DVD Review: WAITING

DVD Review: Waiting

Now in case it's not clear...I'm wildly crazy for Ryan Reynolds. Ever since he was on 2 Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place (tv show). So I'm a little biased when it comes to his movies, because he could do a movie where he's just sitting there and I probably would STILL love it.

That being said...this movie was SUCH a disappointment. I watched it 'cause a coworker said it was super funny and I "had" to see it (plus...did I mention I'm crazy for my boy Ryan R?).

Uhhh. Yeah. My standards were pretty high...i mean, Van Wilder is FANTASTIC and Just Friends was pretty good...but this was just plain boring. It had it's comedic moments, but it wasn't something that had me laughing out loud, just a few giggles.

Why this movie sucked:

1. Anna Faris. I LOVE this girl. But what she does best is play the cute ditzy blond (Scary Movies, Lost in Translation, Just Friends...okay she was a brunette in Scary Movie 2 but she was still ditzy) who's adorable.

In this movie she has bad hair, bad makeup, but mostly she's not ditzy...she plays someone intelligent...which isn't funny at ALL. So they could have picked ANY blond, and someone better looking, to take that role.

2. That screaming chick who was in American Pie 2 and Legally Blond. Okay. I get it. You're disgruntled. It was funny at first, but the entire movie she's screaming bloody murder and it just got to be annoying.

3. Justin Long was a whiny little bitch the entire movie.

4. Ryan Reynolds is his usual quirkly type character, which works when there's a PLOT...but in this movie it's just a day at a restaurant. So he sucked.

5. Maybe the scene where the screaming chick flashes everyone was supposed to be funny and horrifying, but I didn't even bat an eye. She could have flashed me her elbow for all I cared. It was boring.

6. The penis flashing game was nowhere NEAR as funny as it could have been, and they didnt' use it often enough.

The few redeeming parts of this movie:

1. The kid who starts his first day there flips out at the very end. Not only was that funny (finally!), but at least he voiced what i was thinking the entire movie.

2. I can't stand Dane Cook, but he was FANTASTIC in this movie. He deserves WAY more credit than Ryan Reynolds for carrying this movie.

3. When the cook was using chicken to illustrate the various ways you can flash your penis. Granted, I wasnt' laughing out loud...mostly 'cause I was like "whaa? The bat? How does that work?" and then my husband proceeded to unzip his pants in order to show me (yes, I stopped him in time...if anyone ever shows me the Bat or the Goat, i would never be able to sleep with him again). BUT...i guess if you're a dude you'd find that effing hilarious.

4. The scene where Anna Faris tells Ryan Reynolds how horrible he was in bed. Which actually wasn't funny, but the way she described his style as a 45 second seizure was enlightening, and pretty entertaining, but not FUNNY.

So in the end, I was BIG TIME disappointed. I'm going to have to re-watch Van Wilder this weekend just to redeem Ryan Reynolds in my books.

On a final note, that Natasha chick BUGGED ME...she looked like a wayyy prettier version of ME (and no one needs to say "no you're pretty" blah blah...really, she's basically what a few enhancements to my face would look like). Still not convinced? Check out her side profile vs mine:
Vanessa Lengies aka Natasha in Waiting




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You decide!