17 Again

Well, never thought I'd watch this, but I did. The idea isn't original, nor is the presentation.

Starts out shallowly explaining how Matthew Perry's character's life got the way it was. From there he meets a janitor who asks him if he'd want relive his teen years and says yes. After some lame circumstances, he becomes Zac Efron. From there he now goes to school with his children and through that becomes the cool kid in school with morals (realistic) and gains a closer relationship with his kids and bettering them. Oddly enough, he gets closer to his wife/ex-wife.

The movie really has tons of plot holes. Especially at the end. It is delivered horribly as well. Thomas Lennon's side role makes no sense, either. The only plus I can give it is that maybe 2 or 3 jokes made me laugh.

This movie is good for people who love Zac Efron, and don't mind a watchable, yet awful movie.

I rate this movie 4.9 out of 10.

The Haunting In Connecticut

I'm not sure if I made myself clear yet in any reviews, but I'm extremely critical of horror movies. Mostly because they have a shallow plot, and really are far from scary. Just some bad acting and special effects, and either jump camera tricks, or scary music to set the tone. I also don't believe in ghosts. So this movie being based on a true story interested me a lot. I wanted to see what it was all about.

To answer it plainly, wow this movie sucked. Not to mention, when matched up with the "true story," I found this movie wasn't very true at all, and neither was the story it was based on.

The acting was decent, surprisingly. The movie just didn't flow at all. It wasn't scary. The entire thing just seemed like a flash back to something that never happened.

Please don't see this.

I rate this movie 3.0 out of 10.

Year One

When I first read of this movie I got excited. When the trailers came out, I was hoping. However, when I entered the theater I knew that I was expecting too much. Harold Ramis is good. He's had a great career. However, trying to write a comedy with Jack Black and Michael Cera about them being cavemen and going through the early years of Earth and having the storyline explain how things came to be was just way, way too much.

Jack Black should always be in a supporting role. He just can't lead it. As should Michael Cera (see: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist). Black just has too much physical comedy which was only funny before the year 2000. Putting David Cross and Paul Rudd in it sounded good, too. However, if you force them to go on a horrible script and have them act in ways they don't (physical comedy), its awful.

They also put in Olivia Wilde for eye candy. Her character is just boring in the movie.

I don't know, basically from 10 minutes in the movie, you know you want to stop watching it, but you just sit through it. Oh, and they put McLovin in it, and he isn't funny in the movie. Coupled with the fact that Hank Azaria is in it doing the voice of the old sea man with the scratchy voice from The Simpsons. Its just painful.

This movie is a mess held together by a terrible portrayal of events that took place... or maybe didn't, over the course of time.

Good idea, bad casting, bad script.

I rate this movie 4.0 out of 10.