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Sukecchi bukku: Furu karâzu (2007)
Worth Your Time
Sketchbook Full Color's is a great light hearted anime about a very shy high school girl who loves to sketch life as she sees it, as it happens. Her favorite subject is the neighborhood stray cats. Despite her extreme shyness, she joins an art club, and meets great friends who are each a bit different and quirky.
All in all I loved this anime. It had unique characters who I liked immediately. The girls are portrayed as normal high schoolers not the usual big breasted ones in a lot of anime. It's not romance, its not an action-thriller, its just a slice of life with a breath of fresh air thrown in. The main character also shows development, I was pleased to see this. Some of my favorite episodes are the ones about the cats. I found the cat characters hilarious and cute! I was sad there were only 13 episodes. I don't know if it is complete or if there will be another season. I also have not read the manga so I can't speak on any differences that might be present.
I'd recommend this if you are looking for something different, with a slower pace and lots of cuteness. I gave it a 9 out of 10. Definitely one of my favorites! -If you like "Sketchbook Full Color's", I'd also recommend "Chi's Sweet Home" and "Ah! My Goddess".
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Wait for DVD, better yet, Sunday Afternoon Movie on TV
I gave this movie a 4, which roughly is the same amount of laughs I got out of it. Maybe I expected too much, at the very least I expected something original, not re-hashed jokes that weren't done well. The Whole "let's throw off people's stereo-types" didn't work for me. I really hoped for more.
Here comes the ******SPOILER****** : Like for the life of me I cannot imagine why an orthodontist would live in a ghetto! Come on! Yeah, yeah, its a movie, but for a joke like that to work there has to be some believability to it.
And what was up with George Bush's make up! It was freaking me out, bad latex mask didn't work for me, although I liked how the actor portrayed Bush, I could get past the bad make-up.
The best parts of the film were with Niel Patrick Harris. They were great. But then the movie wtf pwned him :-/ .
To sum up: not original, not very funny, not a good way to spend your $20 bucks on a Friday night.
Knocked Up (2007)
Not So Hot
Don't believe the hype about this movie. If it is the funniest movie of the year it is only because there wasn't very many to pick from. It has been compared to "The 40 Year Old Virgin", but it is only half as funny (probably due to Steve Carell not being one of the writers). Some of the jokes have already been done in other movies about women who suddenly get pregnant and don't know what to do. That alone really isn't very funny, and it's hard to make that situation into a comedy.
It's also not very romantic. Although there are a couple a sweet moments between the main characters, they seem to lack an on screen chemistry between each other. I have a hard time believing the two would be anything more than friends.
All the way through I kept thinking something was missing, like a main actor. Seth Rogen (Ben Stone), and Katherine Heigl (Alison Scott) make great supporting actors but they don't have enough shine and charisma to carry main roles.
If you're looking for rip roaring, teary eyed, laugh until your stomach hurts, this movie is not it. If you're looking for romantic, this movie is also not it. If you're looking for mild comedy, mild drama, mild romance, and then this might work for you, but there are definitely better ones out there.