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In the spirit of the holidays I have decided to make a post about one of my all time favorite Christmas movies. I was watching TV today and a childhood classic came on, or at least for me. The movie was one of my favorites because the humor behind it is one that can never be copied, the movie is heart-filled and the start of an amazing story.

The story follows Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), a recently divorced father who hears a noise coming from outside. He goes to check what the noise is and sees Santa Clause trying to slip down his chimney. He yells at him to get down but he accidentally startles Santa, and Santa plummets off the roof and dies on Scott's front lawn. Feeling guilty Scott puts on Santa's jacket and completes his saintly duties for that Christmas with his son Charlie. The reindeer take Scott back to the north pole where he meets several, old, high spirited elves, who expect him to become Santa forever!

Scott refuses and forces the reindeer to let him return home as his life continues as it had previously. But as Christmas the next year approaches Scott begins to gain a lot of weight and his beard starts to become white. He soon realizes that the only thing that will change his miserable life is to bring up arms and become the new Santa forever.

The story closely resembles other Christmas stories of its time. One man is put in charge of saving Christmas for all of the boys and girls all around the world.

Planet of the Apes!!

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

The planet of the apes was one of the most controversial movies I have ever seen because of the metaphor for a lot of different things. One of these is in the 1990's planet of the apes with Mark Wahlberg, where he experimented on the Apes and trained them to be more disposable astronauts. Then when he lands on a planet that is ruled by apes he discovers that the humans are the ones that are used as slaves by the apes. This can be a metaphor for the use of animal testing because it gives viewers a look at the other side of the story.

The newer version of the movie with James Franco was the story of the Rise of the planet of the apes. the movie itself was very appealing and coming from a movie series that had a large fan basis. Critics had very high expectations for the movie and it did not disappoint. The movie was very compelling and real drove you into the story, although there were still some flaws in the acting; for example Tom Felton played a character named Dodge which wasn't one of his best acting jobs. He throughout the entire time on camera he remained emotionless and unrealistically cruel.

Overall the movie was very gripping and is a movie that you should see at least 1 time.

The muppets (2011)

Original story written by actor Jason Segel to bring back the much loved Muppets from the children's comedy bank. The movie starred Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) as they venture with Gary's brother Walter, who happens to be a puppet himself, to find the Muppet's studio in Los Angeles. When they finally arrive the studio is deserted and hadn't been used by any puppet for years. As young Walter breaks off from the rest of the tour group to get a closer view of Kermit the frog's office he overhears Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) talking about his plans to destroy the studio and then drain the earth blelow it of all the oil. It is up to Walter, Gary and Mary to find Kermit, unight the Muppet's years after their break-up, and put on one last show to save their beloved studio and put a stop to Tex's evil plans once and for all.

Although meant for children, this movie is a must-see for any big fans of the Muppets. Their were even jokes thrown in there just for parents and teens. I saw it with my friends and we're all 18, but we still enjoyed every second of that movie. I don't think I've ever laughed that hard in my entire life.