Over mid-year break, many students watched the movies released in December, 2008. Five of the most popular movies were: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Seven Pounds," "Bedtime Stories," "Yes Man," and "Valkyrie." For each movie, ten random students (who have seen the movie) were asked to give it a rating out of five stars based on their own opinions.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (4 STARS)*, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, is a movie based on the 1920s novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which tells the story of a man named Benjamin (Pitt) who is born in his eighties and ages backwards.
"I gave this movie five stars. I thought it was a really unique movie because the main character ages backwards. I also thought that it was really sad." – FRESHMAN POOJA RAVIKIRAN
"I gave 'Bedtime Stories' four stars. It wasn't the greatest movie because the plot was too predictable, but it was still really funny. I think Adam Sandler did an okay job." – SOPHOMORE KAREN MENG
"We gave 'Yes Man' four stars. It was really funny, but a little bit disturbing at times. We'd recommend it to people who have a more mature sense of humor." – FRESHMEN CHARLOTTE YUAN AND EMILY WANG
"I gave this movie three stars. I thought that the movie lacked a lot of effort put in to making the movie more German-ish. Almost all the officers had a British accent, and I thought that Tom Cruise could have done better." – JUNIOR ARUN KUCHIBHOTLA