Ma Chao's Movies and Music

Random thoughts on what i'm currently watching and listening...

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Sex and Breakfast


Macaulay Culkin is doing art-film sex movies? Seriously. The kid from Home Alone? That's crazy enough to check this movie out...! The plot of Sex and Breakfast is simply about two couples who decide to go for group sex therapy to try and solve their problems. The movie tracks how the two couples get ready for it, and how they eventually end up after that experience. The other couple is played by Goal! latino star Kuno Becker, and the stunningly beautiful Eliza Dushku. The movie was pretty okay, but I was really fascinated with the ending, since I expected the opposite -- that the Becker-Dushku couple would fade away while the Culkin-Dzenia couple to last longer, especially with those protestations of love caught on tape from both of them at the start.

Breakfast and Sex is an okay movie for me, although there is not much of a plot? Nice portrayal of the emotions of both couples on something that not commonly talked about. Definitely art film material... sometimes the movie drags, but it's pretty good in the end. I give it a 3/5.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Good Luck Chuck


A Sex Comedy Chick Flick with Jessica Alba? Count me in! Good Luck Chuck is one of those feel-good movies you watch on TV that is good before going to bed, not one you'd watch at the movie theater unless you're on a date. While the "have sex with chuck and meet your soul mate next" plot is original, the story still revolves around the love story between Chuck and Jessica Alba, which is honestly weak and cheesy. The characters were not well developed and with mostly straightforward personalities, but what do you expect from this type of movie? Dane Cook is great in the lead role of Chuck, and he reminds me a lot of Ryan Reynolds. Jessica Alba may be stunning to look at, but her acting is flat out terrible. Still, Jessica Alba in Penguin Panties is always a sight to behold. The humor is okay, mostly boyish light sexual humor that is quite funny.

Good Luck Chuck is a good, funny comedy that is typical in its genre. Not a movie I'd keep in a collection but a good one to watch on TV. I give it a 3/5.