where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, July 30th, 2010
show: 11:10 a.m. ( Extra Dollar Off First Show Matinee )
cost: $6.25 Ticket + $1.99 5.0 oz. CVS Mediterranean Blend trail mix ( bought at CVS Drugstore & smuggled-in ) + $4.00 small Diet/Zero ( w/ Barq's & Cherry flavors ) Coke = $12.24
auditorium: 7
seat: 5th row, 10th column
synopsis: An ambitious investments junior executive, Tim ( Paul Rudd ), is on a fast-track for a promotion, provided that he can find an idiot in time to take with him to the executive board's monthly dinner get-together.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Mouse dioramas; 2.) Job opening; 3.) Novelty lamp; 4.) Dinner proposition; 5.) Art gallery; 6.) Accidental meeting; 7.) The new Swiss client, Mueller ( David Walliams ); 8.) "The me you don't know"; 9.) Elevator; 10.) Applying heat; 11.) On-line chat; 12.) Mistaken identity; 13.) 'Phone call; 14.) Car keys; 15.) Cat; 16.) Photo shoot; 17.) Picture; 18.) The female stalker, Darla ( Lucy Punch ); 19.) Fellow IRS agent, Therman ( Zack Galifianakis ); 20.) Pudding; 21.) Overnight guest; 22.) Wrong 'phone; 23.) Business lunch; 24.) The Porsche; 25.) At the farm; 26.) In the pond; 27.) Last minute call; 28.) Dinner; 29.) Dreamers; 30.) Clitoris; 31.) Brain control; 32.) Welcome to my world; 33.) The finger; 34.) "I'm an idiot"; 35.) Confession; 36.) Photo wrap; and 37.) Bonus scene after the Ending Credits.
audience reaction: The audience loved this weirdly funny movie.
recommendation: I enjoyed this movie, too. This movie may appeal to you if you are into comedy.
spoiler alert! Even with his Biblical theme, it never occurred to Barry ( Steve Carell ) to have a Mouses ( as in, Moses ) character. The elevator bell sounded even before Julie ( Stephanie Kzostak ) could get to it. I wouldn't invite a "flaky" stranger to spend the night at my place! How could people so dim-witted work as IRS agents--am I missing something here ...? I wonder if Tim's car insurance covers him for "stalker-related" damages. ( Heck, I'd better check with CSAA regarding my car insurance coverage! ) Why would Mueller decide to collaborate with Tim and Barry after what had just happened?
fyi: If you'd paid close attention to Therman's office cubicle, you would have noticed a picture of Rasputin on the far left side; and, on the right side, a picture of the mentalist, The Amazing Kreskin, who was famous back in the early '70s through his syndicated TV show. Someone must really have it in on Kreskin because the Therman character is a parody of the famed mentalist.
Back when my family lived in an apartment in Matina, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, I found a baby mouse and decided to keep it as a pet. And I named it, Mortimer; which, I learned from reading an article in Reader's Digest Magazine, is the original name of Mickey Mouse. I kept it in a cardboard box in an upstairs room and I made sure that none of our cats could get to it. It eventually grew to full-size. Then, one day, when I went into the room, I found out that Mortimer went missing: He had chewed an hole on one side of the box and managed an escape. I don't know what happened to him because I never saw him after that. ( Well, it has been many, many years now so he's deader than dead! )
I have a co-worker who's simply annoying. You've heard of the expression, "Kill you with kindness," I'm sure. Well, this guy can drive you crazy with his friendliness! Can you believe that he was married at one time? What was the girl thinking--sheesh!
word of advice: Don't use and abuse people for your own amusement and/or selfish gain.
tidbits: Before the show, I went to Chase Bank to make a deposit. Then, I went to CVS Drugstore to buy a snack to sneak into the theatre. I also was hoping to buy a pair of flip-flop sandals, but they sold-out of the kind that I wanted to buy.
One of the girls at the bank, a beautiful and cute Filipina, bears an identical resemblance to a naked girl ( the one on the far left ) in a group photo of eight skinny-dipping females posing on a river bank which was posted earlier today on the internet. ( And I think that the two other Asian girls are her co-workers, too.) In a way, I'm hoping that it is not her BUT, in another way, I'm hoping that IT IS her--Woo-Hoo! 'You know what I mean? If you're a guy, you'd know! Maybe this photo will come in handy someday, in an "ulterior motive" sort of way. Heh, heh, heh .... ( Now would be a good time for me to tell you to just disregard what I wrote down in my word-of-advice section. )
Hey, I should talk Playboy into doing a "Girls of Chase Bank" pictorial! Oh, yeah ....
