together. Overall, it was a good movie. I wouldn't have been angry if I had paid to watch this at the theatres...

EDIT - So there is an alternate ending to this movie located here. Ironically, I hate it more than the theatrical version, which at least was believable. I would have hated this one even more! Guess I can't be easily pleased...

30 Days of Nights

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0389722/

Wow! This movie was really really good! I'm a big fan of these vampire movies. This one was a classic that ranks up there with "28 Days Later," "Resident Evil," "Blade," etc. My biggest pet peeve about these types of movies is that the main character (aka big name movie star aka Josh Hotnett) never dies. I wish one of these movies would have the vampires win for a change. The sound editing in this movie is awesome and picture quality (or cinematography if you will) was superb as well. You have to watch this movie in Blueray with a surround sound system. That's the only way to watch it! Oh yeah, if you're not a big fan of gore, buyer beware!

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Midnight
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0808146/

There are some movies that I'm not proud of staying awake through. This would be one of them. Like the other "American Pie" movies, this one starts out strong, but by the 15 minute mark, it's all downhill. The movie was about Stifler's cousin, who is a virgin, who gets a "free pass for the weekend" by his 2 year girlfriend. His 2 friends and him visit another Stifler on a college campus and they run an annual event called the naked mile. I know, sounds riveting huh? I think the only reason why I stayed awake was to see which girl would get naked next. The movie was so bad, but it was so short, that you felt sorry for it and thus finished the movie.

The Last King of Scotland

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0455590/

Continuing on with my Oscar related movies, I decided to watch this movie to see if Forest Whitaker was as good as Javier Bardem was in "No Country..." To answer the question, YES he was! I was surprised with the movie though; I thought this was going to be like "Braveheart" but it was more "Hotel Rwanda." This had nothing to with Scotland; it was about a young Scottish doctor moving to Uganda in the 1970's to do some missionary work. While he was there, he was recruited by the president, played by Forest, to be the personal doctor to the president. The movie was really riveting. If you liked "Hotel Rwanda," another movie that I stayed awake through, then you'll like this movie too.

Rumor Has It

Point I Fell Asleep: 0:17 out of 1:36 (17%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0398375/

I usually watch all the Jennifer Aniston movies, but somehow this one slipped through the cracks. This 2005 romantic comedy could be a sequel to "The Graduate" because Jennifer's family are the Robinsons. I would describe it more, but I haven't seen "The Graduate" yet. Although I fell asleep, the movie wasn't all that bad. It wasn't an "Along Came Polly" or "Picture Perfect" but midly enjoyable at the least.