Forgetting Sarah Marshall
I can only begin by saying this movie was a LOT better than I expected. Although I went in with fairly low expectations, they were definitely exceeded. I think I sort of had Jason Segal underestimated as an actor, mostly based on his role of the friend lacking in all taste and manners in Knocked up. But I think this film proves that he's a worthwhile actor. It also proves that he's more than comfortable with full frontal nudity Yes, beware. This movie will deliver quite the eye full of penis :-P
That aside I was really impressed with a lot of different aspects of the movie. It did a great job of creating highly uncomfortable but still realistic real life type of experiences AND managed to keep it all funny. Every time your really started to feel bad for someone there was always something funny to bring the mood back up. In a way, This is sort of what the movie The Breakup should have been. Dealing with the reality of being forced to get over someone. But keeping it funny enough to not leave you depressed.
What I think was even more surprising was how you get to experience everybody's point of view at some point. It did a great job of allow you to relate to all of the main characters rather than always just siding with the main one. At some point you really feel for everyone involved. So theres not real "bad guy" which can often be a pitfall in stories involving relationship problems.
All things considered, Probably one of the first great movies of 2008.
I give it 4 Hopeless Romantic Vampire Puppets out of 5 :-D
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Movies like this one always tend to hit home for me as I figure they probably would for anyone who's really been in love but inevitably broken up. Its really easy to connect with a character going through a heart break such as that. In the end it always sucks cause they always end up happy with someone new which can leave you like "when is that going to happen for me!?" Basically it just ends up making you miss that feeling of being in love. The worst movie for me has usually been 50 First Dates :-D
Anyway at first after watching this movie I had that whole same feeling. "When am I going to find my Mila Kunis?" :-P But after really thinking about it for awhile, they did something a little different and actually rather inspiring here. Not to spoil anything not that these types of movies are full of insane plot twists anyway But at first things DON'T workout all happily ever after.
Its not until he goes off and actually just decides to live his life that everything falls into place. This REALLY resonated with me. I mean I've been given this advice a few times by friends as well as probably given it out a few times myself. But despite all that, as well as this just being a movie and all, it just really made sense to SEE things work out that way.
For the first time in awhile I actually felt content with where my life is and actually being on my own. Everyone goes through rough times where it just sucks being alone. And I'd been dealing with my fair share of that lately. So its nice to have a bit of a fresh perspective on it all.
Hmm, I wonder if that would put this in the category of a "feel good" film :-P