It’s very rare to have movies with Lauren Graham at Hollywood Multiplex (at the Mall).  It was clear that I wasn’t going to miss this chance, like I missed some movies in the past.

So I went and saw “The Answer Man” aka “Arlen Faber“. The movie just started so weird and all characters just seemed ugly to me, even Lauren’s character, seemed old and tired. And it’s been a long time since I have seen a movie with Jeff Daniels who, by the way, has gotten really old. I didn’t even recognize him to begin with.

Okay, beside the fact that the two main characters were middle aged, it seemed the movie will be one of the stupid movies where the dialogue is 90% swearing (like in “The Good Guy”). The only fun part was with the poor kid, Alex, and his very weird car seatbelt. It got me thinking into buying one for me for the occasions when my brother or father is the driver.

But if I would’ve followed one of Arlen Faber advices “If you smell shit, you go the other way” I would’ve left without seeing the entire movie.

So, I stayed and I really enjoyed the movie. It was fun and had a nice story. By the end of the movie, the characters stopped being ugly and they were actually pretty. It’s hard to explain why I saw them different in less than an hour. I am thinking that was and the goal of the movie makers.

Plus, it just shows that you can learn everything from books and sometimes you need to get out and learn things by interacting with people and different situations, no matter how stressful or annoying some may be.

It also gave some nice advices and it actually makes one believe that there might be people out there who can answer most life questions.

It seems I am enjoying family movies a lot these days and who can blame me. Either way, as a Lauren Graham fan, I am happy to have seen one of her latest movies.

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NO!

The first movie sucked big time so why make a sequel? WHY? Why Emmy Rossum? Why Justin Chatwin? Why ruin something so dear to me (and dear to many fans out there)?

Wasn’t the first movie enough?

I’m starting to think that Alexis Bledel will end up like Jenifer Aniston: just a pretty face, but without the fame and money.

Although I like Alexis (her character Rory from “The Gilmore Girls” won me over) it feels like she’s not going anywhere. And I’m pretty sure it’s because she keeps on playing the same role but in different movies.

I want to say that I watched “The Good Guy” but I know that fast forwarding doesn’t count. I just couldn’t sit still to watch the entire movie. And this comes from someone who can watch a 3 hour Bollywood movie.

“The Good Guy” was awful! It was hard to watch (and not because it had anything intellectual in it). I don’t blame Alexis or any other actors, but the story itself.

Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. Beth falls hard for Tommy, a sexy, young Wall Street hot-shot. But just as everything seems to be falling into place, complications arise in the form of Tommy’s sensitive and handsome co-worker Daniel. Beth soon learns that the game of love in the big city is a lot like Wall Street — high risk, high reward and everybody has an angle.

Source: IMDB (written by Roadside Attractions)

I watched about 40 minutes (normally) and I don’t even remember the name of the main character, but I do remember that Alexis character (Beth) was reading “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov at some point.

I am actually going to look the book up. At least one good thing came out from my 40 wasted minutes.

I’m thinking that, if the movie was a little bit more quirky and maybe with some jokes and fun thrown in, it would’ve been good. But it was dull and it bored me. I was bored to begin with and I was hoping a good movie will do the trick and cheer me up. This wasn’t a good movie.  

I wonder why Alexis doesn’t breach out and try different things? She doesn’t seem to lack anything and yet she is still doing small movies that aren’t even released outside the U.S.

I haven’t even seen any of her movies (besides “The Gilmore Girls” and “The Sisterhood of travelling pants”) on TV or at least at the cinema.

Yet, her “ex-mother”, Lauren Graham is doing pretty good and if you go at Hollywood Multiplex in Bucharest Mall you’ll see that her movie “The Answer Man” aka “Arlen Faber” is being screened. And from what I heard it’s actually good.

Hopefully, Alexis other movies (“Post Grad”, “The Conspirator” and “Sleepaway camp reunion”) will be at least watchable.

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Cartoon Network isn’t what it used to be. And I haven’t been watching it for years.

But what a surprise I had last night when I was just browsing around. They aired “Ed, Edd n Eddy’s Big Picture Show” on Cartoon Network. I didn’t even know there was a movie with the Eds. Oh, it was so much fun that now I’m looking to buy the movie in English.

I wish they would air more “old” cartoons, like “Dexter’s Laboratory” or “The Powerpuff Girls”, oh and one of my all time favorite “Samurai Jack”.

Now there are more shows with teenagers then there are cartoons. It sucks, but I guess that it’s cheaper to get a few kids, put them in a show and film them, then to make a cartoon.

Either way, I’m still a fan of “old” cartoons and hopefully there will be something new out there that will entertain me.

I am a bit behind with my “Must see movies” list, but I can’t be blamed. Bollywood is well known for its 300 (or more) movies per year. And that’s way more then I can watch in a lifetime.

I know most Bollywood stars more from reading about them on the Internet rather than seeing their movies. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.

Even so, I managed to watch my first ever movie with Priyanka Chopra: Dostana.

I LOVED IT!!! I guess that sums it up.

Seriously, I think the last movie which I liked so much was “Om Shanti Om”. But this is even better, because it’s funny from start to end. And John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan make such a good pair.

I must admit I liked Abhishek more, because he had the silliest parts in the movie. And, along with his fictional mother (played by Kiron Kher), he gave me the best laughter I had in months.

As I was saying, this is the first movie with Priyanka Chopra and I am amazed. She is really good at acting. But, it couldn’t be that hard to play a stunning woman, living in a beautiful apartment and having a dream job when that’s very close to how she is in real life. I’m not aware of her living accommodations, but I know for sure she’s stunning and has a dream job.

Word is that “Dostana 2” is in the making, but without any of the main cast (Priyanka will make a cameo in the sequel). I guess that’s only fair since the original story had a nice closure. And, it’s very common in Bollywood for the main actors not to be in the sequel (opposite to Hollywood).

And, just to end this on a right note, here’s a video with Mrs. Acharya (Kiron Kher) trying to make her “gay” son (Abhishek Bachchan) straight: