Slumdog Millionaire

The 40 Year-Old Virgin [2005, Judd Appatow]

Judd Appatow is a comedic genious. He's managed to bring about comic marvels like Superbad, Pineapple Express and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. After watching those three, I couldn't resist checking out 'The Virgin' as it's referred to in my household.

I watched this within 8 hours of watching Se7en, so I needed a light, fun movie to pick me up a bit. And that's just what this film does. You don't have to think about it, you've just have to sit back and prepare to laugh.

Andy (Carrell) is just what you'd assume him to be, a 40 year-old virgin. When his friends from work find out about it, they try to get him laid. And so the fun begins.

I've always been a big fan of The Office, so, I'm no stranger to Carrell's hilarious delivery. And I must say, I think he's funnier in this film than any other episode of The Office.

It was also awesome seeing Rogen in his early stages as an actor, he's the same old character he plays in every movie, the lovable, moronic, pudgy guy that you just can't help but like.

This sure doesn't compare to Pineapple Express and Superbad but, deffinately is far superior to one of Appatow's lesser works, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was only good for a few laughs, and nothing more.

Still waiting to see Knocked Up, but if it's half as funny as these four films, which I'm sure it will be, than I'm in for a treat.

The 40 Year-Old Virgin {7/10}

Superbad {8/10}

Pineapple Express {9/10}

Forgetting Sarah Marshall {4.5/10}

Se7en [1995, David Fincher]

Se7en is easily one of the most intense films you can see. It's a graphic film of a serial killer, who chooses victims by their ignorence to one of the Seven Deadly Sins. He brutally tortures and murders his victims using the sin that they've abused as a reference of their murder. He literally turns your sins around on you, and he's one scary guy.

The film opens on a series of rainy days where the new comer in town (Pitt) joins the force with the soon to retire old-timer in the business (Freeman). The first victim is found on the new guy's first day on the job, how convenient? The victim is a morbatly obese man (a glutton), found with bound limbs, and his face in a dish of pasta.

Greed soon follows. As does slow, lust and pride. Leaving two remaining sins, and two more victims.

When the killer turns himself in one morning, covered in blood, he has asked to take the two detectives to the two reamining bodies. This is where the murderer (Spacey) completes his 'masterpiece'. This is also where the film escalates from great to fantastic. The ending should and probably will floor any audience member, as it's so engenious.

What I like about this film is that it doesn't need the first half hour to set things up, it starts immediately, giving you an introduction to the characters as they're examining the first victim's body. There was no slow start, it started off with a bang, and never slowed down. Now, that's refreshing.

Spacey is fantastic with the minimal screen time that he's given. He's both intelligent but disguisting and creepy at the same time. His 'John Doe' is perhaps one of the best cinematic villains that I've stumbled upon. He deffinately rivals Bardem's villianous Chigurh in 2007's No Country for Old men and Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight.

Seeing this about a month after a fellow Fincher film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I can't help but notice how Pitt's grown as an actor from 1995. The difference is that in this film he gives a mediocre performance in a materful film. In Benjamin Button, he gives a pretty amazing performance in the most overrated film of 2008, which deffinately cracks my bottom five of all time.





Se7en {9.5/10}
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button {1/10}