I am Number Four(2010)

Directed by D. J. Caruso

There are nine of them, Aliens charged with protecting their race. They as infants are sent to earth to hide from their brutal enemies. The nine are separated and raised by the protectors.

Unfortunately the enemies have found earth and are now killing the nine off. But they can only be killed in order. And Number 3 just died. so Number 4 is next.

Number 4's protector takes him to a little town in the middle of no where hoping to hide Number 4(John) but the enemies somehow find out where John is. But John unfortunately has fallen in love with an aspiring photographer in the town. Now John's kind only falls in love once. Its like when they find someone they love, they know its their true love(convenient right). John doesn't want to leave Sarah(the photographer). So the enemies come to him and John has to fight them, and when he is about to die by one of the aliens, it is blasted by Number 6, who is going to help save John's life.

The movie was actually surprisingly entertaining. The visual effects were really good. The acting was good for the most part. Of course there was no religion in it. But for me it didn't really make that much of an impact on the actual film. It is not I repeat not a children's film, there are scary monsters in it that will give children nightmare(it gave me a creepy dream, not a nightmare but a creepy dream) and there is a very disturbing scene that is better left not described. It is not a children's film, but it is a good teen/young adult film.

Review by Sweetie Pie

P.S. A lot of my dreams are creepy, it makes the exciting.

The Last Airbender(2010)

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Based of the popular TV show on Nickelodeon.It tells the story of Aang a young boy who is told he is the Avatar, the only one who can restore peace among the four nations. Water, Earth, Fire, and Air.
In this world people can bend these elements. There are Water benders, Earth benders, Air benders, and Fire benders,

The Fire benders are at war against the other three nations, the only one who can stop them is the Avatar. when Aang is told that he is the Avatar, he is scared and runs away. And ends up freezing himself and his flying bison, Appa, in an iceburg. He was in that Iceberg for a hundred years. Until a young water bender and her brother accidentally find Aang.

Meanwhile in the Fire Nation, The young prince Zuko is banished by his own father, and the only thing Zuko can do is to capture the Avatar. Zuko has been searching for Aang for a couple of years now, and he is near the southern water tribe when Katara and Sokka(the water bender and her brother) find Aang.

Zuko manages to capture Aang and strts taking him back to the Fire Nation but his is ambushed by Katara, Sokka and Appa. Aang escapes/rescued and starts heading towards the North Pole, where the northern water tribe is, so he and Katara can learn water bending.

This movie was surprisingly good, I had watched pretty much all the epsiodes of the TV show and I enjoyed watching this. There is a spirit world and Aang is the 'link' between the spirit world and the other world. So there is some stuff like that, but it isn't over powering and I was able to enjoy this movie.

Review by Sweetie Pie

Soul Surfer (2011)

By Sean McNamara

I have finally been able to see Soul Surfer, which did not disappoint. This movie lost points for bikinis, but gained points for cinematography, plot, acting (except perhaps Carrie Underwood), dialogue, and Christian values. Mission trips are promoted, obedience is promoted, love, respect, and honor are all encouraged. Bethany is not forced to surf (she is pressured by her dad, which proves to be a good thing), but when she decides to, she does it with the full support and help of her family. AnnaSophia did a phenomenal job, showing all the emotion and determination that Bethany Hamilton had in this movie. The only points where I feel that it fell short is that the girls are constantly wearing bikinis (which makes for a more realistic viewing, if slightly uncomfortable), and that when Bethany finally succeeded (which is the climax of the film), I had been anticipating it for the whole entire movie so I didn't feel as though I was succeeding with Bethany. The plot was so obvious that I was expecting the ending the whole movie, and I felt as though Bethany could succeed and should succeed, so I felt as though she was merely doing her job, instead of overcoming great odds. Whether this is the filmmaker's fault or because this is how the real story is, I don't know. A minor detracting point that added to the too-predictable plot was that the soundtrack is not memorable, except for the credits song.

Overall, this movie was really really good, and it adds dramatically to my respect for AnnaSophia Robb as an actor.

Review by Beckyelsie

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