Since gardening season is over (for me), I don't have much to write in my gardening or pumpkin blogs, so I thought I'd start a weekly review of basic movies. I know there's a ton of movie reviewers out there, but how often do you find one that agrees with your point of view or has similar tastes? We subscribe to the "one at a time" Netflix movies, so I won't be writing too often. In any case, feel free to comment on my top 10 or any of the movies I review. I plan to do quick and simple reviews basically on how much a movie entertained me(us). I don't care much about award shows and "critics picks", but we'll see where the blog takes us.
I'll start the ball rolling with 2 movies. The first one is "The Invention of Lying". I saw the original ads on tv when it was first released in the theater and I thought hmmm, this looks like it has some funny situations and has the potential to be pretty funny. I thought wrong. I'm not sure if it was Ricky Gervais or the movie in general, but it just wasn't funny. It was your standard cookie cutter romantic comedy, but it just wasn't funny and was obviously predictable (granted, they mostly are). It had its moments with Jennifer Garner being straight up, but I didn't think it was enough to make the movie worth watching. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give The Invention of Lying a 4.
Unfortunately, the 2nd movie up for review, "Sex Drive" was only slightly better. It was your standard coming of age teen comedy, with jokes and humorous situations that have been seen in countless similar movies. It reminded me of "The Sure Thing" from 1985. I like to watch the Unrated version of movies, but at the start of this one, the director recommends you watch the rated version first and then the unrated. I can't imagine sitting through the movie twice. It was funny, but overall it wasn't as good as I was expecting. I blame the local DJ at 96.5TIC. He claimed it was one of the funniest movies he's ever seen. He's a pretty funny guy, but I wonder if I would have enjoyed the movie more if he had said that he liked the movie and thought it was pretty good. Trying to ignore his opinion I would give Sex Drive a 6
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