FinalDasa (Level 33)

Drive broke every rule and got sued because of it. A car chase is Ryan Gosling parked under an underpass watching a cop car roll by. Tension is Gosling listening to the Laker game broadcast on the radio waiting for two thieves to get done. Drive is a puzzle you watch be put together scene by scene with little to no grandiose muddying the waters around it.

The Muppets are nearly a dead franchise. They haven't been on TV in years, their movies are direct to DVD features, and beyond a few youtube memes nothing has been heard from Henson Studios for a long time. And then Jason Segel comes around and all the sudden we're talking about a rebirth. This movie was heartfelt, funny, and proves that movies don't always need to be super serious to be great.

2011's summer was filled to the brim with comic book movies and the thought of nerd's everywhere was which ones would be good and which would be bad. For me I couldn't have cared less for Captain America before this film. He was a super hero born out of WW2 and didn't seem to fit into today's typical hero. But after this film I was convinced not only in the Captain franchise, but in the possibilities of the Avengers franchise.

The Planet of the Apes franchise has high peaks and really low valleys. So reinventing the franchise with a new movie is a daunting task, and yet Rise does just that. Avoiding the ridiculous notes that a "smart ape" movie easily pluck and coming out with exactly what you want. A little bit of emotion, plenty of apes kicking ass.

Remember how movies felt as a kid? Ever wonder why they don't feel that way today? Thats because movies like Super 8 don't come out every year. Harken back to ET with a group of kids dealing with both life and aliens in a heartfelt sci-fi drama.

Everyone of a certain age watches Conan. But what happened after the NBC "Tonight Show" debacle? Who is Conan really? Can't Stop provides you a look behind the curtain at who the man is and how he dealt with a betrayal by an entire company.

Maybe not a film on everyone's list but it is on mine. Devoid of any great or pitch perfect performances and with plenty of moments of sap, this film feels like a dramatization of a real event. Watch as a group of people tangentially connected attempt to survive and cure a brand new disease.

How do you end an entire film franchise? How do you make it so anyone can see the film and still enjoy themselves? You make this film. While not perfect to please every fan, everywhere, Deathly Hallows closes out the HP films with a darker and action-packed story giving us all what we wanted.

After being fooled into seeing Wolverine I was very apprehensive walking into the theater for this one. I came out not 100% convinced but with James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender heading the team the film broke out of typical action flick and touched one something better.