Live Review 50/50

by: eric.

**SPOILER ALERTS, YOU GUYS**

THE FILM 50/50 Reviewed Live (AS I WATCH IT, EXCEPTION FOR PICTURES AND CAPTIONS)

-then edited by me

-then by Erin

SYNOPSIS

Of those new dramedy man movies about regular, sensitive but still definitely best friend material, guy who gets cancer.

Copied downloaded from the internet (IT HAPPENS HOLLYWOOD, DEAL WITH IT)


BEGINS

-Opens on classic style iPod (OLD) to ground viewer on year the movie takes place.

-Man jogging (holding iPod) as titles reveals which actors are in the movie and some other people. -Angelica Huston is in this movie, I didn’t know that. Sweet.

-Character portrait: man jogging stops at don’t walk sign even though the intersection is empty with no cars coming. Another runner runs through but he still stays.

-Very realistic shower/shampoo set up.


-Man (previously jogging/showering) is trying to further relationship with beautiful eyed artist girlfriend by giving her a drawing.

-Seth Rogen has the little Afro but NOT smoking a joint. (Seth Rogen side bar: People Complain that SR is in too many movies but I don’t see this as a problem because generally all his characters are pretty much alike (exceptions that come to mind are Observe and Report and Green Hornet. Both of which are actually awesome) so it’s easy to imagine that it’s the same person with different circumstances (ala the Pink Panther or James Bond movies)).

-There has got to be a getting stoned on medical marijuana montage later.

-I’m only 3:53 minutes in and I’m getting sick of this blogging.

-Both buddies (Seth Rogan and Joesph Gorden Levitt (previously referred to as man and jogging man) work at NPR I think.

-I call bullshit: JGL edits his radio story with his laptop track pad.
-JGL has back cancer, doesn’t deserve it (“I don’t drink, I don’t smoke…I recycle”)

-Gives girlfriend chance to bail, which I feel is very fair. I think JGLS name in this picture is Adam.

-Funny: “I DUNNO….IT’S COMMON PRACTICE TO TAKE PICTURES OF SHIT NOW.”

-Angelica Houston. Lady always looks like a witch and this is never a problem.

You know, her.

-The lady who always plays the seemingly too young professional lady plays a doctor (therapist?) who seems to be a doctor.

-Best girlfriend ever buys him a dog to deal with cancer.

-If I had cancer I would talk about it all the time. But my way of dealing with it would be jokingly confusing having cancer with having my astrological sign changed to cancer

You know, him.

-Weed macaroons with old guys at Chemo. One is the old dude with a distinct voice who is not Seymour Cassel . Is the other one, the bald guy, the principal from National Lampoons Senior Vacation?

-I’ve had that “has that razor shaved pubic hairs before?” conversation. So have you, we’re all adults here (no kids).

-Was that the BMV on Bloor?

-He has an iPhone. Turns out this movie is set TODAY

-When SR reveals that girlfriend is cheating he is hilarious. GIRLFRIEND “Why am I the bad guy?” SR “Because you’re his girlfriend and you cheated on him and he has fucking cancer you lunatic!”

-The therapist character affects the same mannerisms as the Facebook movie guy. Are these considered hot young actors? If so, good grief.

-Thought to myself WHAT KIND OF A 24 YEAR OWNS A CAR.

-MEDICINAL WEED SMOKING MONTAGE with old chemo buddies. Told you so.

-Its an hour in and Angelica Houston has been in it once. We’ve heard her voice a few times but that could have easily been someone else. Celebrity Voice mimics are very talented.

-Principal from National Lampoons Senior Trip died. Other old guy thought the best way to break it to JGL is to wait until JGT notices that principal from National Lampoons Senior Trip is missing at their chemotherapy session which you would notice right at the beginning of the session so you would have to mourn during this long, awful procedure

-Houston, we have an Angelica! (I can’t believe NO ONE has thought of that before.)

AT THIS POINT THE AUTHOR GETS TIRED AND GOES TO BED.

MOVIE IS PICKED UP THE NEXT NIGHT.

-Suddenly the movie decided to become sad…unless it has been sad all along and I haven’t noticed.

-If this movie turns out to be a romantic dramatic comedy between patient and therapist I will feel very uncomfortable.

-Why don’t people in movies have more friends? They are always very attractive, usually have good cool jobs and nice expensive clothes. They are funny, have defined personality traits and several interesting skills and hobbies. Usually they are good people, hip and willing to learn and grow. But they seem to have only 1-3 friends then a partner of some sort. I know tons of spazzes who have lots of friends.

-Ok fine, the anesthesia scene is touching.

- OMG HE ACTUALLY DIES. THIS IS A RAD ENDING, MUCH BETTER THEN IT ENDING WITH HIM LIVING AND CUTS AHEAD TO HIM AND THE THERAPIST GOING ON A DATE AND CLOSING THE CREDITS WITH A PEARL JAM SONG.

OVERALL

6/10

The film was fine. It had some funny moments and the main character made some decisions that seemed pretty realistic. It was structured pretty blasé and the climax seemed pretty cheap. Also the therapist character was terrible.

My favorite aspect was the way in which Seth Rogen’s character would loudly remark when things were inappropriate.