Posts Tagged ‘That ’70s Show’
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
This was by far the worst movie I’ve seen so far this year. Kristen Bell’s a looker, and a pretty decent actor. You know her from TV’s Veronica Mars and from film Gracie’s Choice. Jason Segel plays the guy lead. He’s lame. Terrible actor. Mila Kunis plays his new object of affection. She’s Jackie from That ’70s Show.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall was meant to be a comedy, but it wasn’t funny. Not in the least. I walked out of the theater, actually, only to walk back in because I’d seen the three other movies that were playing at that particular theater. I sat in agony through the rest of the film.
Kristen Bell breaks up with her boyfriend of five years and breaks his heart. To get over her, he decides to take a vacation in Hawaii, only to run into her and her new boyfriend there. At the resort they’re staying at, he meets Mila Kunis (who works at the hotel) and falls in love. The story had a lot of potential (I’m thinking Meet the Parents or something of that sort), but neither the writer nor director delivered.
Segal wrote it. He’s a terrible writer. This guy shouldn’t be in Hollywood. He has no idea what he’s doing. Nicholas Stoller directed it. He’s also clueless. I hated this film!
What Happens in Vegas… (2008)
Ashton Kutcher works out.
Cameron Diaz works out too.
The two star in What Happens in Vegas…, a cliched comedy about getting drunk and married in Vegas, hitting a slot machine jackpot, and having to work on the marriage to earn their share of the $3 million jackpot. It had its moments. Moments of hilarity and moments of tedium.
Kutcher, of TV’s That ’70s Show and The Butterfly Effect, didn’t really show much acting prowess in this role. It’s just a more grown-up version of his character from the show. Cameron neither. She’s the same character she played in Charlie’s Angels. While she’s been in superior roles in the past (A Life Less Ordinary, Any Given Sunday), …Vegas didn’t really give her the chance to shine. It just wasn’t that kind of movie.
Dennis Farina was in here. Typecasted, but funny nonetheless. As was Michelle Krusiec, who I really liked in Saving Face. Queen Latifah had a small role as a marriage counselor, and Treat Williams played Kutcher’s dad.
As screwball comedies go, this one wasn’t bad. But it was cheesy.
