Prom Night (2008)

Prom Night is a movie about the life of Donna Keppel. Donna had a high school teacher whose name is Richard Fenton. He was obsessed with her and would do anything to be with her. In the beginning of the movie, he comes to her house looking for her and he ends up killing her family. Donna was there and had to witness this terrible tragedy. Luckily, he was caught and was sent to prison for life. After three years of losing her family, she is still under psychological treatment, but is feeling much better. She attends her senior prom. It is supposed to be the best night of her life. Donna was with her boyfriend and her best friends and nothing could be better than this night. That is until the psychopath Richard Fenton escapes prison and finds Donna at the hotel. He would kill anyone that would get in his way of him being with Donna, even her friends.

Even though this movie is freaky and scary I totally recommend it. I’m not much of a fan when it comes to scary movies, but this one is the exception. This movie kept me guessing at every event that was happening. It was just unpredictable. Trying to guess what is going to happen is always fun and even though this movie is scary, it’s entertaining.

Cloverfield

The United States Defense Department finds a videotape in what used to be Central Park in New York. The video recordings start off at a going away party. Rob Hawkins’s friends decided to throw him a surprise going away party because he decides to accept a job offer in Japan and is leaving the next day. All of a sudden, there was an earthquake that occurs and the people at the party see the news that a ship has capsized in the harbor area. They go to the penthouse to see what was going on and see the accident. There were explosions that was going on in the city. Getting to safety, everyone runs downstairs. There was a monster destroying New York. The movie is captured on the tape recording that the friend was using to record the party. It follows the group’s night trying to escape. Before escaping the monster, Hawkins needs to save a friend who he’s in love with.

During the movie, I was trying to picture myself in their shoes. Imagining myself trying to escape and survive this event was horrifying. It seemed like one of my bad dreams or something. It’s was obvious that the monster didn’t exist in real life and it seemed like it could happen because everyone says that the world is going to end. I just pictured this movie to be the end of the world. Throughout this movie I felt sorry for the characters because all this movie had was tragic events. Even though the movie was depressing at times, it is still a movie to see.

Life as We Know It

"Life as We Know It" is about Holly and Eric. There was another couple, Peter and Allison who are happily married. Holly was best friends with Allison and Eric was best friends with Peter. Once Peter and Allison had a baby whose name is Sophie, Holly and Eric become Sophie’s godparents. At one point, Holly and Eric were set up on a blind date and it was a disaster. They were not meant to be together. But one night, Allison and Peter both die in a car crash leaving their daughter Sophie to Holly and Eric. This seems absolutely crazy because Holly and Eric just couldn’t be together; But they had to take care of Sophie because she had no one else. Holly and Eric set their differences aside and tried to raise Sophie as best as they could. Of course, they run into some problems on the way.

The one problem I have with romantic comedies is that all the stories seem to be the same. This movie actually proved me wrong. Even though this movie was depressing at times, I still laughed at many different parts of the story. The amusing parts weren’t predictable and were original. One of the qualities of this movie was that it was realistic. The plot of the movie seemed like it could happen to someone in the world.

Salt (2010)

Evelyn Salt is an agent that works for the CIA and is highly respected by many people for the accomplishments she as done for her country. One day Orlov, a Russian defector, shares crucial information with Evelyn; The Russian president will be assassinated when he attends the funeral of the U.S. Vice President. Orlov says that the assassin is a women named Evelyn Salt. This assassination is all apart of Orlov’s plan called “Day X”. This was an operation that has been organized since the Cold War. The operation’s purpose was to destroy the United States. In order for this to happen, Orlov trains a group of young Russian kids. Once the Russians are trained, they are sent to the United States to blend in and work for the U.S. Government. Once “Day X” arrived the Russian group will strike. Salt is a part of this group. But there is something different about her.

When I first watched Salt, I could not believe that the movie ended so suddenly. I was still guessing the events that I thought were going to happen next and it just ended. I was so into the movie that I felt like the story just started. Disappointed that the movie was over, I still thought it was awesome. The action and the stunts that Salt did during the movie were mouth dropping and I didn’t even know that some of the stunts existed. Salt is one of those movies were you have to watch it a second time in order to get it. And it was twice as good.