Tuesday, March 16, 2010

You're gonna shoot your eye out!

My personal favorite and must see during the Christmas season is A Christmas Story. Based in the 1940's, Ralphie is a young boy, part of the average American family, who just wants one thing for Christmas, a Red Ryder BB Gun. However, every time he asks for one he always hears, "You're gonna shoot your eye out!" His mission throughout the movie is to prove to everyone that this is the best gift and that he should be able to have one. Throughout the film there are several memorable scenes. The importance of a triple dog dare! Who could forget the leg lamp?!? Never thought a grown man could be so obsessed with something so ridiculous, and when his wife becomes jealous of a lamp it is hysterical. All hell breaks loose when she ends up breaking the lamp "accidentally". Or their Christmas dinner in the Chinese restaurant, Fa ra ra ra... priceless. The infamous bundling Randy up for the cold weather where he can't even put his arms down. Ralphie using the F-word for the first time. In the end, Ralphie finally gets his BB gun and ends up shooting himself, good thing he was wearing glasses because if not he would have shot his eye out!

SANTAA!!! I KNOW HIM! I KNOW HIM!

Will Ferrell is hysterical in the Christmas comedy Elf. Ferrell plays Buddy, who as a baby crawled into Santa's bag of gifts and is taken back to the North Pole. Considering they didn't know where he came from an older elf decides to raise him. Buddy knows he's very different than the rest of the elf's and inevitabley they tell him the truth and let him know who his real father is. He heads to New York to find his real dad, being so naive to the real world, you can imagine how funny his interactions are with strangers. He goes on many adventures including wondering into a department store where the manager thinks he is one of the employees hired as an elf. When he hears that Santa is coming he stays up all night in the department store preparing for his arrival and when he finds out it's not the real Santa, Buddy reveals him as a fake and ends up getting fired. He also runs into an angry elf... which is probably one of the funniest parts of the movie. Thinking they look delicious, Buddy ends up eating cotton balls. At dinner Buddy concocts his own breakfast, a very new spaghetti recipe which after researching a bit, turns out people have actually tried this disgusting breakfast. Overall, this movie is full of light-hearted fun, great for all ages.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

And believe it or not, in every man there's a code written that says, "Tackle drunk bitches."

Steve Carell is absolutely hysterical in The 40 Year Old Virgin. After Andy's (Steve Carell) co-workers find out he is a virgin, they decide it is their mission to get him laid. They try taking him speed dating... which does not go very well. They also bring him to meet girls that are drunk at bars, which seemed to work... until she tries to drive them home. Finally he meets a woman he really likes and asks her out, they begin to date but he keeps the fact that he's a virgin a secret. In the mean time he tries to have sex so he won't be completely horrible at it. One of his co-workers brings him to a bookstore where a girl who's known to be easy works at. Which is one of my favorite scenes from the film. Andy basically talks to this girl and instead of having a normal conversation he just keeps asking questions and answering her questions with questions. HYSTERICAL! Another awesome scene is when the guys decide Andy needs to get his chest waxed in order to attract more women (which actually was all improv considering they could only wax his chest once) He falls in love with the woman he is dating and ends up telling her the truth. They get married and he finally loses his virginity. For me this is a must have movie for my collection. It's the kind of movie you can watch over and over again and it never gets old. From beginning to end this movie is hilarious!

What About BOB?!?!?!?


What About Bob? is without a doubt Bill Murray's best performance ever! He plays Bob Wiley, who fears absolutely EVERYTHING. He clearly is in dire need to some psychiatric help, which leads him to Dr. Leo Marvin, a very well known and respected psychiatrist. Bob begins to feel like he's found a doctor that can actually help him overcome his fears, however after his first session he finds out that Dr. Marvin and his family are going on a family vacation. What is Bob to do?! Go visit obviously! Dr. Marvin's family make the mistake of letting him stay for dinner (which he REALLy enjoys) and spend the night and he becomes the houseguest that just won't leave. Dr. Marvin can't stand Bob and the fact that his family loves him so much begins to eat away at him. As Bob becomes closer to the family he begins to get over some of his fears. Feeling threatened by Bob's presence in his family Dr. Marvin finally snaps and it couldn't be funnier! I saw this movie when I was 10 and it's been one of my favorites ever since. Definitely one of my favorite comedies!