doug_funnie

I saw "King Kong" on Tuesday with 3 of my friends. They really wanted to see it, but me not so much, although I was glad I went. At first, knowing that it was 3 hours really turned me off but it actually went by fine, not like "Titanic" or "Lord of the Rings". Speaking of "Titanic", there were a few scenes that reminded me of that movie so much, not to mention "Jurassic Park"...BIG TIME. Watching various scenes made me think of those 2 movies, sneaky suspicion they were referenced and referred to by the director. At times even wanting to OUT-DO Spielberg and have Peter Jackson's dinosaur scenes "up the anty". This leads to scenes absolutely filled with computer graphics. At times it seems that these scenes are merely used to "show off" what the director can do, rather than be essential to the movie. Also at times, I found the script to have a few lines that really try to add humor but just fall flat. There are also scenes with the title character and Annie (Naomi Watts) that just bothered me so much because I had no idea WHY they were included, they just dragged on leaving nothing to advance the plot. It's hard to say exactly what I mean without spoiling it, but they are nonetheless very puzzling. I'm not saying it's a bad movie, but those are the few things in the movie where I personally had problems with! Many action scenes are very, very well done and are successful in being extremely thrilling, so for the moviegoer the film can really give you a good cinematic experience in the theaters. I don't know if you could get the same experience watching it on DVD, well maybe if you turned the volume way up and turned the lights out! Great action, just for me, some scenes left me very annoyed.

For me, a good comedy movie that's worth it, will make me laugh every time I watch it. This is exactly what happens when I watch "Mean Girls". Being a guy, I'm kind of embarrassed to admit I like this movie since some may call this movie a "chick flick". I just think it's a good funny movie! I can't relate to this movie, and I think this aspect adds to the humor. But for a girl who CAN relate to this movie, they may just be re-living good memories (or even bad). Although there are a lot of high school stereotypes featured in the movie, the majority of them play off as very, very funny. Some are played out to an exaggeration for the humor. Of course, behind every good comedy is a good comedic script. It's no surprise that every joke was written by a member of SNL. It's great that a teen comedy doesn't hide from being superficial or too "candy coated" about the real world and can teach the viewers a lesson along the way. In certain ways though, this movie is not as "real feeling" as other recent films out there, adding a little fiction feeling to it (in my opinion, some incidents seem exaggerated for Hollywood). Although I am very sure that things like a mean girl a really out there, tormenting girls in high schools all over. "Mean Girls" is a great movie to watch with friends for a really good laugh.

Last night I saw "The Butterfly Effect" and I have to say I really, really liked. Just the entire concept of going back and changing one thing from your past and as a result completely changing your present. It made me a stronger believer in "everything happens for a reason". Sometimes we all say we wanna go back and change an event that happened, thinking our present or future will be better, and it just isn't the case sometimes. It's in the past for a reason! What's done is done! I'd recommend it if you haven't already seen it, it's got an appeal everyone can relate to, in the end we learn that changing one thing in your life, changes everything. A very enjoyable movie to watch unravel!