ADOPTED

Guy’s weeeeeeaaaaasel!

I have never been a big fan of Pauly Shore and I doubt that this movie will change that in any way what so ever. This movie is a mockumentary about how Pauly goes to Africa and tries to adopt an african child. The feel he’s trying make is that of “Borat” or “Bruno”. Pauly is however not even half the performer that Sasha Baron Cohen is.

Mostly throughout the movie I didn’t laugh at all. All though I gotta give it to him, he had some good lines that really made me laugh out line. For example, he sees a tall african woman that he wants to get with. He says that she has “the body of Beyonce and the head of a midget”. Well, she kinda did. I guess if you grew up watching this guy in action you’ll probably enjoy seeing him again.

I admire his way with women though, He’s a legendary cocksman and has probably laid down with every playmate and new up and coming reality show that has walked the plains of Hollywood.

Guy’s Rating: I don’t need Pauly Shore in my life.

Girl’s OL: I haven’t seen a movie this ridiculous since I watched Hot Tub Time Machine a few days ago!

REMEMBER ME

Guy’s Review...

To be honest, I was ready to hate this movie even before it started. I despise the “Twilight” movie more than anything out there. Robert Patterson is probably one of the most boring actor judging by his performance in that series. I saw him and his girlfriend on the MTV movie awards the other day and I just hated every minute that they appeared on the screen,

Here however in this movie he actually shows that he has some range and can perform a wide range of emotions. This leeds me to believe that the director are at fault when it come to the emo vampire movie that he has appeared in earlier. I guess he needed to do this to show other studios out there that he can actually act.

In this movie he plays a guy that recently has lost his brother to suicide. He meets a girl (Claire from “Lost”) who brings some sort of joy into his life. I can’t disclose to much from this movie. All I can say is that it moves at a good pace and the acting is actually really good. There’s a bunch of actors that lifts the emotional value of the movie. Chris Cooper plays a single dad and Pierce Brosnan another father that has completely lost touch with his children.

This movie is good and it almost, almost made me shed some tears in the end. That probably all you need in a drama like this. For the audience to feel for your characters. So good job Allen Coulter (director) and a surprisingly good performance by Robert Patterson.

Guy’s Rating: I hate to say this but this movie was actually good.

Girl’s OL: I was upset when I couldn’t hate this movie, too, but it was an OK flick, and I mean just OK when I say OK, OK?

LAW ABIDING CITIZEN

Guy’s Review...

Watched this again with Girl. This movie will not go down in time as one of those classics thrillers. I think it should, It has great suspense, it feels fresh and Gerard Butler is a fucking badass though out. How many other great thrillers like this have you seen lately that have this amount of suspense in it? I think I can only count them on one of hands.

As I was watching the movie I saw that girl was leaning closer and closer to the screen. There’s a scene where the judge who freed one of the killers that killed Butlers family is about to answer her cellphone. Well, the phone blows up and there’s blood everywhere. Girl’s heart almost stopped. I have to say that I had the same reaction when I saw it the first time myself.

This movie is one of those films where you root for the “bad guy”. I would think that that’s a hard thing to achieve. They did here, you’re with Butler to the bitter end. The movie will have you guessing and jumping out of your seat to the very end.

Guy’s Rating: Instant classic in the Girl/Guy household.

Girl’s OL: Something may be said for Butler’s movie choices (ie. The Bounty Hunter), but when he gets it done he really gets it done.

DATE NIGHT

Guy’s Review...

What happened Steve Carell? You used to be funny as shit. Now you’re just appearing in shit. Yeah, the only good thing about this movie was the short segments where Mark Wahlberg and James Franco is featured. The rest felt like a bunch of wasted time.

Did they think that this was gonna be new and exciting? Two regular people that are put into an action situation? I mean this seems to be a trend lately. Jennifer Anniston in “The Bounty Hunter”, Cameron Diaz in “Knight and Day” and Katherine Heigl in “The Killers”, regular people forced in action. The only thing different from the three movie mentioned above and this is that both main characters are regular joe's.

Guy’s Rating: Don’t!

Girl’s OL: And so ended the potential of the actor Steve Carell, while Tina Fey hide behind 30 Rock for another three seasons.

HOT TUB TIME MACHINE

Guy’s what?

The title is enough for people to fear this movie like the plague. I’m happy to say that the writers knew how stupid this plot is. It’s actually addressed in the movie in a really funny way. I like the fact that there’s still some producers and directors out there that dare to make R-rated comedies.

Here a bunch of old friends go back to there childhood party spot to relive some of there greatest memories. Upon arriving there they find out that the town is dead and not the part place they used to know. In a desperate attempt to have some fun they start drinking heavily in the hot tub outside their hotel room. Someone spills some energy drink in the mechanics of the tub and the gang travels back through time.

Back in time they get to relive and change some of the things the liked or hated about growing up. In making a time traveling comedy you can’t help but accidentally take some stuff from the “Back to the Future” trilogy. I guess that’s ok, those are some pretty awesome movies.

Here the comedy is ranchier and a little bit more pukey. The comedians they have assembled are really funny and the movie even with the whole hot tub thing actually works and is pretty funny. As all other comedies they try to cram some heart into it. This time it didn’t feel to forced.

Guy’s Rating: There is not many good comedies out there so this is probably as good as it gets right now.

Girl’s OL: A comically self-aware movie about something so ridiculous John Cusack is the star.

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME

Guy’s Review...

Me and Girl took a weekend to Gothenburg and late one evening I dragged her to see this movie. I myself am a big, big fan of the video-game and had very high hopes for this movie. Right from the bat we get to see the young Dastan (Gyllenhaal) jump around on roofs and off beams like he’s a little monkey. This is what the Prince does in the game as well.

The young Dastan saves another kid in the streets from getting executed by the palace guards. A scene ensues much like the scene in Disney’s “Aladdin” where he dodges the guards all over town. The Emperor sees this and admires his strength and takes him in as one of his own. This makes him The Prince of Persia. Years later he turns into the very handsome and now buffed up Jake Gyllenhaal. Him and his brothers attack a city that is said to be selling high grade weapons to the enemy. In doing this Dastan gets possession of a dagger filled with sand. The dagger was protected by the princess of the city. Celebrating the victory Dastan is given a robe that he should give his father as a present. Well, the robe was poisoned and Dastan gets blamed. He sets out on an adventure with the princess and the dagger to find the real killer.

One thing that bummed me out a little bit was the fact that the dagger that can turn back time wasn’t used that much. In the game you use it like every five minutes. Here only once in fighting and a couple of other times that has nothing to do with action.

I have to say though that the movie was very entertaining but far from a masterpiece. It probably helped that I went in without any expectations what so ever. I had a fun time and I have to say that Jake is a handsome son of a B.

Guy’s Rating: Good fun, not true to the game but good fun.

Girl’s One-Liner (I have to give reviews one line thoughts now to try to catch up with all these movies): Jake Gyllenhaal is hot but coping out at the end with a reset button to fuel the franchise is not.

LOTR: The Return of the King

Girl’s third thought...

First off, I just read Guy’s review of the Two Towers and found out that Kristoffer, his friend, cried during the Gandalf scene at the end... Don’t worry, I’m sure a lot of people did............

Secondly, this movie was the best book and second best movie of the three. It has the wicked, huge battle I was missing from Helms Deep, some great drama with Denethor and Faramir, as well as some very memorable scenes with Gandalf and that staff of his. However, it kinda overdosed on the cheese and tacky one liners, which bumped it down to second place after the Fellowship. “I’m not a man!” Stab. That was pretty lame. I didn’t like her character all that much to begin with, but that made me hate her. The bit with the ghosts was a tad stupid, as well. I mean, it would be hard to fight ghosts, but Sauron is the king of all evil, supposedly. Shouldn’t that include some kind of ghost shield? Maybe not. Plus Aragon looked stupid jumping from the ship and charging with a scream out of his throat and then all this green smoke following after. I bet someone could of thought how to do that better.

Girl’s Rating: A nice finish, with room for improvement.

Guy’s Review...

I agree that with Kevin Smith when he says that there is only one trilogy and that’s the one of “Star Wars”. I have to say that the LOTR trilogy comes in on the top three best trilogies ever made (there will be poll on this in the near future).

This third installment is by far my favorite. I mean, it has huge battles, Gollum a plenty and the journey finally comes to a end (multiple ends). I saw them all in the theaters and definitely where most excited for this one. They where all a tad long but I still went and bought the extended editions when they arrived at the store. It’s been a while since I saw them and I have to say that the amount of work that was put into this project is astounding. These films will surely stand the test of time and I will definitely show these films to my children when they are old enough.

One question though. Why didn’t Aragorn just go to those great ghost straight away? They’re probably the most powerful force of Middleearth. Just watch that scene towards the end where they attack like a mighty ocean wave and just kill everything that moves. It almost feels like cheating actually.

This is a fitting end to this franchise. I say end, because it seems like they can’t get it together to film the fricking “Hobbit” anytime soon. Girl is a big fan of the books and if she’s right then that would have been a great, great movie.

Guy’s Rating: A great ending to a great trilogy.