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The Tourist doesn't deserve more than one star out of five. I expected lots of action and exciting scenes like Salt, seeing that it's an Angelina Jolie movie but there were barely any. The storyline wasn't even very good - pretty boring and unreasonable. I mean, would you pretend to be someone's husband after meeting on a train? I don't think so. I think it was Angelina's creepy slow-mo act that spoiled it all. She lowers her eyelashes, lifts them back up, tilts her chin up, speaks and finally stands up. Seriously, dude, just get to the point. Johnny Depp is a great actor, as usual. His "American" accent was just weird and his lame attempts to speak Italian was hilarious. The only thing I enjoyed seeing was the scenery of Venice. All in all, I laughed really hard throughout the movie because it was so cheesy and unexciting.

Iron Man 2 was equally boring. I love Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow but I have to say that this one didn't live up to my expectations. I didn't like Don Cheadle because he was too serious and super boring. Terrence Howard's James Rhodes was funnier and likable. Mickey Rouke's villain was annoying and, once again I have to say, boring. Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer was highly irritating with that constant sneer across his face. It made me yawn to see Scarlett Johansson strutting around in a tight dress and play the supposedly gorgeous-but-serious undercover agent. Samuel L. Jackson's character in the movie made it even worse. Could've been so much better like the first movie.

On the bright side, How To Train Your Dragon was a really good movie. I didn't expect or think much about it but I thought it would have Pixar-like graphics and have a dumb storyline. Surprisingly it was nothing like how I imagined it to be. The graphics were great and quite realistic; the story was attention-stealing (I'm still thinking about it now); the cast was good. Jay Baruchel's character was the typical nerd/loser type who always gets a happy ending. Gerard Butler's character really surprised me, with the Scottish accent and all. I mean, who knew? America Ferrera was another unexpected character in the movie as Astrid (Jay's Hiccup's love interest) who wasn't very likable at the starting because she was mean and proud. As the story progressed, all the characters became nicer. I love Toothless too. He reminds me of a dog-catfish mix. 8.5/10 rating for this movie, definitely.

If you're a fan of movies with twists and turns at the end, then you've probably watched Salt. I watched it three times and the excitement never faded. It is the true meaning of a movie that 'keeps you on the edge of your seat'. It left me breathless to watch Angelina Jolie leap from roof-to-roof and van-to-van. Each scene had its own type of excitement. The story was so well-planned that watchers like me didn't suspect a thing about the good characters until Liev Schreiber's Ted Winter decided to show off his true colors. I bet it was seriously tiring to film the whole movie but it also made me tired because of all the running around and urgency. Good movie, but it's the type of movie that you only want to watch once.

Keith is another movie I'd like to praise. I didn't like the dark and dim setting at some scenes but overall, it was good. Nicholas Sparks-like storyline, great actors and good ratings - what more could I ask for? I loved the fun and imaginative, quick and sharp conversations between the two main characters. It was really enjoyable and funny to watch. I must admit that I was curious to watch Jesse McCartney act since I love his music and, well, it's something to think about. It's also my first time watching Elisabeth Harnois and she's quite a good actor. She isn't insanely gorgeous but she's good enough and played Natalie, the have-it-all really well. My emotions constantly changed throughout the movie, according to the storyline, from happiness to anger to humor and annoyance, sadness and sympathy and finally to confusion. Weird, huh? I'm a little confused with the ending and it left my thoughts befuddled but it was a nice movie anyway. Definitely recommended.