The Big Year
Description from IMDB: “Two bird enthusiasts try to defeat
the cocky, cutthroat world record holder in a year-long bird-spotting
competition.”
Big Year is actually the name of the bird spotting
competition. I had never heard of it before watching this movie, but
apparently, it’s a real thing. People travel everywhere to try to spot as many
types of birds as possible within the course of a year. In this case, the Big
Year to beat consisted of around 730 bird species if I remember correctly.
So, each of these three guys is trying to get their Big
Year. Little do they know that their year is going to be big aside from the
whole bird-watching competition. Each of
the three primary birdwatchers (played by Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen
Wilson) will have to decide how to prioritize their lives in relation to the
competition.
I love this movie. The Big Year is heartwarming and funny and
strange. It gets an A.
The Sitter
Description from IMDB: “A college student on suspension is
coaxed into babysitting the kids next door, though he is fully unprepared for
the wild night ahead of him.”
The big drama starts when Noah (played by Jonah Hill) agrees
to go buy coke for this girl who he wants as his girlfriend. God knows why, she’s
cute enough, I guess, but she’s obnoxious and bitchy and selfish. I for one
would rather have no girlfriend. 99 problems, amIright? Lol
Jonah Hill is an actor I want to like because he seems like
he might be a down to earth guy. However, I am never impressed with his acting
ability. He plays the same character in every movie. This one is more of the
same.
The Sitter was not a great movie. It had some funny moments,
some weirdly hilarious bad guys and some warm fuzziness.
A lot of the issues that arose during the story were never
resolved. I wondered how he was going to get out of various jams, but at the
end of the movie, he could just walk away from them, apparently.
The Sitter gets a C-.
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