where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Sunday, February 28th, 2010
show: 12:40 p.m.
costs: $7.25 Ticket + $5.75 Kid's Pack ( w/ upgrade ) + $5.05 Salad Lunch ( Caesar Side Salad, 99 cent Chicken Nugget, Mandarin Slices & Lemonade ) at Wendy's Restaurant after the show = $18.05
auditorium: 13
seat: 5th row, 8th column
synopsis: A veteran cop, Jimmy ( Bruce Willis ), and his partner of nine years, Paul ( Tracy Morgan ), go on a search for his stolen mint condition baseball card which he needs to pay for his daughter Ava's ( Michelle Trachtenberg ) upcoming wedding. Soon, they find out that it has fallen into the hands of a vicious baseball memorabilia-obsessed gangster named, Poh Boy ( Guillermo Diaz ), who'll stop at nothing to keep his new-found collectibles addition away from its rightful owner.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Happy anniversary; 2.) Interrogation; 3.) Pursuit; 4.) 'Phone call; 5.) Church; 6.) Bad guy; 7.) Sports memorabilia shop; 8.) Stake-out; 9.) Mom & son; 10.) Stand-off; 11.) Annoying Parkour burglar, Dave ( Seann William Scott ); 12.) Poh Boy; 13.) Car for card; 14.) Carnapper; 15.) Boots; 16.) Mercedes; 17.) Cemetery; 18.) Gabriela ( Ana De La Reguera ); 19.) Batting cage; 20.) Restaurant; 21.) Ballistic match; 22.) Nanny cam; 23.) Meeting; 24.) Video; 25.) Flash drive; 26.) Translation; 27.) Jail cell; 28.) Slip & fall; 29.) Gay cousin; 30.) Shoot-out; 31.) Shoe; 32.) Overkill; 33.) Hostage crisis; 34.) Baseball card; 35.) Wedding; and 36.) Bonus scene.
audience reaction: The audience enjoyed the funny scenes.
recommendation: I enjoyed it, too. It's a light comedy that's primarily aimed at teens and young adults.
spoiler alert! Although Jimmy's comment about the "Yippie kai aye, mother----er!" expression drew a laugh from me, there were too many references to past "Buddy Cop" films for the audience ( myself included ) to care about. Paul talked too much, especially about the perceived infidelity of his wife, Debbie ( Rashida Jones ). These cops committed police brutality, excessively used force, assaulted with a deadly weapon, and searched without a warrant, and probably committed a few more abuses of power and authority, enough to get them suspended or kicked-off the force. If you keep me in the trunk of a car for two days, I'd most likely do these two things: Wet my pants and soil my undies--more than once, each! Newborn babies don't wink. Why did the priest ( Ray Quinlan ) use Psalm 23 for the wedding ceremony? I mean, is walking down the aisle similar to walking "...through the valley of the shadow of Death"? The only way that you can use Psalm 23 in a wedding ceremony is if you reword it. Let's see how it goes ....
THE SHOTGUN WEDDING PSALM
Your dad has a shotgun, I shall not run. He maketh me to settle down with his daughter. He leadeth me beside your shrill mother. He removeth my soul. He leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his reputation's at stake. Yea, 'though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death, I will fear no in-laws, for thou art with me. His rod and his bat, they discomfort me. He preparest a banquet before us in the presence of all of my homies. He annoyest my dad with tales of toil--his mouth runneth over. Surely, curses and regrets shall follow me all the days of my life, as we dwell in the house of your dad for ever. ( This must be why I didn't become a priest! Ha, ha, ha. )
fyi: The scene in the church illustrates a point: People feign godliness just to impress others.
A male Parkour practitioner is called, Traceur, and a female one is called, Traceuse.
I know from my study of Anthropology back in college that Bonobo chimps are very sexually promiscuous, that the males are well-endowed, and that sex to them is so commonplace as to be taken to mean as simply an act of greeting ( something like a hand-shake ) and as a way to re-enforce bonds among clan members. But Bonobo chimps are not the only non-human primates that engage in oral sex; monkeys do, too. But the subject of sexually transmitted diseases among non-human primates was never discussed in class, not even in my Microbiology class.
I wonder if the primatologist, Jane Goodall, has some censored films of "monkey business" in her archives. Come on, Jane. Don't be selfish; don't be shy. Show us!
word of advice: If you're a female primatologist doing a field study on Baboons, don't ever wear eye shadow--never, ever!
If you want to spend tons of money on your daughter's wedding, first make sure that she and your soon-to-be son-in-law are truly in love with each other. Otherwise, it's just lots of money down the financial drain.
tidbits: FriendsEat.com put my blog for THE WOLFMAN in their listing for Autumn Moon Chinese Buffet in Mesa, Arizona, too! I just found out last Thursday that FriendsEat.com's search engine has been tracking my blogs since December 22nd ( at least ) of last year. That was when they put my blog on ME AND ORSON WELLES in their listing for Cinema Cafe Restaurant in Virginia Beach, VA. But I don't know why my Orson Welles blog was posted since I didn't go to any restaurant that day.
I think that I now have another "hat" to wear: Food Critic! I had better pay closer attention to whatever I stuff my mouth with from now on. Maybe I'll call myself, Pig-out Man.
