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50 First Dates, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: 50 First Dates: Widescreen Special Edition
Year: 2004
Director: Peter Segal
Rating: PG-13
Length: 99 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Adam Sandler as Henry Roth
Drew Barrymore as Lucy Whitmore
Rob Schneider as Ula
Sean Astin as Doug Whitmore
Lusia Strus as Alexa

Plot:
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore star together for the first time since The Wedding Singer in one of the funniest romantic comedies in years.

Henry Roth (Sandler) lives an enviable life in a Hawaiian paradise, spending every night with a beautiful tourist in search of an island fling. It's a sweet life with no strings attached...until he meets Lucy (Barrymore). He and Lucy hit it off from the get-go, but the next day she acts like she doesn't know him. Has his karma come around to kick him in the butt or what? Actually, Lucy has short-term memory loss, so every night all memory of her day is erased. But a man in love will go to any lengths to win over the girl of his dreams, and if that means having to find imaginative ways of doing it over again every day, then Henry's up for the challenge.

Rob Schneider (Big Daddy) and Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) co-star in 50 FIRST DATES, which will win you over every time you watch it!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Music Videos
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I know of a lot of people that dislike Adam Sandler... but I personally have always enjoyed his movies. I also have enjoyed Drew Barrymore in most the stuff I have seen her in... so when I saw this one in the bargain bin of the local Wal-mart I was pretty quick to grab it. I know I have seen this one once before when it was first released... but really don't remember much about it. But I was pretty sure it was one I enjoyed. After watching it today I realized yes I did enjoy this movie... Very much so... even more then I remembered! It is definitely a more mature comedy then a lot of other Adam Sandler movies. Drew Barrymore was great as the cute and sweet girl next door with no short term memory. I also loved how they ended this movie. They opted to make it more realistic instead of trying to pull off some sort of miracle cure for Lucy. Was there anything I didn't like about this movie? Sure... there is the walrus vomit joke which would have fit in many Sandler movies... but just didn't belong in this one... then there was Lucy singing the Beach Boy Song with a terrible (hopefully fake) singing voice. And lastly I didn't care much for Lucy's brother. But all that is really minor... and didn't ruin my enjoyment of the movie much... if at all. I would say even if you do not usually enjoy Adam Sandler movies... give this one a chance... you may be surprised.



Note to Jimmy: This is a recycled review... but with some extra info so you can just switch the links for this one. 

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Romantic Comedies on February 11th, 2010)

People on Sunday, a review by Danae Cassandra

Where We Are:  Germany - Weimar Republic
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Menschen am Sonntag (People on SundayOverview:People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag). This effervescent, sunlit silent, about a handful of city dwellers (a charming cast of nonprofessionals) enjoying a weekend outing, offers a rare glimpse of Weimar-era Berlin. A unique hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling, People on Sunday was both an experiment and a mainstream hit that would influence generations of film artists around the world.

My Thoughts:
This was a fascinating movie.  While a worthy enough film on its own, it's most interesting as a document of Weimar era Germany.  The look at Berlin in 1929, of her people and her robust public transport is a wonderful historical document.  I was reminded of Man With a Movie Camera in that the film documents the people and their city.  Of course, it doesn't have the camera tricks that film did, and adds a story that we follow as well as the documentary footage.  Without the camera tricks the film feels much more realistic.  It has a carefree, summery feel, spontaneous and unpretentious.  Yet I agree with the view offered in the accompanying documentary, that it is ultimately cynical about the relationship between the sexes, since Brigitte desires to see Wolfgang again next Sunday, but he has plans with his buddy for soccer.  Having gotten what he wanted, he has no desire for anything further.  Worth watching for the wonderful camera work, the interesting historical Berlin, the nostalgic atmosphere, and the film history connections.  Five of the people working on the film went on to do very well in Hollywood (Wilder, the Siodmak brothers, Ulmer & Zinnemann).

Bechdel Test:  Fail

Overall: 4/5

(From Around the World in 86 Movies on December 5th, 2013)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

1.06 Chinatown (1994-10-26)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), David Cole (Writer)
Director: Lyndon Chubbuck
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Daniel Kash (Detective Louis Gardino), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Lu Yu (Mr. Lee), Joel de la Fuente (Charlie Wong), Alex Carter (Agent Ford), Tsai Chin (Mrs. Lee), Michael Hong (David Lee), Simon Sinn (Thomas Yao), Henry Chan (Phillip Chin), Mark Melymick (Agent Deeter), Ho Chow (Jimmy)

Another good episode. The first appearence of the two FBI agents who interfere with Fraser and Ray. And Dief making Fraser "pay and pay and pay..."

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on July 2nd, 2009)