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The last part of the 2007 review is a category that I call "WTF!" These are films that are so bad and have so many problems that they should have never been made in the first place. In this list I start from #1 and work my way down. 1. Daddy Day Camp They decided to go ahead with with the sequel without Eddie Murphy. It should have gone straight to video.It went straight to #1 on my WTF! list. 2. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer I hated the first film and now I hate the second one. Why was this made, it was a joke and an insult to movie goers around the world. 3. Norbit When Eddie Murphy is funny, its a great film. When Eddie is not funny, we are given this. It is on many critics worst film of the years list. 4. Who's Your Caddy? As of the time of this writing this film is #3 on the bottom 100 at IMDB. It was trying to be a "Black Caddyshack" What we got was a really bad film. 5. Underdog In what should have been a cartoon movie; Instead we are given a live action CGI joke of a superdog. A childhood cartoon favorite was destroyed by this joke of a film. 6. Good Luck Chuck Well it sounded nice. Jessica Alba in a love story. Well the only love shown was when this film was over. 7. The Brave One A female death wish? Well I have no idea what this film was. I know was it wasn't, a good film. 8. Hot Rod Well Andy Samberg made me laugh on SNL, shame he couldn't do it in this movie. 9. The Invasion This was not a good year for Nicole Kidman, The Golden Compass and then this. I still have no idea why this script and directors changed so much. 10. Kickin It Old Skool When will the one-trick pony of Jamie Kennedy finally be over? This film will insult your intelligence and deserves to never be seen again. 11. Hatsuyuki no koi: Virgin snow (Korea-Japan) I did like of the idea of Korea and Japan working together to make A film. If this is the result, PLEASE STOP NOW. 12. Surf's Up A bad mockumentry that got nominated for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year. I still have no idea why this film was made, not to mention nominated. 13. Wristcutters: A Love Story What a really bad film about suicide and its effects on the afterlife. What a wasted opportunity this film was. 14. Mi-nyeo-neun Goi-ro-wa 200 Pounds Beauty (Korean) Listed because it did most of its business in 2007. So plastic surgery is the answer? I found it a very weird story and a crappy ending. Please no more plastic surgery films. 15. Kwon-soon-boon Yeo-ja Nab-chi-sa-geon Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K (Korean) The fact that I actually paid to watch this film at CGV is what upset me about this film. Once again, the unoriginal Korean Drama/Comedy, with every move telegraphed and by the end, I just wanted to erase this film from my mind. 16. No Reservations A remake of 2001 German Film, Bella Martha. It should have never been remade in the first place. A huge waste of space and once again I paid to see this. 17. Primeval Go to jungle and kill a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Then make warlord mad and he wants to kill you. It started out bad and ended up worse. 18. The Comebacks A really bad attempt of humor. It tries to spoof the humor on you. Sad to say but "No Spoof for you." 19. The Perfect Holiday A perfect holiday, no. A perfect mess, yes. It was bad and what surprised me was that some people actually liked this film. 20. Next I really thought the movie was a bad "24" show. It was just a bad movie. 21. The Nanny Diaries I thought it was really bad that there are parents actually like this. Then the filmw as just as bad. 22. Delta Farce I really like the humor of "Larry-The Cable Guy". Thats why this film was so hard to watch. It should have been funny. Sad to say, it wasn't. 23. Ira and Abby The film just never worked for me. It should have been a nice film and a lot of critics seem to like this one. 24. 12 (Russia) This film has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year and I have no idea why. I loved the original 12 Angry Men and this just never worked for me. The subplots in this film were awful. I still can not believe that this film was nominated for Best Foreign and Persepolis and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days were not. 25. Resident Evil: Extinction Will this film series ever end? It just keeps trucking on and slowly getting worse. Thats all for 2007. I have no idea what film I will pick for #1 in any of the categories. Thanks for the time of reading it.

Have you ever seen a film, that you had a very bad feeling about? But, you made a promise to someone that you watch the movie and ,in my case, write a movie review about it. Well that was the back story for the Korean movie Radio Days The film talks about Korea during the occupation by Japan (What I have done here is added a link from Wikipedia, that gives very basic information of what happened during Japan's occupation of Korea.)The film talks about the first radio station in Seoul, and how it was set up to broadcast radio messages for Japanese Propaganda. Well their was a very popular radio program that captured the city of Seoul attention. The film is a Korean film, so you will see the Koreans displayed as heroes and the Japanese portrayed as idiots and fools. (If this bothers you then please do not see the film.) The Korean audience seemed to like the film, To me it was the same, tired, regular boring Korean film. Nothing new and every shot was telegraphed. i even made a joke about how the film would end and guess what 10 minutes later, the film ends exactly like I thought it would. I was hoping for a decent film and in the end, all I received was a cheep wasted effort about one of the worst times in Korean history. Grade D- Opened in Korea 30 JAN 2008 How I saw it. CGV. Plot. Kyoungseong station, the first radio station of Korea established in the 1930s, is given the mission of producing a live serial radio play, “Flames of Love.” Those in charge make an unlikely team: Lloyd, a good-for-nothing producer; Man-cheol, an announcer and Lloyd’s only friend; NOH Bong-al, a writer who never manages to write an ending; K, an independent activist and sound effect technician; Myeong-wol, a former gisaeng; Mari, a jazz singer Mari; and station errand boy Sun-deok. Even amid the ensuing chaos, the play becomes increasingly popular with each passing day. But how will it end up?

Have you ever seen a film, that you had a very bad feeling about? But, you made a promise to someone that you watch the movie and ,in my case, write a movie review about it. Well that was the back story for the Korean movie Radio Days The film talks about Korea during the occupation by Japan (What I have done here is added a link from Wikipedia, that gives very basic information of what happened during Japan's occupation of Korea.)The film talks about the first radio station in Seoul, and how it was set up to broadcast radio messages for Japanese Propaganda. Well their was a very popular radio program that captured the city of Seoul attention. The film is a Korean film, so you will see the Koreans displayed as heroes and the Japanese portrayed as idiots and fools. (If this bothers you then please do not see the film.) The Korean audience seemed to like the film, To me it was the same, tired, regular boring Korean film. Nothing new and every shot was telegraphed. i even made a joke about how the film would end and guess what 10 minutes later, the film ends exactly like I thought it would. I was hoping for a decent film and in the end, all I received was a cheep wasted effort about one of the worst times in Korean history. Grade D- Opened in Korea 30 JAN 2008 How I saw it. CGV. Plot. Kyoungseong station, the first radio station of Korea established in the 1930s, is given the mission of producing a live serial radio play, “Flames of Love.” Those in charge make an unlikely team: Lloyd, a good-for-nothing producer; Man-cheol, an announcer and Lloyd’s only friend; NOH Bong-al, a writer who never manages to write an ending; K, an independent activist and sound effect technician; Myeong-wol, a former gisaeng; Mari, a jazz singer Mari; and station errand boy Sun-deok. Even amid the ensuing chaos, the play becomes increasingly popular with each passing day. But how will it end up?

Have you ever walked into a film thinking one thing and coming out of the film thinking an entire different thing? If you have then you will understand the problem that I had with this film. I kept watching the previews and with each preview, one thought kept coming into my mind over and over again. I kept thinking "Blair Witch Godzilla" and if this was the case, why should I even waste my time with this? For my long time readers, If you remember an earlier review i did of the The Host I stated my love of the "Monster Film Genera" I really can not explain it but I just like a decent film that tells about a Monster destroying Tokyo or, as in this case, New York City. So for my love of the monster movie, I decided to see if the film was worth the hype. I must now state that yes the film is worth the hype. NOW THE REST OF THE REVIEW WILL BE A HUGE SPOILER ALERT, SO IF YOU DO NOT THE FILM RUINED THEN PLEASE STOP AND SEE THE FILM, WHILE IT PLAYS IN KOREA. While I was watching the film, It felt like I was at ground-zero of this event. The shakiness of the camera, the power on and off the actual over tapping that occurred from a previous session. It seemed to make it into a real-time look at the end of New York City. I purposely did not read or search any of the websites that were set up to tell the movie viewer, the entire story of how the monster can into being and why it attacked. If you want a real good look at this film then please check out the FAQ from IMDB. It will answer a lot of the questions that the filmed brought up. Now what was nice was that at the beginning of the film it showed that this tape was the property of the US Government and was recovered from US-477, The site formally known as Central Park in NYC. It made it look so official. (Now a warning here, the film was shot to look like it was being filmed with a hand held camera, so their is a lot of shaking and movement to the camera and the huge screen definitely shows it. Some viewers of the movie have shown signs of becoming very sick, due to this. The plot of the story is very simple, you see a boy (Rob) and a girl (Beth), on the morning after. Then you see the film break to a party in which, Rob, the hero of this film, is having a good-bye party. He has a new job and he is leaving for Japan the next day. You are then introduced to the other players in the film (His brother, Jason, Lilly, Jason's girlfriend, HUD, Rob's best friend and Marlena, a girl that HUD really likes) The party starts to go bad after Beth and Rob have a huge argument. The you see the friends try and help him, then you next hear a loud noise, it feels like an earthquake has hit NYC. You see people go to the top of the roof and then you see explosions and fire and people screaming that war has been declared. Then you are slowly shown the monster and the monster is destroying the US Army and NYC. After that, its the typical monster move. The monster destroyers the city, kills people and to make matters worse, other smaller monsters are living on the big one and then they start to attack the city also. The film revolves around Rob, receiving a call from Beth and she is trapped in her house and Rob goes through hell to try and save her. Now please check out the FAQ to see how the film ends and what happens near the end of the credits. What I really liked about the film was how, when you did a little research with the websites, the film works and you no longer believe that you are watching the film but you are trying to get the heck out of Ground-Zero NYC. To be honest, there could be a part 2 to this movie, that why the end of the credits trick worked for me. I also loved the last 20 seconds of the film, where you see that something has fallen into the ocean. It does make you wonder, "What did I just see?". I was laughing at the ending credits music. It sure sounded a lot like the Godzilla theme. I saw the film at a digital screen and it was so much better that film could have ever have done for it. The digital theater showed the flaws of shooting with a hand held camera more and the sounds were made louder and more scarier than the film could have ever shown. You do get a good look at the monster. I will leave it up to you, the viewer, if you believe what you see or not. In conclusion, we have our first big hit of 2008 and its name is "Cloverfield" Please see it when you can. Opens in Korea. 24 January 2008 How I saw it. CGV Digital Theater. Opening Weekend in USA $46,146,546 Jan 18 - 21 2008 weekend. IMDB LINK. Cloverfield

Well even after seeing the film, I am still left to wonder what the big controversy is all about. I had never read the book series that New Line Cinema is hoping to be the next Harry Potter and if the film is an indication of what is to come. I am not even sure that i want to see part 2 nor 3, if they ever get made. I could somewhat see why the Catholic League is protesting this film, but in the end its a lot to do about not a really good film. For those who have no ideal about the film or anything about it please click on to this link for a better understanding, but please be wary this is a heavy spoiler preview also. Now what I liked about the film, The casting of Sam Elliott as Lee Scoresby was exactly what the role required. When you see him in the film, you soon realize that he is a lot more that what he seems at first. The casting of Ian McKellen as the voice of Iorek Byrnison, as an armored bear. Now I had no idea what a bear would do with some serious armor protection, but with the voice of Sir Ian, you believe that he will protect the hero of the film. Now I realize that this film is part 1 of a 3 part film, but the first one should have been so much better that what we were given. I had said earlier that I had not read any of the books yet but even I could tell that something just was not right nor was it making sense in the way that it was told in the movie, it just seemed like way too many holes were in this film. It looks about 40-60 minutes too short. From what I could tell if you are a huge fan of the book then do not see the film at all, you will leave the movie palace, very angry. If you have young children (10 years old and up) then this looks like it would be a good film for them to see. For the parents, it will leave you frustrated. I can see a good film in this film, but all we get in another mess by the end of the day. Grade. C- Opens in Korea. 19 December 2007 How i saw it. Cam DVD copy