Movies:Bubba Hotep- B+
This was a great little movie where Elvis (Bruce Campbel) and a black John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis) have to stop a mummy from sucking the souls out of the residents of an old-folks-home in East Texas. You may want to read that sentence again, just to be sure you got all the awesomeness. Bruce Campbel is amazing (no surprise) as a dirty old man version of Elvis (I guess that is just a slightly dirtier, older Elvis than the real Elvis).
Despite the greatness, I had to take a few points off the top because some of the dirty-old-Elvis jokes were a bit excessive.
The Office- B-
The Office has started to lose it. It's still funny, but it feels more forced. It feels like they're straining to make Michael Scott awkward in unbelievable ways, unlike David Brent, from whom the awkwardness flowed so naturally. I hate to be one of those guys who always says "the original was better," but there are several things about the remake that aren't as good as the original (like Keith). That said, I give it a B- because it still makes me laugh. Dwight giving birth to a watermelon...now that's just comedy gold.
Run, Fat Boy, Run- A-
I completely forgive this movie for being directed by David Schwimmer. Run, Fat Boy, Run manages to combine Sports Movie Plot #1 (underdog competes against unstoppable, evil juggernaut, eventually winning due to perseverance and spirit) and Romantic Comedy Plot #3 (guy loses girl, girl moves on, guy makes huge romantic gesture and wins girl back) into a really funny movie. It's about a man who enters a marathon to one-up his ex's new boyfriend who runs marathons for charity. In addition to being really funny, this movie had a great soundtrack, as exemplified by the song picked for the trailer.
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