where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
show: 4:35 p.m.
costs: $7.25 Ticket + $4.25 medium Diet/Zero ( w/ Barq's & Cherry flavors ) Coke = $11.50
auditorium: 1
seat: 3rd row, 6th column
synopsis: Teaching a pair of old dogs some new tricks.
Seven years after a wild night out of drinking, partying and sex to ease the pain of his divorce, Dan ( Robin Williams ), finds himself the unexpected father of fraternal twins, Emily ( Ella Blue Travolta ) and Zach ( Conner Rayburn ) through a one-night marital fling with Vicki ( Kelly Preston ) at a very inopportune time: He and his best friend/business partner, the fun-loving bachelor, Charlie ( John Travolta ), are about to land the biggest business deal of their lives. Frantically multi-tasking together to balance family life with business life, they soon find out that they need to prioritize the role which is the most important for all those concerned.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Out at the park; 2.) "Fremont"; 3.) Incontinent old dog, Lucky ( Sebastian ); 4.) Tanned Dan; 5.) The surprise; 6.) Bathroom break; 7.) Jenna's ( Rita Wilson ) hands; 8.) "We" not "me"; 9.) Pamela's Restaurant; 10.) Flirting with the interpreter, Amanda ( Lori Loughlin ); 11.) At Casa De Amore, an "adults only" community; 12.) Charlie's "crib"; 13.) Safety Squad; 14.) Pioneer Campground orientation; 15.) Tent-building; 16.) Bear skat; 17.) Touch Frisbee; 18.) Skeet shooting; 19.) Medicine cabinet; 20.) Golf game; 21.) Bereavement club; 22.) Jimmy Lunchbox ( Bernie Mac ); 23.) King Fontana and Princess Emily; 24.) Board of Marketeers; 25.) Baseball game; 26.) "Final and only" offer; 27.) Hand-made presents; 28.) Family talk; 29.) Failed proposition; 30.) The sad news; 31.) The zoo; 32.) The group photo; and 33.) Photo-shopped picture montage ( beginning credits ) and dedication to Bernie Mac and Jett Travolta ( ending credits ).
audience reaction: The audience enjoyed this funny movie although it didn't get a "Hands Clapper" at the end.
recommendation: This movie has some very funny scenes involving the unintentional misuse of prescription drugs. Go see this movie.
spoiler alert! Vicki said that her twins were 7 years old but she and Dan met 7 years ago so either she's bad in math or she came with a pair of "luggage" that eventful evening! Why would Charlie have an incontinent dog inside the house and sleeping in his bed? Why don't they know what their prescription drugs look like? The group shot at the end shows the infant and the kids with a big grin on their faces as if to imply that the little ones--and all the non-medicated ones, for that matter--have a "habit" ....
fyi: Seth Green loves to play the role of a "bitch" for big, hairy creatures. 'Remember 2004's WITHOUT A PADDLE?
I had a cat named Winky II, an orange tabby Manx of the "rumpie" kind, which became incontinent in its old age. I used to tell him, E. Mush ( my nickname for him ), you smell like "old fart" with bladder problem. But despite his incontinence, and also chronic diarrhea in his old age which forced us to keep him outdoors most of the time, he was my number one favorite cat.
I found Winky II as an abandoned little kitten out on the street. He was so weak and sleepy when I took him in that he barely moved around for about three days except to feed himself. He bonded with me. I named him Winky II because we had an orange ( with white underbelly ) Rex back in the Philippines of the same name. My eldest sister took pity on him and said, "You're like Little Orphan Annie." And I quipped, He's more like little orphan anus!
I remember Winky II's first Halloween with us in 1985. He had been out all night. Early the next day before dawn, I went to my 1978 Honda Civic CVCC Hondamatic parked at the curb and warmed it up before leaving for work. Then, I noticed Winky II sitting on the sidewalk in front of our old house in East Oakland, CA and looking at me through nearly closed eyes. Since my car was still warming-up, I decided to go to him and pet him first before leaving. As I went to pet him, I noticed that between his front paws was a roll of Sweetart ( you know, as in "sweetheart" ) candy. I guess he spent the night observing the little trick-or-treaters collect candies door-to-door and made the connection that such things are important to humans and therefore presented me with one that a kid had unknowingly dropped! That little snack-size candy is by far and away THE BEST PRESENT anyone had ever given me!
Winky II was a very smart cat, he always observed me to see which of the things he did would please me and which wouldn't. And he would always make it a point to please me. I miss him so much. Perhaps, I shall blog again about him someday when it becomes appropriate.
word of advice: Familiarize yourself well with the prescription drugs that you take and don't trust anybody to sort/organize them for you.
Even animals have human characteristics ( "Animals are people, too" ). So, what makes a human human?
When it comes to presents, indeed, "it's the thought that counts."
tidbits: I walked to Office Depot after the show to buy a 12-pack of pocket size notebooks for my movie reviews. Then, I went to the CVS store to buy straps for my wristwatch but they don't sell them anymore. Finally, I went to the Dollar Tree store at the Target Shopping Center to buy a toilet bowl cleaner and an umbrella. They sold out of umbrellas. Before I got in my car, I called my sister in Michigan to see if she already had read my blog on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON. She said that she already did, and that it was funny; but she hasn't finished reading my blog on 2012 yet.
