Well, this will be short and sweet. I took the family to see Jack and Jill last week (or the week before maybe.) This is the movie with Adam Sandler and Katie Holmes (no chemistry what so ever). Adam plays the husband and then a twin sister to the husband. The twin sister comes to visit, and over stays her welcome. There was really no development of the story, it just sort of "started". The character development was not there at all, everything just sort of happened. Honestly, I thought this movie was kind of stupid. There was really no plot, no real story line and no real anything. However, my 11 year old son laughed so much and so infectiously during this movie I found myself laugh/crying at him.
So I guess this movie was geared towards those 11-14 year old boys of the world. Burps, farts, falls and stupidity galore. I say boys, but my 14 year old daughter and her friend seemed to kind of like it as well.
Basically, a good family movie, if you want to see your kids laugh and enjoy some family time, but rent it..save a little money.
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Week 8: Just Go With It
Well, I have to say...this movie will not win an Oscar :) I really like Adam Sandler, and for the most part Jennifer Aniston. However, this movie reminded me more of a movie I would watch on T.V. and not in the theater. I did find it somewhat funny and entertaining, but the whole story line was pretty far fetched from reality. Lord knows, if I don't think I could live it, I don't really like it!
Adam Sandler generally has a good sense of humor. I do feel at times he is over the top, but I tend to go more the reality. Jennifer Aniston will always seem to me more like a T.V. star, ever since "Friends", and her characters always seem to be the same. This character was no different, always the likable good girl, I actually liked her character when she was "acting" like the high class wife, as it was more entertaining. Brooklyn Decker, needs to stay with modeling. She was suppose to be the sweet, gorgeous girl, girl next door, but really she was just gorgeous and kind of nothing else to me. (Maybe a guy would disagree)
I think my favorite character was the daughter, played by Bailee Madison. She cracked me up. I have seen her in a couple of my kids' favorite disney shows, but she really hammed this one up. Pretty sad when I enjoy a child better than the whole movie.
Nicole Kidman was also in this movie, which I didn't realize before I went. I wasn't really impressed, she just seemed sort of flighty. She was suppose to be an annoying character, and she was...so maybe she was good!
I guess by the sounds of it, I wasn't really over impressed with the movie. I did think it was a no brainer, entertainer. However, would have been a better rent at home type of thing.
Overall, a light-hearted, nothing too special sort of film.
See you next week
Adam Sandler generally has a good sense of humor. I do feel at times he is over the top, but I tend to go more the reality. Jennifer Aniston will always seem to me more like a T.V. star, ever since "Friends", and her characters always seem to be the same. This character was no different, always the likable good girl, I actually liked her character when she was "acting" like the high class wife, as it was more entertaining. Brooklyn Decker, needs to stay with modeling. She was suppose to be the sweet, gorgeous girl, girl next door, but really she was just gorgeous and kind of nothing else to me. (Maybe a guy would disagree)
I think my favorite character was the daughter, played by Bailee Madison. She cracked me up. I have seen her in a couple of my kids' favorite disney shows, but she really hammed this one up. Pretty sad when I enjoy a child better than the whole movie.
Nicole Kidman was also in this movie, which I didn't realize before I went. I wasn't really impressed, she just seemed sort of flighty. She was suppose to be an annoying character, and she was...so maybe she was good!
I guess by the sounds of it, I wasn't really over impressed with the movie. I did think it was a no brainer, entertainer. However, would have been a better rent at home type of thing.
Overall, a light-hearted, nothing too special sort of film.
See you next week
Week 8: Just Go With It
This week we saw Just Go With It with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler. I'll be honest, this movie didn't leave much of a lasting impression on me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler were good and they seemed to have good chemistry with their bantering back and forth but they didn't really do it for me as far as a romantic couple. Brooklyn Decker (aka Andy Roddick's real life model wife) also did okay. I don't think I've seen her in an acting role before and I think she did fine. Nothing spectacular. Nicole Kidman was in it with a small role which I was surprised. None of the previews showed her at all. Her husband in the movie was Dave Matthews which I thought was funny. And at the end of the movie (spoiler alert if you really care at all) Brooklyn Decker's character ends up with Andy Roddick playing himself. I thought that was funny too but really that was about it for the movie.
Most of Adam Sandler's movies seem to be to an extreme as far as dumb comedy goes. At least his earlier ones. And I'll be honest, I usually like those. This one was a little different because it seemed like it was more of a romantic comedy but not quite. There were funny parts that weren't quite funny and serious parts that weren't quite serious. It didn't really work for me at all. The whole story line was outlandish and unbelievable. I mean who meets someone and then within a week or so takes a whole dysfunctional family vacation to Hawaii? There were just way to many holes in the story. I know it was suppose to be sort of carefree and fun but it just didn't do it for me.
I'm not sure I would really recommend this movie to anyone. If you're in the mood for a good Adam Sandler comedy this is definitely not it. And if you're in the mood for a good Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy this isn't it either.
To Sum it up: Not that funny, not that believable and not sure if it's worth it.
Most of Adam Sandler's movies seem to be to an extreme as far as dumb comedy goes. At least his earlier ones. And I'll be honest, I usually like those. This one was a little different because it seemed like it was more of a romantic comedy but not quite. There were funny parts that weren't quite funny and serious parts that weren't quite serious. It didn't really work for me at all. The whole story line was outlandish and unbelievable. I mean who meets someone and then within a week or so takes a whole dysfunctional family vacation to Hawaii? There were just way to many holes in the story. I know it was suppose to be sort of carefree and fun but it just didn't do it for me.
I'm not sure I would really recommend this movie to anyone. If you're in the mood for a good Adam Sandler comedy this is definitely not it. And if you're in the mood for a good Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy this isn't it either.
To Sum it up: Not that funny, not that believable and not sure if it's worth it.
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