Yes Man/Burn After Reading/2008 B.O. Follow Ups

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First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! I can't believe that in less than 10 hours it will be 09'. If you are reading this in 2009, can you believe we're already in 09'. Wow! Where does time go? So on todays blog I will have a double review plus box office follow ups on the biggest 08' movies. So Yes Man is a movie that you will like if you have a certain type of humor. If you like Liar, Liar you will LOVE Yes Man. If you thought it was bad, then you will hate it. It's like an hour and 42 minutes and I liked it. So really the title says it all! He used to say no to every thing and now he says yes. That's it. Not to exciting. It made good bank though. So far it's made $49,798,560 and it was # 5 last week. 

As you may or may not know, I just got back from the bahamas. At the hotel there is a movie theatre and I went to see Burn After Reading. Just letting you know that this movie is R and it is solely because of violence. My parents don't have a problem with violence so don't insult them. I just realized that in my last few reviews I've been saving my parent's butts. Haha. Anyways this movies about 2 hours and it has an all-star cast starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Francis McDormad, Tilda Swinton, & John Malkovich. I can't explain the plot but if you want a summary go to the following link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_after_reading

My take is that it is potentially the funniest movie I've EVER seen. It's directed by The Cohen Brothers who took home the Oscar last year. I highly suggest this movie.

2008 Box Office Followup: 

So I have reviewed 11 films in 08' and here is their box office success. I will be listing their success from #1 to #11.

1. Madagascar
2. Twilight
3. James Bond
4. 4 Christmases
5. Bolt
6. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
7. High School Musical 3
8. Burn After Reading
9. Yes Man
10. Nick & Nora
11. Ghost Town

So that is interesting, both a cartoon & a chick flick beat James Bond. See you soon

Erik

4 Christmases/Oscar Predictions: Picture

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First of all Happy Hanukkah! If you're Christian, I don't care! HAPPPY HANUKKAH! I'm sorry that was mean. I don't care if you're Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, or any other religion that makes you a gentile. Sorry to exclude anyone. Okay let's review. So I saw Four Christmases like a month ago but forgot to post. So here is me making up so I will throw in volume 1 of my Oscar predictions. Back to reviewing. Sorry for all the procrastination in this review. So this movie is just one where you go home laughing. You know those movies that really aren't that funny but later when you think about it, it's hilarious? It's like that. If you have seen Wedding Crashers you'd know what I'm talking about. Now I know you're wondering how my parents let me see that but we have Showtime. I love premium channels. Okay so it stars Reese Witherspoon & Vince Vaughn. So basically it is about a couple who's parents are both divorced and because they hate dealing with their families they go on vacation. So their flight is cancelled and they have to go house-hopping. So they go Vince's Dad; Reese's Mom; Vince's Mom; Reese's Dad. I will tell you that Reese's mom's "segment" is the funniest overall but Vince's Dad has the best moment. It has done relatively well at the box office with already over 100 million dollars. It is only 4 thousand dollars away from being in the 150 top grossing movies. So that is Four Christmases.

Oscar Predictions:

Today in  my Oscar predictions we will be focusing on the pictures. Both "Best" & "Best Animated".  So let's begin!

Best Picture:

• Frost/Nixon
• Burn After Reading
• The Wrestler
• Benjamin Button

Best Animated Feature:

• Bolt
• Wall-E
• Madagascar