November 1, 2008

• My Halloween Day + Making A Porno

  I started off the day bummed out from the night before.  I wanted to go to Monster Bash because it seemed that a lot of my friends were going, but it ended up not working out.  My friend Darrell heard about it, and we almost decided to go on a quick road trip to NJ to get White Castle as a way to cheer us both up, but decided it wasn’t worth the time and money.  Instead, we stuck around the area and decided to go watch Zack and Miri Makes A Porno (my review will be at the end of this post). 

  Oh yeah, before I forget I was dressed up as a doctor for Halloween (again I know, just totally slip my mind to get a new costume this year).  I apparently looked really legit to a few older teens that were in front of me in the ticket line.  One of the guys did a double take on me and told me he was gonna say to his friends “who does this hot shot doctor think he is, going to the movies without changing out of his jacket!” 

  Halfway through the movie, the fire alarm rang and we all had to exit out and wait.  As I was standing there, A older woman who looked over 45 came up to me and ask me if I can help fix her ass because “it’s gaping and needed to be rimmed” .  I guessed that she must have just came out of Zack and Miri too.  That, or she was just one VERY open middle age woman haha.

  Later on the night, I made a quick stop at Tiffany’s birthday dinner before rushing back home to take my little cousin around trick or treating.  It’s so refreshing seeing such a joyful person.  I don’t think I have ever seen her really upset or anything.  When I have a kid later on in life, I hope his or her demeanor is just like hers.

  A picture of my younger cousins, brother, grandma and I last night:

  
  My brother wasn’t dressed up btw, and my cousin Lang is “pink man”, I think.

  Okay review time!

  Zack and Miri Makes A Porno

  

  I was really looking forward to this movie since I heard about it.  I figure it would play out sorta like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, being a movie disguised as being very raunchy but turning out to be sweet instead.  This movie was pretty much that, although not quite as effective or consistent as Virgin.

  

  First I gotta mention this:  Elizabeth Banks was hot in this movie!  Cough, um yeah, she acted very well too .  Much better in this than she was in Role Models, but then again she had more to work with here.  She had great chemistry with Seth Rogen.  Without that chemistry the movie wouldn’t have been as sweet as it was. 

  

  Everyone else was pretty good too, but Justin Long (in a hilarious cameo as a gay porn actor) and Craig Robinson (club doorman in Knocked Up, the thug who got his toe blown off at the end of Pineapple Express) were the best. 

  The movie had a great, funny first half, but the second half was kinda a letdown.  It started to behave more like a sweet romantic comedy, which is fine, but a lot of the humor was gone from it too.  Virgin and Forgetting Sarah Marshall did it much better by showing the heart but also remaining consistently funny.  There were a lot of awkward moments as well that I don’t think was done on purpose.

  This film, btw, is not as graphic as you think it is.  The dialogue can get pretty filthy, but it’s done in a silly sort of way that makes fun of how outrageous actual porn movie dialogue is.  I can’t believe how hypocritical the Utah theaters’ owners are for banning this movie because of it’s values, yet not ban a movie like Saw V where people are getting gruesomely cut up.  But yeah…I shall digress.

  Overall, the movie was just alright so a 3 out of 5.  There are a lot of LOL moments, but the last part really let the movie down.  I preferred the movie Role Models because it was hilarious throughout and had an awesome kickass ending.  If you have to choose between that or Zack and Miri, go with Role Models for the laughs or Zack and Miri for the heart.

  Alright, now I’m gonna head down to College Park to watch a club match and get some bubble tea

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