Movies I will never watch....ever.

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Notebook

I'd watch these pieces of shit before I ever set eyes purposefully on......

It's like an abomination....a mutation...Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein fucked high school musical and had a baby has one of those fucked up upper lips.  I'd learn quotes from Steel Magnolias before I watch this shit.  Now I'm not against fantasy movies.  I never read the books but I like the Harry Potter movies, I like Star Wars and Star Trek, hell I even want to see the Narnia movies at some point because they look cool.  But I can't express how deeply I dislike this new movie franchise and if I hear one more girly scream about the kid who is the werewolf....hey girls, we had one of those heart throbs when I was a kid too....

Expect the new kid to be on a VH1 reality show and/or a sci fi movie like Rock Monster versus Giant Mushroom within 10 years.

Well my March Madness bracket is F-U-C-K-E-D.   This is why I don't like basketball but every year, like an 90 year old alzheimer's patient I hear about the tournament and forget that for the last 5 months I haven't watched ONE FUCKING GAME and yet I think this is important.  I need therapy.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention the story thus far of the year and that is the Democrats using every dirty trick in the book to pass their socialist healthcare.  Do we need reform, like pre existing conditions, buying across state lines, and tort reform?   Sure.  Do I need Washington telling me buy insurance or else?  Hey Pelosi, Hoyer, Reid, etc.  YOUR POP POLLS ARE LOWER THAN DOGSHIT.  MORE PEOPLE WOULD RATHER LIVE NEXT TO A PEDOPHILE WHO HAS LEPROSY THAN STAND NEXT TO YOU.  DOES THIS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU?  DO YOU EVEN WANT TO BE REELECTED?

And then we have Hussein and his sidekick babbling Joe.  It's like they don't even want to get re-hired by America in 2012.  Let's see how we can piss people off today.  Give the terrorists civil trials in NYC no less...then we'll want to put them in the middle of America....and then we'll force healthcare against 60% of Americans saying no.  You know why they can do this.  Because we'll put either used car salesman Romney or MILF Palin against him and we'll find a way to lose against an all but admitted fucking socialist!

Well, its time to watch Zombieland, or as I like to call it...Congress.

Happy Day-After Alcoholism Day!

So yesterday was St Patrick's Day and thankfully the wife's club fundraiser seems to have gone pretty well.  Today is not only Happy Day-After Alcoholism Day.....

IT'S MARCH MADNESS BABY!

I wont' list my entire bracket but needless to say I'm hoping for a Syracuse win over Kentucky in the finals which I think has a decent chance of happening.  The next four days will be wonderful, as the first 2 rounds of the tournament always are.  Hanging with friends, having inlaws come in to help us look at a house, then more basketball.  I am going to love this weekend.

Speaking of weekends, it hadn't even dawned on me that we are 5 weeks from one of the best day(s) of the year....

Since the first round is on a Thursday I think what I may do is a live blog of sorts where I'll devote an entire post to a pick by pick analysis.

Well it's been awhile but its time for more movie reviews.  First up....

It was okay.  The story was cute and it had its moments but I couldn't help comparing it to his earlier movies.  Happy Gilmore, Waterboy, Billy Madison,...these were immature and hilarious.  Right up my alley.  Lately he's making these kid movies which flirt with my kind of humor but don't have the balls to actually do it.  Nice to see the girl from Felicity can still find work.

*** out of *****

Luckily that was not the best of the night.. 

I'm just going to give the rating up front.  ***** out of *****.  I can't find anything wrong with this movie.  Suspense, surprises, a good plot twist, violence, explosions...and come to think of it, I don't think any nudity which surprises me now that I think about it.  I normally don't like Jamie Foxx since he's a poor man's Denzel but Gerrard Butler is slowly becoming like this new Russell Crowe 'I could really kill you if I wanted to' type of tough guy and played his part really well.  At some point I think this will find its way to the collection.

Now to enjoy the weekend!

I really need this weekend

As election season speeds this way I look more and more forward to each weekend but this week especially is cause for some downtime.  For once though I might be ahead of the game with my poll workers.  Everyone I called couldn't resist my charm.

...actually the economy is shit and they need $100 but hey I'll take it.


Wife and I got a chance to catch Fred Claus last night.

 

Now I was not expecting much..if anything...from this flick.  But by the end, it was a pretty good experience.  Storyline made sense, very good casting, alot of very funny segments.  I hate to say it for as much as this movie got panned when it came out but I don't see much wrong with it and if you've been following the reviews you know I can almost always find something bad to say.

The one thing they never explained was why Elizabeth Banks is a human and not an elf.

 

I think eventually this one ends up on the DVD rack and its one that next time its on HBO I'll probably sit through again.  **** out of *****

No sports to watch!  Olympics done...NFL combine done....no baseball....hockey and the NBA suck...I'm going stir crazy!

I'm getting a little lazy about this

Okay so 10 days since the last post.

Work's getting busy as election season comes around.  More snow and snow and snow.  Mom had a birthday, so did my best friend.  I've learned to maybe find some interest in watching hockey thanks to the olympics.  Haven't watched a damn movie in forever though that may change tonight with Law Abiding Citizen.

Watched the boring ass health care debate yesterday and came across thinking none of the dems wanted to listen to the reps and obama had this shit eating grin almost all the time where you could just tell he wanted to keep reminding them he won and he can do what they want.  We'll see about that.

Sports is pretty boring.  Steelers keep Hampton which I'm okay with but they franchise Jeff Reed?  Are you fuckintg kidding me?  He's a kicker.  You can find other ones, espescially ones who won't go beat the fuck out of a Dennys bathroom or take pics of their dick.  Nice choice there.  Let's pretend there's a salary cap so we don't get anyone good...but then lets give the kicker 2M.  Wow.

Locally they're closing one of the 2 buildings my wife teaches at because they can't afford to keep both open.  Simple economics.  The problem is their school is partially funded by the churches..who are getting less money thanks to people not giving as much because they're pissed off about our dumb ass bishop who wants to build a new cathedral mausoleum that NOBODY wants, NOBODY will donate to and NOBODY supports.  Apparently it's God's will to piss off a town which was about 60% catholic and get most of them to think you're an untrustworthy douchebag.  Nice. 

So because he's too chickenshit to face the music and his people and take the heat he throws everyone else under the bus and passes the buck.  A+ leadership on that one.  And people wonder why folks leave the active faith.  Its not about not liking Jesus, it's about not wanting to put up with incompetence and personal legacies from people who ought to known better.

Well its been awhile.

In that time we've had another foot or so of snow, the Saints won the Super Bowl, my sciatic nerve turned against me and I rediscovered my love of NES games.

First, the wife and I caught Pandorum finally. 

It was okay.  Plotline was one of those you REALLY have to pay attention to and the ending was so so.  Dennis Quaid played a pretty good character but there was just something about the movie that left me feeling like it lacked something.  It won't go in the DVD collection and I don't even know if I'd watch it again on HBO or something.

** out of *****


So we finally have the feel good story of the year with the Saints winning.  Why do I feel good?  Because I won $100 when Peyton Manning choked like usual.  He's a great QB, he's going to end up with a ton of records.  But he's not clutch and he's not the best of all time.

 

My back is feeling better and I'm still fighting off this ankle and its swelling.  But overall I can't complain too much...which is rare.   It's just one of those moments that I get where I realize that things ain't so bad.  I have the love of my life, a loving dog, a place to live, a shit-ton of entertainment options, great friends, great job, great coworkers and soon to be by summer maybe a nice house of our own.

Next up most likely is the Final Destination....finally.

Snow Snow Snow

We're in the midst of a small blizzard here.  8-16 inches predicted.  I think we'll get 9 tops but who the hell knows.   No real entry tonight.  Hope to watch Pandorum soon and take some pics of the snow.   Stay toasty.

Speechless....

I'm sitting here at 8:05 pm on a Sunday night and I'm speechless. 

These are my entertainment options. 

a)  A meaning "pro" bowl with such luminaries as David Garrard and Matt Schaub playing in a game which is not a real game, and has no meaning...

or..

b) The Grammys in which it was opened by "lady" Gaga*...in which she danced in front of a furnace, then was thrown in it, then came out on a piano to do a duet with Elton John...and in the process made him look normal.

*As an explanation..well....she has a dick.  There.  That's the easiest way to say it.

Movie review time!

Terminator Salvation.

When I heard about this I thought...okay Batman vs Terminators....I can watch this.  But it was much better than I expected.  It kept the past movies and even added to it.  If they are making a new trilogy I think I may end up catching the next one at the theaters.  The references to the past movies, the signature lines, and the cameo by Arnold ended up being a very nice sci-fi action movie.  **** out of 5.  Eventually this is gonna end up in the collection.

Well the ankle is healing but my concern this week was my wife who was down and out for a few days with her sciatic nerve.  She's doing better now too so that's one less worry for me, even if she did find out her valentines gift a few weeks early.

So Obama wants to look into the BCS.  I'm sooooo glad to know we solved that terrorism-health care-jobs-economy-taxes-environment thing.  Now it's time to do something that's important.  AND YET SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MOST OF AMERICA THINKS THE GOVERNMENT HAS THEIR HEAD UP THEIR ASS!

We're not hearing alot anymore about Haiti..kinda like how nobody talks about H1N1 anymore.  Remember that?  It was gonna kill us all.  Now we're more concerned about the I-Pad and how much Avatar made.


Until next time.

Manning vs Katrina

Well a week later here I am with a still injured ankle and a Superbowl to look forward to.  The Pro Bowl is this Sunday you say?  I'd rather not watch a sub-all star show.  David Garrard is an all pro.  Seriously?  I think I'll pass.

So now we have the Colts and the Saints.  I went 2 for 2 in my predictions but the scores were almost flip flopped.  That means I'm a kickass reverse psychic.  This game should feature some great offense but when it comes down to it, Manning will make the Saints defense look like their 20-something NFL rank.  I may revise this depending on events and injuries and all that but right now I like the Colts +10.

Caught a couple movies in the past few days and both starred Tommy Lee Jones who I can watch in damn near anything.  He made Batman Forever a decent movie for me and that's saying something.

First was "In the Electric Mist"..he plays a Louisiana Cop trying to solve a few murder mysteries.  John Goodman has a side role as an old friend who's kinda shady and the mom from Stepbrothers is in it too.  Pretty good movie that takes you until the last 15 -20 mins to figure out how it all fits together.  Not Citizen Kane but its not a waste of 2 hours either.  *** out of 5.

The second movie was "Cobb" in a dramatization of an (auto)biography Ty Cobb did in the late 50s.  Very entertaining movie if you like baseball and if you like Ty Cobb which I do.  Robert Wuhl...he was Arliss on HBO a few years ago is the writer he hires.  I really enjoyed this movie enough that should I find it for the right price I may buy it.  **** out of 5. 

Couple of thoughts I saw from headlines:

1)  Oliver Stone is making a Hitler movie or something.  $10 puts him on the grassy knoll.

2)  A guy robbed a store with a needle claiming he has AIDS.  That's one way to make a point. 

3)  Congress' trips to Copenhagen to fail miserably at the global warming summit and cause eath's wrath on Haiti according to Danny Glover cost over a million dollars.  Good news is that's less than Pelosi's botox.


Finally I introduce you to my new ring tone

No, I haven't forgotten about this

Had a little mis-step on sat and thought I broke my ankle, turned out to be one hell of a bad sprain.  Looking to get back to work on Thurs though so thats good.


For the NFL I went 3-1 and that's not bad.  This week should be some really good games.

Jets @ Colts----as much as I want to see Indy lose I'll say Manning manages to win this game by 6.

Vikings @ Saints----New Orleans looks incredible.  I'll take them +13.


Since I have been laid out by this ankle I caught 2 movies.

Halloween 2 remake I had been really looking forward to.  Remember that review I gave Jennifer's Body?  Well this didn't have a partially nude Megan Fox in it.  So you can guess how this review will go.  It was simply put HORRIBLE.  I love the blood and the violence but christ on a cracker this plot makes no sense.  Hey Rob Zombie..you don't have to fuck things up just to get your wife another paycheck.

Literally * 1/2 out of ***** which breaks my heart.


The second movie I caught was Caligula which was made in the late 70s and ironically stared someone from the Halloween movie, Malcolm McDowell.  It's well know for all the nudity because the guy who made it owned penthouse, but once you're into the story which was decently historically accurate, you become numb to the nudity and it wasn't as horrific as the movie above.  *facepalm*  ** 3/4 out of *****

Next up should be Final Destination 4...and netflix sent no 3D glasses....oy vey.

Movies Movies Movies!

2 reviews today plus some ideas and thoughts about Haiti.

First up is.....UP.

Now I know you may think I'd hate this but I honestly and surprisingly didn't.  There's alot of adult themes in the beginning but the voice casting for the old man was spot on.  Plot is decently developed and the animation was good.  It's not up in my eyes to toy story or wall-e or monsters inc but it was good.

*** out of 5.








Next is District 9

I had some apprehension about this movie fearing a lot of political analogies which there were, but it was well done and didn't beat you over the head with it.  The special effects are great and the plot was believable.  A lot of room for a sequel too but I'm not sure if it needs it.  I'd say *** 1/2 out of 5.  I doubt I'll buy this...but with blu ray who knows.

A quick note on haiti.  Its really fucked up.  Usually when these things happen in other counties I feel bad and then move on but this is really really bad.  Should anyone at all actually be reading this you ought to donate something if you can.  Money, blood, supplies, whatever. 

Okay back to normal self mode.  Netflix is sending me Halloween 2 remake, and the last final destination movie.  I'm hoping they have 3d glasses or else it'll be migraine city. 

Old Man River--sung by Harry Reid

The Senate Majority has admitted that he has previously said that Obama wasn't very dark skinned and that he didn't speak with a negro dialect, thus making him more electable I assume.  Now he's said he's sorry and Obama says its okay so all is forgiven.  Remember, Reid is a democrat.  Had a republican said that they'd still be sharpening their pitchforks and lighting their torches.


With the first round of the nfl playoffs complete we've got

Jets @Chargers
Ravens @Colts
Cowboys@Vikings
Cardinals@Saints

I'll take the Jets +10, Ravens +3, Vikings +13, and Saints+10 (meaning they'll win by that much)


Jay Leno is canceled and now the great tonight show war begins to see who'll be the host and what happens.  Is this exciting?  Not really but hey depending on how it shakes out you never know.

Mark McGwire admits he took roids.  In other news....

These kids are gonna end up on Maury. 

In other words, big fucking surprise.

Simon is not coming back to Idol after this coming season.  I think they'd be better off stopping the show rather than trying to replace him with someone who will be lackluster.

As a parting shot....

A-Team--------Fuck the World!

Jennifer's Body...

is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.  They try to be witty like Juno and fail.  They try to have a coherent plot and fail.  These are the successes of the movie:

1)  Megan Fox naked climbing out of a lake where you only see her back.

2)  Megan Fox french kissing a girl.*

*in hindsight I don't think its a success because this is the girl:

She's like Jeri Ryan and Michelle Trachtenberg had a baby with special needs.  That isn't a compliment.

I expect sexy, I expected horror, I expected funny.  I came away wishing we hadn't sent Julie and Julia back.

** out of 5 just because we almost saw Megan's ass.

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So Alabama rolled last night and its not surprising since Colt McCoy was knocked out early.  He's a good QB and could have kept them in it early but a frosh vs that defense is no contest.  With alot coming back I look for Bama to be top 8 pre season, maybe top 5, and to maybe repeat in the SEC depending on what LSU looks like.

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 Picked up a good question the other night watching Bill O'Reilly.  Obama wants to give rights and trials and protections to admitted terrorists like the camelfuckers who admit they were involved with 911.  But he doesn't mind blowing up a house or a village in pakistan with a predator drone because we think a would-be terrorist is in there.

Shouldn't we kill the admitted ones and wait for some guilt on the other ones?

Nah.....

It's fucking cold!

Now I am normally not one to complain about cold weather, I prefer 20 degrees to 80 and will shovel my sidewalk in shorts and flip flops but Christ on a crutch it's cold out there.  Where's global warming when we need it?  Oh wait, that's all a lie so now its "climate change" and its still our fault.

The wrestling show last night for TNA was great and WWE was....eh.  I think there's good days ahead.

Fiesta Bowl was pretty good too, coming down to the last minute.  But if anyone says that Boise should get a share of the national title they need to go back to drinking antifreeze.  They're a mid major, sorry. 

Mike Shanahan is looking like the new Redskins Coach.  Condolences can be sent through the Mosti Funeral home.  The family asks in lieu of flowers a donation be made to the SKCCN (Stop killing coaching careers now) fund.

Obama to stop sending terrorists back to Yemen.  The story below this in the paper is "boy stops touching hot stove".  This is what happens when you let someone with no experience than working with the dregs of society get elected president to work with people in congress who are worse than those dregs.

NFL Offseason here we come

My Steelers are toast, done in by shitty offensive line play, a QB who hasn't learned by now to throw it away, and very sub par special teams.  We'll be picking around #19 so my hope is we can land a nice big nose tackle, let casey hampton go and use the money he had coming to him to invest in some actually solid offensive linemen.

With them out of the running, I think I'm rooting for the Jets.  Their defense is just nasty and I think they're kinda Steelerish in their approach, plus I think their coach is hilarious.

But again, anybody but Indy!

Today is a good day even though its the end of holidays and more importantly holiday break.  Netflix sent District 9, I got my blu ray copy of the original Halloween, and tonight might be the beginning of a new era for the kid in me.  (I'm not talking about Heroes and Hayden's lezzi plot either!)

I have been a wrestling fan for as long as I can remember and tonight we have a glimmer of hope for getting solid entertainment back.  On Raw we have Bret Hart's return which ought to be good and on the other hand we have TNA + Hulk Hogan going head to head, live with them.  If they can manage not to fuck this up on both sides, we could have a new monday night war.  Oh how I hope.

I figured now is as good a time to introduce everyone to my best friend.

You cannot eat a tablespoon of Cinnamon

Predictions sure to go wrong...

Well I went 2-2.

FSU-27    WVU-21------winner and almost the right score
LSU-35     PSU-20 ------lose
Oregon-45   OSU-24--------lose :(!
Florida-42    Cincinnati-38-----and win...and win big.  Cincy was given just a tad too much credit in this one and I didn't think florida would break 50. 

Nice to see the Big Least show their true colors.

That's it for today.   Look for some NFL thoughts tomorrow.

You're entering a dimension....

Seriously is there anything better which has stood the test of time than this?

scifi....(I refuse to call it by the faggoty syfy name) has a 46 hour marathon.  Happy new year to me!


Well it's the big bowl games beginning now and I'll predict:

FSU-27    WVU-21
LSU-35     PSU-20
Oregon-45   OSU-24
Florida-42    Cincinnati-38

I pray to sweet baby jesus that ohio state loses.

Inlaws are coming in for another round of family get togethers. Had a ball last night hanging with the inner circle for NYE.  I'm very very lucky.

Hooray for the last of the long weekends.

Happy New Year....it's NOT....Happy New Decade!

I cannot begin to tell you how much it's pissing me off that people keep saying tonight is the end of the decade.  It's not.  You don't start counting 0-1-2-3-4-5, you count 1-2-3-4-5 onto 10...get it...10!!!

2011 is the beginning of the new decade like 2001 was the beginning of this one.  Everyone was so busy jerking off about Y2K that they were either too drunk, paranoid, or stupid to know it was not the end of the 20th Century.  Petty issue?  Probably.  But it still pisses me off.  So yea, Happy New Year.


Watched Paranormal Activity last night and I have to say I liked it.  Now I should mention 1/2 way through the boyfriend was so annoying that I was was rooting for the demon but still it wasn't bad.  The plot wasn't bad and the alternate ending was pretty good too (so was the normal one).  I'd give it *** 1/2.  I probably would watch it again on HBO if nothing else was on, but I'm not going to be buying it or anything.

Looks like netflix is sending Jennifer's Body next.  I'm going to predict **1/2 but maybe I'll get lucky.

Stay safe folks.

I really really like you man

So last night the wife and I finally got around to watching I love you man.  I thought it was very funny, well cast, and had just enough of a cliche love story to keep my wife interested.  Unfortunately this falls into the category of really really liking it but not loving it so I'll give it the same rating here that I will on netflix... ****.  Nice movie, probably will watch it again on HBO or something but I won't buy it.  I learned my lesson on that one with wedding crashers...which is still collecting dust on my dvd rack.  Next up:  Paranormal Activity.

As the new year comes closer I have decided rather than have bullshit resolutions, I am going to do my best to have long lasting life decisions.  Part of that 'hey I'm 30, I need to get my shit together' kind of thing. 

1)  I want to have fun.  For as long as I can remember, since late high school I've always been the 'adult'.  I'm made myself the chaperone for everyone else who was going to be responsible and the bodyguard when others want to let their guards down and have fun.  I think I wanna have some fun now too.

2)  I need some discipline.  I'm overweight, I'm out of shape, I'm internet addicted, etc etc etc.  I need to get myself together and it begins with having the ability to shut my down and close down the laptop/iphone/etc.

Now #1 is a hell of a lot easier to do than #2 which is true in most things, lol.  We'll see how it goes.

Funny Pictures!!!

I decided today to share some things that I think are just hilarious.

 

Only 3 days till New Years Eve!  I'm really looking forward to this years annual party with the inner circle then another virtual 4 day weekend.  Stay safe folks.

The joys of technology and other such ideas

So after about a half hour of messing around I got this blog hooked into my twitter so now when twitter is randomly used, both my facebook is updated and this blog will have a snazzy little comment on the right hand side.  What does this mean?  It means I'm a slave to the computer deity.  How is this applicable for you?  It isn't but you should be so stuck up as to think everything involves you....that's my job.

I'm sitting here at work and I'm trying to decide what to write about.  I could pick Homeland Security backtracking and admitting our security system fucked up concerning the Nigerian bomber.  I could write about how Max Baucus was drunk off his ass on the Senate Floor...though the video is funnier...

Baucus Drunk?

The one thing in the news today that strikes me funny is that I went to church this past week for Christmas and the President did not.  Seems to me in days like this with terrorism and congressional wrangling and the fucked up economy, he more than anyone could have used a little church.  Priorities are funny things.

Welcome to Wide Right

Assuming someone is actually reading this and I'm not just typing out my smartass remarks for myself to read, I hope you find some entertainment in my views on sports/politics/news.

So it's actually Dec 27 and I am redoing this first post. Why? Because this is my blog and I can do anything I like. Originally I wanted to do a small thought on news and sports and something else. Hell, originally I planned on visiting this blog more than once every 3 weeks. That's sorta a problem for me, I tend to start these blogs and then 3...6...9 months later it's 'oh....I forgot about this.'

I need to make this an obsession, a passion, something I cannot live without.

...or something I'm at least willing to spend 10-15 mins a day on while I'm looking at all the other bullshit I look at online about 18 hours a day.

So let's begin with the first (new) post.

The story of the day for me is the Indy Colts and their gutless coach. You cannot tell me Peyton Manning right now is ranting and raving at losing his chance at history. Well...it's Manning so he's doing a slow drawl like 'I...am so....annnngry...'. Seriously, you're 14-0 and you lose because you're "preparing for the playoffs." This is why Tony Dungy was overrated and why his hand picked successor will be overrated as well as soon as they begin the sainthood proceedings because he'll help kids build a soap box racer or something. They have no guts. Shit, Indy only won their Super Bowl because they ran into Chicago and Rex Grossman is a fucking dumpster fire. Had they encountered a decent team who did more than rely on their defense to win every week...who knows.

The second most important story for me lately is Notre Dame landed their new coach Brian Kelly from Cincinnati. After the last 5 years of dissappointment under Charlie Weis, who could recruit his extra large ass off but had as little guts as Dungy when it came down to it, I am looking for a fresh start. I'll miss Clausen and Tate but I can't hold it against them for moving forward with their careers. Come on Kelly...get us sniffing BCS again and I'll name my first kid for you and pretend to everyone that we're naming him after me...yea that'll work. Shit, for a national championship I'll even go with a Briana.

News wise is we had a Nigerian terrorist rich boy try and blow up a plane in Detroit but the dumbfuck only succeeded in burning up his underwear. Seriously, after the Lions past decade I really don't think Motor City needs this.

Obama still hasn't done anything of noteworthiness except balloning our debt, pushing for socialist health care, failing to get the olympics, getting a nobel prize for doing nothing...he's doing just fine.

I just decided since I'm typing this as I watch TV to do movie reviews too since what the hell this is my blog.

Julie and Julia...I know what you're thinking. Why in the hell would he watch this? 1st...my wife has access to our netflix que too.....2nd....said wife. :)

It's actually not bad. I'm not talking Citizen Kane here but for a romantic comedy it'd not bad and Meryl Streep is..God help me...pretty good. We're only about 70% through (I think) but I'm going to guess the end is as good as the rest so I'm gonna go with *** 1/2. I'm not going to buy it but if it's on and there is nothing else on...I wouldn't automatically go to the xbox for safety.

Now...the challenge. Will you hear from me tomorrow???