Date Night

Hello everyone! It's me, Xan, giving you updates on what's happening in the world of movies! (wooooooo...... seems exciting isn't it? really? well I think it's exciting, LOL)

anywhoo, it's been awhile since i updated this blog of mines so I'll change a pace a lil. Instead of the usual routine, I'll just give a brief summary of the plot of the movie and minute details and some quirky remarks about the film. How does that sound? well, here it is...

Ok first off the list, waaay overdue that is, is the movie "Date Night" starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey, two of today's funniest comedians (well, i think so LOL)

ok the story goes: (credit goes to IMDB)

Phil and Claire Foster are a couple who have been married for several years. Their days consist of them taking care of their children and going to work and coming home and going to bed. But they find time to have a date night wherein they go out and soend some time together. When another couple they know announce that they are seperating because they're in a rut, Phil feels that he and Claire could be too. So when date night comes Phil decides to do something different. So they go into the city and try to get into a new popular restaurant. But when it's full and still wanting to do this, Phil decides to take the reservation of a couple who doesn't show up. While they're having dinner, two men approach them and instructs them to stand up and go with them. They think the men are with the restaurant and want to talk to them about taking someone else's reservation. But it apears the couple whose reservation they took crossed someone and the two men work for this person. The men are after something, but whatever it is they don't have it.


Whoo.... ok slow down Xan, too much detail on the summary there. hmm....

Ok time for some remarks!

1) Noticed that both Steve and Tina have a chemistry on camera, like they both know how to deal with each other's comedic sides, even if the script doesn't call for comedy at the moment, they still look funny LOL but somehow i don't think it's a good thing (for anything too much isn't a good thing, don't you agree?)

2) Time sequences, i mean any movie has them, but for some reason, everything happened during that same date night, which means, err.... approximately within a 8-10 hour span (assuming it happened at 6pm, then it ended like 6am whoops! that's 12 hours o-o) well, what am I tryin to point out here? too much happening in that same night, which i don't mind, but it seems unrealistic for a couple who took some reservations from someone else (who does that?!)

3) Unrealistic driving skills, I mean, if you are 2 boring people from New Jersey, then be at least bad with the speeding and driving mania!? Cause if you can actually drive that much and good, then you are not that boring :P

4) Mark Wahlberg and his crazy shirtless abs... LOL no statement there, but he really needs a shirt, I can donate mines :D

As you can see, i didn't do the positive / neggy side but just made some comments, its just for future reference that I will start doing this in order to make more XMR since my time schedule is really restricted. LMBO

Ok the final score:

If you haven't remember my baseline:

1 - ingenuity and depth of plot/screenplay/storyline

1 - actors/actresses portrayal of roles

1 - cinematography (includes special effects and CGI stuff)

1 - movie suited for the genre it was shown for (like e.g. comedy movie for a comedy genre, etc)

1 - personal score liking (comments added here if needed)

Okay my XMR for "Date Night" would be a whooping 3.5! reason for the -1.5 is the unrealistic driving and some minor script teases i would not disclose due to some folks not yet watched the film, if you did then i can state the reason being ^^

Ok it's been a pleasure serving you guys but i gtg so til next time, Xan signing off