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Grown Ups-DVD Review

Bdubs — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:26:35 +0000

I sort of enjoyed this movie, even though I didn’t laugh much at the slapstick comedy. I didn’t find it all that funny. I think what I liked the most about this movie was the message. So many kids today spend all of their time online or in front of a video game or watching tv. Kids don’t know how to use their imagination and just play anymore. I love that Adam Sandler’s character works hard to get his kids to stop being cell phone junkies and to start living in the moment and having fun like kids. It was a really good message for today’s generation. One I hope to pass down to my kids.

Love Happens

Bdubs — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:11:41 +0000

Things have been so busy lately between apartment hunting, work, and night class that I haven’t had time to do much of anything recreational. I finally had some downtime at work and I was checking out new movies that are out. I really want to see Jennifer Aniston’s new movie, Love Happens. I swear that woman must use the best wrinkle cream because she still looks like she’s in her 30s. How does she do it? Anyways, I’m thinking this is one for video, because it looks pretty sad. I hate watching sad movies on the big screen. I wind up crying into my popcorn like a sucker, and come out of the movie looking like I just got dumped! So I’ll save this one for a girl’s night in. What do you guys think? Does Jenn’s new movie look interesting? Are there other new releases you’re looking forward to watching?

What Happens in Vegas-DVD Review

Bdubs — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:43 +0000

There are a lot of movies about Vegas vacations out there, and most are mediocre at best. What Happens in Vegas was right there with them. I was disappointed too, because I love Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. The two together didn’t have chemistry as a couple on screen at all.
For those who haven’t seen this movie, the plot is essentially that an uptight woman named Joy who goes out in Vegas after being dumped by her fiance and lets loose for once. Predictably, she meets Ashton’s character, Jack, the goof off polar opposite of herself. They get trashed, and end up married of course, because it’s Vegas, and this movie is predictable beyond belief.
The one twist in this story is that after realizing they’re married, and mutually agreeing to get the marriage annulled, one of them wins 3 million dollars with the other’s coin. At this point, since they’re married, each feels entitled to the money. The judge sentences them to 6 months of marriage and counseling. They learn that if one of them asks to get out of the marriage, the other gets to keep all the money. Insert antics and cheesy pranks aimed at pissing each other off enough that they’d want out, despite the money.

Of course this movie has the sappy parts where they realize they’re actually falling in love with each other, in spite of all their differences, and the fact that they barely know each other. I think I would have enjoyed this movie more if there had been some chemistry. Unfortunately it was way too much like Pierce Bronsan and Julieanne Moore’s bomb, Laws of Attraction. They get accidentally married in a drunken haze, they stay together under false pretenses, and surprise, they love each other. These couples also had about as much chemistry as two potatoes, therefore making me glad Netflix charges monthly and not per movie. In either case, I should have chose not interested on the Netflix suggestion box.