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50 First Dates (2004)
50 First Dates movie Review
50 First Dates review
I fell in love with the movie, 50 First Dates while lying on my hospital bed. I saw how Adam Sandler jumped through hoops for Drew Barrymore despite her condition and it gave me hope. The film 50 First Dates directed by Peter Segal was made in 2004. Featuring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, and Kevin James. The plot of the film focuses on a romance between "Lucy" who suffers from memory loss and "Henry," who is a funny sailor who also manages an aquarium. The theme of the plot was romance and comedy. The movie has a lot of funny actors like Sean Astin, Rob Schneider, Maya Rudolph, and Allen Covert. The main Characters were Lucy (Drew Barrymore) and Henry (Adam Sandler). The main conflict if the film was protagonist vs self because Lucy is angry with herself for not being able to remember anything from after the day she lost her memory.
First Henry is introduced as a humoris "player" who is also an aquatic veterinarian. Henry meets Lucy at a cafe in Hawaii, they both hit it off and exchange contact information to meet again in the future. The film then introduces Lucy's at home life with her brother, Doug and father, Marlin. They show how Doug and Marlin have to "reset" the day after Lucy goes to sleep, the film later explains that Lucy lost her memory due to a car accident that both Lucy and Marlin were in on the day of her dad's birthday. Henry sees Lucy again, at the same cafe but is startled when Lucy does not remember him. Henry then finds out about Lucy's memory loss through Doug and Marlin. This doesn't change how Henry feels about Lucy, infact Henry decides that he will try to "woo" Lucy everyday to make her fall in love with him all over again.
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler have a real tv chemistry that makes the audience fall in love with Henry and Lucy even more. The 2 also play as an romantic couple in the 2014 film, "Blended." Adam Sandler brings the humor to the film with his funny bestfriend Ula, played by Rob Schneider. Drew Barrymore totally crushed the role of Lucy! The way she acted as though her memory had been erased was very convincing. The film based in Hawaii the visuals show a lot of beaches and Palm trees which makes the film feel more romantic.
This film brings you on an emotional rollercoaster, a lot of laughter and smiles, but also tears. The film also really makes you reevaluate yourself and appreciate what you have. Overall the film leaves all audiences with the same question; "what would I do in either Lucy or Henry's shoes?"
Save the Last Dance (2001)
Save The Last Dance movie review
Save the last Dance is one of many dance movies, released in 2001, directed by Thomas Charter. The movie is about a ballerina who is forced to move to the streets of Chicago with her dad when her mom unexpectedly dies. She as though she doesnt fit because shes the schools only "white girl." Along the way she meets friends who teach her the art of hip hop dance, which eventually helps her accomplish her dream of going to Juilliard to study dance.
First, Sara (Julia Stiles) is introduced on a train on her way to Chicago, while shes riding she has flashbacks about the day she found out that her mother was killed in a car accident. She soon arrives at her dad's apartment in the "hood" of, she doesn't know that well since her mother and father divorced when she was a child. Sara has to sleep in the living room because the second bedroom was under construction. The next day Sara arrives at her new school and has a bit of a culture shock when she realizes that she is the only person at the school who was not of color. Sara starts off to a rocky start when shes get into a debate with her new love interest Derek (Sean Patrick).
Next, Sara gets invited to a club night by her new friend, Chenille (Kerry Washington), also Derek's little sister. When they arrive at the party Sara sees Derek and they both try to start off on another foot. At the party the dance and have fun but are rudely interrupted when Derek gets into a fight while helping his best friend, Malakai (Fredro Starr). This leads to Derek walking Sara home and them ending the night off with a kiss. Sara continues to get used to her new home while Derek gives her lessons on hip hop dancing.
Finally, Sara and Derek start their new relationship while Sara and her father try to rekindle theirs. Derek helps Sara prepare for her audition for Juilliard, and Sara begins to feel at home in Chicago. In the final scene of the movie Sara kills her audition at Juilliard by incorporating her newly learned hip hop moves with her ballae. The movies ends with Sara, Chenelle, Derek and a couple of other friends celebrating at the club where they first started.
This was one of the first major films for Julia Stiles, in fact this is the first film that i've ever seen her play in. All of the acting throughout the film seems very genuine, I think that the whole audience could forget that these actors are acting! Sean Patrick, who plays Derek seems very at home in the films set in Chicago. In fact this is not the only film that he has been in that takes place in Chicago. He plays in each of Ice Cubes Barber Shop which set in Chicago. Kerry Washington who plays Chenille in the film seems just a little bit off. Only because i've never seen her play the role of anyone who isn't sophisticated and proper. So its different to see her play the role of a teen mom from the South side of Chicago.
I think the main message that the film is trying to get across is that sometimes when bad things happen, better things are to come. Sara's mom died, and because of that she had to move to Chicago to live her dad. In the beginning she thought it was worse idea ever, and that her experince was going to be hell. But because of that she met new friends, or as she would say the love of her life. She got to rekindle her relationship with her dad, and she got to make her deceased mother proud by accomplishing her dream of going to Juilliard.
13 Going on 30 (2004)
13 Going on 30 Review
13 Going on 30, directed by Gary Winick is an all time American favorite. The movie is about a 13 year old girl named Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) who doesn't apprecite her you life a pre-teen. Her best friend, Matt (Mark Ruffalo) gifts her with a pink doll house he made from scratch, on top of the doll house he sprinkles "wishing dust" so that everything in the dollhouse would come true, this leads her to wishing that she was 30 years instead of being 13. The wish comes true and Jenna wakes up in her luxury New York apartment as a 30 year old magazine editor.
First, Jenna is introduced as her normal 13 year old self lying of her bed in New York, reading a magazine that talks about how the ages 30 is one of the best times of your lives, she reads out loud "30, flirty, and thriving." Her and her best friend Matt attend middle school where they often get teased by the schools mean girls, the Six Chicks for being nerdy. Matt and Jenna are neighbors and best friends but Jenna doesnt know that Matt secretly has a crush on her. Jenna than plans for her birthday party where she invites the mean girls of the school and her crush, Chris Grandy. At the party the mean girls all decide to play a game of 7 Minutes in Heaven. Jenna goes first, she gets blindfolded and put in the closet. Matt comes in the two share a kiss, the only thing is; Jenna thinks that she's kissing Chris Grandy. When Jenna discovers that it's Matt and not Chris Gandy she gets upset, this leads to her wishing that she was 30 as the wishing dust falls over her head.
Next, Jenna wakes up in her bed with a sleeping mask on. She then opens up the door to the door of the room but is confused when she doesnt recognize the home. She calls out for her parents, "MOM?" She walks past a mirror and screams of fear when she sees herself as a 30 year old women. She then hears a man call out "hey sweat bottom, where's the soap" this causes Jenna to run out of the house and into a car ordered for her with her co-worker and new best friend, Lucy Wyman (Judy Greer), leader of the Six Chicks. Then Jenna and Lucy arrive at their job, Jenna then discovers that she works at the magazine company of the magazine that she reads often. Jenna finds herself disappointed when she finds out that her and Matt are no longer best friends and that Matt is engaged to Wendy. Jenna still sees Matt as her best friend and tries her best to rekindle their friendship throughout the film.
The film proceeds to show Jenna as a 30 year women "living her best life" in New York. Jenna goes out clubbing, fancy dinners, and dates with her boyfriend, Alex Carson, a famous hockey player. Although Jenna is having fun, she soon finds out that being an adult is not at all what she expected it to be. Her friends at work turn against her and she begins to feel lonely when she finds herself missing her parents and life as a 13 year old girl. Towards the end of the film Jenna is helping prepare for Matt's wedding, that she is totally against because she is now in love with Matt. As her wedding gift she gives Matt the pink doll house that he made for her on her 13th birthday. After gifting Matt with the dollhouse Jenna begins to cry, she feels full of regret, regret that she never gave Matt a chance, and regret that she ever wanted to be an adult before living out her full childhood. While crying the wind blows the wishing dust from the dollhouse onto Jenna and then BOOM, she's back in her closet as 13 year old girl. Jenna lives out the rest of her childhood, very appreciative and ends up marrying Matt when they both become adults.
The main message that the film is trying to get across is to cherish your childhood. Every child in today's society want to hurry up and be adults, they believe that life is easier and that you have tons of freedom. What we all fail to realize as children is that being a child is the best days of your life.
Jennifer Garner totally crushes the role of a 13 year old being trapped in a 30 year olds body. Her first seen as an adult convinces the whole audience that she's truly a 13 year old at heart. Mind you her sense of humor throughout the film really brings the film to life. I couldn't imagine anyone more perfect for the role. We all know Mark Ruffalo, as Hulk Smash in most Avengers movies so it's pretty interesting to him in more of a romance.