Film: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

DVD: Anamorphic


"Do you want to put some clothes on?!"
"Oh, would you like to pick out the outfit that you break up with me in?!"

Review: A very funny comedy of a man trying to cope after his famous actress girlfriend dumps him. Escaping to Hawaii, he finds her staying at the same resort with her new rock star boyfriend. I liked how they tried to make the growth of his new relationship fairly realistic for a romantic comedy. The Dracula Musical was very unique and a great way to wrap up the movie.

"I like her red hair. I wonder if the carpet matches her pubes."

"You're still involved with him next door, ain't ya?"
"Excuse me?"
"You should've seen yourself at dinner, Sarah. Then you came back here and put on that ghastly performance. I mean I've heard that women do fake orgasms, but I've never seen one. It really deeply upset me."
"You should've seen YOURSELF at dinner. 'Oh, I'm Aldous Snow! Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. Oh, no drinks for me thanks. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit!'"

"Get hard for me, Pete. Get hard for me."
"I know what I'm supposed to do."

"Oh, wedding in Hawaii! REAL ORIGINAL!!"

4 1/2 out of 5 Stars

Film: Transformers (2007)

DVD: Enhanced 16:9


"Wow! This is the coolest thing I've ever seen! Explosions everywhere! This is easily a hundred times cooler than Armageddon... I swear to god!"

Review: A surprising film from Michael Bay. The amazing action & special effects are expected from him, but the effective use of story and humor was a big step up for him. Shia LaBeouf was great as the lynch pin character that held the sprawling movie together. The first time I watched it, I really appreciated the moments of slow motion during the robot fights, but on repeated viewings I got better at deciphering the faster chaotic clashes.

"What is it?"
"It's a robot. You know, like a super advanced robot. It's probably Japanese. Yeah, it's definitely Japanese."
"What are you doing?"
"I don't think it wants to hurt us. He would've done that already."
"Really? Well, do you speak robot? Because they just had, like, a giant droid death match!"

"What'd they get you for?"
"I bought a car. Turned out to be an alien robot... Who knew?"

"Decepticons, attack!"

4 out of 5 Stars

Film: Gattaca (1997)

DVD: Anamorphic


"We were just wondering if... if it is good to just leave a few things to, to chance?"
"We want to give your child the best possible start. Believe me, we have enough imperfection built in already. Your child doesn't need any more additional burdens. Keep in mind, this child is still you. Simply, the best, of you. You could conceive naturally a thousand times and never get such a result."

Review: When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I thought it was stealing the idea for my book. I was greatly relieved when I saw the movie's plot was only tangentially related and it was very good as well. Ethan Hawke plays an aspiring astronaut in the near-future who's DNA signature is not considered good enough to be accepted into the space program. He must take on a new illegal identity using genetically superior DNA donated by Jude Law's character to achieve his goal.

"I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science."

"I can't go anywhere without seeing my own face. They'll recognize me."
"They won't recognize you."
"They'll recognize me."
"I don't recognize you."

4 1/2 out of 5 Stars