TROPIC THUNDER

I’m not going to say it’s a great movie, but it’s a fun movie, it’s got a bit of heart, and once it gets past some of the crazy slapstick stuff in the beginning, it finds its legs. Forget the peeps mentioned in the trailer: the actors who make this film are Tom Cruise, and Steve Cogan. I can’t decide if my favorite line is “I FARM LAND MOTHERFUCKER!” or “Who’s the keygrip? Punch the director in the face!”

WE OWN THE NIGHT

I got about forty-five minutes into this film before I just couldn’t take it anymore, and I popped open the player and put the disc back in the envelope. It just wasn’t doing it for me (although, certainly that opening scene with Eva Mendes … wow).

YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN

I wrote about this earlier this week, but I’m tempted to put it back on my Netflix queue. It’s got surprising substance and depth amongst all the slapstick stupidity.

FOGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

There’s a lot to like about this film: Veronica Mars, er, Kristen Bell. The pop-references (especially enjoyed Billy Baldwin’s parody of David Caruso on CSI: Miami, which reminds me, check this YouTube video) are a delicious icing on the cake that is this movie. Oh, I remember something that I don’t like about this film: full frontal Jason Segal nudity. I’m okay with it in the sense that, in movies overall, there’s a lot more female nudity than male nudity, but, um, personally, I think some full frontal Kristen Bell nudity would’ve done considerably more than compensating for those eye-searing images at the start of this film. (On the other hand, the full-frontal nudity might be unique to the extended cut, in which case I might just want to stick with the theatrical editions.)