Negatives – takes a bit to piece everthing together.
Positive – Jason Statham
Negative – lots and lots of boobs.
Positive – lots and lots of boobs.
Negative – strange denouement that leaves you wanting a little more
Positive – excellent accents, locale, and euro no name actors
Negative – likeable people die
I went and checked out this flick over the weekend and it was it was really pretty good. Not super hilarious like Blades of Glory or Talledega Nights, but for me it was tons better than Knocked Up or Superbad which are the other two Seth Rogan movies.
I was actually delighted to see Owen Wilson in a movie, especially a fun movie, after his recent suicide attempt. He always plays this same role, but you can’t help but love him.
I give the movie 3.5 out of 5 stars.
I’m up at 1 a.m. so it is now Saturday morning and I am still converting those 77 VHS tapes which it turns out the majority of them are over 2 hours long. So while I am working I watched some On-Demand movies and August Rush was one that I wanted to see.
It’s a good movie, but I had to fast forward through parts of it because it just took to long to get to the end. There was all this build up and the story was a little disconnected and so you kept hoping that things would get a move on.
The music is fantastic, but that’s about it. If you want to save your money just download the soundtrack and then you can enjoy it over and over.
On Friday night Katie, Roger and Jes came over to my house for dinner and games. Jes wanted to make a Shepherd’s Pie and I wanted to eat a Shepherd’s Pie and so it was a done deal. We gathered at my house and while we were playing Settlers of Catan I told Jes she needed to “Back Up OUT MY FACE!” She immediately tried to repeat my ghetto phrase but she said, “Back up out of my face.” Which as you may notice has the word “of” in it and totally takes away the whole “Street” feel to it. Then I told her, “Man, yo bref is stank!” and she said, “Man, your breath is stank!” I had to reiterate here that the word is “Bref” not “Breath”. It was like I was teaching them Sanskrit or Gaelic, not Ebonics. Katie jumped in and started saying the same phrases like a proper WASPy white woman. It was hilarious and I guess you really needed to be there and you should have been there because we had PLENTY of food.
On Saturday while watching SNL they had just a quick screenshot of Food Network’s logo with the sub-title “Porn for Fat People”. I laughed until I almost burst. I love Food Network. Your mouth just waters as you watch Paula Deen slip a big stick of butter into a sizzling pan. Throw down with Bobby Flay followed by 30 Minute Meals with Rachel Ray is just “Yummo” and we can’t forget the Barefoot Contessa who is somehow calming and alluring when she talks about fresh Rosemary and Thyme.
One of my favorite past times is waking up at the Miller’s house in Denton and then having his mom cook us breakfast and then watching Food Network until noon. I still go over sometimes and we do this and it is wonderful. It’s like this miniature piece of heaven covered in some delicious gravy. (Man, I am getting Hungry!)
Tina Fey hosted SNL and Steve Martin made a guest appearance as they opened the show and it was hilarious. Later Carrie Underwood performed two songs and I couldh’t help but think that she is almost too amazing. Too pretty. Too perfect. I think I’d like her just a little bit more if she was a little more damaged like Brittany or Lindsey – NOT!
On the movie scene I checked out Jumper and Step Up 2 over the weekend and I was only marginally impressed with either. Jumper was cool, but it left me wanting a little more. There were some serious delays and there were times when I just wanted them to get on with it. Step Up 2, however, was just what I expected. A lame plot with some excellent dancing. The kids on this sequel will not disappoint. They are funny and they can dance.
I tried to watch the Oscars last night, but what a snore fest. I need to go see who won…
Do not, DO NOT waste a dime on Strange Wilderness. I thought Superbad was bad because it was gross and stupid, however, I thought UHF was Golden Globe worthy compared to Strange Wilderness and Superbad was a feel good movie you would want to watch with mom and dad.
I couldn’t believe that Adam Sander produced this total crap. I’d like to start over with this review and try to better explain how horrifically stupid this movie was… but I don’t think I could find the words.
Mad Money on the other hand was good. It was fun and interesting and sweet. It was a little formulaic, but hey, I like formula… it works. I also loved the cast. Don’t go see it at the theater, but definitely rent it and watch it with a big bucket of caramel popcorn. If you don’t know how to make a good caramel popcorn – ask Jes – her’s totally rocks!