where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Thursday, February 16th, 2012
show: 12:05 p.m. ( Extra Dollar Off First Show Matinee )
costs: $6.50 Ticket + $1.77 bulk Chocolate Candies + $4.50 20 oz VitaminWater Essential = $12.77
auditorium: 11
seat: 4th row, 8ht column
synopsis/overview: A newly-wed couple gets into a rear-ender accident. The wife wakes-up from her medically-induced coma with no memory of the accident and of her marriage. The husband does his best to win her love all over again. Based on a true story.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Rear-end; 2.) RPP zone; 3.) Cafe Mnemonic; 4.) Rainy day presents; 5.) "Did you just fart"; 6.) Comatose state; 7.) Wedding; 8.) Scrap pile; 9.) Doctor; 10.) "Wipe the slate clean"; 11.) VIP room; 12.) "You haven't spoken to them in years"; 13.) Previous engagement; 14.) Green card; 15.) Voice mail; 16.) Surprise party; 17.) "That's total bullsh-t"; 18.) "Oh, my mother's gonna kill me"; 19.) "It's a habit"; 20.) "Zoo animal"; 21.) "You don't eat meat"; 22.) More evidence; 23.) "The usual"; 24.) 'Phone call; 25.) Forget-me-nots; 26.) Dinner; 27.) The Ex-; 28.) Sorority; 29.) Current fiance; 30.) "What turns her on"; 31.) "Night in the boathouse"; 32.) "Timeline of my life"; 33.) Studio; 34.) "Can I, at least, give you an awkward hug"; 35.) Doctor's advice; 36.) "I've got to make my wife fall in love with me again"; 37.) "Verge of genius"; 38.) Retrospective; 39.) Monthly tradition; 40.) "My lips are still numb"; 41.) "I have a tattoo. I'm a vegetarian"; 42.) "Requisite three days"; 43.) "Free do-over in life"; 44.) Past due; 45.) Hypocrite; 46.) "I'll mull it over in bed with your wife"; 47.) "I'm so tired of disappointing you"; 48.) "I hope one day that I can love the way that you love me"; 49.) "I'm done. It's over. I give up"; 50.) Empty studio; 51.) Notarized document; 52.) Cat; 53.) Former best friend; 54.) "I chose to stay with him for all the things that he had done right"; 55.) Awkward moment; 56.) Law school; 57.) "I ended it"; 58.) New apartment; 59.) The wedding vow; 60.) Snow day; 61.) "My hands remember what my mind forgot"; 62.) "She happens to be right"; and 63.) Photo of the actual couple before the Ending Credits.
favorite scene: I hate to say this, but I think that the "flying-through-the-windshield" SFX was done well. I don't know how they managed to pull it off, but they sure did a good job of it. Don't get me wrong, Rachel McAdams is one of my favorite actresses ( check-out my fyi ).
audience reaction: There were mostly women in this movie. But I didn't hear a reaction from them for the better part of the movie. This movie didn't get a "Hands Clapper" ending.
recommendation: I liked it enough to give it a "Go See" recommendation. It's more of a Date Movie than it is a Chick Flick, though. So, keep that in mind.
P.S. Nope, I didn't get sentimental enough to shed some tears.
spoiler alert! I feel sorry for the extras used in the opening scene because, as soon as they stepped-out of the movie theatre, their images were immediately blurred out of focus. They cannot brag about having a bit part in this movie at all! Who's gonna believe them? I wonder if the Screen Actors Guild has something to say about this blurred scene. Couldn't he just have showed her proof of their marriage a.s.a.p.? After all, they had matching wedding rings, to begin with. What about a wallet photo? If he got rid of all of her stuff, why was her "scrap pile" just sitting out there for many months?
fyi: I like 50 FIRST DATES ( 2004 ) better.
In the ex-fiance's office, he was wearing a leather band watch. Leather band watches are the preferred choice among White Collar Professionals as part of their business attire. ( And you'll also notice that he was wearing a white collar shirt. Ha, ha, ha. )
For those of you out there who don't know it yet, Rachel McAdams is an active environmentalist. She co-founded www.greenissexy.org with a couple of her girlfriends. After she broke-up with Ryan Gosling, I went to her website to find out her contact information because I hoped to meet with her in person--Ahem! But her website doesn't provide this info. ( I don't have what it takes to be a good "Celebrity Stalker", what can I say. LOL ) And if you click on their "About Us" option, you get redirected to an "Adult" web-hosting site. Go figure ....
word of advice: Don't make the same mistake twice.
Don't try and have sex in the middle of the road. But if you must, keep your seatbelts on!
'Remember how they tell you to put on a clean underwear before you head on out for just-in-case you get into an accident? But if you do get in a bad accident--Heaven forbid--more likely than not, you'd just end-up crapping and/or pissing in your pants anyway. So, forget this stupid advice!
tidbits: There was an earthquake at approximately 9:13 a.m. this morning. Like yesterday's earthquake, it probably was centered just a few short miles from where I live. Yikes! I was in by bathroom, standing before the mirror when it happened. It felt and sounded like my upstairs neighbor slipped and fell down hard in his bathroom. And it was over, just-like-that! Hopefully, these two quakes were enough to relieve the pressure in the "Strike-Slip" fault line.
An hour later, I went to Benicia, CA, to pick-up my cheque. I then went to BofA to put a deposit in my savings account. Then, I went to the post office to drop-off some bills. And I got some gas, and a cup of iced mocha, at the nearby Chevron gas station.
Then, I drove back to Vallejo to pick-up my prescription at the Admiral Callaghan Lane Safeway. I then swung by my periodontist's office to find out when my next appointment will be, and to get a bill statement for my income tax. Then, I went to Chase Bank to put money in my checking account. And I drove to the CSAA office to pay on my car's insurance.
Then, I went to see this movie to find-out why it's currently Number One at the Box Office.
I could see why this movie made it to Number One: It didn't disappoint; it lived-up to its "Valentine's Day" hype. But, No, it didn't have the kind of "nudity" that I was--I mean, horndogs were--hoping for! Bummer. Heh, heh, heh ....
Outside, in the main lobby, is a seven-foot tall THREE STOOGES Bop Bag. The "Moe" and "Curly" actors pictured on it are almost-exact lookalikes of the original ones; but the "Larry" actor has just a passing resemblance to the real one. Long story short, I can't wait to see this movie!
"Oh, hiya, Sister Bernice."
"There's something different about you. Did you get a haircut?"
( Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha--Snort! But I shouldn't be guffawing since I'd most likely ask her the same question, myself. )
After the movie, I went to the Selecta Pilipino Buffet here in Vallejo for lunch, and to buy some lottery tickets.
Then, I went to the 99 Cent Only Store next door to buy a three-litre bottle of root beer. ( I hope that that "Brett" character will not say, "You should have bought the root beer at Safeway!" Since Safeway doesn't sell 3-litre bottles of any kind of soda. So, there! )
And I swung by the nearby FCI ( Friends Connect International ) center to ask about their health care products. They told me that the information and the customer testimonials that I needed to know were on their website, and to check them out myself. I did. And I got the impression that not only do they want people to buy their products, they also want people to be on their downline. Frankly, I'm tired of all these "Multi-Level Marketing/Pyramid Schemes" that really don't pan-out for the people in the downlines. So, I guess that I'll just be buying the "health stuff" someplace else.
When I got back home, I noticed that the workers had already repaved my carport parking space. That was good since it saved me from having to rent a room at some hotel/inn until the repaving work gets done. Because, after what happened to my Geo Metro exactly a month ago, there was no way in the world that I'd park my Hyundai Accent in the overflow parking area or at the side-street curb anymore! Since there are too many f--king lowlifes living here in Vallejo--even before the economy took a nosedive, 'sorry to say ....
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