Little Talks

This felt like a cheesy old Canadian-made movie. The premise is pretty simple: 3 guys get kicked out of their fraternity after being accused of theft, and dress up as girls to get into the "ugly girls" sorority while they try to prove their innocence. In the meantime, they learn not to objectify women. The humour is predictably crude, but much more implied than the content of current R-rated films like The Hangover . On top of all that, the most cliché part is that one of the boys falls for one of the girls in the sorority. I was half-asleep after a long night of movie-watching, drinking, and sleeping on a leather love seat (so basically I didn't sleep well), so I was not totally invested in this movie, but I did pay attention to the whole thing. It felt like a slightly inappropriate teen movie. It was cheesy; there was a relationship I rooted for and one that creeped me out (the guy in love with his brother in drag); there was a cliché (but important) message about appe

Despite skipping church, my Christmas was pretty full. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Since it's already after midnight (and not really Sunday anymore) I'll keep this short. Have a blessed holiday season!

By the time I watched this movie, I felt like I was one of the last people to have seen it. Probably not true, but that doesn't change how I felt. The Hangover uses what has become the most over-used tension-making plot structure in the film industry: it shows the climax of the story in the opening scene, then goes back to the beginning and follows it through. Phil phones Doug's fiancé to say that Doug is missing. And then we find out how it happened. Honestly, that pretty much sums up the movie. Doug is getting married, so he takes his two best friends, Phil and Stu, and his new brother-in-law, Alan, to Vegas for his bachelor party. Alan is well-intentioned but not very smart, they get very drunk and high and do a lot of stupid shit (sorry, PG-13). Stu marries a prostitute. The men steal a tiger from Mike Tyson. They end up on the wrong side of a conflict with a Chinese mobster. And they do lots of other stupid things, get hurt, lose money, whatnot. Then they retrace all of

Warning: This post contains some spoilers. The great thing about this movie is that you get to see Zefron (that's Zac Efron for those of you who don't know) in a more serious character, at least for a little while. This is, however, your typical R-rated comedy, although it felt maybe a little more subdued. Or maybe I was distracted by Zefron...it's hard to say. What I can say is that I never expected to see Robert De Niro in a movie like this. I'm used to his light comedic acting...this took it to a whole new level. Zac Efron plays a young man only days away from marriage, Jason, who is roped into taking his recently-widowed grandfather, Dick, to Florida. He is uptight and nervous, and his fiancé never stops breathing down his neck about all of the things he needs to do. And it turns out that his grandpa really just wants to party, and wants his grandson to participate in the fun. Well actually, the grandpa's real goal is to have as much sex as he can...that's

Well it has been one heck of a semester! I haven't been able to think about posting anything, but the list of things I wanted to write about continued to grow regardless. I suppose I should resume my regular posting, but I've been wondering whether I should rethink what I post or how I do my posts. If there is anyone actually out there reading this stuff, please, leave me a comment and let me know what you think about my blog. I am always happy to have some constructive criticism. I'm just not sure at the moment if I'm motivated to go back and try to catch up on my list, but I'm simultaneously determined to do something about the long list of books and movies I've been collecting since the summer. We'll see what I do with this.