Accepted

I can remember being 11 years old, crying of laughter when I saw the movie Accepted in theaters. Justin Long, facing rejection after rejection when applying to colleges as a high school senior deicded to create one place, a safe haven if you will, where everyone is ACCEPTED. With the help of his buddies who include Jonah Hill and Blake Lively, he is able to create a fake college. At first it was to get his parents to stop thinking he is a complete failure, but when his plan goes awry and people actually start to attend the college, he develops a compassion for all the other people who were rejected to. With immense whit and humor this movie will have you on the floor laughing. I give this movie a 9/10

Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

In the movie Miracle at St. Anna directed by Spike Lee, four African American soldiers fighting the war against Nazi Germany inadvertently get trapped behind enemy lines in a story focused around faith, friendship, and betrayal. Spike Lee made this movie in 2008 and cast Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonzo and Omar Benson Miller to portray four buffalo soldiers who were fighting for our country in Italy in 1944. Still facing discrimination all over the place and being discouraged from higher officers they have one last battle against Germans before running across the Serchio River in Tuscany. During the next few days they meet a young shell shocked boy, a beautiful partisan and her family and learn the legend of the sleeping man. Betrayal and tested friendship engulf the men and their imminent demise is not to far. But 39 years later justice is served. This movie is a definite 10 for me and I would recommend anyone and everyone to go see it. It is a heart wrenching story that will make you laugh and cry at the same time and even though it is a very lengthy film, while watching it I got so involved in the story I honestly did not notice. The soundtrack of this movie was one thing that I really enjoyed. The songs on it have such passion and they tell a story.  With 9 nominations for categories like best male actor, best director and best screenplay, I think this is an excellent movie that should be shown to everyone.