Well I'm single, unemployed, in debt, and I've moved back into my parents house....so in other words I've graduated college! I'll have a post up about graduation and my time at Ball State eventually, but first I'll review a couple of movies I watched this week.
REDBOX
'Identity Thief' (R) **1/4
Can't argue against a free Redbox rental...right? Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman) travels from Denver to Florida to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman (Melissa McCarthy) who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity. This had potential. Both Bateman and McCarthy can be very funny. But for the most part it wasn't all that funny. Heck, most of the time it appeared that it wasn't even trying to be funny. It did manage to get one laugh out loud moment from me along with some scattered chuckles, but most of the time I was just staring at my laptop watching this and hoping it would get funny. There are also several moments that made me want to yell out 'BS' at the screen. Overall I don't recommend it even if you are a fan of McCarthy. But if it's a free Redbox rental or it's on TV....there are worse movies you could watch.
'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues' (PG-13) ***1/2
Great Odin's Raven! Nine years after 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' we finally get this long awaited sequel. Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is down on his luck: He's fired from his anchor job and replaced by his now wife Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), and is soon fired from Sea World. But a glorious new opportunity arises as a 24 hour news channel is about to be launched and Burgundy is chosen as one of the many anchors for the new channel. Bringing with him to his newscast is the rest of his Channel 4 Action News team: sportscaster Champ Kind (David Koechner), who has started a restaurant; reporter in the field Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), who has become a photographer; and weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), who claims that he is dead. Once in New York and back on the news on GNN, shenanigans ensure as they deal with more diversity in the newsroom, more egos, blindness, awkward encounters, romance, more jazz flute, more Baxter and a lot more cameos from unexpected people. I loved the original 'Anchorman' and this one did not disappoint. About 20 minutes could've been trimmed from the movie but I was laughing hysterically throughout the whole thing so I can't act like I wasn't impressed. Yes it's all stupid and dumb and bizarre, but it's all so goofy and hilarious that it doesn't matter. If you didn't like the first movie or you're not a Will Ferrell fan, this won't exactly convert you. But for the rest of us, it it's a great time at the movies. You stay classy.
TRAILERS:
'Ride Along' - Still don't think Kevin Hart is funny...
'That Awkward Moment' - it looks like it could be funny.
'Welcome To Yesterday' - a found footage movie involving time travel? Um....okay.......
'Blended' - Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore take their families to Africa? Um...okay.....
'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' - I've never seen any of the other Jack Rylan movies ('The Hunt for Red October', 'Patriot Games', 'Clear and Present Danger', 'The Sum of All Fears') but since this is an original story and a reboot then it doesn't matter I suppose. It looks like it could have potential to be a nice, solid action thriller.
'Mr. Peabody & Sherman' - I never watched the original cartoon. This looks like it'll be okay.
'22 Jump Street' - I thought '21 Jump Street' was hilarious, and this looks like it'll be consistent.
And yes, I know I still need to go see the new 'Hobbit movie....there's a few movies I still need to hopefully squeeze in before the end of this year. I also might want to get a job sometime soon...
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