Well, here I am once again, with my rambling that I try to make sound intelligent, and my witless humor that I try to make sound witful. Once again, I'm late with the article. What can I say? College life is hectic. Well, anyways... This months article has a very personal touch for me, cause in this I get to review my cousin's new movie. The review for her movie is in no way biased. Here we go...
Water Boy-
Let's start off with my cousin's new movie, shall we? Ok, ok, so it's not really her new movie, it's Adam Sandler's new movie, but she does have a part in it as a cheerleader, and for this she deserves an Emmy nomination. Time for the real review. Adam Sandler plays a charecter that grows up in the swamps of Louisiana, he's mentally challenged and home schooled by his over protective mom. Hmmm... That discription makes me think of a hybrid between Forrest Gump and Faelen... Actually, in that picture, he kind of looks like Faelen. Scarey, eh? Must've been his inspiration. But, I digress... Back to the point, he lives his life to serve the local college's football players water. And he does a darn good job at it too. The mono-salavic jocks don't appreciate what he does for him, and harrass him. When he finally releases years of pent up anger his talents are realized and put on the team. He does all this while trying to hide it from his mom, cause she's a pretty scarey woman. How can anyone not like Adam Sandler? You can't! I've said this many times before, I'm not a big corny humor fan, but Adam Sandler is probably one of the two best comedians out there. He's tied with Denis Leary, of course. This movie does not dissapoint, it's just as funny as all his other movies. In my opinion it ranks right up there with Happy Gilmore. It reminds me as a parody of Forrest Gump, and also for those of you that enjoy redneck humor, would also get a kick out of this movie. It's hilarious!
Pleasentville-
This is one of these surealistic highly symbolic flicks you don't get a chance to see very often. Sure, it's also one of these surealistic highly symbloic flicks that has been dumbed down for the general public, but it still did a good job at it's objective. I've always been interested in how a utopian society would function, I've taken a few classes on it, and read many books on it, and this pretty much follows the same route in it's plot, that all the other books I've read have. Two kids from the ninties get stuck in a "Leave it to Beaver"ish show. They're magically transported into this black and white world when a TV repair man (do we still even have these in the ninties?) messes with the remote. The girl brings with her our world, and totaly messes with their existence. Everything starts to "fall apart", but in doing so breathes life into the world. It's a very interesting movie, and think it's worth a gander. One of the main things that botherd me about the movie was the bad acting. The two kids that are wisked away to this Anti-Oz aren't the best actors out there, and it think that takes away frm the enjoyablity of the movie.
Antz-
Amazing, no bad reviews so far, and this isn't going to be one either, This was a really good movie. It also had a good message to it, you shouldn't just accept what you're given, and you should follow your dreams. ENough moral substance for one day... There's this ant, called Z, he's a drone. His life consists of moving dirty, and that's all it'll ever be. He's stuck in a society where individuals aren't valued as much as the community, kind of communistic. Well, he falls in love with the queens daughter, but he can't have her cause he's only a lowly drone. He gets sick of the way things are and starts a revolution. This reveloutions wins him the heart of the queens daughter, and we all live happily ever after. Woody Allen brings his old routine back, monotonic whining that appeals to the Dr. Katz crowd. Aside from that I really have no compailnts, and that really isn't a complaint cause it fits the role. The animation was incredible. The movie was not only eye candy, but it had a story that flowed nicley, not something you see too often. Kids and a lot of adults will really enjoy this movie. And that's that.