#46 Wanderlust
Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston are NYC socialites who
struggle with paying the rent for their tiny condo once they simultaneously
both lose work. On the way down his asshole brother/drunk sister in law’s house
in Atlanta, they stumble upon a commune. There they are greeted by ringleader
Seth (Aniston fiancée Justin Theroux), hippie hottie Eva (Malin Akerman) and
plenty of other quirky, stoned, dirty, nude characters. There, the uptight duo
find themselves living a life they never thought they would and arrive at tough
conclusions about their marriage. One scene in particular is ridiculously funny
and there are moments strewn throughout. Typically though, Wanderlust is super predicatable.
#45/44 Snow White and the Huntsman/Mirror Mirror
Leave it to Hollywood, right? Two Snow White spin-offs
within months of each other? Both pride themselves on the “Snow White in a new
angle” approach, but neither of them feel fully realized. I give the nod to Mirror Mirror, because while Huntsman is at times visually awesome, Mirror was more entertaining, and had
much better Dwarves. In the grand scheme of things, isn’t that what it’s all
about?
#43 seeking a friend for the end of the world
Keira Knightley and Steve Carell are Penny and
Dodge, neighbors in L.A. who are both finding different ways to deal with the
impending apocalypse. Dodge’s wife, once she hears, literally opens the door to
the car and flees, while Penny dumps her loser boyfriend because he caused her
to miss seeing her family in the U.K. Dodge, who’s set in his ways, is
reluctant to start doing heroin and having guilt-free sex, while Penny (though
not to that extent) is a little more adventurous. The first half of this movie
is really clever, and I was enamored with the idea of all these people trying
ridiculous experiences before being smoked by an asteroid. The problem here is
that Carell and Knightley’s chemistry was hard to fathom and farfetched, and
when that is what your movie is relying on, it’s bound to fall a little short.
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