Ken Burns' Baseball

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 1,140 min

Plot: The chronicle of the history of baseball from the beginning to the early 1990's.

Review: Most people now a days don't understand why baseball is considered America's pastime, and Ken Burns displays why this sport is so important in our culture. This documentary allows you to travel through the history of America's sport and how it affected the nation.

Most people consider Football to be America's sport now, and it's true to a certain point, but Baseball has the history and beauty that will last forever. It's a great series and is a must watch if you are a sports fan and love America.

Quote you might say after watching this: "I can't believe I just watched over 1,000 minutes dedicated to baseball!"

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 10/10 bottles

Ken Burns' The Civil War (1990)

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 680 min

Plot: The chronicle of the most disastrous war in the United States History.

Review: This was made for T.V. and is over four hours long, but entirely worth watching. Ken Burns did a wonderful job as a neutral filmmaker showing the perspective and emotions from both the North and South. Instead of filming corny reenactments like a bad Halloween party, Burns put together wonder narratives and real photos describing the lives of real soldiers. If you are a fan of history or war, this is one of the best documentaries ever made.

Quote you might say after watching this: "I wish I knew this existed while I had to write all of my Civil War papers while I was in school."

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 10/10 bottles

Chronicle (2012)

Genre: Action

Running Time: 83 min

Plot: Highschoolers don't mind their own business and snoop in places they shouldn't go. Three teens find a crevasse and explore inside and find a mysterious meteor/orb that grants them powers equal to "Phoenix" in X-men.

The movie focuses around a bullied teen with his new friends and their superhuman telekinetic powers. Just like other bullied teens, when they get the power to fight back, shit hits the fan and people start dying.

Review: My first thought was that this was going to be a combination of "The Covenant" and "Cloverfield." I was very close to my hunch, but was shockingly really well made. The story might not be super original but was entertaining through out the entire movie. I think everyone wonders what they would do if you could control objects with their mind and dream to be a superhero.

The movie is hilarious because all of the stunts and pranks they do with their powers. The teddybear scene telling the young girl to stay in school makes the movie worth watching. The movie gains intensity due to the violence of the young Leonardo DiCaprio characters' father and school jackasses. The young male form of Jean Grey gets overwhelmed and his emotions take over and he transforms into the Dark Phoenix which causes death and destruction in Seattle. There is great tension between the three young super heroes and the climax is an epic superman battle that reminds me of "Hancock" but more intense. Overall, it's a great movie to watch if you are a superhero fan, or want to see a creative reason why you should never mess with the weird kid in school.

Quote you might say after watching this: "I want to be a superhero! If Leo can do it, so can I!"

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 8.5/10 bottles

The Grey (2012)

Genre: Action & Drama

Running Time: 117 min

Plot: Liam Neeson is a hired gun to help protect oil workers in Alaska from Wolves and other wildlife. A plane full of workers traveling to a larger city malfunctions and crashes and leaves a small group of survivors in the Alaskan wilderness. Karma kicks in and the survivors "try" to fend off a pack of blood lusting wolves.

Review: Ever since Liam Neeson was in "Taken" the word is obsessed with this mid-aged badassness. I have to agree because lets face it, he is epic in all of his films. "The Grey" hooked me from the trailer with the scene where it looks like Neeson straps on broken glass and is going to box a wolf. What can be more entertaining than a man boxing a wolf..... surprisingly this movie topped my expectations.

The wolves are gigantic and vicious, and leads me to believe that they were a pack of "Dire Wolves" from classic RPGs. You can't help to feel sorrow for the men in the movie because they don't have a damn prayer to survive the onslaught. Can you imagine surviving a terrible plane crash only to be mauled to death... that's a horrible day. I was on the edge of my seat groaning and laughing at the fact that these wolves make men look like cattle. The scene where they jump across a ravine to trees is epic and gave me slight memories of "Cliffhanger" or "Vertical Limit." It's a slower pace action movie that has flashbacks to set up character development, so if you want a balls to the wall action, this is not for you.

Quote you might say after watching this: "Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day."

Bottled Youth Movie Review Rating: 8/10 bottles