Friday, February 20, 2004
Funded by the Hawaii Film Office
I saw 50 First Dates today. It's set in Hawaii, so I was sorta excited to see how they portrayed it. It was okay, despite a lot of gibberish Hawaiian-sounding names and a fixation on pineapples. Also, Rob Schneider played a guy who was supposed to be local, but at times sounded like a Mexican Pepe Le Pew. From an accuracy standpoint, I thought Lilo and Stitch was slightly better.
One thing they did get sorta right was that there was a lot of Spam in the movie. Not the junk e-mail, but the actual what-you-get-when-you-put-a-pig-in-a-blender meat product. Mmmmmmmmm!
As for the movie itself, I thought it was cute. Drew Barrymore was actually really good and not at all annoying. But I'm comparing her to her Charlie's Angels performances, so that's not fair. Adam Sandler was funny as usual, but I thought Sean Astin was funnier, playing Drew Barrymore's roid-enhanced brother. And okay, Rob Schneider was somewhat entertaining - when he wasn't making me cringe.
One thing they did get sorta right was that there was a lot of Spam in the movie. Not the junk e-mail, but the actual what-you-get-when-you-put-a-pig-in-a-blender meat product. Mmmmmmmmm!
As for the movie itself, I thought it was cute. Drew Barrymore was actually really good and not at all annoying. But I'm comparing her to her Charlie's Angels performances, so that's not fair. Adam Sandler was funny as usual, but I thought Sean Astin was funnier, playing Drew Barrymore's roid-enhanced brother. And okay, Rob Schneider was somewhat entertaining - when he wasn't making me cringe.
