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All About Steve (2009)
Still reeling after 48 hours...
There were a few redeeming values in this movie. First, I saw it at matinée price. Second, we saw the first show of the day, so we had lots of time to do other things to make the day fun.
No seriously, I liked it but those I was with did not. I was entertained for sure but it took much work to be - I don't want to work that hard to enjoy a movie.
I am waiting for Sandra B's next movie which according to the trailer looks awesome. Of course, as for All About Steve, everything funny about it is in the trailer.
Enjoy.
16 Blocks (2006)
Best Line in the Movie
I was watching this movie with my teenage son and really enjoying it.
Down and out Jack Mosely is picked for a thankless task of delivering a marked witness to the courthouse by 10 a.m. They probably could have called this movie "10 a.m." because they focused more on the time to get there than the actual number of blocks! Then it came, the absolute best line in the movie.
Jack and Eddie are in a building trying to figure a way out. Cops are crawling all over and Jack turns a corner and there's Frank, his ex partner.
Frank to Jack: "You can't be lucky all the time, Jack." Eddie to Frank with gun to his head "Yea but you can be smart every day!" It was perfect! I even audibly stated "alright!"
Wedding Crashers (2005)
I can't believe we sat through the whole thing.
It's too bad I couldn't rate this on a scale of ZERO to 10 because 0 is what I would have picked.
DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT waste your money to see this thing. The trailers do not depict the actual sleaze and disrespectful attitude towards so many things in this movie. And we only saw it by accident. We were headed to a theater to see something else and that theater was actually closed for the day in remembrance of someone from that town who had passed away so we headed to another place. The only thing showing at the time we arrived was this one that is trying to be passed off as entertainment.
The presentation that just about every woman is an airhead on some emotional roller coaster and easily bedded by two "organized" crashers is appalling. I don't know about the reputation of all the other actors, but now Jane Seymour can join the list of those soiled by the need for something (a career revival, money, who knows) and now join that long list who allow their brains to be checked at the door when allowing themselves to be cast in a part.
The two others who went with me talked about it afterward and could only come up with one thing to take away that was positive and it was a quote about love. But that quote was oh so lost behind all the rest of the gutter stuff in this film.
Save your money, don't dream about owning this one, run as fast as you can in another direction.
In Good Company (2004)
A mix of contemporary career challenges with life issues.
What I really liked about In Good Company is that it keeps you thinking about those things which are really truly important! Family! Even in the midst of an upheaval of a career change Dan Foreman (Dennis Quiad) didn't compromise his principles or ideals. While others around him, facing the same career issues had their foundations shaken, Dan found a way through it all to maintain the perspective of what matters most! And in the end, he brings Carter along right into his world by allowing him to see enough of it that Carter himself quickly recognizes that he is missing this very important element of life - the connection to people you value and who value you! Enjoy this diversion from your challenging life - AND - be sure to take away from this movie some pointers about keeping yourself on course!
Little Black Book (2004)
Derrick's Little Black Book was very very busy!
Seriously! I enjoyed this movie immensely because, besides being funny, the plots and sub-plots kept you as a viewer very busy keeping up with it all. But it can and should be done! It was quite a delight.
One of the most interesting parts of the movie was the play on our current culture that allows and even encourages shows to compel us to put on display some of our "weirdness" in America, even though much of it may be fully contrived - contrived still exists in someone's imagination at least.
Brittany Murphy is so entertaining to watch. Holly Hunter is a can't miss in any movie. And the remaining supporting cast all seem to be living their lives and individually all represent aspects of our regular lives that, of course, we would not necessarily wish to air on a TV show! Worth seeing for sure! You'll laugh and cry!