The rewrite on an old script: The Change-UP

So, two people testify out loud that each one wished they had the others life and abracadabra, let's pee in a wishing well together.... Really?   That's Tinseltown for you; 2011 version :)

It's a shame, but Jason Bateman (Principle Character) even confessed he thought "its gonna suck"!  Wait, I can't be that hard on the movie because I kinda liked it.   It was much better than Horrible Bosses and Bad Teacher (the characters were more believable) but, I did get a bit worried during the diaper changing scene.  I was afraid the writers might push it too far with the "shock" value.  Overall the movie was o.k..

You might want to save your cha-ching.

This one is better as a DVD option.



Actors:  Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde and Leslie Mann
Director:  David Dobkin  (Wedding Crashers)
2.5  Reels

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Rise of the Apes!

I thought it would be more interesting than it was.   Maybe, I wasn't in the mood to watch a bunch of swinging apes going crazy.  At any rate, the movie was slow and a bit boring.  The CG work got better later in the movie.   James Franco not so much :(


Sometimes, the Hollywood  box office translation don't work as well as it should.   I'm not sure if Pierre Boulle (writer of the 1963 French Novel Planet of the Apes)  would approve of this one.

Save the cha-ching,  DVD is a better option.

Actor:  James Franco
Director:  Rupert Wyatt (Escapist)
2.5 Reels


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Hello Again!

For those of you who have read my blog, sorry for the absence.  I had been doing most of my work from FB.  I'm back.

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