Wordful Wednesday: Just Go with It

Just Go with It

Starring: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker, Nicole Kidman, Dave Matthews, Bailee Madison, and Griffin Gluck with appearances from many of his usual crew

Every review I have read about this movie has been negative. It's not funny. The jokes fall flat. Aniston saves the movie. The screenplay is shabby. Sandler is too old and not the kind of guy a young girl would date. Decker and Sandler have no chemistry.

Despite all the horrible reviews, GC and I went to see this last night. And let me tell you! We laughed out loud throughout the whole movie. We are both huge Sandler fans and were not disappointed at all. And take it from me, as a deaf girl, any movie that can make me laugh in the theater is a funny movie, since I don't hear most of what is being said anyway. The kids in the movie make it especially funny, especially the boy, Griffin Gluck. He does the perfect pout to take the most advantage of Danny, Sandler's character, and even manages to convince him to take them all to Hawaii so he can swim with the dolphins.

Sandler's character starts off as someone you wouldn't like; a player using his wedding ring to pick up chicks. He's only honest with one woman, his assistant, Jennifer Aniston. The lies weaved throughout this story by both Aniston and Sandler keep the hilarity going. I especially enjoyed seeing this light funny side of Nicole Kidman, who shines as a sidekick as much as she does a leading lady.

It's a typical Sandler romance, but I'm okay with that. I love the way you watch the romance develop and there's just one part, when Aniston and Sandler have dinner with Matthews and Kidman, that makes the whole movie worth watching.

We give this movie 4 thumbs up. It is probably the funniest movie I have seen in a while. Way to go Sandler. Aniston was the most beautiful star in the movie, if you asked me too.

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Girls Day Out in Wonderland

Once in a blue moon, Jellybean and I get to spend time with each other, one on one, just like it used to be before G.C. (that's George Clooney for those just starting to read) and Scooby Doo came along. Today's adventure consisted of getting a new hairstyle and checking out the latest Tim Burton flick "Alice in Wonderland".

First, we browsed the internet and picked out some hairstyles like this:













and Jellybean decided she liked this one the best:
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This is how it turned out (crappy cellphone picture) :










As for Tim Burton's vision of Alice in Wonderland....

Powerful. Masterful. Incredible. It wasn't exactly what you would expect from Tim Burton but yet it was, and even more. The colors were bold and vivid. The characters were unforgettable, from the small Dormouse to the Red Knight. Helena Bonham Carter upstages the masterful Johnny Depp for once. Her portrayal of the Red Queen is fantastic and believable. Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter is masterful as well. There was not one part of this movie that was mismatched. This is a must-see movie. People cite it as a dark rendition, however, I did not find it to be so dark. It's different, and perhaps not the sweet sappy animated Wonderland Disney created so many years ago, but it is just as delightful, even more colorful, and just as memorable. There are a couple of scenes that might be a little rough for a smaller child (Alice crosses the moat to the Red Queen castle using the decapitated heads as stepping stones, still very tastefully done, but perhaps not quite preschooler appropriate, some moments that could make you jump), but overall it was a fascinating movie, enrapturing all the viewers in the theater. There were even humorous moments in just the right places. I must go back and see this one again in 3-D before it leaves the theater. Excellent again, Tim Burton. 4.5 stars.