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| The movie, as the title suggests, is about two completely stupid guys, Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunn (Jeff Daniels), who decide to drive all the way from Providence, Rhode Island to Aspen, Colorado (or is it California?), to return a briefcase left in the airport by Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly), Lloyd's instantaneous love crush. The briefcase happens to contain a small fortune in ransom money, to be exchanged for Mary’s husband. So, when Lloyd (unknowingly) snatches it from under the kidnappers noses, they become... lets say... just a little upset. |
The movie has plenty of hilarious sight gags and, without trying to describe them (because the result would be pathetic), I'll proceed to point out a few of my favorites: the scene at the beginning, with Lloyd sticking his head out the window of the limo; that wonderful scene where Lloyd leaves his wallet inside the newspaper stand (the use of Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" to set the timing and mood is genial) and Lloyd's entire dream sequence. It is also curious to refer the moment when Lloyd's despaired lines convince his buddy to drive to Aspen in search of fame, fortune and most important, love. This split second change of tone, is a very interesting hint to all the potential latitude Carrey can bring to a character.
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| Billy Madison is a non-working, non-educated slacker who lives entirely off his dad. He spends his day drinking beer, reading girly magazines, and hanging out by the pool. When his father realizes that Billy is unfit to run the family business, Billy decides that he must go back to school and earn a real education. He figures it will be no problem going back to high school and learning over again, until he learns that his father bought Billy's passing grades all the way back in elementary school. Thus, Billy must return to elementary school and pass each grade one at a time in a short time, or else he loses his place as heir to the company. In addition, Billy tries to win the hand of Veronica, a sexy school teacher who thinks her students are more mature than Billy. |
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| Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly come together once again to produce the laugh-out-loud comedy of the summer. Ferrell and Reilly play Brennan and Dale, two forty year olds who have the maturity level of two 13 year olds. When Brennan and Dale’s parents get married, their hatred for each other is thick enough to cut with a knife. That hatred turns to friendship when Brennan’s older brother Derek (Adam Scott) pays a visit to the newly formed family. Derek is a successful helicopter salesman and an arrogant jerk, and when Dale punches Derek in the face, Brennan and Dale put aside their differences and form a friendship. This outrageous comedy is a must see, but due to some very poor language and some brief nudity, this film earned an R rating, so you might want to leave the kids at home. Here are some screen shots from the film, my analysis is below: |
| Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express. |
Seth and Evan are best friends, inseparable, navigating the last weeks of high school. Usually shunned by the popular kids, Seth and Evan luck into an invitation to a party, and spend a long day, with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell, trying to score enough alcohol to lubricate the party and inebriate two girls, Jules and Becca, so they can kick-start their sex lives and go off to college with a summer full of experience and new skills. Their quest is complicated by Fogell's falling in with two inept cops who both slow and assist the plan. If they do get the liquor to the party, what then? Is sex the only rite of passage at hand? |
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