Does anyone remember Volcano? You know, 1995 thriller about Tommy Lee Jones having the job of saving all of Los Angeles from a volcano no one knew about. Yep, I love that movie too. I actually like that movie for other reasons than Don Cheadle. Though Cheadle is the main reason I like movies he happens to be in.
Well, whatever, I'm not writing this about Volcano. I'm writing it about Cedar Rapids. Which, weirdly enough was released on a small scale. No big time Twilight sized theater for this one. I actually had to get in the car and drive 30 minutes (which made me late) to see this run-of-the-mill, mediocre comedy. I could have done that by flicking through my Netflix instant queue on the Wii. Back to the point, the movie was okay. It didn't do much for me. It kind of felt like those Saturdays where you sit around pondering your next move, then realize it's already 5:30 and you might as well nap in order to drink again.
Mediocre. That's where I was going. A mediocre film for a mediocre cast. The bland representation of an insurance convention shows how boring most people can be. I've been to a convention like that before. It was for my fraternity, but that is beside the point. It wasn't all fun and drinking and craziness. It was boring, lecture filled, and with too many people that actually cared about how organized the PowerPoint presentation really was.
Let me tell you. If a PowerPoint presentation is ever more than 10 slides, I slink back in my chair with a sense of utter disappointment and longing for the next episode of Veronica Mars. The movie felt like that, too. You can see that I really don't have strong opinions either way because I feel very blah after seeing it.
But Anne Heche is hot. And is it sad that that is the only really positive thing I can say about the movie? It's also true about Hung, which sucked because Thomas Jane did a terrible job of pretending to have a huge dong. Bringing me to my next point, John C. Reilly.
Who the hell discovered this guy? I am all for medium looking actors and actresses to be represented in movies, but this is ridiculous. Am I the only one that thinks he is not funny at all? I find him unappealing and laughable. Not laughable like I laugh at what he says and does, but the overall presence of him in anything I watch forces me to groan at the mere thought.
Please will someone explain what is so great about him? It goes along with my beef with The Good Girl. Who would ever believe that he would be married to such a doll as Jennifer Aniston. I need to stop connecting her to everything, but it's just impossible. It's meant to be. On a side note, Jen, I usually don't like short hair on women, but you pull it off.
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