Stayed home on Saturday night and chilled by watching some DVDs. As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m pretty much out of touch with the movie world these days, so my purchases tend to be of the hit and miss variety. Don’t know if the overall quality of American cinema is slipping or if I’m just making bad choices in my ignorance.

Anyway, here what I watched:

License to Wed. Starring Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski (the guy from The Office).

This movie was so bad it actually made me cringe. Totally predicable and flat out lame. In addition to bad acting, bad writing, and a storyline that was ridiculously improbable; it just wasn’t funny. Although it tried to be. Too hard. If I hadn’t been too lazy to drag my sorry ass off the couch I would have put in something else one third of the way through. But lord, it was painful to watch.

Reign Over Me. Starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle.

Actually, Adam Sandler did a surprisingly good job in a dramatic role. I don’t think it is too much of a spoiler to say he plays a man who lost his wife, three daughters, and his dog during the 9/11 attacks. Cheadle encounters the shell of the man who once was his college roommate and fellow dentist and sets about trying to save him. But Cheadle needed saving himself from the domestic quagmire his seemingly happy married life had become. Quite emotionally intense in places, but I found it pretty moving and well done overall. At least it was worth my time.

Butterfly on A Wheel. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello and Gerard Butler (never heard of the last two, have you?).

Well, this story had potential. It was nice to see Brosnan playing the bad guy, and he actually pulled it off. I’m probably going to have a spoiler or two the rest of the way, so proceed at your peril. Butler is married to Bellow and they have a young daughter. Their life at home seems happy enough with outward appearances of love and devotion and all that. Butler is quite an asshole at work, but justifies it as being the survival of the fittest kinda deal. So, Brosnan is laying in wait in the backseat of the couples Range Rover and indicates that the babysitter has their child hostage. If they ever want to see her again, they will do exactly as he says for the next 24 hours. So, he makes them jump through a series of increasingly difficult hoops that pretty much will wind up destroying Butler’s career and puts some strains on the the relationship with the wife.

Now, as the movie progresses you are caught up in why Brosnan’s character is being such an asshole. You think maybe the guy Butler recently screwed over at work is behind it, but you never really know. In the end it turns out the Butler was having an affair with Brosnan’s wife. Ok, maybe I should have seen that coming, but still it worked and he had gotten pretty good revenge. Then they ruined the whole movie by having Bello’s character in on the plot from from the beginning. You know, it just wasn’t believable. Especially when thinking back on the times during the movie when Brosnan and Bello were alone together, but she continued to play the terrified housewife. A plot hole big enough to drive a Mack truck through. I hate being dicked with that way. It actually pissed me off. So, if you did read the spoilers you saved yourself the two hours of life that I’ll never be able to get back. Bleh.

Ok, there you have my movie reviews. And yes, I know. Don’t quit my day job. Got it.