day 4.70

movie review: this means war

for the past couple of weeks, i've been treating myself to a movie. and by "treating myself" i mean i go alone to the theater on wednesday afternoons, drink a medium coke and laugh/cry/feel emotions amongst the geriatric crowd that favors a weekday matinee. so far, i haven't reviewed any because my policy (on this blog) is usually, if i didn't see it opening weekend, it's too late to review it. but i'm throwing my rule book out the window for this means war. i don't understand why this movie didn't open bigger. it. is. hilarious. i won't bore you with too many details, but the flick follows fdr (star trek's chris pine) and tuck (inception's tom hardy), two cia operatives, as they vie for the attention of the same girl (reese witherspoon as lauren), all while trying to take down an obscure, eastern european criminal. mcg directed war, taking the same tongue-in-cheek approach to action comedy he did in the charlie's angels movies. war's most quotable- and memorable- moments come from chelsea handler, playing witherspoon's horndog housewife of a bff, trish. for example, after discussing (loudly) when lauren should bed both guys in the middle of a playground, she tells the other mothers, "it's the birds and the bees, bitch. google it." how can you not love that? while this won't win any awards (maybe a razzie if they're feeling especially mean), it'll keep you entertained. plus, it passes my "please be less than two hours or i'm going to die at this movie" rule.