40 Ain't That Bad
I'm talking about the age, not the movie. Turning 40 used to mean the halfway point for most people, but with the way health standards are continually increasing and medicine is getting better and stronger, who knows how long we'll be able to live in the next half-century or so? All I know is that if there is a zombie apocalypse, I'll be one of the first to go. I'm nimble, sure, but I just have no stamina... I'm sorry, was I supposed to write a review or something?
Oh, right, This Is 40. It has been really entertaining seeing the multitude of directions Paul Rudd's career has gone. Most everything he touches usually turns out pretty good and he just seems like a real, down-to-earth kind of guy. Equally entertaining in the film was Leslie Mann, who provided several hilarious scenes from time to time when alongside Rudd. The two of them working together was pretty effective throughout the entire film.
Here's the problem I have: as the "sort-of sequel to Knocked Up," I was expecting a lot more. Like most movies do nowadays, things got off to a really promising start. The comedy was constant and bang-bang funny, but things slowly started to dwindle down and become a lot more, uh, draggy? (Is that a word? Draggy. Huh, spellcheck isn't saying anything so let's go with it.) It was almost as if the writers wrote themselves into long plots that they simply could find no way out of. For the second half of the movie, I lost interest, but my attention was held by the occasional Rudd witticism.
If you or a loved one is turning 40 anytime soon, do not use this video as a how-to guide. Should you watch it? Yeah, give it a go. It's not as funny as Knocked Up, but amusing enough to make it worth your while.
Written April 20, 2013
Oh, right, This Is 40. It has been really entertaining seeing the multitude of directions Paul Rudd's career has gone. Most everything he touches usually turns out pretty good and he just seems like a real, down-to-earth kind of guy. Equally entertaining in the film was Leslie Mann, who provided several hilarious scenes from time to time when alongside Rudd. The two of them working together was pretty effective throughout the entire film.
Here's the problem I have: as the "sort-of sequel to Knocked Up," I was expecting a lot more. Like most movies do nowadays, things got off to a really promising start. The comedy was constant and bang-bang funny, but things slowly started to dwindle down and become a lot more, uh, draggy? (Is that a word? Draggy. Huh, spellcheck isn't saying anything so let's go with it.) It was almost as if the writers wrote themselves into long plots that they simply could find no way out of. For the second half of the movie, I lost interest, but my attention was held by the occasional Rudd witticism.
If you or a loved one is turning 40 anytime soon, do not use this video as a how-to guide. Should you watch it? Yeah, give it a go. It's not as funny as Knocked Up, but amusing enough to make it worth your while.
Written April 20, 2013