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Once, a review by snowcat

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(From Emmas Alphabet Marathon Reviews on July 1st, 2010)

Horrible Bosses, a review by Dragonfire

Horrible Bosses

After reading and hearing so many good things about this, I ended up going to see it last week. 

The movie is really funny, though the humor isn't going to appeal to a lot of people.  Some of what happens is rather twisted.  A few things are a bit gross, though the gross humor doesn't go overboard like it has in some other movies.  The movie definitely deserves the R rating and is in no way family friendly.  Some of the funnier things are in the trailer, but there are other things not in the trailer that are really funny too.

The plot, while not the most original - the characters even reference Strangers on a Train and Throw Momma From a Train - but there are differences from those movies and things are handled in a way that is entertaining.  The story works really well and makes the movie a better R rated comedy than Hangover 2 was.  The bosses are all truly horrible in different ways, though men may not have the issue with Julia that Dale has.  There is nothing appropriate about her behavior and she is very blatant in when it comes to sex.  Bobby is a slimey, drug addicted jerk.  Colin Farrell looks so different in this part.  I've read that he helped come up with things for the character, like his interest in kung fu and the hairstyle.  Harken is evil and twisted and it seems like his elevator doesn't go all the way to the top at times.  Kevin Spacey is wonderful in the part.  The three friends are the main characters.  They are mostly likable, though not exactly the brightest bulbs at times.  They have no clue what they are doing more often than not.  That does lead to some very entertaining scenes. 

I really enjoyed the movie overall.  It is worth watching, though it won't appeal to everyone. 



I did get a longer review - though without spoilers - posted at Epinions a few days ago.

Horrible Bosses

(From Horrible Bosses on August 10th, 2011)

Angel Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Angel tries to find out how a youth shelter is connected to Wolfram & Hart. As it turns out, W&H is hosting a charity party for the shelter, but they intend to keep a great deal of the collected money for themselves.

My Opinion: Nice trap that Lindsey walked into. And I, too, think the question is important: How ethical is it to take money from dubious sources and use it for god purposes. At least in this case the money is "clean" because W&H couldn't take any of it.

Synopsis: A young physicist works on a formula that can "freeze time". But he has - without his knowledge - help from demons who have other plans with that invention.

My Opinion: What bugged me in this episode - or rather in Angel in general - is the mingling of demon world and human world. The demons are so obvious that nobody should be surprised anymore that they exist. Sunnydale was directly over a hellmouth but even there the humans had their bar and the demons had another. There hasn't been a demon that walks into a human bar and the barkeep says that he usually serves only vampires disguised as humans.

Synopsis: Angel and the other work separately on the same case: A group of cops is out there who arrest and beat up youths with no obvious reason. And they even keep talking after they got beheaded.

My Opinion: There's nothing better than a nice group of zombies. But it is obvious again that good intentions don't necessarily result in good deeds.

Synopsis: Angel learns that one of the senior partners of W&H plans to visit the firm. But this "senior partner" is a demon from a hell dimension. Angel plans to kill him and the other partners.

My Opinion: This episode was really depressing, especially the end and the lift to the "home office".

(From Angel Marathon on February 17th, 2008)