Most of the time, we spend a couple of money just to see how the story goes in a movie. Sometimes those movies didn't meet our expectations. Too bad, writers are always trying to create unique stories and directors / producers create movies in such a way that at least there are couple of new things going on if it's a remake movie. Despite anything to the contrary, a movie has several niches available. You have a wide variety to choose from depending on what you intend to watch and you feel to be entertained well. Like action, drama, comedy, suspense /thriller, adventure, fantasy, etc. are some of the common movies we have in the theaters.
To help you get the most of your money, I have a list of Top 10 Most Valuable Movies to Watch this May!
I have seen all the movies in the list and they're all worth your money to watch.
# 1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
In Narnia, Caspian, a Telmarine Prince, flees his castle on horse after his aunt has a son, meaning that if his treacherous Uncle Miraz were to kill Caspian, he would be the sole heir to Caspian’s rightful throne. Chased by several Telemarine soldiers, Caspian encounters two Narnian dwarves and a talking badger in the woods. One of the Narnian dwarves, Trumpkin, gets captured by the soldiers, while the other dwarf, Nikabrik, and the badger, Trufflehunter, save Caspian. Starring: William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes, Sergio Castellitto, Liam Neeson (voice), Eddie Izzard (voice), and Peter Dinklage.
# 2. Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark, after suffering a severe heart injury and being kidnapped, was forced to build a devastating weapon. He instead created a suit of power armor to save his life and help protect the world as the superhero Iron Man. He is a wealthy industrialist and genius inventor that created military weapons and whose metal suit is laden with technological devices that enable him to fight crime. Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard
# 3. Speed Racer
Speed Racer is a 2008 film that is a live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime series Speed Racer. Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a young 18-year old man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win the Casa Cristo, a cross-country car racing rally that took the life of his older brother, Rex Racer (Scott Porter). Speed is loyal to the family business, run by his parents Pops (John Goodman) and Mom (Susan Sarandon). Pops designed Speed's car, the Mach 5. The owner of Royalton Industries (Roger Allam) makes Speed a lucrative offer, but Speed rejects the offer, angering the owner.
Speed also uncovers a secret that top corporate interests, including Royalton, are fixing races and cheating to gain profit. With the offer to Speed denied, Royalton wants to ensure that Speed will not win races. Speed finds support from his parents and his girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci) and enters The Crucible in a partnership with his one-time rival, Racer X (Matthew Fox), seeking to rescue his family's business and the racing sport itself. Starring: Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and Matthew Fox.
# 4. Made of Honor
Made of Honor (Made of Honour) is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Paul Weiland and written by Adam Sztykiel. Tom (Patrick Dempsey) is successful in life. He's gotten wealthy from his invention of the "coffee collar", has plenty of guy friends to hang with, a new girl every week, and his one best friend. His best friend Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) goes to Scotland on a business trip and Tom realizes he feels empty without her. Tom decides to tell Hannah his feelings and ask her to be with him when she returns in six weeks. Tom finds out Hannah has gotten engaged to a wealthy man in Scotland and plans to move there. Hannah asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor and he agrees so he can try to win Hannah back and stop the wedding. Throughout the movie he attempts several tricks such as ruining her bridal shower playing bag pipes and serving pig lungs saying she should get used to it because of their popularity in Scotland. He also has to deal with others less tolerable such as Hannah's cousin Melissa who wanted to be her maid of honor since childhood and had her heart broken by Tom like many other girls.
In the end Hannah realizes that Tom is the man of her dreams and leaves Colin at the altar in order to get married to Tom. Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kadeem Hardison, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Carlson and Busy Philipps.
# 5. What Happens in Vegas...
What Happens in Vegas... is a 2008 romantic comedy film from 20th Century Fox starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. In Manhattan, highly-strung stockbroker Joy is dumped by her fiance, whilst laid-back carpenter Jack is fired from his job. Both go with a friend to Las Vegas, where they meet. While drunk, Joy and Jack marry; they decide to divorce after returning home. Jack wins a huge jackpot after playing with Joy's quarter.
A judge decides that they cannot divorce right away, they first have to try to stay together. The one who does not cooperate will not get any share of the money. The newlyweds devise ever-escalating schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money, only to find themselves falling in love. Starring: Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher.
# 6. Baby Mama
Baby Mama is a 2008 comedy film from Universal Pictures written and directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco and Dax Shepard. Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey), a successful single businesswoman from Philadelphia, has put her career before her personal life. At the age of 37, she has finally decided to have a child on her own, but her plans change when she discovers she has only the slimmest chance of becoming pregnant. Also denied adoption, Kate gets a South Jersey working girl, Angie Ostrowski (Amy Poehler), to become a surrogate mom.
When Angie becomes pregnant, Kate begins preparing for motherhood in her own typically driven fashion—until her surrogate shows up at her door with no place to live. Their conflicting personalities put them at odds as Kate learns first-hand about balancing motherhood and career by catering to Angie's childish needs. Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco, Dax Shepard, Maura Tierney, with Sigourney Weaver and Steve Martin.
# 7. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is a comedy film, the sequel to Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. John Cho and Kal Penn reprise their roles as the eponymous stoner duo, along with Paula Garcés as Harold's love interest, Maria. Neil Patrick Harris also returns as a satirical version of himself.
Following the events of Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Harold Lee and Kumar Patel fly to Amsterdam so Harold can pursue a budding romance with his neighbor, Maria. After a prolonged struggle with security, the pair run into Vanessa, Kumar's ex-girlfriend, who happened to be the one who introduced Kumar to marijuana and helped him come out of his shell as an undergraduate. They are soon joined by Vanessa's fiancee, Colton, who helped Harold get his current job before embarking on a career with the government. The two pairs separate, but not before Vanessa and Kumar share a moment. Starring: Kal Penn and John Cho
# 8. The Forbidden Kingdom
The Forbidden Kingdom is a 2008 Hollywood martial arts-adventure film from Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company directed by Rob Minkoff. It is the first film to star together two of the best-known names in the martial arts film genre, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. The film opens during a battle between Sun Wukong, the Monkey King (Jet Li), and heavenly soldiers amongst the clouds. It is then revealed the sequence was a dream when a young teenager, Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano), awakens in his room plastered with vintage kung fu movie posters.
After getting dressed, he makes his way to a pawn shop in Boston's China town to buy some new Kung fu DVDs. There, he converses with Hop (a prosthetics-laden Jackie Chan), the shop's elderly owner, and, while thumbing through some DVDs, he is drawn to room full of antiques and notices a golden staff. Hop tells him that the staff is to be delivered to its rightful owner and then closes the door. Starring: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Liu Yifei, Collin Chou, Li Bingbing, Michael Angarano, Dale Marshall and Daniel Sleight.
# 9. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is an American comedy film from Universal Pictures directed by Nicholas Stoller and written by Jason Segel. Composer Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) has spent five years adoring his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). He has had success for composing the theme song and score of her highly-rated Crime Scene Investigation-type crime drama show. While writing a puppet musical about Dracula, he's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. Things take a twist when she breaks up with him, and Peter suddenly finds himself alone.
Trying to get over her, he has sex with various women, but besides being terrified of getting an STD, all this does is increase his stress and heartache. After an on-the-job nervous breakdown, he sees that not having Sarah may just ruin his life. Starring Jason Segel, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd, Liz Cackowski and Jonah Hill.
# 10. The Visitor
The Visitor is a 2008 comedy/drama film starring Richard Jenkins. It was directed by Thomas McCarthy, who is known for his directorial debut The Station Agent. Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment.














4 comments:
I keep my mouth shout on Ironman, waiting for Narnia :P
Nice lists and movie reviews. I have watched Iron Man and Forbidden Kingdom. I would love to see Baby Mama. It sounds fun. :D
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speed racer sucks.
I agree with the other 9 just not Speed Racer. It sucked big time.
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