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12-28-2009
The Grand Theater
Superior

This movie was way better than it was supposed to be. I mean James Cameron writer/director, James Horner composer, Celine Dion singing at the ending credits, it's going to be Titanic 2 right? Wrong. Although it uses all the ingerdients of a normal movie it uses them in the most effective way possible. It's like going to your favorite restaraunt and ordering you favorite dish and enjoying it. Was it a surprise? No, but you enjoy it anyway.

Now I'll be the first to say it's not the best of the superiors, in fact it's probably the worst of the superiors. If I look over my list though at all of the Excellent ratings, I will not find a movie that is better than this one.

Great action movie, with great sci-fi ideas that was crafted very well. It's a bit long, but even after 2:40 I'd like to stay in that world a while longer. That's the usual sign of a Superior movie...you don't want it to end.

I tried to fight it, I didn't want it to be true but it is. Avatar is a superior movie that I highly reccomend...

Except can we please get rid of Celine Dion...She ruined "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRdxXPV9GNQ

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