You Again - Should be called 27 Dresses Again

You Again

Starring -
Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, When in Rome)
Odette Annable
Jamie Lee Curtis
Sigourni Weaver
Betty White
Cloris Leachman
Kristen Chenoweth

The best parts:
Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourni Weaver share grudges dating back to high school. It is hilarious to see these women act so petty and angry!

Betty White and Cloris Leachman also share an old grudge. They are even more hilarious and share the funniest lines in the movie. "Who dressed you, the depression?" and "Sorry I you couldn't make your funeral last year."



Movies like this are notorious for having a cute idea and not knowing how to turn it into a cute movie. This movie is dreadful. The notion is that Kristen Bell is unpopular in high school (apparently her personality rocks, but she has bangs, zits and glasses so the entire student body consorts together to make her life a living HE-double hockey sticks.) Well, 8 years later her older brother's getting married to the Queen Bee, Odette Annable. Turns out, Odette's character hasn't changed much. Meanwhile, Kristen Bell's mom, Jamie Lee Curtis, is reunited with Odette Annable's aunt, Sigourni Weaver and awkwardness ensues. At the rehearsal dinner, (just as in 27 Dresses) Kristen Bell, (the maid-of-honor,) shows a video that depicts Odette Annable as the monster she is. The only problem is, after this is all over, Odette Annable cries a little, Kristen Bell forgives her, and the marriage happens. What kind of lesson is that for mean girls? Just cry and you'll get your way? And how come Kristen Bell couldn't have a major/hilarious character flaw that makes her unpopular? Come on!!!!

So, I Netflixed - "The Worst Thing Ever" (as seen previously).

Remember a few posts ago, when I went off about the 25th Anniversary Les Miserables? You don't remember? Go scroll down, then come back.

Okay, ready? So, I Netflixed it and... well, Nick Jonas was terrible, but he wasn't alone. After the butchering of dearly beloved songs, they bring out the original cast. Then I scream, "They were listening to that!? Poor them."

This is not how Les Miserables should sound. Go Netflix the 10th Anniversary edition. I know I will. "Must. Get. Crap. Singing. Out. Of. Head."

My favorite of the cast was Enjolras, (Ramin Karimloo). But, if you don't have a good Enjolras, there's something wrong with you. I find I'm usually able to depend upon the talent of whoever's playing Enjolras.

Alfie Boe's Jean Valjean was all right.

I find it hard to believe that THAT was Lea Salonga as Fantine. 1st, why wasn't she playing Eponine, like a good Lea Salonga? 2nd, why was she going flat all the time?

Norm Lewis, along with most of the cast, didn't seem to have a great grasp of their character, (in his case, Javert.) While nothing was lacking in their talent except a sense of urgency, they needed to up-the-stakes. Javert's torment was non-existent, (as was his fabulous note at the end of "Javert's Suicide". The best note in the entire production and he yelled it. Could you not find the new key, Norm?)

Now a word about the villains you love to have, The Thenardiers. If you watch the 10th Anniversary edition, you'll see a delightful performance by Jenny Galloway (also a SPAT member in About a Boy). Jenny revises her role (albeit, with a less than awesome M. Thenardier this time. Sorry, Matt Lucas.) Only, Jenny's heart doesn't seem to be into it this time, as her performance in the 10th Anniversary edition is much, much better.

Perhaps this is all the director's fault. There are many directorial choices that are cheesy, and take away from the MUSIC of this musical.

 I do so love Les Miserables, and I'm grateful whenever ANYONE puts it on. But go rent the 10th Edition and pretend you've never heard of the 25th. Let's hope the next one is much better.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

"You're fired." Hahahaha! (I realize I'm quoting "The Apprentice", but I just re-watched A Bug's Life last night and "you're fired" is a lot more hilarious coming from Tuck and Roll.)

Anyway, before I saw the movie I asked someone, "Is The Sorcerer's Apprentice like that part in Fantasia?" The answer I got back was, "No." However, there was one part that was actually a whole lot like Fantasia, and not in a good way. When did Disney go from making movies out of rides to making movies out of parts of other movies?

I'm afraid this movie gives you exactly what you think it's going to... not a whole lot. It's "cute", but not Tangled-cute. And if it's not Tangled-cute, then Boonie can live without it.

Mostly, the movie was predictably predictable, and absent of all cleverness. Worst of all, the movie catered to children. Has Star Wars and Indiana Jones taught us nothing?! Make a movie for adults, make it clean, and children will eat it up! Elf wasn't dumbed down. Are you better than Elf, Sorcerer's Apprentice!? I don't think so!



You know what? Just go see Percy Jackson again.

The Adjustment Bureau

I know when we see movies like Inception and The Box, we're not supposed to go away thinking, "That was really cute," but that's the best way for me to describe this movie - It was like Inception and The Box and it was really cute. (Naturally it was a LOT better than The Box. Don't ever see that movie.)

Matt Damon should be in everything, and the fluff over Anne Hathaway and Natalie Portman SHOULD be over Emily Blunt, who shone in The Devil Wear's Prada, delighted in Dan in Real Life, and entranced in Gulliver's Travels. I love when people put Terrance Stamp in movies. Quote your favorite Terrance Stamp quote here.

I like this movie because it wasn't depressing, even though the preview tries really hard to make you think it is.

Easy A

Emma Stone is adorable, and the cast is a lot of fun. I enjoyed the enjoyableness of the movie, but it was a little too much about sex, and a little too plot-lacking to be a fully enjoyable movie.

Introducing the Worst Thing Ever

Nick Jonas as Marius in Les Miserables.

I blog here, because it's available on DVD AND Blue-ray (in order to view the suckness in high-def!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYToP5ZfydE

What is that red goo seeping from your face? Oh, that's your ears bleeding. Don't get me wrong, I can see how people may think, "What is Boonie talking about? This rocks!" But listen to some Marius who can actually hit the low notes, and get back to me.

No, Valjean! Don't "let him live"! Let him parish! Leave him! Leave him!!!

How dwarfed by his fellow cast-mates must Nick Jonas be. Perhaps if Jean Valjean is played by Garth Brooks, and Javert is played by Conan O'Brien, (to be fair, I don't know if Conan can sing,) with Enjolras played by Ewan McGreggor (okay, I would pay money to see that,) with Gweneth Paltrow as Fantine, Katy Perry as Eponine, and Lady Gaga as Cosette, Justin Bieber as Gavroche, and the Clintons as the Thenardiers... yep, perhaps if this is the cast, the world makes sense.

The Last Legion

Today a teacher uttered the phrase, "The Last Legion is a great movie." And I nearly fainted from surprise. I hardly remember this movie, but it was far from great.

Now that I think about it, said teacher probably just has a crush on Mr. Darcy. Welp, I'm sorry Colin Firth, but the fact you were awesome in Pride and Prejudice, and The Importance of Being Earnest, does not therefor mean that you are enough to keep this horrid movie afloat. Tis pity.