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Fringe: Unearthed (2010)
More like Unaired
The episode is pretty much the typical Fringe episode. Something unexplained happens, the crew sets out to figure it out, they figure it out, the end.
Now here are the problems. This episode is not in sync with the episodes preceding and succeeding it. In fact, it has nothing to do with them whatsoever. It does not contribute to the overarching plot of the series one bit. Then comes the major inconsistency of a character that's supposed to be dead reappearing.
If that wasn't enough, a Christian thematic is played up in this episode to the point where the way characters act does not make sense and is not consistent with the rest of the series. It's done in a way that would've worked with The X-Files, which deal with all sorts of paranormal, as opposed to Fringe, whose name itself refers to Fringe SCIENCE.
If you, the reader, are for some reason reading this review before seeing the episode, don't watch it. It's easily the worst of the series, and by watching it all you'll do is waste 40 minutes of your time.
Date Night (2010)
Is this it?
Date Night starts off by showing us 2 nobodies who suck at their lives (Tina Fey and Steve Carell) trying to spice up their crappy marriage by going on dates. On one of them, they take someone else's reservation and get into trouble and the hilarity ensues when they're starting to get chased by two crooked policemen, which sounds all well and good. In theory.
The thing is, nothing in this so-called comedy is pulled off right. The main characters are mind numbingly stupid (*SPOILER*how to get into a restricted club? Pretend you're a 'pimp daddy' and 'whore' while looking like bums and making use of bad slang as awkwardly as possible*SPOILER*), yet so is everyone else in the movie (*CONTINUED SPOILER*the bouncer of said club actually falls for it*SPOILER*), but this isn't where the stupidity ends. The whole plot is full of it.
The comedic timing is bad and the jokes are lame, and even James Franco, at first a pleasant surprise, managed to get screwed up and did a textbook performance of 'how movie references are not done'. Maybe part of what was supposed to be funny was the awkwardness of the main characters, but believe me, the more awkward they get, the more you'll start cringing. Yet the movie thinks you're laughing and going forward with jokes that are straight up worst of the decade.
The plot itself is extremely predictable - only in one sense though, because you don't expect some of the even stupider plot turns. A very big disappointment, because during the hour and thirty minutes of cringing it got 2 small chuckles out of me. Obvious cash-in, nothing to see here.
If I was to find a good thing about the movie at a gunpoint, it would be Mark Wahlberg, which is why this movie receives 2/10.