Review: life as we know it

Director: Greg Berlanti

Release Date: 8 October 2010

Genre : comedy, drama

Casting: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas

Memorable quote: Josh Duhamel: Are you happy to get rid of your life? because your old life sucked?

What it’s all about: A tragedy evolves into a love story. A couple dies in a car accident and a small baby is left behind. That's the tragic part, the funny part. The baby girl and their house are inherited by their best 2 friends. The sad fact is that those two individuals can't stand each other. Each one is living his life, habits and dreams, till they are pushed into this delicate situation.

Why yes? The first part of the movie is funny, and then it becomes really sad. Especially for parents, I need to say that I really felt something there. Then the movie becomes again funny and even hilarious during a couple of scenes. Then it continues and everything happens as we believe it will. We are not the same, we try, we try a bit harder we have a small fight, we hate each other and then we can't live without each other and bam you have a romantic movie.

Why not? The story is the same but in a different package. You get two adults who have nothing in common, find a reason to fall in love, to get married children, bla, bla. Etc. I think its lame that we cannot come up with better ideas.
Katherine Heigl plays always the same role, neat, business woman and single, get something new. Josh Duhamel was quite good for the part, none of them really excelled here.

Well...

Really nothing special here, lame romantic chick/ housewife movie, which isn't worth watching at the movies. Chicks don’t do this to your men, take another chick and cry together on a nice, big bowl of Ben and Jerry’s ice-cream bowl. Because of all the above I grade this one...

Grade: (6 out of 10)

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Forgotten Heroes : the 51st state

What is a forgotten hero?

As the name says it, it’s a hero that’s forgotten. He sits their full of dust on the shelve next to other heroes that don’t get their well deserved attention nowadays. As movie lovers we aren’t allowed to forget from where we came, it’s a statement of honour and respect towards big figures in the past. I know this sounds cheesy, but what do you want, it is as it is. I’ll try to post a forgotten hero now and then, but remember even a forgotten hero is still a hero!! (super cheesy, but who cares)

Director: Ronny Yu

Release Date: 18 October 2002

Genre : Action, comedy and a twist of crime

Casting: Samuel L. Jackson, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf, Robert Carlyle

Memorable quote:

Elmo: [explaining his new drug to Durant] MDMA utilizes Serotonin. Opiates, like heroin, utilize dopamine. Sort of like the same sensation you get after sex. Amphetamines increase adrenaline. And cocaine gets those synapses in the brains firing really fast. My product is 51 times stronger than cocaine, 51 times more hallucinogenic than acid, and 51 times more explosive than ecstasy. It's like getting a personal visit... from God!

Elmo: You're gonna kiss the sun and taste the motherfuckin' rainbow.

What it’s all about:

A Yankee master chemist comes up with a new super drug, that everybody wants. He decides to become a freelancer and to sell the drug to the highest bidder overseas. This is the start of a crazy journey of sightseeing through the low and mindless culture of England, which of course includes, football, hooligans , fish and chips.

Why yes?

The script is crazy as hell. We find everything from Nazis to golf clubs, everyone get’s something. The cast isn’t the most talented bunch of people, excluding of course our dear friend Mr Jackson. A black guy in an unexplained kilt, that’s just something you want to see. We didn’t have here huge special effects or huge explosions, but enough to satisfy the action junky in all of us. The comedy comes to life in a couple of scenes which give a little extra. The real amazing thing in this movie, is the mess. Action, comedy and crime together just make this fun to watch. If you are into those movies, this one will give you the little fun that you want. Of course the cherry on top of this whole fish and chips strawberry ice cream is the beautiful British accent.

Why not?

I’ll say it like this. The movie got bad critics when first revealed. Not everybody can watch this so called mess, and still enjoy it. I on the other hand loved it. A couple of surrealistic scenes, with an ending that wouldn’t satisfy everybody, with unanswered questions and guesses. That’s what I’m going to say about the negative sides.

Well...

Who likes fast food, well not everyone. I love fast food, but still it needs to be in the right amount. Too much isn’t good either. This movie is fast food, it’s a huge mess, fries, hamburger-sauce, a coke and ketchup. Mix those up and you’ll get a nice presentable mess, 51^st state. Because of all the above I grade this...

Grade: 7,5 on 10

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