Movies!

Apologies for the usual lack of actually keeping up with posting things on this blog. I've become SUPER-lazy recently, after finally announcing what I'm doing the next 2 years (i.e. BUSINESS SCHOOL!).

In line with the past few lazy weeks of my life, I've decided to provide some commentary on Hollywood movies of the past few months.

First up, one of my new FAVORITE movies, Forgetting Sarah Marshall:

I saw this movie a few weekends ago and LOVED IT!

It's a flick about an average-ish guy who gets dumped by his super-hot movie star girlfriend for some douchebag British rockstar and needs to get over it.

From the makers of "Knocked Up", "Superbad" and "The 40-Year Old Virgin", this movie was friggin HILARIOUS-- and it didn't become a cheesey romantic comedy.

All the characters were pretty well-rounded (with each having their own strengths/flaws) and the leading ladies (i.e. Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell) are scorchin HOTT!

Incidentally, I was also sobbing through the first half of the film.

OK, I keed! =D

Next up: Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.


By now, everyone should know that I'm all for the empowerment of Asian Americans, and the "Harold & Kumar" movies surely do that in their own comic way.

FINALLY, there are popular films with Asian American men as the lead characters and there's a good play on cultural stereotypes.

If you go see it, I'd recommend that you have a few drinks in you-- since it gets pretty ridiculous.

And last (and most certainly least) is a film that I haven't seen, but wish to comment on anyway (to everyone who says that I "have no right to judge" until I have actually seen the movie, I say "shut yo mouth!")-- 21.


A movie (based on the best-selling book "Bringing Down the House") about MIT students who essentially beat the game of Blackjack, I was surprised that the Asian Americans (who were basically the heart of the real-life group and a HUGE proportion of MIT) were relegated to only peripheral supporting roles in this film.

As I haven't seen this movie, I can't recommend whether or not people should check it out-- but I do have to give a thumbs down to the movie producers who decided not to take the effort to look for a good Asian American lead, or have a representative cast.

And another thumbs down to Jeff Ma, the real-life brain behind the whole plot of the book/movie, for not standing up for his community (despite his new claims that he had "little control" over the movie's casting). =P

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N15/21casting.html