Remembering Veronica Mars
Posted on | December 1, 2008 at 7:03 pm | 5 Comments
Movie Mention Monday!
This weekend the gf and I watched the Blu-Ray disc of one of the latest from the Judd Apatow hit factory, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (Shhhh, don’t tell my friend Miles.) It’s the story of a slacker loser dude (played by How I Met Your Mother’s Jason Segel, who also wrote the movie) who inexplicably has a hot TV star girlfriend (played by Veronica Mars’ Kristen Bell). He loses the girl and goes to Hawaii to recover, only to find that the girlfriend is also there with her new rock star boyfriend (played by British funnyguy Russell Brand). He then falls for a local girl (played by That 70’s Show’s Mila Kunis). That’s pretty much all there is to the story, but what it lacks in plot, it makes up for in humor. N and I both thought it was hilarious. Brand is especially good as the full-of-himself but not-quite-all-there rock star, a part that was originally supposed to be an older, uppercrust British writer, according to the extras on the disc.
I noticed too late that there were two versions of the movie on the disc, and we watched the theatrical version instead of the unrated, extended one. Which worked out okay, since it was shorter, and N dislikes padded movies anyway. She always prefers the original versions. Anyway, someday I would like to see that longer version, even if she doesn’t want to. Funny movie, though it does make you question how someone like Segel got someone like Bell in the first place, even if it does turn out she’s not exactly a prize herself. It also made me really miss Veronica Mars, as Bell is pretty much wasted on Heroes. She could have a decent movie career though as long as she can avoid falling into the Sarah Michelle Gellar Trap. It may be too late, as she’s already starred in one American version of a Japanese horror movie.
The Hawaiian scenery is gorgeous and the usual Apatow players (Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, etc) are all at their best, even though their parts are pretty small. Recommended!
Latre.
Pet Peeve of the Day: The inconsistent Denver Broncos. Not even the players themselves can explain why they suck at home and against bad teams, and then do well on the road and against good teams. It was really refreshing reading the interviews this morning, with the players going “Frankly, we don’t know what our problem is. We’re out there on the field playing the game every week and not even we can figure out what the !@#$% is going on. If you know, please e-mail Mike Shanahan.”
Poignant Search Term Of The Day That Led To This Blog: “do roses smell”.
Videogame(s) Played Today: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)
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5 Responses to “Remembering Veronica Mars”
December 2nd, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
Seriously, when’s the last time you watched a movie where they blow stuff up? And Dancing With the Stars comments? You should be expecting an intervention soon, we’ll arrive at your house with a stack of DVD’s and lots of concern for your wellbeing.
December 2nd, 2008 @ 3:36 pm
Seriously, when’s the last time you watched a movie where they blow stuff up?
I don’t mention every movie that I watch. I recently saw The Golden Compass, but couldn’t really think of anything to say about it (other than the fact it seemed to me that it was anti-God as much as the first Narnia movie was pro, which is to say not much). I’ve got the new Indiana Jones sitting around but haven’t gotten to watching it yet. One problem is that I spend my alone time trying to catch up with TV on the DVR, and then my together time with N watching movies we both want to see. So that doesn’t leave much time for the explosion fests. I expect that to be rectified shortly as TV goes into reruns for the holiday season, and I actually get some vacation time where I’m not leaving home. The holidays will be filled with the sound of laser rifles in uncompressed surround sound.
Sheesh, good thing I didn’t post my Sex and the City: The Movie review.
December 2nd, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
Oh, and I recently watched the Japanese movie Death Note and enjoyed its eccentric game of cat and mouse. I’ve got the trilogy on one Blu-Ray disc, but I was going to wait to say anything about it until I watched the sequels (which I hear aren’t as good).
December 2nd, 2008 @ 6:50 pm
Thanks for the tip. It sounds better than I would have expected. I’m going to have to add it to my Netflix queue as soon as I clear a few out.
December 2nd, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
Laser rifles make noise? Mine doesn’t.