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Movie Review - Fever Pitch

Last night I watched a movie that I had not seen prior. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it. What initially attracted me to picking it out was two aspects; baseball and Drew Barrymore. So, I began to watch it with a positive bias, I guess. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think Drew is a great actress and I don't think she's all that pretty either. However, to me she's got a likable quality to her. Somehow, I've always felt she would make a good friend, or something. I don't know. Baseball on the other hand has been an interest of mine even before women were. It's still my favorite sport.

Anyway, in the movie, Drew (Lindsey) is matched with Jimmy Fallon (Ben). She is a successful hard working business woman, while Ben is a school teacher, who is also a devout Red Sox fan and a box seat season ticket holder, who never misses a game.

The timing of the movie is 2003 (movie made in 2005), and it follows the truly amazing Red Sox season, where they won the wildcard slot and down 3 games to 0 in the playoffs to the Yankees came back to not only defeat them 4 games to 3, but then go on to defeat the Cardinals for their first World Series Championship in 86 years. It truly marked a dramatic change in the franchise's history and demeanor.

The movie focuses on Drew (Lindsey) & Jim's (Ben) budding relationship during this amazing season and how they adapt and compromise in an effort to overcome their many differences and embrace their common desire to make it work. However, as the Sox season unfolds and the excitement is brought to a fever pitch, can the relationship overcome and survive Ben's love of the game and does he love it more than her ?

I found the movie charming, sweet, funny and endearing. While I doubt any Red Sox fan, or indeed any baseball fan would dislike this movie, I feel most people would enjoy it, even if they don't like baseball. I give it 6 1/2 stars out of 10 and this is a movie that is very safe to show kids. Enjoy !

You want to order WHAT ?!?!?

Damn ! I posted this twice. How do I delete this one ?

You want to order WHAT ?!?!?

A man goes into a restaurant and is seated. After a while, a particularly voluptuous waitress wearing a very short skirt comes to his table and asks, "What would you like, sir ?"

He scans her beautiful frame top to bottom, then looks at the menu and answers, "A quickie."

The waitress turns and walks away in disgust. After she regains her composure she returns and asks again, "What menu item would you like, sir ?"

Again the man thoroughly checks her out and again answers, "A quickie, please."

This time her anger takes over, she reaches over and slaps him across the face with a resounding "SMACK !" and storms away.

A man sitting at the next table leans over and whispers, "Um, Pal, that egg dish is pronounced keesh (quiche)."

You want to order WHAT ?!?!?

A man goes into a restaurant and is seated. After a while, a particularly voluptuous waitress wearing a very short skirt comes to his table and asks, "What would you like, sir ?"

He scans her beautiful frame top to bottom, then looks at the menu and answers, "A quickie."

The waitress turns and walks away in disgust. After she regains her composure she returns and asks again, "What menu item would you like, sir ?"

Again the man thoroughly checks her out and again answers, "A quickie, please."

This time her anger takes over, she reaches over and slaps him across the face with a resounding "SMACK !" and storms away.

A man sitting at the next table leans over and whispers, "Um, Pal, that egg dish is pronounced keesh (quiche)."

This is friggin' hilarious !

I'm glad you got to see them.

This is friggin' hilarious !

You got that right, my friend.
We need to trade the team trainer.

This is friggin' hilarious !

Read the article, but make SURE you then read the comments below the article, which relate to it.

Movie Review - Are We There Yet ?

Last night I watched a cute family comedy. This is one that is very good for kids of all ages. It stars Ice Cube as a sports memorabilia store owner who falls for a cute single mother (Nia Long). His main friends are his partner and a bobblehead Satchel Paige statue.

IC gets a lot more obstacles in his attempt to get with the mother than he ever planned on. First of all, the mother only wants to be friends, but equally significant, her two children are hell bent on interfering with any romantic progress.

Most of the movie centers on IC's favor of attempting to transport the kids to a Canadian party that the mother is hosting for New Year's eve, as part of her job. The kids have other plans and out of the conflict comes many disasters, hilarity and a growing bond between him and the children.

Despite all the challenges, the net result is a very happy ending. And as Satchel states, "I love a happy ending !" I give the movie a solid 6 stars out of 10. It's good clean fun for any family and contains a few good messages. See it with the kids, or whenever you feel the need for a good laugh.

RE: Jazz Lovers...there a 4 day Jazz Festival in florida in october

Long live Jazz & Blues !
I've played baseball in Clearwater, FL.
It's a nice area.
What is the online link for the festival ?

RE: For Liberals Only: When should start holding Obama Accountable and stop blaming everyone else?

How did this get into the "picture" thread ?

Shake, rattle and rolly polly

and apparently, he lives for the buffet line.

Shake, rattle and rolly polly

You better be on top, or he'll crush you !

Shake, rattle and rolly polly

Elvis has eaten the building.

I'm changing religions ! lol

Line up ladies, while I practice the 'laying of the hands'.

Then, I shall administer the holy staff.

During which, you can recite your holy devotion, "oh God ! Oh God !!! "

Services will be held nightly.

Confessions will be heard the following morning.

Movie Review - My Best Friend's Girl

I just got done watching one of the funniest movies to come out in years. 'My Best Friend's Girl' stars Dane Cook as a professional jerk. He's hired by other guys to date their ex-girlfriends. That way, after going out on a date with Dane, they come running back to the original guy. Things get very complicated, however, when his wussy housemate/cousin hires him in an effort to restore his relationship with a coworker (Kate Hudson). I won't ruin the story for you, but this movie ends up rivaling another movie quoted in this movie, 'When Harry Met Sally', for romantic hi-jinks and laughs.

Dane does an very believable and wonderful job as the jerk and Alec Baldwin does a terrific job (typecast ?) as the jerk's father and counsel. I rate it as a solid 8 1/2 stars out of 10 and will eventually be ranking it somewhere in my list of favorite 100 movies of all time. Perhaps around number 30 - 50, or so. I highly recommend that you see it, if you haven't already done so.

I will also post this as a blog, where I will include the movie trailer, in case you want a preview look.

RE: Another add caption/title

"Where the rubber meets the reflection"

Movie Review - Big Fish

Last night I watched another movie that I had never heard of previously. "Big Fish" is perhaps the best film offering by director Tim Burton, who is generally mired in macabre cartoonish films. However, this film utilizes real actors depicting a cartoon like adventure based on the almost never ending embellished stories of an ordinary father, who has charmed almost everyone with his tall tales. The one person he no longer charms, is his only offspring. His son, as an adult, searches to understand the real man, which he feels he has never known. In his attempt to understand the man who was hardly ever there during his childhood, he struggles to separate the truth from the legends. Ultimately, to comfort the old man on his deathbed, he ends up weaving the final connecting tall tale.

This movie is one that can be enjoyed by both children and the child in us all. I give it a solid 7 stars out of 10. The story is both touching and entertaining with a sprinkle of some bigger life questions. The cinematography is delightful. A wonderful tale for that rainy night.

The way it used to be

Memory was something you lost with age.
An application was for employment.
A program was a TV show.
A cursor was a person who used profanity.
A keyboard was a piano.
A web was a spider's home.
A virus was the flu.
A CD was a bank account.
A hard drive was a long trip on the road.
RAM was a male sheep.
A monitor was someone who watched the hallways at school
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived.
And if you only had a 3 inch floppy,

You just hoped nobody ever noticed.

RE: random thought and one liners

More Carlin witicisms ?


Why do we park on the driveway and drive on the parkway ?

RE: Be kind, this is International!

What would you do ??????

I like the way you think !

What would you do ??????

A middle-aged man returns home from a business trip a day early, concerned that his wife may be having an affair. He’s riding in a taxi at about 2:00 in the morning back towards his house, when he explains his situation to the taxi driver.

It’s after midnight. While en route home he asks the cabby if he would be a witness.

He explains to the cabbie that he suspects his wife is sleeping around on him, and offers the him $50 if he would be a witness to the affair, if he could catch her in bed with him. By the time they reach his house, the cabbie agrees.

They park a few doors down and, quietly, sneak into the front door and up the stairs. Then, with a burst of speed, the husband flicks on the bedroom lights and rips the blanket off the bed – and there his wife lies in bed with another man!

Out of his coat pocket, the visibly distraught husband pulls out a gun and puts it to the man’s head. Just then, his wife yells “Don’t do it! I lied when I told you I inherited all that money!…”

- HE paid for the Mercedes I gave you.

- HE paid for our new cabin in the mountains.

- HE paid for your Mets season tickets.

- HE paid for our our lakehouse and boat.

- HE paid for your country club membership, and and HE even pays the monthly dues!’

Shaking his head, unsure of whether to pull the trigger, he looks over at the taxi driver and asks “What should I do?”

The taxi driver replies, “I’d cover him with that blanket before he catches a cold.”

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What would you do ???????????

I'd pour him a drink and get a different woman.

RE: Which Denomination are you?

None of the above !

RE: Monkey Talk

"Put me in coach, I can play....centerfield !"

RE: Monkey Talk

quit monkeying around, Des.

Mets win !!

RE: Name 5 persons you want to smack their faces.....

Why would anyone want to hit the monk, Gregor Mendel ?

Movie Review - The Bucket List

Let us know what you think of it, Tater.

Movie Review - The Bucket List

There has not been a large number of movies, that have come out in recent years, that I truly was anxious to see. This one was definitely an exception. I figured, that with two megastar tremendous actors, how could it possibly be bad ? And in this case, I was right.

The idea for the movie was simple, but brilliant and both Nicholson and Freeman were excellent in their roles as very different cancer patients, who reluctantly bond over shared circumstances and decide to go out with style and thrill, instead of a whimper. However, this movie goes much deeper than that. It explores what is truly important in life and it solidifies loyalties, friendships and relationships.

This is a very warm and endearing movie, where two experts in their acting craft played off each other with an achievement of symbiosis, yielding viewer delight. Oddly, my main complaint with the movie, was that it was actually too short. In my opinion it could have used more of the adventure sharing to more completely mold the friendship and create further character development. Nonetheless, I would give it 9 1/2 stars out of 10 and will definitely place it somewhere on my top 100 movies of all time list, likely in the top 20.

I highly recommend that you see it, if you haven't already done so. Feel free to thank, or rag, me later. If you've already seen it, feel free to do it now.

RE: no bathing suits in the lobby

I'm thinking that might be against the rules too.

RE: Summary of Life

Old is simply defined as 20 years older,
than whatever age you are.