The Greatest Film Ever and some side notes:

As a film student one of the first films you watch is always Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles. For the past fifty years this film has been hailed as the single greatest film ever and according to Yahoo.com that has now changed. According to Sight & Sound's 2012 survey of over 800 movie experts and critics the film has been replaced by Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Now these films are rated on the impact on society, the trend of film technique it started, and the overall impact on film in general. Some of the other films on this list are Tokyo Story, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and of course The Searchers, but my question is: how many modern movie goers actually have seen these films?

In a generation plagued by the "remake" or by super hero action films, what culture will we leave behind for those who come after us? Will a poll of our greatest movies include Jackass 2, or maybe Legally Blonde? Through the aspects of the progression of film will our biggest contribution be Avatar?

I think that American film so much to offer if we can just get out minds off of the box office profits and start to look towards the actual content of a film. Directors like Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese, Guy Richie, and Kathryn Bigelow leading the way for directors such as Ben Affleck, and Christopher Nolan, our future in film is shaky but not destroyed.

Now some reviews:

Act of Valor:
Now this is an action film of a different color in the fact that it's lead actors are actually former Navy SEALS and special forces operators. Directed by Scott Waugh and Mike McCoy, Act of Valor is a fast paced exploration into the world of covert operations. Centered around a SEAL team and their mission to stop a terrorist act on American soil, the directors aspire to not only highlight the action of the film but also of the personal sacrifice that soldiers and their families have to endure. This film is more than entertaining, it is enlightening, and by the end you truly understand the act of valor that each and every soldier makes as they stand the line so we don't have to. This film is a solid four out of five and something that should be seen today.

Lockout;

Ever see a movie that was good despite the stumbling director? Lockout is about a space prison break to save the president's daughter. The film stars Guy Pearce, Vincent Regan and Joseph Gilgun and thank god for them of this film would have been just a flat out waste of time. Filled with bad effects, cheesy stunts, and some really poor supporting cast, Lockout solely depends on the male lead and the two main bad guys. The dialogue between characters is solid enough to make up for the bad CGI that fills the gaps between mental episodes displayed by masterful strokes of Joseph Gilgun. All in all you probably could stand to pass up on Lockout, but if you happen to find it in the five dollar rack, grab it. I rate this slop at a solid two star film and pray you have enough sense to fast forward through the action and just keep it to the monster psychos as they parade across space.