Better yet, don't.
The two things this romantic comedy lacks are, in large part, romance and comedy.
Enough is injected to attract the genre label and provide cuts for a convincing trailer. The remaining runtime is devoted to setting up embarrassing situations, earned or not, and attempting to laugh at the subjects thereof; for most movies I tend to wander off for the few awkward minutes this occurs, but by starting there and never letting up I'd have been rude to the audience and to my $5 expended for the iTunes rental.
Its hard to sympathize with the romantic leanings of a lecherous protagonist, a doctor whose patients would be wise to walk out upon his bedside manner. That the frumpy babe wants his hand may work out fine and special for her, but there are other romances for us to enjoy on screen. That the hot babe is hot guarantees she will not end this with the marital devotion her kind & patient heart deserves.
The remaining theatrical attributes worth considering evaluate in kind. The cinematography is perfunctory: correct, but not special. Music prolific, but borrowed. Acting, gratuitous. Cast, wasted despite laudable efforts by Jennifer Aniston and Brooklyn Decker.
It is, to wit, an Adam Sandler film.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Movie: Tron:Legacy
A sequel embracing the true spirit of sequels:
For geeks remembering Atari 800s and PC-selling Charlie Chaplin, a must-see return to a historical milestone.
For anyone else, a high-tech fireworks show - no real meaning, but still really fun to watch.
- bigger budget (by 10x: $170M vs. $17M)
- better technology (by 10,000x: Moore's Law)
- more hero (by 3x: not just one Jeff Bridges but three of 'em)
- highlights redux bigger (disc battles, lightcycle races, honkin' big wierd machines)
- awesome music (Walter Carlos, meet Daft Punk)
- more overall spectacle (imparting "yeah, that's what I remember, but cooler!")
- and...and...oh, what was that last thing...oh, right - plot (I guess that mangled heap in the corner is a plot).
For geeks remembering Atari 800s and PC-selling Charlie Chaplin, a must-see return to a historical milestone.
For anyone else, a high-tech fireworks show - no real meaning, but still really fun to watch.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Rant: "That's where I want to be"
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Hurricane Pass, Tetons, Wyoming.
One of my fondest late-childhood memories was hiking there.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Quote: Why Doesn't Microsoft Understand Tablets
Awesome quote from http://www.quora.com/Microsoft/Why-doesnt-Microsoft-understand-tablets
So, in this dream, er, nightmare I have, I walk into Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft office back in 2006 and say:
“Hi Steve, I gotta talk to you about our tablet strategy.”
“Sure, Scoble, what you thinking about?”
“Well, it sucks. It just isn’t working. Customers aren’t delighted. The market isn’t afire. Our employees are even bored with it.”
“So, what should we do?” he asks.
“We should ship a device that doesn’t run Office. Indeed, doesn’t run any Microsoft application. Doesn’t do multitasking. Doesn’t run Flash. Doesn’t have a camera. Can’t print. Can’t use a Microsoft Mouse or Keyboard, either. Oh, and just to be really revolutionary, we can’t put any of our normal packaging or stickers on the device or around it. Finally, we can’t sell it at Best Buy, but we have to build a new series of stores to distribute it in.”
“What the f*** are you smoking, Scoble? Get the f*** out of here before I call security. That’s the stupidest idea I’ve heard. Ever.”
Then I wake up and realize, no, I’m not Steve Jobs.
So, in this dream, er, nightmare I have, I walk into Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft office back in 2006 and say:
“Hi Steve, I gotta talk to you about our tablet strategy.”
“Sure, Scoble, what you thinking about?”
“Well, it sucks. It just isn’t working. Customers aren’t delighted. The market isn’t afire. Our employees are even bored with it.”
“So, what should we do?” he asks.
“We should ship a device that doesn’t run Office. Indeed, doesn’t run any Microsoft application. Doesn’t do multitasking. Doesn’t run Flash. Doesn’t have a camera. Can’t print. Can’t use a Microsoft Mouse or Keyboard, either. Oh, and just to be really revolutionary, we can’t put any of our normal packaging or stickers on the device or around it. Finally, we can’t sell it at Best Buy, but we have to build a new series of stores to distribute it in.”
“What the f*** are you smoking, Scoble? Get the f*** out of here before I call security. That’s the stupidest idea I’ve heard. Ever.”
Then I wake up and realize, no, I’m not Steve Jobs.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Link: Borepatch: I am TJIC
The center of reporting & pontificating on the TJIC incident is at Borepatch: I am TJIC
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Rant: I am TJIC
Tis unwise for a government to oppress those who fear being oppressed by their government and opine it unwise.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Rant: Sony BDP-S570 "Internet Connection Failed"
For those struggling with that error on that Blu-ray player...
Select Custom wireless network configuration, with:
IP Address something which no other device on your wireless network will have, say 192.168.1.111 (fiddle with the last number; try a random number between 150 and 254).
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1
Primary DNS: 8.8.8.8 (Google's)
Secondary DNS: 8.8.4.4
Apply those numbers. If it doesn't take, wait a couple minutes and try again.
Worked for me.
Select Custom wireless network configuration, with:
IP Address something which no other device on your wireless network will have, say 192.168.1.111 (fiddle with the last number; try a random number between 150 and 254).
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1
Primary DNS: 8.8.8.8 (Google's)
Secondary DNS: 8.8.4.4
Apply those numbers. If it doesn't take, wait a couple minutes and try again.
Worked for me.
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