How High (2001)
Expert marijuana grower and chemical and plant mastermind, Silas and his friend Jamal smoke some magical marijuana that had the ashes of his genius best friend, Ivory, in it. The ghost of Ivory appeared to help Silas and Jamal get perfect scores on their SATs. The two got a full scholarship to Harvard and had one of the dean's watching their every move to try to get them kicked out. What happens when the Ivory plant gets stolen and Silas and Jamal need to get straight A's to keep their scholarships on their own?
How High was a great movie. If you haven't seen it because maybe you don't think it will be your kind of movie, don't worry about. Just sit down and watch it. Method Man and Redman are great actors with an even better sense of humor. The fact that these two raised havoc on the Harvard campus was great, but when they made a special batch of brownies to "bring the black out of the dean," that was just priceless. The punchlines are heavy, be prepared to have a good time watching it.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
That's Gunna Leave a Mark
Tommy Boy (1995)
Tommy Boy is a coming of age tale about a Tommy Callahan Jr., the son of a major automotive parts dealer and owner of Callahan Auto. Tommy barely graduated college, after six years and loved the party life. He wasn't too bright, and didn't possess too much common sense. His father was getting remarried, but had a heart attack at his wedding celebration. It was in Tommy's hands now to save the company from failing. He teamed up with his Dad's right hand man and set off on the road to sell 1 million brake pads- the only way Callahan Auto would survive. If he didn't succeed, the con artist that married his father would sell her portion of the company to their biggest competitor.
Tommy Boy is extremely funny. Chris Farley was an amazing actor/comedian, and this was one of his best works. The storyline is complete and David Spade's negative attitude throughout the movie meshed well with Chris Farley's dim-witted humor. Fat Guy in a little coat is still one of my favorite video clips to watch to this day. My favorite quote from this movie actually came from David Spade, "I think I just barfed on an ant hill, they look pissed." This wacky movie will have you laughing out loud and possibly even rolling on the floor-literally.
Awards: 1 Win, 2 Nominations
Tommy Boy is a coming of age tale about a Tommy Callahan Jr., the son of a major automotive parts dealer and owner of Callahan Auto. Tommy barely graduated college, after six years and loved the party life. He wasn't too bright, and didn't possess too much common sense. His father was getting remarried, but had a heart attack at his wedding celebration. It was in Tommy's hands now to save the company from failing. He teamed up with his Dad's right hand man and set off on the road to sell 1 million brake pads- the only way Callahan Auto would survive. If he didn't succeed, the con artist that married his father would sell her portion of the company to their biggest competitor.
Tommy Boy is extremely funny. Chris Farley was an amazing actor/comedian, and this was one of his best works. The storyline is complete and David Spade's negative attitude throughout the movie meshed well with Chris Farley's dim-witted humor. Fat Guy in a little coat is still one of my favorite video clips to watch to this day. My favorite quote from this movie actually came from David Spade, "I think I just barfed on an ant hill, they look pissed." This wacky movie will have you laughing out loud and possibly even rolling on the floor-literally.
Awards: 1 Win, 2 Nominations
Don't Mess With the People That Handle Your Food!
Waiting (2005)
A County College student, Dean, works at Shenaniganz, a TGI Fridays type restaurant, with an interesting team of employees and a lack of care for the customers. Dean was offered the position of Assistant Manager by the Manager, whom nobody respects, at all. Dean has a choice to make, take the job of Assistant Manager and watch his life waste away in a dead end job, or to grow up and find his way. Throughout the movie, there is a trainee that gets no attention, Monty, Dean's best friend and roommate who never sees the serious side in anything, and of course THE GAME.
Waiting is a great movie if you have any experience as a waiter. Personally, I do. When you are a waiter you have to be a friendly person and many times people don't treat you well. You still need to stay calm and be professional. This movie is the exact opposite of everything I just said. Between The Game, where you need to get a fellow employee to look at your testicles, in reward of your actions, you get to kick them in the ass, and all the dirty humor, food being messed with, the laughs are frequent. Watch out, it's the BRAAAAAAAIIIIN.
A County College student, Dean, works at Shenaniganz, a TGI Fridays type restaurant, with an interesting team of employees and a lack of care for the customers. Dean was offered the position of Assistant Manager by the Manager, whom nobody respects, at all. Dean has a choice to make, take the job of Assistant Manager and watch his life waste away in a dead end job, or to grow up and find his way. Throughout the movie, there is a trainee that gets no attention, Monty, Dean's best friend and roommate who never sees the serious side in anything, and of course THE GAME.
Waiting is a great movie if you have any experience as a waiter. Personally, I do. When you are a waiter you have to be a friendly person and many times people don't treat you well. You still need to stay calm and be professional. This movie is the exact opposite of everything I just said. Between The Game, where you need to get a fellow employee to look at your testicles, in reward of your actions, you get to kick them in the ass, and all the dirty humor, food being messed with, the laughs are frequent. Watch out, it's the BRAAAAAAAIIIIN.
Monday, May 4, 2009
You Know When You Touch a Boob, and it Feels Like a Bag of Sand?!?!
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Although he has many hobbies and leads an active life, there is one thing that Andy has never done, have sex! At 40 years old, this was hard for him to deal with, so the guys he worked with decided to take him under their wings and teach him the ways. This didn’t work out too well for Andy, until he met a single mother. He fell for her instantly which only led to more difficulty because he has never done the deed!
Awkward and laugh out loud humor would be the best way to describe this movie. Steve Carrell was the perfect actor for the part of the 40 year old virgin. The cast overall had great chemistry and them making fun of each other, just messing around really make the movie. Andy is 40 years old, and still a virgin, some of the dialogue in the movie made me laugh so hard my ribs hurt! It is just a great movie overall.
Awards: 5 Wins, 6 Nominations
Although he has many hobbies and leads an active life, there is one thing that Andy has never done, have sex! At 40 years old, this was hard for him to deal with, so the guys he worked with decided to take him under their wings and teach him the ways. This didn’t work out too well for Andy, until he met a single mother. He fell for her instantly which only led to more difficulty because he has never done the deed!
Awkward and laugh out loud humor would be the best way to describe this movie. Steve Carrell was the perfect actor for the part of the 40 year old virgin. The cast overall had great chemistry and them making fun of each other, just messing around really make the movie. Andy is 40 years old, and still a virgin, some of the dialogue in the movie made me laugh so hard my ribs hurt! It is just a great movie overall.
Awards: 5 Wins, 6 Nominations
Daaaasssss Boooooooooooooot!
Beerfest (2006)
Urged to go to Germany by their grandmother after their grandfather’s death, Jan and Todd Wolfhause didn’t know what to expect. They were told to carry on a family tradition. When they arrived, they realized that they were right smack in the middle of Oktoberfest. Their mission was to get in touch with a contact of their grandmother and set their grandfather’s ashes on the mantle next to their other family members that have departed. This contact brought the two brothers to Beerfest, an underground beer drinking competition in which they were ridiculed, realizing that USA didn’t have a team. After the embarrassment at Beerfest, the two brothers vowed to start a USA Beerfest team and to win.
Beerfest was a great movie. First, it’s whole story line is about playing drinking games and building up tolerance to drink with the best beer drinkers in the world; it can’t get any better than that. The laughs are pretty much non-stop. The storyline worked out well and this movie started a new trend, drinking out of a giant glass boot. The humor is outrageous at times, but subtle at other points. Overall, very enjoyable, oh yea, and there is a Willie Nelson cameo at the end!
Urged to go to Germany by their grandmother after their grandfather’s death, Jan and Todd Wolfhause didn’t know what to expect. They were told to carry on a family tradition. When they arrived, they realized that they were right smack in the middle of Oktoberfest. Their mission was to get in touch with a contact of their grandmother and set their grandfather’s ashes on the mantle next to their other family members that have departed. This contact brought the two brothers to Beerfest, an underground beer drinking competition in which they were ridiculed, realizing that USA didn’t have a team. After the embarrassment at Beerfest, the two brothers vowed to start a USA Beerfest team and to win.
Beerfest was a great movie. First, it’s whole story line is about playing drinking games and building up tolerance to drink with the best beer drinkers in the world; it can’t get any better than that. The laughs are pretty much non-stop. The storyline worked out well and this movie started a new trend, drinking out of a giant glass boot. The humor is outrageous at times, but subtle at other points. Overall, very enjoyable, oh yea, and there is a Willie Nelson cameo at the end!
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