where: CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN REDWOOD CITY in Redwood City, CA
when: Sunday, June 6th, 2010
show: 1:35 p.m.
costs: $8.25 Ticket + $4.25 junior Popcorn ( w/ Butter ) + $4.00 small Diet Coke + $2.90 small Chai Tea Latte @ Redwood City Safeway Starbucks + $4.00 Dumbarton Bridge Toll = $23.40
auditorium: 10
seat: 7th row, 5th seat
synopsis: A record company intern, Aaron Green ( Jonah Hill ), has a simple task: Get Aldous Snow ( Russell Brand ) to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, in time for his 10th anniversary concert. But the drug-addled idol has other plans in this raunchy road trip movie.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) "African Child" music video; 2.) TV interview; 3.) Tabloid/news; 4.) Aaron's bedroom; 5.) Meeting; 6.) Your f---ing mommy; 7.) Break-up; 8.) Hanging-out; 9.) Night club; 10.) The loo; 11.) Hotel; 12.) Remembering Sarah Marshall; 13.) Movie set; 14.) The Today Show; 15.) Forgotten lyrics; 16.) Got The Clap; 17.) 'Phone call; 18.) Absinthe; 19.) High; 20.) 'Phone call to Jackie ( Rose Byrne ); 21.) "Pretzel"; 22.) Power position; 23.) Airport passenger line; 24.) Clench and sneeze; 25.) Special favor; 26.) Tickle attack; 27.) My friend, H-e-r-o-i-n; 28.) Fast and Furious; 29.) Emergency; 30.) TV show; 31.) Rat Pack lounge act; 32.) Strip club; 33.) Destiny ( Carla Gallo ); 34.) "Jeffrey"; 35.) Jackie is your "Daphne" ( Elisabeth Moss ); 36.) Aldous' talk with his son; 37.) Threesome; 38.) Desperate 'phone message; 39.) Swimming pool; 40.) Infant Sorrow concert; 41.) The day after; 42.) VH-1 Storytellers; 43.) Caressing the furry wall; and 44.) Bonus "talking head" scene after the Ending Credits.
audience reaction: The audience truly enjoyed this movie.
recommendation: I enjoyed it, too. And I would recommend it to the 18-and-over crowd who like comedy films, whether or not they are into the "sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll party animal" lifestyle.
spoiler alert! Since Daphne is a doctor, why doesn't she do something about her boyfriend's morbid obesity? How come not one of the other passengers noticed Aaron slip something up his big butt when his action was clearly in plain sight? That broken bone was exposed a long-enough time for infection to possibly set-in. When he fell into the pool, it looked more like he hit his shoulder or the back of his neck/head against the pool's edge, to me. So, am I to believe, too, that he was so "high" on some kind of drug that he couldn't feel the pain in his broken arm but still have command of his mental faculties to carry on with the show? Damn! the pharmaceutical companies and the armed forces should get a hold of this drug.
fyi: I wanted to catch the 11:00 a.m. show but I was double-, and triple-, and quadruple-checking my things for my overnight stay in Menlo Park--personal matter--and lost track of time. I would have made it to the 12:10 p.m. show but, instead of turning left at the light on to Middlefield Road, I kept on going straight on Jefferson Avenue. Realizing that I was in the wrong direction, I made a left on Bradford Street and made another left on Middlefield Road, which turns into a one-way street after the Broadway intersection. So, I made a left on Broadway, crossed Jefferson Avenue and Main Street, then parked at the curb in-between Walnut Street and Maple Street because I didn't want to take a chance and use the parking garage where I might have to pay for parking if they don't have a "movie ticket validation" policy in place.
Being that I had time to kill, I decided to check out the Redwood City Safeway store just two blocks away and past the Caltrain railway tracks. It's a nice and big store--and they even have a wine cellar--but I like the Menlo Park Safeway a lot better. I think that the American Canyon Safeway is better than the Redwood City Safeway, but the Menlo Park Safeway tops them both! Now, I'll just have to check-out the San Ramon Safeway and the Brentwood Safeway to see which ranks best in my opinion.
This shopping center also has an underground parking for fancy cars ( at least, the ones that I could plainly see through the basement door ) just across from the railway fence and gate.
correction: As I rode the escalator to the upstairs theatre lobby, I noticed that its clear panels are actually made of glass, but in my spoiler alert for FINAL DESTINATION: DEATH TRIP, 3-D, on August 28ht of last year, I said that there's no such thing. I stand corrected. How do you tell the difference between a glass panel and a plastic panel? Easy ... look at the edges; the glass panel will have dark-green edges and the plastic panel will have clear edges.
Back in 1988, I met the Berkeley, CA, documentary filmmaker, Les Blank, who had just recently finished production on his film, GAP-TOOTHED WOMEN, which was being shown on PBS. He caught my attention with his T-shirt which advertised his documentary film as: "The Man Who Loves Gap-Toothed Women." His production company is based in El Cerrito, CA.
word of advice: Love and friendship make the world go 'round.
tidbits: I originally sat in the 6th seat. But a family of four ( wheelchaired grandfather, father and two sons ) sat immediately to my right. And I don't like strangers invading my "personal space" when I'm busy scribbling down movie notes in the dark and clicking my tally counter when I'm doing my mantra in-between my note-taking, eating popcorn and/or drinking my soda--I'm a multi-tasking movie critic, what can I say.
On my way to check-in at the Mermaid Inn in Menlo Park, I passed by a Ferrari/Maserati automobile dealership--I need to win the lottery big-time!
