Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)

Genre: Horror

Running Time: 91 min

Plot: The prequel to the original film about Katie's sister and her family. After what they think is a robbery, they install security cameras that happen to capture paranormal activity in their house. The family includes a mother, father, teenage daughter, infant boy, and their pet German Sheppard. The original couple of Katie and Micah also make appearances giving explanation and set-up for the first chapter. The "demon" makes its presence know as soon as baby Hunter is born, and will not stop until the baby is taken.

Review: First... do not watch this if you haven't seen the original. You will not appreciate what this movie does and how it makes lost connections with the first chapter.

The movie really begins when the family installs a security system after a "robbery" but was more likely the demon that posses the house. I feel like this movie idea was more realistic when a family is involved instead of a couple for multiple reasons. The interactions between family members is what I imagine would happen because I have had conversations with my family about weird things that happen around the house. Most of my family believes in ideas like this and that's why I am a big fan of these movies.

Just like the first addition of Paranormal Activity, the majority of the movie is non-climatic but like most really effective horror films... it's the sounds and progression of activity that builds suspense and has you at the edge of your seat. I kept waiting for something to happen and most of the time there was nothing. Then when you expect not much to happen, subtle movements and noises start to scare you.

With most movies especially horror films, they are always better if you go with the right audience. I went to go see Paranormal Activity 2 with my sister who believes that she has a spirit who follows her, so when we were in the movie it seemed more realistic and suspenseful.

Overall, I loved this movie (even more than the original) and would recommend it to anyone who wants to see what's like not having a good night sleep because you start thinking that every little sound and movement is a demon and it's about to kill you.

Quote you might say after watching this: "Want to have a pajama party because I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight?"

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 8.5/10 bottles

Jackass 3D (2010)

Genre: Comedy

Running Time: 94 min

Plot: What Plot? The Jackass crew get together for their third movie filled with more and more extreme stunts... but now they have slow motion and 3D!

Review: Jackass 3D has the greatest introduction into the movie that rivals Super Troopers and Austin Powers. The intro alone was worth the money I spent because it was with out a doubt the best use of 3D-slow motion cameras I have seen. The ending is also very good using the same style of slow motion and the two scenes pair up as the whole-grain slices of bread that contains the rather hilarious yet disgusting stunt filled movie.

The rest of the movie is pretty much what you should expect from the Jackass guys... over-the-top-gross-painful-humorous pranks and skits. There are definitely some scenes that stand out and might make you nauseous. I almost lost my dinner during the "Sweatsuit cocktail" which was the icing on the cake for me.

The movie is definitely a lot longer than it should be and I lost interest with some of the skits, but it is by far the best movie out of the trilogy.

Quote you might say after watching this: "$20 million well spent!"

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 8/10 bottles

RED (2010)

Genre: Action

Running Time: 111 min

Plot: Retired Black-ops agents are targeted by the Government and hunted down by the new class of special forces. Frank Moses contacts and forms an ultimate strike force of retired agents and leads them into the heart of the CIA to stop the attacks.

Review: Nothing can put me in a better mood than watching a action packed comedy (I can think of other activities that put me in a good mood but we are talking about movies here...), and RED is by far a perfect example of what makes me smile.

Everything comes together perfectly including the screenwriting, cast, action, comedy, music, and pure epicness. Bruce Willis is in his comfort zone and makes everything look manly, but John Malkovich steals the show. Malkovich is crazy and corky and is a perfect compliment to Willis' cool demeanor.

If you are a fan of the realistic hand-to-hand combat of the Bourne movies, the clever planning and deliveries of the Ocean movies, and ridiculously unbelievable action scenes of 007, you will leave the movie smiling and thoroughly entertained.

Quote you might say after watching this: "I wish Bruce Willis was my father and John Malkovich was my crazy uncle who is paranoid about everything."

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 9.5/10 bottles

Let Me In (2010)

Genre: Horror

Running time: 116 min

Plot: A remake of the Swedish film about a bullied young boy who befriends his new neighbor who is really a vampire. It's the story about how a relationship can build between two people no mater what the age or what their history entails.

Review: First thought... this movies reminds me of a Swedish version of Twilight mixed with ultra softcore child pornography... Yeah, sounds horrible but surprisingly entertaining. The relationship that builds between Abbey and Owen is a great reminder of how awkward you felt when you spent time with the first person you had feelings for. The plain innocence of the relationship seems so real and deminstrates how blinding feelings can be. They can make you forgive and forget a lot of hardships that can happen... like Abbey morphing into demonic vampire and mutilating people infront Owen on multiple occasions.

Let Me In is a very slow paced movie with spurts of vampiric action but mostly revolves around the two main characters. As the movie continues, you slowly learn some interesting details about Abbey's past. There are some details that were incuded in the original but left out of the remake. Is Abbey is really a girl or a boy or something completely else? The movie hints at what Abby is but you leave without an answer.

You might leave the movie craving Now and Laters but at least you dont have to ask yourself, "When did vampires start sparkling and become sissy-la-las?" Definitely a good movie to watch if you are in the mood for differnt style of a bloody romantic-horror.

Quote you might say after watching this: "The Twilight story is sooooo much better when you don't have to please stupid high school girls."

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 7.5/10 bottles

Devil (2010)

Genre: Horror

Running Time: 80 min

Plot: A group of strangers all meet up in an elevator to go on with their day when all Hell breaks loose. The elevator breaks down and every so often the lights flicker and fade out... when the power comes back on there are more and more devious acts that occur. Is this group of strangers really strangers or were they pre-destined to all be in this elevator at the same time.

Review: This is my first response when I heard about this movie, "Great... Another good idea for a movie that M. Night Shyamalan can ruin." Do I really want to take the chance on Devil? Will it be more like M.Night's better movies like Sixth Sense and Unbreakable or like his disastrous movies like The Happening and The Village?

Surprisingly, I would classify Devil with Night's better movies... (Gasp here) He finally was able to re-capture suspense like he did in the Sixth Sense. It was about the noises, lighting, and subtle details that ingage you throughout the movie. A very simple plot of a group of strangers on a elevator that breaks down and people start dying.

The best part about Shyamalan's movies are trying to figure out the plot twist before it happens which is extremely easy with most of his movies, but Devil is a bit more difficult to figure out. You start out with wondering if one of these people are possessed by the devil or if there is something else present. Are these people really strangers or do they have something in common? Everything is slowly revealed with some shock and awe and there is one plot twist I really wanted to see but didn't happen... I wanted the creepy/goofy kid to start licking the wall trying to taste Snozzberries.

I was very entertained by Devil and it had my brain going non-stop trying to figure out the movie before it ended. I was able to figure out who the Devil was after a lot of second guessing but was totally surprised by the main plot twist towards the end with the last "I'm so sorry" connection. It's a very good horror/thriller to watch this year during Halloween time!

Quote you might say after watching this: "Do snozzberries taste like snozzberries in Hell?"

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 7/10 bottles

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

Genre: Action

Running Time: 97 min

Plot: Loosely based on Resident Evil 5 for the gamers out there... If you haven't played the game it is the continuation of the story of Resident Evil: Extinction. Alice is her usual self by kicking everything's ass if it gets in her way, as she fights the Umbrella Corporation who is responsible for the zombie epidemic.

Alice meets up with old and new friends as they try and make their way to a sanctuary (that is zombie free) from a high-security prison in California. Most people die along the way just like all the other Resident Evil movies with a few upgraded enemies that are more difficult to kill.

Review: I am a huge fan of the Resident Evil series and find them good examples of "brainless" entertainment... Besides the first movie, the remaining of the saga is relatively the same movie with a few different enemies and outrageous upgrades to Alice. This episode, Alice starts off like a scene from The Matrix where she is taken over by Mr. Smith and f's some Umbrella workers up in Tokyo. She is successful at killing everyone except the Neo of the Corporation who ends up taking away all of her ridiculous powers.... thank you!

The rest of the movie takes place in a prison where the survivors try and make a plan to get to the ship in the ocean. I know if I wanted to make a movie like this work I would have to cast Michael Scofield from Prison Break who knows everything about the prison.... check!

The movie is full of fun action, horrible stereotypes, a juggernaut zombie, and two very beautiful women that we all love. Definitely a good movie to watch only if you have seen the others in the series and you want to sit and veg out for about 90 minutes.

Quote you might say after watching this: "I love how Resident Evil became the love child of The Matrix and Prison Break.... and the baby was born a zombie."

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 6/10 Bottles