Bridesmaids

Who is in it? Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey

What is it about? Annie (played by Kristen Wiig) is a giant ball of mid-life crisis having fuck-up. Guys treat her like shit. Her job sucks. She's jealous of others. You get the point. Her friend Lilian (Maya Rudolph) is getting married and wants her to be involved in the wedding. And from there, shit happens...obviously.

Long story short...this is probably my favorite movie of 2011 so far.

Everything works here. First off, they couldn't have picked a better cast. Kristen Wiig is amazing as Annie. Not one scene is inauthentic or dull with her. She delivers her lines with the utmost intensity and passion. You don't think for one second that she's acting. Her co-stars hold their own as well, especially Melissa McCarthy who almost steals every scene that she's in. The whole cast is full of right pretty much.

As for laughs, you won't find much better movies out there currently. Bridesmaids is hillarious from beginning to end. The scene with Annie trying to get her cop love interest to pull her over might be the funniest thing that I will watch in this disappointing, sad year for movies. The one-liners are incredible as well. Lines like, "Well you're a little cunt" will have you rolling in the aisles. Though a couple scenes could have been edited (like the food poisoning one), I really can't complain about much of the humor in this movie.

As for the length...I hate long movies and at times you feel Bridesmaids' 2+ hour length, it's not exruciating enough to take away the fun from the movie. A bit of editing would have helped in certain scenes towards the end, but at least there's a purpose as to why so much shit has to happen.

3/4

Get Him to the Greek

Movies that exist just to exist most generally suck. There needs to be a purpose in order for success to occur. A great theory of movies is that they should either entertain and/or inform the audience. And here lies the problem; Get Him to the Greek does neither.

Get Him to the Greek is an absolute fail of a movie. First off, it's way too fucking long. Seriously, this shit is 109 minutes and it easily could have been cut off into a half-hour skit on Comedy central. A really big shitty one for that matter. And you feel every second of it. EVERY. FUCKING. SECOND. It's boring. There's no story, substance, or point. Just excuses to put the main characters into contrived situations that are supposed to be hillarious.

It's also a complete fail in terms of comedy. Russell Brand is an absolutely obnoxious, unfunny, one trick pony of a comedian. He's about as subtle as a bullet to the head. Overracting to the point of a spoof is not amusing by any means, it's just ridiculous to watch. Jonah Hill doesn't fare much better. He's stronger as a side character. Unfortunately..he just isn't that funny. The only character that provides laughs in every scene they are in is Sergio, played by a criminally underused Diddy. Everyone else fails.

0/4

Priest

When I first saw the previews for Priest, I thought it was going to suck really hard. I didn't think it would have any redeeming factors and I thought that it was a bit of a rip-off of 10 other movies. After watching Priest, my original prediction was proved to be half-right which is a problem. Priest is pretty much a rip-off of about 10 other movies.

One good thing about Priest is that unlike a lot of other horror movies, it doesn't take itself that seriously. Despite seeming like a movie in which religion and a ton of religious confusing concepts are present in every scene, Priest is actually pretty straight-forward and easy to follow. Which made the A.D.D in me very happy. :) There's very little story in Priest, which is a bittersweet thing in a way.

As for the performances, well for the most part, the main actors (Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, and Maggie Q) are given very little to do, which is unfortunate....considering I think 2/3 of these are actually quite talented. Paul Bettany grunts all his lines, Maggie Q says everything in the same, montone, worried tone, and Cam Gigandet....I don't even know.

In terms of the horror aspect of Priest, it disappoints most of the time. A scare or two is present, but for the most part Priest doesn't really build up thrills or genuine suspense at all. Everything pretty much just...happens, without really any build-up at all. It's not totally without scares, but it plays as more so of an action movie with a thrill or two as opposed to the horror movie that it is advertised as.

Now for my biggest problem of Priest....literally everything is taken from other movies. Priest is one of the most unoriginal movies I have seen in a while. A scene where the entire city is attacked by the "vampires" looks straight out of 30 Days of Night. The creatures themselves (which I wouldn't even call vampires) look like creations straight out of The Mummy. The evil priest/religious themes come straight from that stupid bullshit, The Rite. Even movies like Sleepy Hollow and Van Helsing come to mind when watching this. Priest commits a vital sin with not having an original idea in its mind.

2/4