where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Monday, May 9th, 2011
show: 9:00 p.m.
costs: $9.75 Ticket + $6.49 # 12 meal ( w/ a small drink of Minute Made Lite Lemonade, Hi-C Orange Lava Burst and Minute Made Strawberry Passion--another one of Cine-Man's special blends ) @ MacDonald's Restaurant in the Target Shopping Center before the movie = $16.24
auditorium: 13
seat: 5th row, 7th column
synopsis/overview: High society's "modern trend" and a middle class's "old tradition" clash when two families from entirely different backgrounds come together for a weekend wedding at Martha's Vineyard. And before you know it, old secrets and unfounded fears arise to spoil the planned nuptials.
miscasts: Based on the facial resemblance, the mother should have played the part of the aunt and vice versa.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Promise; 2.) Accident; 3.) Proposal; 4.) "'Haven't met them yet"; 5.) Post office; 6.) "You have to tell her or I will"; 7.) The vow of celibacy; 8.) The talk with the minister; 9.) Ferry; 10.) Mocha/Milk Chocolate; 11.) "I'm a hugger"; 12.) "Last minute"; 13.) "Stop touching me"; 14.) Bidets; 15.) "Say, 'Pictures"'; 16.) Chicken; 17.) "We need to talk"; 18.) Hermaphrodite; 19.) Oysters; 20.) The prayer; 21.) "Cultural necessity"; 22.) "Sexual Healing"; 23.) Fight; 24.) "Leave the cleave"; 25.) "Money didn't change me, it changed you"; 26.) "What exactly is broke"; 27.) "Cougar"; 28.) Bachelor party; 29.) Kitchen; 30.) "Pinky swear"; 31.) Mother/daughter talk; 32.) Pomegranate; 33.) Touch football; 34.) Pediatrician; 35.) "You don't even know who your parents are"; 36.) "There's no more 'private' here"; 37.) "Look at what you've done"; 38.) "Pray that Jason ( Laz Alonso ) gets that girl back"; 39.) "Not caring for you everyday was my greatest failure"; 40.) "It's our mess"; 41.) The "I'm sorry" card; 42.) Wedding; 43.) Kiss; 44.) "Not all secrets are bad"; and 45.) Dance.
audience reaction: The half-a-dozen or so people in the audience were somewhat entertained by this movie.
recommendation: If you're into formulaic wedding movies given a new spin, consider seeing this movie.
spoiler alert! How did Sabrina ( Paula Patton ) get from owning an Audi to downsizing--literally--to a Mini Cooper? As they walked on the sidewalk by the park, after the concert, a couple ( conscious of what was happening, i.e. a film shoot ) deliberately stayed in the background so that they wouldn't "walk into the frame". Chewing gum, using a cellphone and "closing shop" at the start of a transaction to engage in personal talk ... very unprofessional--fire the bitch! But, wait! she's a postal clerk on the verge of "going postal" ( what with her "Anger Management Class" situation ). Firing her might be a bad idea: She might fire back--with a gun--like how some postal employees were known for; hence, the term, "Going Postal." In all the years that I've gone up to a post office counter, I've never seen a post office clerk's name tag with a "Mrs." ( or "Mr." ) designation on it. The Sweet Potato Pie came out of the oven with its fluted edge perfectly baked; but the only way for that to happen was if she used a Pie Crust Edge Shield, which she obviously didn't. And the pie was so perfectly made that the pie filling didn't even touch the pie's fluted edge. But ... in a later scene at the Watson's residence, the pie that they ate had the fluted edge coated with pie filling. Wasn't the older woman a married woman, too? So they could speak French--big deal! For all we know, they could just be transplants from Louisiana! The musicians didn't accompany her when she sang, "Sexual Healing." Which begs the question, did she sing Karaoke-style? Pediatrician ...? Come on, that "pediatrician" bit was quite a stretch just to squeeze-out a few laughs. Loretta Devine's last movie, MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, has the same subplot, but different gender. I know that they were all family, but did they have to stand around during that personal argument? Talk about being too damn nosy. I would have walked away from that personal argument because it would have been the polite thing to do. But, I guess, rich or poor, neither family knew how to exhibit such a polite consideration for others. Somebody's got to pay that taxi driver since he ain't goin' nowhere without gettin' paid first! 'Cause gas ain't cheap, you know. A mean-tempered mother ( about to go "postal" ) and an obnoxious, self-serving cousin--hell, no! ain't no way I'm marrying into that kind of a family.
fyi: Honestly, I only went to see this because of Paula Patton and Meagan Good--a good enough reason by any man's standards. Yeah ....
This movie should have been released just before Valentine's Day.
Should I ever get married, my wedding song would most likely be, "Sad To Belong To Someone Else." Ha, ha, ha. ( Did I already mention this in an earlier blog? )
word of advice: "... A man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh." ( New International Version. Old Testament of the Bible, Genesis 2:24 )
There's no excuse for intentional rudeness!
tidbits: Earlier in the day, I watched a made-for-TV movie on movie2k.to, ALMIGHTY THOR. It is so lame. It doesn't even hold a candle to the Big Screen version, THOR.
While I was eating my burger at MacDonald's, one of the employees, a white kid, was talking to his co-worker, an Hispanic older lady. He said that tall people die early because their hearts have to work harder against gravity. And he said that Asians live longer because they're shorter.
I wanted to cut-in and say that the reason why Asians live longer is because they seldom eat artery-clogging fast-foods like burgers and fries, which, by the way, I was eating at that moment. But, I would have looked foolish. So, I just kept to myself. And that burger was delicious! Yummy, yummy for my tummy! 'Not to worry, folks. I always take a Lecithin capsule after eating a high-fat, high cholesterol meal to keep my blood vessels smooth and clog-free.
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