I was not surprised when the ratings came out and “The Proposal” was number one at the box office. “The Hangover” was a close second and is still surprising many of the ‘other’ critics. It has become almost an obsession for me to guess which film will be number one. 

I’m trying to surmise a plan to post my ratings to see how close I get to what the public ultimately decides. It may take a collaborative effort with Killeen.com. You can always catch my articles there too you know.  

I’d do it here in the paper, but the ratings are already out by the time I write my article. I’ll think of something by next week. This should be fun.

What you might not notice is that “The Proposal” switches the roles of the domineering boss from a Man to a Woman. The assistant, in this case, is not a doting female character trying to climb the corporate ladder. In this version it’s Ryan Reynolds playing Andrew Paxton, the capable but battle weary assistant to a tyrant played by Sandra Bullock. Bullock’s character, Margaret, is referred to as the devil’s mistress as she instills fear in each and every employee under her at a successful publishing firm.

It was on one such day that she had wielded her ax, her victim was a long time employee of the firm that she was called into the offices of the higher-ups. Thinking maybe it was about the firing, she was surprised to learn that her visa to stay in the country had expired. She was Canadian!

Fast forward to the commercials you’ve seen a hundred times – she fibs and tells her bosses that she and Andrew are really secret lovers and will wed in the near future. The rest of the film is a comedic wrestling match between two headstrong characters that find themselves (no surprise here) falling in love.

Forget the curiosity of seeing Bullock in the nude, that is an overstatement. No parts are ever shown; it’s tame by most standards. This film, however, qualifies as the perfect date movie.

You’ll laugh, you’ll reminisce about the time you fell in love, and if your single maybe you’ll gain the confidence to ask that someone special you’ve been thinking about out on the first of many dates.

Now on to “Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen.” I didn’t think it was possible to top the first Transformer Movie. The utter complexity of the graphics, and the unimaginable creativity that jumped off the screen was a sensory overload. Leave it to the creators of this long time story to out-do themselves. I was floored from the first action scene to the last.

It’s been two years since Optimus Prime defeated the Decepticons while Megatron still sits at the bottom of the ocean surrounded by state of the art security and an armada of military ships. A special team, code named NEST, has been circling the globe hunting down Decepticons in hiding, hoping to rid the earth of this evil foe.

Meanwhile back home, Sam is headed to college while Bumblebee, his protector, idles away in his garage. The boredom is a great set up for a series of events that gets this movie moving fast.

In short (because I’m quickly running out of space), Sam finds a sliver of the cube that gives these aliens life. Sam is hunted by a hottie who turns out to be an alien, while Megatron escapes his icy grave.

Politicians try to oust the Autobots claiming that the Decepticons are only terrorizing earth because of them. When Sam learns that a plan to blow up the Sun is their ultimate goal, a full-scale war between the Autobots and Decepticons rages in the desert with Earth going to the victor. It’s all very exciting. I’ve gone long. Look for an extended version of this article later this week at Killeen.com .

Until Next Time I’ll See You At The Theatre.