I love Billy Crystal. And to a certain extent (because she overacts), I love Bette Midler.
This movie... eh.
It was my office's Movie Night, and it was either this or Fire with Fire. Once I saw the latter's crappy poster, I voted Parental Guidance.
Despite my love for Crystal (and Tom Everett Scott!), plus the fact that it wasn't a movie I would watch in normal circumstances (even on TV), I found my heart surprisingly warmed in some places, especially towards the end.
Having not seen a family comedy in a very long while, I guess I'm a little bit loss for words to review this film. In fact, how do you even review a movie like this? On poop/fart/vomit jokes? On how closely the camera pans into Marisa Tomei and/or Midler's so-obviously-false eyelashes?
Though I have to admit, I cracked up when Crystal puked into the tubby kid's face after Crystal got hit in the nadgers.
The movie is ably supported by its younger cast. And by 'ably', I did not find them annoying. I found it a bit odd that, for two parents with dark hair and two first children also with dark hair, the third child has bright red hair, but I digress. The little one is like a benign version of Chucky. I know that toilet humor is the lowest form of humor (not sure where it places next to sarcasm) but I laughed my head off at Crystal singing the poopy-come-out song.
Sooo... there ends my review. Um... watch only if you love Billy Crystal and/or Bette Midler? I mean, it's not an entirely bad watch (beginning was a bit cringeworthy, though), but considering this is the first live-action film that Crystal's headlining in a VERY long while, I guess I expected something more.
[My first movie for 2013 had a 2012 release. Oh well.]
Monday, January 28, 2013
Parental Guidance (2012)
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
2012: Resolution Look-backs!
Time to see what I achieved last year!!
2012 Resolutions - To be...:
1) more outgoing
- Kinda fail. I'm still a no-show at company events, but I do talk and make eye contact a lot more.
2) blog more
- 30-plus more posts compared to last year, so yay me! Though the number is nowhere near my uni-day postings.
3) movie-go more
- Six out of the twelve listed. The last two in my list were postponed to this year, and I did watch a few other movies not on my list. To be explored in next post.
4) procrastinate not
- Ha! PASSED!
5) bitch less
- NEEEEEVER happened!
6) judge and critique less
- Please see response to #5.
7) lose weight
- I only achieved this towards the end of the year, and then gained it all back during Christmas break. So much for self-control.
8) learn Mandarin
- Only started on this this year (i.e., 2013). So, fail.
9) take dancing lessons
- Did zumba in second-half of the year. Quit because timing wasn't right.
10) be nicer
- Please see response to #5. Although, I did talk and smile a lot more, I guess.4/10. I'm a little more positive at the moment because I just finished reading this (please hover to see link), so for now 40% doesn't seem too bad odds... Read More......
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy New Year 2013!!
Didn't forget it this time yay!
To all and everyone, may all your wishes come true these next 365 days! Have a lovely one!!
P.S. And because I'm lazy, I'm just gonna recycle my resolutions from last year. Goodness knows nothing's changed.
P.P.S. First post of the year wooo!
Saturday, December 29, 2012
I just realised that I completely forgot about Christmas, sooo...
Hope you have had fantastical tidings and plenty of eggnogg on that day!
Belated Happy Christmas everyone!
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Monday, December 24, 2012
2013 Movie List...?
Since the end of the world didn't come along (yet, anyway), here's my 2013 movie list!
- Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (January 25th)
- Warm Bodies (February 1st)
- Jack the Giant Slayer (March 1st)
- Oz: Great and Powerful (March 8th)
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation (March 29th)
- Iron Man 3 (May 3rd)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (May 17th)
- Man of Steel (June 14th)
- World War Z (June 21st)
- Monsters University (June 21st)
- R.I.P.D. (July 19th)
- The Wolverine (July 26th)
- 300: Rise of an Empire (August 2nd)
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill for (October 4th)
- Thor: The Dark World (November 8th)
- 47 Ronin (December 25th)
A number of the above were supposed to be released in 2012 (namely, items #3, #5, #9 and #16), so here's to hoping that there're no more push-backs in 2013.
Here's to hoping that I get to see all of the above next year! Toodles!
Edit (04/01/2015): Included trailer links to all and removed 's' from "World" (#15). Read More......
Dredd (2012)
Late-posted because, though I didn't find it 'meh', the graphic violence did leave me a bit speechless.
[I'm such a sissy.]
Preamble aside, this movie is a far departure from Sylvester Stallone-starrer Judge Dredd from 1995, which (if I remembered correctly) was more camp than anything, and raised the ire of fans worldwide because he removed his helmet.
[And possibly also, Rob Schneider.]
Unlike other reboots, this movie doesn't waste time on origin-story or introductions, and we only see Karl Urban (in poor lighting) put on his helmet and be done with. The storyline itself is also pretty simplistic, but it sets the background for Dredd and his rookie (assigned to Dredd for final assessment), as they take down villains and rack up the body count on both sides.
It is a wee bit gratuituous for my taste, but damn if it isn't lovely to behold. The movie does this through (the aptly-named) Slow-Mo, a drug which slows the user's perception of time to 1% of the brain's normal processing speed. One particular scene that stands out is a Slow-Mo user, seeing the carnage unfold around him as Dredd and Cassandra (his rookie, who is also psychic, by the way) kick down the door and riddle everyone else with bullets.
I think the only thing that sticks in my mind after all this time is the glorious violence. The visuals are what makes the movie stand out, so do check it out if you don't mind gore too much.
For me, my enjoyment was marred by the violence. I guess I'm just conditioned to summer-movie material, where there are no blood and guts, and a literal back-breaking scene that didn't look like backs had really been broken.
No wonder this movie wasn't released in the summer.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
The end wasn't nigh.
21 December 2012 was two days ago, and looks like we're all still standing.
I was actually kinda excited (in a good way, not in a Doomsday Prepper way) about this whole end-of-the-world business, yannoe.
After all, how often does this kind of thing happen, right?
This was a topic of discussion over lunch early this week, and my colleague told us that she heard that the world was to end at 11.11am, Friday.
Reading the paper on the can Friday morning, I found out that it would actually be 7.11pm, Friday.
Since I was on leave (skipped out on the X'mas party, yeah!), my mom and I went to look at washing machines, before lunching and going home. I napped on-and-off, and woke at around 5pm to massively heavy (and seemingly torrential) rains outside.
First thing I thought was, "40 days and 40 nights."
[The Biblical one, not the Josh Hartnett one.]
Even before I dozed off I wasn't that all afraid about what was coming. I guess the mild panic only set in during the last few hours, especially when it seemed the rain didn't seem to let up for quite a while.
Anyway, the rain stopped at 6-plus, and at 7.11pm, there was no rain at all.
Well, as we currently know, nothing of apocalyptic significance or import happened, unless 'Patient Zero' surfaced somewhere and is being hushed-up.
So since for now, Friday finished on a pretty dull (and slightly disappointing) note for me, I'd like to sign off with this little picture of a cat (gotten from the Mayans' 'official' Twitter)...
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