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Lies My Mother Told Me (2005)
Very Interesting
I was slightly interested in this movie when I first saw the previews on Lifetime a few years back. When I saw it however, I was very disappointed. The acting was alright. At times it seemed forced and a little overdone especially by Richardson. I knew this story sounded familiar. When I saw the "Snapped" episode on Oxygen that this movie is based on it clicked. Lauren Sims or her alias Elisa McNabney was from my hometown of Brooksville, FL and this is where she was arrested and killed herself in jail! That's where I knew the story from. All in all the movie was alright. The locations were obviously changed and from what I've read, the relationship between mother and daughter was exaggerated. But that's too be expected. I give it 5 out of 10 simply for being a Lifetime movie. That's what you get.
Semi-Pro (2008)
Another Huge Disappointment
I would like to first say that the only reason I give this film 3 stars is because I am usually a major Will Ferrell fan. I normally find him hilarious and would be quoting lines from his films for months along with my husband. Well with his last movie "Blades of Glory" I received no lines to quote. It was awful. So when we were invited by friends last night to see Will Ferrell's latest "Semi-Pro", I thought I might be in for some big laughs. I was VERY disappointed.
The start of the film is very promising and almost gives you a false sense of security that this film won't be as bad as "Blades". Unfortunately for anyone who has the misguided notion to pay to see this movie, It was worse! It's almost as if Will Ferrell has run out of funny things to do. It's like he's sitting around thinking of careers that he can somehow make funny with the same old boring jokes time and time again. It's like he took his "Anchorman" character Ron Burgundy and turned him into Ricky Bobby, Chazz Michael Michaels, and Jackie Moon simply by changing their hair and clothes. It's the exact SAME character, no real acting required. And even though that was absolutely hilarious at first, it's getting just 'A LOT' tiring. Not to mention that some of his usual group of friends that appear with him in his movies, had no funny lines in this movie. They almost all played serious characters which made Ferrell look like even more of an idiot. Woody Harrelson's character was brought into this movie for God knows what reason because he was almost useless to the plot. Including his subplot with Lynn (Maura Tierney). I couldn't help but be embarrassed for her to be such an insignificant character in such a horrible film.
"Semi-Pro" doesn't move past it's promising beginning, instead it falls completely flat. Usually the lack of plot and point to Will Ferrell's movies is actually part of their charm, in his latest films including this one, it isn't. He really needs to step it up for the next one because he is in danger of losing his fan base. We'll all be sitting around watching "Anchorman", "Talladega Nights", and "Elf" on DVD.
Premonition (2007)
Starts out Good but then Gets Completely confusing and DISAPPOINTING!
Some friends and mine and my husband brought over the DVD of Premonition last night and we stayed up late to watch it with high hopes. The movie started out really good and caught my attention from the beginning. Eventually we all spent the entire movie waiting for the big reveal or the big twist in the plot. I could have predicted what was going to happen from the get go if someone had asked. Instead I hoped that something out of the ordinary would occur like something involving the mystery blonde woman who we could all guess was the "other woman". On another note this film had considerable plot holes. For example it is never addressed whether Linda's premonitions change the future or simply are the future. It is totally unnecessary for her to keep going back and forth in time as well. Why when she goes back in time her daughter gets her face cut by running through the glass but on the day earlier which was Saturday her mother has her committed because she thinks Linda did it??? Doesn't make sense. Also why on the very first day which is Thursday is her daughter's face not cut if it happened on Tues? And WHY is it on the answering machine the message that her husband left in which Linda beeps in on the other line trying to save his life when on the first day it's before any of it happened????...and she's at home, NOT at mile marker 220....Anyone?