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Identity Thief, a review by Dragonfire

Identity Thief

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Identity Thief

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I really like Melissa McCarthy on Mike & Molly and I thought she was hilarious the first time she hosted Saturday Night Live.  She was pretty good the second time she hosted too.  I was interested in seeing Identity Thief when I saw the previews.  I wasn't able to get to see it while it was in the theater because of work.  I ended up picking up the Blu-ray after it was out.  I liked the movie overall, though it does have some problems.

The general idea of the plot is interesting, though Sandy deciding to go track her down himself isn't believable.  It also isn't believable that just finding the thief would clear up all of Sandy's problems caused by the identity theft.  Sandy and Diana end up in a lot of dangerous and even odd situations, one of which includes snakes.  I so did not need to see that.  There is a decent amount of humor, though I didn't think everything done for humor worked.  The Heat is funner in my opinion.  Certain things were predictable.  Bateman and McCarthy were good in the their parts and worked well together.



I did post a longer review on Epinions.

Identity Thief



(From Marie's Random Movie Viewing on July 2nd, 2013)

Little Fockers, a review by Dragonfire

Little Fockers

I really wasn't that eager to see Little Fockers.  I enjoyed Meet the Parents well enough at first, but for me, it isn't one I want to see again.  It just doesn't hold up well.  I saw Meet the Fockers and once was enough for that one as well.  I only have them because I got them as a gift.  It sort of made sense for the second movie to be made, though it really just a rehash of the first movie.  I don't think Little Fockers needed to be made, especially after so much time has passed since the second movie came out.  I ended up going to see it despite my reservations.  I should have gone to see True Grit or Tangled again.  Or stayed home and cleaned out the litter boxes.

So this one picks up years after the second movie.  Greg and Pam are happily married, though a bit stressed at times.  Jack is very upset because of problems Pam's sister has with her husband.  Jack is also dealing with a health problem, so he decides that he has to ask Greg to take over and lead the family..to become the god focker.  Jack and Dina arrive for the twins' birthday party and things just go downhill from there.  Greg is asked to do some work promoting an erectile dysfunction drug.  He takes the job because of the money, but he wants to keep it a secret from Jack.  That leads to Jack becoming more suspicious and jumping to conclusions about what Greg is doing.  Things are complicated a bit by the fact that Kevin, Pam's former boyfriend, is back and still carrying a torch for her.

Little Fockers is just more of the same nonsense of Jack being suspicious of everything Greg does that was in the first two movies.  Jack continues to be a control freak.  He has not changed or grown as a character at all.  Greg really hasn't either..he still doesn't deal well with Jack.  Pam and Dina - Jack's wife - really don't do much of anything.  They are just there.  It does seem like they are just there to witness the insanity of their husbands.  Greg's parents are just an after thought, tossed in a few short scenes in which they do nothing.  Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand are really wasted in the parts.  I read that Hoffman wasn't going to be in the movie because he thought the script was horrible.  Then there were new negotiations or something and he came back for the few scenes.  He should have stuck with his first instinct.  Jessica Alba turns up as a new character, Andi.  She is a former nurse that talks Greg into promoting the new drug.  Andi is a huge idiot and it isn't believable at all that she is a former nurse or holds down any sort of stable job.  The character is a complete waste.

Naming the movie Little Fockers is misleading.  The children are barely in the movie and they really add nothing to the movie.  Samantha is shown to be extremely intelligent and a lot like Jack, while Henry is made to look like an idiot.  Most of the movie is just focused on the nonsense going on between Jack and Greg.  Having their names in the title wouldn't have been as misleading.  The kids are just an excuse to get Jack and Greg together again to act like morons.  This movie really shouldn't have been made, but unfortunately, I have a bad feeling that another one may end up being made.  The ending leaves something open..and since this mess has made a lot of money, it will probably happen.

Overall, Little Fockers is a mess.  There are a few moments that are sort of entertaining, but that is it.  Too much of the humor is just a rehash of stuff from the first movies that wasn't that funny to begin with.  There is too much gross and crude humor.  This one really isn't worth seeing.

I did get a review posted on Epinions.

Little Fockers


(From Little Fockers on January 4th, 2011)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season marathon, a review by Dragonfire

7. The Demon Hand
Ellison digs into the history of Sarah Connor. Cameron sets out to find the Turk but discovers something else entirely.

My Thoughts

This was an interesting episode.  I liked that it tied back into some of the things from the second movie and even brought back that idiot Dr. Silberman.  Where he ended up at the end of the episode was just..perfect.  I loved that.    I did like that what he saw when Sarah escaped and the T-1000 was after her was addressed..as well as how the doctor and the staff dealt with it.  I didn't like one development as much...just because I didn't think it really fit with the character of Sarah.

8. Vick's Chip
What does a T-888 really think? John attempts to hack into a Terminator's memory chip in order to protect Cameron before it's too late.

My Thoughts

I thought this episode was entertaining and interesting as well..though I'm not sure why the plot outline said the hacking was done to protect Cameron.  I must have missed something..but it was late when I watched it.  Anyway, it was really interesting to see John doing more, though I did wonder how they could afford the computers and stuff while on the run.  I really want to know what is going on with Cameron...and exactly why Derek feels the way he does about her.  I'm thinking it is more than just her being a terminator...

I'll probably go watch the last episode here in a little while tonight.  Then I'll be anxious to see the 2nd season episodes.  lol  I may start tracking them down online.

(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season marathon on January 27th, 2009)