One Bad, One Good
posted on april 27, 2003, tag: entertainment
I saw two movies in the past week. The first, Anger Management, was a huge disappointment. It felt like the only reason this movie was made was because Jack Nicholson agreed to do a film with Adam Sandler. In fact, all the jokes in the movie felt like they were written because Nicholson would be doing them, and for that reason only. If it had been some no-name in the movie with Sandler, people would have been outraged. It was funny for no more than a total of 7 minutes, and even then it wasn't funny funny. So disappointing. The only Adam Sandler movie I have liked in the past few years was Punch Drunk Love, and that wasn't even an Adam Sandler movie. I used to be such a huge fan. Bleh.
The other film was Identity, starring (among others) John Cusack. Despite a few awkward shots at the end (totaling maybe 40 seconds), I really liked this film a lot. Apparently most of the moviegoers in the theater didn't, since there was laughter as the credits rolled. I didn't understand why, though. This film was really well put together. The idea was nice and handled in a way that felt somewhat unique. The acting was good, the scenery and suspense were just right. I would definitely recommend this film.
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Jen on 05/01/2003:
Perhaps the people watching Identity thought of a really hilarious private joke and spent the entire movie holding it in so as not to disturb the other patrons?
I remember eating so many Sour Patch Kids during a movie when I was 13 that I burned off the top layer of skin in the middle of my tongue. A few days later the rest of the skin on my tongue and the inside of my mouth peeled off. It was gnarly.