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"The Secret Life of the American Teenager" captures minimal interest at best with its' monosyllabic characters and awkward dialogue. First of all, the title of this show makes offensive implications, especially since the whole thing is about teenagers having sex. Not all American teens, especially those who have ethnic backgrounds in India and Oriental nations even consider having sex. Are they trying to further the stereotype that Americans are responsible for setting trends of teenage sex around the world? I am sure that wasn't the intention, but the title still disgusts me. Now, when watching the program I realized that the makers made one terrible mistake: they included the characters of Ricky and Adrian. They are the lascivious juveniles that stick around and target good looking people to seduce. If this program is about how teenage sex is a problem, then you have to make the sexually active people either have serious insecurities or be unlikable, not the opposite. Also, something about the way this show treats sex is really off. In Amy's (the main character's) family, the word is used leisurely, in fact there hasn't been more than four sentences without the word "sex" in it. and Amy, who is fourteen years old , seems to be older and a lot more scrupulous than her mom. Her boyfriend is even more sensitive and boring. If this is a show about teenagers, please, give us teenage personalities. Give us kids that are exploring and confused, not guilty people who try to cover up the past with hems and haws. This is neither entertaining nor informative and nowadays, people tend to have sex with others who they plan to get serious with (like marry). It would have been interesting to see two people in a serious relationship stifle their urges. But the reverse happens instead. This is a soap opera cliché that would barely happen in real life.

Batman was always more dark than the other superheroes. He was always mysterious and detached, so much so, that we, as his fans, wondered if he ever had a perplexing moment. The cool thing about "The Dark Knight," is that it is flooded with such interesting and perplexing circumstances and characters, that by the end we learn very clearly what his role is in Gotham City. In fact, the entire movie was a very engrossing and realistic outtake on the situation of Gotham city, which is a solemner and shadier version of downtown Chicago. It shows us the bigger picture: there is a population of people protected by a police commissioner (James Gordon), a district attorney (Harvey Dent), and the batman. And and all of them are forced to work through dilemmas that question their faith for the good. Then you have the scheming underground mob who are arrogant about their plans but become blinded by the Joker, whose lack of plans and wantonness is terrifying, but whose dialogue is incisive. Rachel Dawes has a more complex role that strengthens the plot and makes the whole thing more interesting. So overall, I think it's an amazing movie. The acting was brilliant. I enjoyed Batman's voice, the Joker's personality and Harvey Dent's transformation. There was nothing perfunctory, but perfect.

"Penelope" is a multifarious oddity . It might be a flowery fairytale from the surface, but it tends to paint some subduing and gritty pictures, especially when we see the hero (James McAcvoy) constantly gamble away his money at a shady bar. Also, there are witches and curses in the beginning, but as the plot untangles, we are stuck witnessing a world where there are no wireless phones and headlines are downsized to report petty things like 'a girl who looks like a pig says "hello"'. Now that I mention it, the story is about a girl who has the snout of a pig. Funny thing, because at the movie's inception, we are made to believe that she also has the ears of a pig, but the movie conveniently decides to not show us that part. Anyways, the reason why I keep on mentioning the beginning is because that's the only part of the movie I truly enjoyed. The beginning is so different than the middle and the end. Well, that's because the upcoming love story is too awkward and the background characters (Reese Witherspoon and that other bar guy) are too random and unnecessary. Penelope would not seem that atrocious in our world, where I am sure there are people with more severe and turgid facial problems. So excuse me when I say, that this movie does not cut it.