It seems as if scarey movies are the biggest culprit of this phenomenon, but its not just limited to them. For example I loved the movie "City Slickers" it was hilarious, a great concept that really hadn't been explored for a long time, Billy crystal was awesome.  But part two "The search Curly's Gold" or whatever it was just didn't seem as good to me.

While there are some movie makers that have a clear idea going in that there will have to be a sequel, because there is just not enough time to tell the whole story in one showing. Like "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, this has got to be the best example of sequels ever. Director Peter Jackson, Knew the only way to make these movies great were to film them back to back to back, and the finished product is his proof.

George lucas a very good film maker in his own right, took the sci-fi gender one step further than it had ever been. The first three "Star Wars" films (which were actually episodes 4, 5 and 6) with Harrison Ford and Mark Hamil were awesome, every time a new one came out the new technology in each movie awed audiences around the world. Even though they weren't filmed back to back to back, they were made close enough together to keep the magic flowing. However, He then waited along tome before making episodes 1, 2 and 3, the fact he had to let movie technology catch up to be able to make them wasn't the problem. To me personally, I didn't care for the acting or the way it was written. Aniken Skywalker just seemed to be a Whiner, and because I knew that he would grow up to be Darth Vader it just didn't fit.

Another one of George's success' is the "Indiana Jones" series, now the first was absolutely great, but you know what I've noticed in all these movies that get sequels? In the second and subseqent movies it's as if the actors are over acting, like they're trying to force the character out. I also noticed this in the sequel to my favorite movie "National Treasure". Now don't get me wrong I liked the second movie too, I even went out and bought it right away on blue ray, I just think that there are parts where Nicholas cage is over acting, or forcing it.

I could go on and on about a whole slew of movies, these are just some of the ones off the top of my head. So any how, just a few things I wanted to get off my chest. Leave me some feed back I'm interested what you think. Maybe I'm looking to much into this.

#10: Kitano

Movie he's from: Battle Royale

Why he could kick your ass: Acknowledged that he was hired by Fukasaku to play a version of himself

An ex-teacher from Shiroiwa Junior High School's 3-B class, he left after one of the students stabbed him. Then he became administrator of the Battle Royale Program! For anyone who hasn't seen this movie, the main plot focuses around a class of students (picked at random) that participate in the government funded Battle Royale program.

Essentially all the students are told to kill each other off until only 1 survivor remains, or they all die. Fun, huh? But what truly makes this guy badass is his last scene. After being shot repeatedly with a machine gun, he answers his phone, throws it on the ground, shoots it with a gun he was hiding, eats a cookie, and then dies. All while three students are there next to him.

#9: Morpheus

Movie he's from: Matrix Series

Why he could kick your ass: Resists Agent Smith's interrogation long enough to be rescued

Anyone who has seen the first Matrix remembers Smith's famous interrogation scene. You know, the one about how he hates "the smell" of the Matrix. He was hacking into Morpheus's brain. He wanted Zion's codes. Trinity even said it was only a matter of time until Morpheus's brain cracked. But he didn't crack! He had enough faith in Neo to endure his torture. In fact, he's one of the only characters that actually believes Neo is the One throughout the entire trilogy. This man is unbreakable, and he could break you.

#8: Lieutenant Roget

Movie he's from: Paths of Glory

Why he could kick your ass: Throws grenades at his own men

While on the battlefield, this dude decides to get drunk. After sending one of his two men to scout ahead in enemy territory, he sees "movement in the direction of the enemy" and decides to throw a grenade. After he realizes he killed his own man, he runs back to base leaving his remaining officer to fend for himself. Yeah, this guy's an asshole, but it gets worse. After denying a charge of manslaughter, he chooses the officer that was with him during the battle (the one not killed) to be executed for cowardice. Hah, the irony! Don't get in this guys way.

#7: Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade

Movie he's from: Scent of a Woman

Why he could kick your ass: Juggles grenades

Continuing on with the hand grenade theme, this man like to juggle them. Drunk. Apparently, this is how he lost his eyesight. But enough of that. Slade's buddy Charlie is about to be expelled from his prep-school when Colonel Slade delivers a compelling speech on his behalf. He reveals that Charlie has been offered a bribe to inform on his own friends. This is when When Slade says "If I was half the man I was five years ago, I'd take a flame thrower to this place!" You hear that? A FLAMETHROWER.

#6: Admiral Ackbar

Movie he's from: Star Wars

Why he could kick your ass: Can see through your traps

So let's say you are a commanding officer in a space fleet. Suddenly, a shitload of enemy forces appear in front of you. This is when you thank the lucky stars that Admiral Ackbar is on your side. "It's a Trap!" Thank you Admiral, I would have never known.

#5: General Patton

Movie he's from: Patton

Why he could kick your ass: Will slap anyone

Patton may exist in real life but was too amazing to pass up on this list. The "slapping incident" nearly ended Patton's career. According to witnesses, General Patton was visiting patients at a military hospital in Sicily, and came upon a weeping 24-year-old soldier named Charles Kuhl. Patton asked "What's the matter with you?" and the soldier replied, "It's my nerves, I guess. I can't stand shelling." Patton "thereupon burst into a rage" and ordered him back to the front. Patton then "struck the youth in the rear of the head with the back of his hand". Reportedly, the nurse "made a dive toward Patton, but was pulled back by a doctor." Patton continued on to other patients, then returned and berated the soldier again. Brutal! Patton later died from a jeep accident a day before we was due to return to the US. LOL.

#4: Kazundo Gouda

Movie he's from: Ghost in the Shell 2nd Series

Why he could kick your ass: Has an inferiority complex

First off, let me say that pretty much ANY character from the Ghost in the Shell series could be on this list. They could ALL kick your ass. But if I had to choose one character, it would be this guy. From the start, this guy kicks ass. Involved in a mysterious accident, he chose not to repair his face but rather keep it in a horribly disfigured form. Why? So he could INTIMIDATE everyone around him. Gouda is also the head of a data manipulation division within the Cabinet Intelligence Service, which means he can do whatever he wants. He is the mastermind antagonist of the series, as he planned to use Japan's numerous postwar refugees in order to create social unbalance and political upheaval. His character resembling his face, he appears polite and well-spoken but seems to have ulterior, warped motives. And he has an inferiority complex.

#3: General Ripper

Movie he's from: Dr. Strangelove

Why he could kick your ass: Will do anything to protect "precious bodily fluids"

General Jack D. Ripper is named after Jack the Ripper, and his primary concern about Communism is his assertion that water fluoridation is "a Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids." This, of course, was made aware to him when his "loss of essence" during sexual intercourse greatly fatigued him. The point is, this guy is a lunatic. After Ripper uses "Plan R", an emergency war plan enabling a senior officer to launch a retaliation strike against the Soviets, U.S. Army troops sent by the President arrive at Burpelson to arrest him. Because Ripper has warned his men that the enemy might attack disguised as American soldiers, the base's security forces, and Ripper himself, open fire on them. LOL

#2: John Preston

Movie he's from: Equilibrium

Why he could kick your ass: Holds the record for third most onscreen kills seen in a single film by a single character (118)

Do the words "Grammaton Cleric First Class" mean anything to you? They also mean "run away and hide your babies." This guys works for the government to hunt down "sense offenders", or people that don't take their daily dose of the emotion suppressing drug Prozium. In case that didn't sink in, this guy has no emotions. His own wife was executed for being a sense offender. But this is just the beginning. Preston is also a master of "gun kata", a fictional martial arts technique that involves using statistics and geometrics to determine the most efficient way to shoot enemies and avoid return fire. This means nothing touches Preston, but he can certainly touch you. The icing on the cake is that the entire ending sequence from Equilibrium was deemed so badass that they copied almost every aspect of it for the ending sequence in Wanted. Preston earns position 2 for most kickass military character from a movie.

#1: Colonel Shikishima

Movie he's from: Akira

Why he could kick your ass: Hates corrupt politicians and capitalists

"Enough! Open up your eyes and look at the big picture; You're all puppets of corrupt politicians and capitalists."What? You don't remember the Colonel from Akira? He was the most memorable character, the one who begins as the antagonist responsible for the total destruction of Tokyo but ends up being the most honorable character bent on saving Neo-Tokyo from a second similar fate. The scene where the military tries to arrest him captures just how baddass this guy actually is. A congressman delivers a speech on how the Colonel is insubordinate and must be arrested. The Colonel then gives his infamous quote (seen above) and orders his men to "shoot him." He then convinces all the soldiers around him to leave the "corrupt politicians and capitalists" and join him in his quest to save Neo-Tokyo. Yeah!And that concludes my list!

1. The Force

   Undeniably parallel to God. The Force created, destroyed, and guided all things and people. The Jedi used the Force to do everything. They felt and sensed with it, and they knew it was good. They did the work of the Force.

2. The Jedi

   Ok, this would be Christians. The Jedi were peacekeepers. They fought when necessary, but they did not charge into things just TO fight. They listened to the Force. They were so intune with it, they could feel it.

3. The Dark Side

   Satan. Pure and simple. The dark side lured good people over to do evil. They lied, stole, used deception, and were killers. Remind you of anyone?

4. Luke's Vision

   All of the great people in the Bible had a vision. God said “without vision, my people will perish.”( book and verse). As a matter of fact, some of the people in the Bible were kept alive by their sheer will to live to accomplish their God-given vision. Abraham was given the vision of many descendants. Joseph was given the vision to be ruler over many. Noah was given the vision to build a huge ark and save his family and some animals. Vision is everywhere in the Bible.

5. Yoda

   Yoda was like Jesus on earth. He was the teacher. He knew he had a limited amount of time with Luke to teach him the ways of the Force. Yoda needed to prepare Luke to carry on after he died.

6. Luke Facing Vader

   This is the classic good vs evil. Just like in the Bible, evil had to be dealt with finally. Jesus faced evil on the cross. He did it willingly, just like Luke willingly fought Vader.

7. Vader

   The devil. Do I really need to expand on that?

8. Han, Leia, Chewbacca, R2D2, C3PO.

   These guys were Jesus's disciples. They followed Luke no matter where he went. They helped him, loved him, encouraged him, and fought for him. They did the same job for Luke that Jesus needed his disciples to do. Luke even went as far as telling Leia she had the Force in her, and she could learn to do what he had learned to do.(Return of the Jedi)

As you can see, there are many threads of Christianity running all through the Star Wars series of movies. I will never know if George Lucas did this intentionally or not. I will just choose to think that God chose Mr. Lucas because he had a big vision, and God uses men with big visions. I enjoy Star Wars more because of the religious undertones. As you watch these movies, try to see if you can find anymore similarities. From one Star Wars freak to another, may the force be with you.

Well, just came back from watching Taken at the cinema. What a film!

I’ve heard a lot of people say that the reviews for this film haven’t been good, well all I can say is, this film is fantastic.

Could be film of the year for me!

Liam Neeson plays his part brilliantly; also the film has a great but simple story line. A gang kidnaps his daughter, he goes out and rescues her.

But this is no walk in the park; oh no this is Liam Neeson using his skills from playing a Jedi Knight in Star Wars and from using his skills from playing the baddie in batman.

Liam Neeson is not playing about in this film; the director has done a fabulous job in depicting him in a hard, cold and calculating way. I was taken aback by the events that unfolded before me on screen.

This film had me gripped to my seat. At no point in the film was I bored, my mind didn’t even wonder about football fixtures or anything. This is a great film, Bravo.

Five stars. Peace.

She dies giving birth to anakins kids. But yet he stays with the dark side.Also when anakin was having nightmares about his mom being in pain. she was still alive till he came. So if he stayed away from her she might've lived a little longer.Shouldnt anakin get a hear cut instead of putting his har into a pony-tail, now thats just wrong. But dont think the movie is boring. But space balls was a funny form of star wars. now thats fun to watch over and over again. To end this review im gonna say star wars is the greatest classical movie to ever been made. so when you have the time i recommend watching any star wars form of movies.

Without trying to give away too much of the plot, I'm going to try to break it all down for you. “The Clone Wars” began in a decidedly non-star-wars like fashion. Without sounding too much like a Star Wars nerd myself, I have to admit starting up the movie without the scrolling text and instead having some guy that sounds a lot like the movie-theater-trailer voice man (RIP) doing some kind of unnecessary voice-over seemed almost unholy, at the very least unconventional. Here I sit, expecting the tried and true scrolling text helping me catch up on roughly ten years in the life of the main characters, and instead I'm brought into what almost looks like an ad to join the army from the original “Starship Troopers” movie. Ships flying everywhere, things blowing up, some kind of mechanical octopus-like thing coming and eating another ship, all while the same movie trailer voiced man was yelling about Jabba the Hutt's son being kidnapped and the Jedi agreeing to help save him.

That's right. Jabba the Hutt, who might as well be a slug dropped in HGH, somehow managed to produce offspring that was never mentioned in any of the other Star Wars movies. But fine, I can even buy this, maybe the guy had some fling off-world and he started the illegal trading to afford the child support, who knows. Regardless, the next scene is where my jaw dropped.

Anakin and Obi-Wan are on a planet they had recently freed from the bad guy Seperatists, (remember in Episode III, when Anakin kills Count Dooku on the ship in front of the Emperor? He was the guy in control of the separatists and the droid army and all of that. This movie takes place before that but after Episode II.) So, expecting troops and provisions and the like to help defend against the remaining baddies, a ship comes down with - you guessed it - one nine year old girl! Eventually we find out that she was a new Padawan Apprentice assigned to not Obi Wan, who had applied for the job, but the soon-to-be genocidal madman Anakin Skywalker. The future destroyer-of-worlds ultimate bad guy now has to deal with a tagalong in the form of a slightly irritating little girl. Right away, she justifies the dull pain in my forehead by nicknaming Anakin Skywalker “Sky-guy”, (you better believe the clone troops get a chuckle out of that) although they eventually bond in the end. (Yay!)

The rest of the movie can be summed up by mentioning a few key scenes, for example when Obi Wan and the murderous Separatist general decide to meet and dish about terms of surrender over what looks kind of like coffee. Or maybe later when Obi Wan meets up with Jabba and listens to the big brown anti-snail call his son his little “punkymuffin”. After hearing so many gems like this, it was difficult not to run out of the theatre right then and there.

So why the confusion about the movie? You might ask. Why not just tear up the ticket stubs, demand that the ticket payment be cancelled from your credit card and move on with your life? Not that easy, I would reply with a disgusted sigh. Although this movie deviates from the Star Wars norm, and it sure wouldn't be ranked up there with any of the other top-grossing films birthed out of George Lucas' brain, I have to admit it did exactly what it set out to do.

No more are the Star Wars films going to be focused on deep character development, twisting plot lines, odd romances (“you're my sister?!” “You're a wookie?!!?!”) and how exactly they fit James Earl Jones into that skinny black metal suit. Readers, we are witnessing the end of an era. The transition to the kids movie. It's animated, it doesn't really follow some of the facts set forth by the original movies, and for the most part morals are set, cut and dry dark side vs. light side. Whether it's because of all of the criticism he received for episodes I-III so he went in another direction, or because he knows all he has to do is make a movie and instantly he gets another hundred bajillion dollars, George Lucas is turning Star Wars kid-friendly.

This film, although certainly a let-down for the intensely jaded Star Wars fan, is entertaining and stays in the “kids movie basepath” well, with its flashy graphics, easy storyline, and bright and shiny action. Definitely a precursor to a possible show on the WB or something to that end. Worth seeing with a little brother or sister, and in the end I grudgingly give it a 7/10.

So let's start with the movies we all know are coming:

Blending seamlessly from Batman Begins, although Rachael Dawes appears to have had plastic surgery changing from actress Katie Holmes to Maggie Gyllenhaal; The Dark Knight welcomes the return of Batman's most popular villain The Joker. Sadly the movie will have its own dark cloud in the knowledge that this was the last completed movie of Heath Ledger, who was reportedly disturbed by making the movie. But this cloud is surely only going to solidify the movie at the box office with fans coming to see Ledger at what could be his finest. Christian Bale reprises his role as Bruce Wayne AKA Batman, and fellow actors Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman also return. This could be the biggest movie of the year; it's certainly been one of the longest promoted.

Hard to believe but it's been nearly 10 years since Fox Mulder and Dana Scully finally closed the X-files, but as we learned with Indiana Jones, Rocky, and Rambo it's never too late to return. Shrouded in secrecy X-Files: I Want To Believe reunites Mulder and Scully when Mulder uncovers something sinister, will getting Scully to leave her hospital job be a big struggle? We'll see soon enough. Billy Connelly is apparently the movies villain, with the terror starting in the snow covered wilderness.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars, although an animated movie is said to have the essence of the original three movies. In this tale we follow the adventures of Mace Windu and Annakin Skywalker in a story that takes place between Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith. Samuel L. Jackson, and Anthony Daniels are aboard adding vocals to the animated characters.

Although they have been in the same movies, getting Roabert De Niro and Al Pacino to be in the same scene has been a stumbling block. Director Jon Avnet has managed it though and delivers a sharp and compelling cop thriller entitled Righteous Kill. Police officers Turk and Rooster are near the end of their serving days and have grown more and more discontent with the crime in the country and their work, but when a serial killer strikes it causes them to question what is right and wrong.
The Love Guru sees the return of Mike Myers to physical acting rather than just adding vocals, as Pitka he returns to the US after being bought up by Guru's. On returning he sets himself a mission to restore love to the world starting by focusing on a professional Ice Hockey player who's life and romance is on the downturn. Jessica Simpson, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Alba and Kanye West also star.

November brings The Quantum Of Solace to our screens, the 22nd James Bond movie with Daniel Craig reprising his role as 007. Unlike previous Bond stories this one picks up literally where Casino Royale left of as a direct sequel. Bond finds that wealthy businessman Dominic Green is organising a deal where he will gain control of all the world's most precious resources turning the Earth into a prison planet.

Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince sees now not so young Harry begin his sixth year at Hogwarts, following on from the previous movie Harry is about to uncover something that will change the world for he and his friends forever.

Now here are some of the movies you might not know about:-

Set in 1976 Bottle Shock is the true story about a world wine contest with a surprising entrant a Californian winery, believing it to be a joke Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) a wine aficionado is sent to California to investigate but his findings shock the world. Bottle Shock is a serious intelligent movie that has been given a comedic tint, apparently. This could well be the Sideways style runaway hit of 2008, also stars Bill Pullman and Elizu Dushku.

Fernando Meirelles the director behind City Of God and The Constant Gardner brings us a very different movie in which the residents of a City awake one day blind, without explanation why; why some have been spared its very much a case of follow my leader in order to survive. This is one of the movies I am really looking forward to. The movie stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, and Danny Glover.

The big movie this Christmas will be David Fincher's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, a story that follows a man on his journey from the end of his life to the beginning. This might not sound anything unusual but this is not told in flashback, Benjamin Button actually grows younger as the movie progresses. Starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett the movie looks magnificent from clipsseen so far, and could be a real epic.

Slapstick comedy gets a makeover several times as the autumn closes in first up My Best Friends Girl in which loser Dustin (Jason Biggs) hires the most offensive man he can find, Tank (Dane Cook) to help win over the heart of his girlfriend Alexis (Kate Hudson). This might sound like familiar territory but I'm informed there is something very different about this comedy offering.

Always a pleasure to see Anna Farris stars in The House Bunny, in which an ex playboy bunny heads off to university to act as house mother in a fraternity house filled with nerdy young women. The movie pokes fun at all the things that annoy those over 30 about the younger generation.

Man of the moment Shia LeBeouf appears in yet another massive budget blockbuster movie, in Eagle Eye his character Jerry finds himself a target of terrorists, or so it seems, not to become a victim but to become the perpetrator of a terrorist incident. Told for much of the movie in real time Eagle Eye is said to be the best thriller of its type for years and looks absolutely stunning.

City Of Ember looks like an interesting movie, after the fall of humanity the survivors move underground to start a new civilization. But after several centuries allowing the population to increase everything in the underground city is falling apart and the generators are failing, it's a rush for survival to make it from the city to the surface before everything is destroyed, but maybe the biggest danger yet is what is above the surface. Looking like a combination of City Of Lost Children, Beetlejuice, and The Poseidon Adventure; City Of Ember looks like a fantastic fantasy movie. With a great cast including Bill Murry, Tim Robbins, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau, and Heathcote Williams.

Taking a step back and returning to the roots that made Will Ferrell successful his next movie finds him starring alongside John C. Reilly as two men joined by the marriage of their parents. Stepbrothers finds two men connected by fate trouble being both are still incredibly immature, and hate each other with a passion.

Based on the bestselling novel Twilight tells the story of Isabella Swan (Kristen Stewart) a young girl who falls madly in love with a vampire.

Not for me I have to say but The Mummy series spits out yet another offering in Tomb Of The Emporor Dragon, most of the cast return with the exception of Rachael Weiz. This time our explorers find themselves battling creatures an army of martial arts trained soldiers.

Horror is on its way too first up is Midnight Meat Train in which a homicidal maniac played by Vinnie Jones stalks people on the underground tube system, Alias' Bradley Cooper is all that stands in his way, in this movie penned by the master of horror Clive Barker.

Tropic Thunder is a movie about a movie, and how a bunch of actors filming a war movie themselves walk into a real life war. Expect to hear a lot of good and bad things about Robert Downey Jr, who blacks up to play an African American actor. Jack Black and Adam Sandler also star.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona isa movie that has been shrouded in controversy but director Woody Allen is no stranger to controversy and this movie set in Spain is destined to be his most controversial movie yet. There is allegedly explicit sex between Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall and Oscar winning Javier Bardem, in this story about two friends who become besotted with the same man.

Henry Poole Is Here pokes fun at religion as Luke Wilson who plays Henry Poole discovers a strange stain on the side of his house, while all he wants to do is treat it others believe it to be the image of the Virgin Mary. But as people claim to be cured by the image is it just a stain or something else?

Nicholas Cage finds himself a hit man in a strange land in Bangkok Dangerous, a remake of a Pang Brothers movie, our hitman here finds that he must wrestle with his conscious after his target turns out to be someone he never expected it to be.

The Coen Brothers return to their comedy roots with Burn After Reading , astory about two men who find a disc that just happens to contain the diary of a CIA agent and all of his work, the Coen brothers poke fun at the lapses of security across the world as we hear weekly of similar stories. The movie stars Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Frances McDormand.

Quite familiar territory nowadays but Whiteout follows 30 Days Of Night and Insomnia in a story set in a snow ridden location where they battle the elements as well as the light. Kate Beckinsale stars as a woman hunting a vicious killer. More exciting however is the return of Tom Skerritt to big budget movie making.

Taking a nod and a wink from Arlington Road, Lakeview Terrace finds a mixed race couple played by Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington as they move to their dream home. Sadly their neighbour is a man with strict moral values who does not like mixed race couples or the public showing of affections. As he launches a hate campaign against them the couple have little choice but to call in the police, tragically however one of the leading local police is the same neighbour carrying out the campaign of mental and physical violence against them also stars Samuel L. Jackson as the neighbour from hell.

Earlier this year the Spanish movie Rec. Obliterated George Romero's Diary Of The Dead at the box office focusing on a deadly virus in a city apartment block. Quarantine is the US remake starring Jennifer Carpenter.

One of the last movies of the year is Frank Miller's The Spirit, following a similar passage to Sin City. A young cop killed in action returns from the dead to fight the forces of evil that hide in the shadows of Central City. Battling against a master villain known as The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) this movie is reported to be the best superhero style movie of the year. Also stars Scarlett Johansson and Gabriel Macht.

So that's it my brief look at some of the movies for the rest of 2008, i'm sure you'll agree the best is yet to come.