There are so many things that can be said about this movie and hilarious is definitely one of
those things.Who doesn't like a movie with
their favorite stars playing the role themselves of course with the addition of
an apocalypse? This is not your average squeaky clean comedy, it doesn't lack explicitness, drugs and sexual imagery and references. The film centers around actors Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, James
Franco, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and Danny McBride.
Jay Baruchel arrives in
LA for a fun weekend with his friend Seth Rogen which literally turns into hell
on earth. They go to a house party hosted by James Franco where there are many
other celebrities in attendance including Mindy Kayling, Rihanna, Kevin Hart, Emma
Watson, Michael Cera to name a few.
Jay and Seth leave to go get
cigarettes because Jay feels uncomfortable at the party among the celebrities
as he feels out of place. Suddenly while in the store there is an earthquake
then a beam of blue light comes down and sucks people up. The two panic and return
to Franco’s house, which to their surprise the party seems to be in full swing
and no one believes their story. Another tremor rocks the house and everyone
runs outside and sees the chaos that is happening. A crater opens up and many of the party guests
fall into the hole and plummet to
So once again I am
going with a movie that was based on a book.
The Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants was made in 2005, and it was based on the novel The Sisterhood
of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares and released by Warner Bros. Pictures.
It was directed by Ken Kwapis and written by Delia Ephron.The film introduces its protagonists as general
types, but quickly grants them space to become interesting and complicated. The
movie is about learning to appreciate what's in front of you as well as new
experiences. But their most important lesson has to do with their mutual
support and affection, which lasts over time. A quintessential coming of age
movie for girls
The Sisterhood of the Travelling
Pants follows four high school girlfriends who are spending their summer apart
they vow to keep in touch by way of a pair of blue jeans that magically fits
all their different body sizes perfectly. They mail the jeans to one another,
along with letters to keep up with what's happening in each other's lives.
Lena (Alexis Bledel) is
shy and quiet, on her way to visit relatives in Greece; Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) is
an aspiring documentary-maker resents being stuck working at a local
Wal-Mart-type store; resident golden girl Bridget (Blake Lively) is dealing
with her mom's suicide and a distant father as she heads to soccer camp in
Mexico; and young writer Carmen (America Ferrera) goes to North Carolina to
visit with her long-absent father, Al (Bradley Whitford), who announces he's
about to marry Lydia (Nancy Travis), whose two blond teens seem complete
opposites of Carmen.
During their vacations,
they explore their emerging sense of independence, while figuring out how to
maintain relationships with their families and with each other, and each girl
learns a valuable life lesson.
The film's depiction of
loyalty and loss, especially as each of the girls loses something precious, is
wonderfully done and it shows that the girls also each gains experience and
faith in herself and her best friends. How do you support your friends when
they feel sad or angry? How can you be mad at someone but also, at the same
time, still love him or her? How can loss also be an occasion for learning,
sharing, and emotional maturation?
Imagine going back to your
home town and reuniting with your school friends or childhood buddies and
reliving your teenage years. However do not expect part 2 to be good as the 1st
movie. Middle aged men were partying with college frat students, diving off a
cliff naked, acting inappropriately in public like Kevin James character
burping, sneezing and farting instantaneously, vomiting, crotch sniffing,
tongue kissing a Great Dane with a Mohawk etc. Actresses Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph and Maria
Bello are the wives and mothers gawking at the fitness instructor. One point in
time, Maya Rudolph asks the instructor if she "stick my tongue all the way down your throat." That's what you will expect in Grown Up 2. While some may get a good laugh with embarrassing scenes, almost none of the jokes were hilarious. The scene Lenny Feder played by Adam Sandler wakes up to see a deer straggled in his bedroom and hets urinated in hid face, as well as his son Greg Feder (Jake Goldberg) was masturbating
in the shower and completely mortified when his mother Roxanne played by Selma
Hayek caught him in the act. This was continued by a spiral of shenanigans and
buffoonery.
With the help of his
friends, Adam Sandler played Lenny plans to throws a party. The main cast
consists of Chris Rock, Kevin James and David Spade. His buddies all middle
aged men have eccentric family lives. Chris Rock is agitated that his daughter wants
to be dating, David Spade is intimidated by thirteen year old son who he
recently meets and Kevin James has a son and daughter who are my not too bright.
In the end Lenny successfully throws an 80’s last day of school party with his
buddies. In the scene Lenny confronts his childhood bull (Steve Austin) and had
a massive fight on the lawn where the deer makes another guest appearance gnaws
at college frat boy Taylor Lautner’s testicles. Based on the trailer and the
reaction from audiences’ reviews from the first movie, I was enthusiastic to
watch the show. Grown Ups 2 lacks
innovation and it’s unoriginal. The script and characters was poorly written
and the actors could have done better.
Movies being made from books has been an essential component
of cinema from time immemorial. Many movie classics were based on books, and in
some cases, the movie ends up being better than the book, or at least better
well-known: For instance ‘The Godfather’, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ and ‘Lord
of the Rings’.
Sometimes what makes for a good movies is a departure
from some of the details that made the book. The conversion to the screen sometimes
does not translate well for many offerings. For ‘Beautiful Creatures’ the
formula works.
Coming on the heels of the rash of supernatural teen romances ‘Beautiful
Creatures’ entered cinemas. Yes it tells the story of two star-crossed lovers:
Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich), a young man wishing to escape his small town, and
Lena (Alice Englert), a mysterious new girl. Together, they uncover dark
secrets about their respective families, their history and inevitably their
town.
The twist comes from the other issues that are
addressed in the plot. The story that illustrate the real-world scenario; you
can’t choose your family. Lena, one of the lead characters, is being taken care
of by her uncle Macon. Her mother, having gone off to the dark side, is unable
to ‘feel’ for her daughter. The other family members come together it seems at
holidays, but are very dis-connected from what is
The second
theme that our group is going to look at is that of ‘Friendship’. According to sociologists, one of the most
important stages in an individual's
emotional development is that of forming friendship bonds.
Friendship comes after parental bonding and
beforepeer bonding. In the intervening
period between the end of early childhood and the onset of full adulthood,
friendships are often the most important relationships in the emotional life of
the adolescent, and are often more intense than relationships later in life.
It is for this reason that we found this to be an
adequate second theme. A friend is defined as a person whom one knows and with whom one has
a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations.
The following movies
are a review of different types of friends and friendship bonds.
Enjoy!
Sources
·Heyking,
John von; Avramenko, Richard (2008). Friendship and Politics: Essays in
Political Thought. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.
Diary of a Mad Black Woman is based on a story of a woman finding herself and regaining her
independence after suffering emotionally at the hands of her husband. The story was written and directed by Tyler Perry. The movie featured persons such as Kimberly Elsie, Shamar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Tiffany Evans, Cicley Tyson and of course Tyler Perry who plays the infamous Madea. The Major cast members were Charles Mc Carter (prominent lawyer), his wife Helen Mc Carter, Helen's mother - Norma Jean, Helen's aunt Madea, Helen's cousin Brian (lawyer), Brian's wife Deborah and Orlando, Brian's friend.
Charles - a prominent lawyer ill treats his wife, Helen of 18 years and puts her out of their sprawling matrimonial home on their anniversary. Helen moves into her aunt Madea's home and encounters Deborah who is battling a drug abuse problem. At a family gathering, Helen meets Orlando who coincidentally is the person that helped her move out of her home. Helen is obviously
Being a superhero may not always the
easiest job in the world. Sure being able to bench-press a mountain may be a
breeze, but trying doing so when you’re raising a family of superheroes,
bringing home the bacon with a job you care less for and maintaining a
government sanctioned secret identity, while craving the ‘glory days’….
In this brawny animated movie, the plot
is fairly simple…super humans or ‘supers’ are they are affectionately called,
are forced into civilian retirement when Robert Parr aka ‘Mr Incredible’
injures a civilian who was trying to commit suicide. Add to the list are
numerous complaints about structural damage and reckless endangerment, and you
can clearly understand why supers aren’t needed. All this couldn’t have
happened at a worse time for him either, as he’s about to be married to the
ever-flexible ‘Elastigirl’, in front of a few family and super-powered friends.
Life just couldn’t get any better.
Because it doesn’t…
Fast forward 15 years and Mr Incredible
is now a working man with three kids, caught up in the cogs of commerce. But,
being a superhero is all that he knows and every fibre of him radiates with
that spirit. So it’s quite understandable, at least to him that his short and
highly annoying boss ends up in the Intensive Care after going
The first theme that we looked at for this
project is that of “The Family”. To this one may ask; what is ‘family’, well
according to the Online Dictionary;a
Family is
1.a. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two
parents and their children.
b. Two or more people who share goals and values, have
long-term commitments
to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling
place.
2. All the members of a household under one roof.
3. A group of persons sharing common ancestry.
Another view, a more modern one at that is where the
family is seen as a group of two or more people that are
related by blood, marriage (registered or de facto), adoption, step or
fostering, and who usually live together in the same household. This includes
newlyweds without children, gay partners, couples with dependants, single mothers
or fathers with children, siblings living together, and many other variations.
At least one person in the family has to have crossed the age of majority. That
is, having crossed into adulthood.
