Category Archives: Movies
The Proposal Movie Reviewed in Short
I really like romantic comedies as a genre. The latest one that I have seen is The Proposal with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. As you already know from the previews, Sandra plays the bitchy boss type at a publishing company and it Ryan is her secretary executive assistant. He is gunning for a promotion and she is gunning to step on people everywhere she goes.
Sandra’s character (Margaret) has little feelings for anyone but herself, just like the typical bitchy boss type. Ryan’s character (Andrew) knows how to please her and gets all the crap from her and takes it in stride. When she finds out that she is going to deported, to Canada, because her paperwork was denied, she pulls a nasty little trick on Andrew. She quickly comes up with a plan to get married to Andrew and he only learns of this right at the moment she is telling her bosses this.
As you can probably tell, things get really insane from here. From the INS agent that wants to make sure they are NOT trying to defraud the process to the nutty “Gamy” played perfectly by Betty White. Andrew’s father, played by Craig T Nelson, doesn’t approve of his life in New York and you quickly see that he wants Andrew to take over the family businesses in Alaska. When Andrew says he does NOT want to do so and is happy as a writer/editor, his dad does not take things well.
Needless to say, the “scam” wedding starts to turn into an actual romance and nobody can really tell. Andrew and Margaret get closer when they spend the weekend in Alaska for Gamy’s birthday. In an “all of a sudden” moment the parents want the two to get married THAT weekend at the house. Things get stressful as the family gets prepared for the wedding coming in less than 24 hours.
It gets interesting at this point and I am not going to write any spoilers at this point. I liked it, rated it 4 stars on Facebook Flixster and A+ on Yahoo Movies. A couple of my favorite parts were when “Oscar” from The Office is playing multiple roles, including male dancer, store manager and he is the one marrying the couple. He does a great job. The other funniest part was “the baby maker” blanket than Gamy puts on the bed the couple will “share”. There are ups and downs but in the end I felt good about my relationship and it was a nice “date type movie” in my opinion!
What did you think of The Proposal? I would love to read your comments below!
Sicko by Michael Moore – Why Didn’t I See This Sooner?
I just got done watching the movie, SICKO, by Michael Moore. There is a ton of crap about him all over the web, but I really think that his movie was well worth the watch.
With a health care system that is constantly in the ringer here in the United States, it’s no wonder why Americans are so upset and want to see a real change. When people think of universal health care, they DO NOT think of the USA. They are thinking more about places like Canada and France, where it doesn’t matter what is wrong with you, if you end up at a hospital, you get cared for. 100% free of charge at the time of your visit.
Now, I say 100% free of charge at the time of your visit, because you are really paying for this quality health care via your taxes. But after seeing what it is all about in countries with universal health care, you are going to want to pack your bags and head out of dodge as soon as you can!
50 million folks do NOT have health care. Rotting teeth, kidney failure, diabetes, cancer, tumors and so much more is going undetected and untreated because those folks cannot afford the bill. After seeing how the countries with free health care really take care of those in need, it really makes you think about why people in the USA are denied health care because they were too fat, or even TOO THIN!!
Get this movie if you think you know anything about the healthcare system here in the USA. I was appalled by the movie and some of the stats that were told, not to mention the fact that former employees will come right out and tell you how it all works when doctors get a bonus because they TURN patients away!
Iron Man 2 Starts Filming Soon Including Scarlett & Mickey
There has been plenty of news regarding the next Iron Man movie, even though it isn’t about to come out until March 2010. The stars just keep lining up to be a part of this movie and the latest are hotty Scarlette Johanson and Mickey Rourke.
Mickey Rourke is playing a Russian villan, of course, and Scarlett will be the Black Widow. My guess is that she is going to play a HOT Black Widow! The movie will be a hit for sure, just like the last, and the value of all iron man collectibles will go through the roof.
I am sure that as soon as you can get your hands on action figures or posters, you will see them on ebay. Doing a quick search on Google News, you can find many articles about the next movie, including one asking if Paltrow maybe leaked some information regarding the movie.
I always wondered how things were kept so quiet with movies, but I am sure actors are just good at not bringing things up like that in normal conversation.
Any More Good Movies Coming this Summer?
I have had a pretty fun at the movie theater this year. I just recently saw the 3rd installment of the Mummy series and Step Brothers in the same weekend.
I haven’t been to a Friday night show in a while, I am really too cheap to pay full price, but this time I wanted to treat my lady friend to a night out 
The movie was ok, but I really hated the fact that the woman is a different actress and the boy is already 20 something. I am not saying she was a bad choice, it’s just that I hate to see characters change in a trilogy, no matter what it’s about. The fact that Brendan Fraser didn’t age, but his child from the last movie is now 20 something, bothered me a bit too. Jet Li played an awesome part and over all the movie was good enough for me to see on a Friday night.
Step Brothers on the other hand was something different. I recommend this movie to anyone AND everyone! Will Ferrell is just awesome and everything he writes is just amazing. If you can picture a movie with 2 40 year olds that act like 5 year olds THE WHOLE TIME. They don’t break character until later in the movie and I think that was just amazing. Funny crap, stupid jokes and bad sex scenes make the movie even better. If you have a minute, you go check this one out!