Editor’s note: A Jacksonville resident has been reviewing movies for friends for several years and has offered to share his thoughts with Daily Progress readers. His reviews come in personal letters to his nicknamed friend, Spud Nut. Our reviewer is Tater Tot, so consequently, the movies get ratings based on potatoes.
Spud Nut,
“Eagle Eye” (rated PG-13) scares viewers with the prospect that an all- knowing, all-controlling computer can dominate anyone, anytime through the advent of worldwide surveillance and security systems. The premise is that our recently increased defense measures threaten our personal liberty.
Shia LeBeouf is bedeviled by a female voice on his cell phone who commands him to follow directions or else. Michelle Monaghan becomes “activated” too, in this fast moving, pursuit and escape story. Billy Bob Thornton comes to their aid against an almost unsolvable predicament. I was exhausted when things came to an end. This adventure gets a two and half potato rating.
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“The House Bunny” (rated PG-13) was released by Adam Sandler’s company (Happy Madison Productions), which accounts for the blonde bimbo style of humor. Anna Faris is a Playboy bunny who becomes the 27- year-old house mother of the Zeta sorority house and its unattractive coeds. She helps Emma Stone and others become stylish and popular so they can bring in 30 new pledges needed to keep their charter on campus. In return, Faris grows from being a vapid airhead into a more self-accepting, intelligent woman.
We’ve seen this done in “Legally Blonde,” and every few years we can enjoy another version of such a lightweight, throw-away comedy.
I laughed often enough to give this a warm two potato rating.
Tater Tot
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