Bridesmaids [Blu-ray]

When it comes to reviewing movies on Amazon, one must remember that there are two ways to approach this. One way is to review the movie content itself and the other way is to review the product itself. In this case, I'll do both. PRODUCT REVIEW :: This specific item was the package deal that contained three editions of the film: the Blu-ray, the DVD and the digital copy. I love it when films come out in this way because it makes it easier to watch in places where you don't always have access to a Blu-ray player. For example, when you're going over to your friend's house or your parent's house and neither of them have made the step forward to getting Blu-ray, you can still enjoy the movie. Or how about when you're traveling and you don't want to add more things to your luggage...the digital copy makes up for this by allowing you to download it right into iTunes. I know plenty of friends that found this package to be a much better deal than buying the DVD version by itself. In this case, you spend a few more dollars and get the other editions. Even if you don't have a Blu-ray player, buying this package is a smarter deal. MOVIE REVIEW :: When I first heard about this movie, I naturally thought it was going to be a "chick flick" and when a female friend of mine asked me to go see it, I reluctantly said yes. When we got to the theatre, we were met with 4 of her other girlfriends and I knew I was in for it! But I was bored and wanted something to do. The typical ideology in Hollywood is to create movies aimed at the younger generation and in the process, they are leaving out the late-20s and early-30s populations. This movie breaks down through stigma and goes straight for that demographic. It doesn't hold back and its popularity proves that there is still a group of women that don't mind a down and dirty comedy from time to time. But it doesn't stop there; for all the men out there that felt (or feel) like this is a movie that only women will like, you couldn't be further from the truth! I'm a typical guy that loves movies like Gladiator, Braveheart and American History X, yet I loved every moment of this movie!! It was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time and even in the midst of the sappy, bridesmaid drama that connects the characters together and the sort of quasi-love story subplot, I still enjoyed it. There's plenty of raunchy comedy and also an overlay of simplistic reality that everyone can relate to. Well, everyone except the kids. While I expected this movie to be funny, I also thought it was going to be preachy and very biased against men by teaching young women how to be in control of their own weddings or to be man-bashers for the rest of their lives, but it was so not that. There seemed to be no political agenda here, no man-bashing and no belittling of anybody. It's certainly not a family movie, but for anyone interested in a comical look at life and how friends can be during the stressful time of getting married, while laughing your butt off the whole time, pick up this movie! You will not regret it!! P.S. I've watched the "unrated" version and there's nothing much different. Don't expect any additional outrageous scenes or crazy things they couldn't put in the theatrical version. The extra footage is merely cutting-room floor fotter that could have easily been left out, which is probably why they did so in the first place.

This movie is just plain awesome. 3 stars, people? Really? I honestly don't understand how folks can rank a movie like this, which is obviously well crafted, even if you may not like the brand of humor, a low rating and then give a piece of crap like "What's Your Number" a high one. The script, partially by Kirsten Wiig is great here; in some respects your standard comedy plot that you can see coming from a mile away, but in other respects very daring (the main character has to deal with a bout of depression in the middle of the movie, for instance). The directing is by one of the co-writers of the Freaks and Geeks TV show who has also been in the Judd Apatow "stable", so that's quality, too. But what really, really sets this movie apart are the characters. Very rarely does a guy-comedy have a set of characters as nuanced and funny as this one - off the top of my head, I can think of some Apatow/Apatow family movies that reach this: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the first Hangover movie, and Superbad, for three. But aside from those, which are fantastic in their own right, don't get me wrong, you have to go back to some of the great comedies of all time for this level of characterizaton: American Pie, There's Something About Mary, and Annie Hall are some that come to mind here. It's a wonderful combination of script and actor that gets these roles just exactly right. Maya Rudolph is funny and raunchy without losing her cool-person aura as the bride-to-be, Wendi McClendon-Covey (of Reno 911 fame) is hilarious as the foul-mouthed housewife, and Melissa McCarthy... oh man, Melissa McCarthy. I always liked her in Gilmore Girls but who knew she could not only play off the female Zach Galifinakis role but do it as well as old Zach could? Every single scene she's in elicits a belly laugh. So I don't want to say that if you dislike the movie you are probably racist against women, but you are. No, seriously, screw what other people say about this. If you're a guy and you like the Judd Apatow series, you will like this movie as well. If you're a girl and wished those movies would have more chicks sharting in them, you will like it as well. If you are a member of the Moral Majority... why are you reading reviews of Bridesmaids in the first place? I'm pretty sure that's a sin.

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"Bridesmaids" is a movie I somewhat reluctantly chose to see. I say "reluctantly" for two reasons - 1) as a guy I'm not into the "chick flick" or "rom-com" genres and 2) the two leads (Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph) are both SNL veterans, and the sub-sub-mediocre Saturday Night Live lost all appeal to me a long time ago. However, a lady I recently started dating wanted me to pick a movie, and "Bridesmaids" seemed like the most promising of the dismal batch of movies currently showing in theaters. My ladyfriend kind of looked at me cross-eyed when I told her that's the movie I chose - "Really? That doesn't seem like the kind of movie a guy would pick". She was going solely by the title of the movie, though - I had done some internet research and knew that this movie had more up its sleeve than the title would imply. So, I hoped at least it wouldn't bore me to death. We went and saw it last night, and as it turned out I was lucky enough to have picked a winner. "Bridesmaids" is a sendup of male-driven gross-out buddy movies and a romantic comedy, a mix that I thought wouldn't work very well. And indeed there are some themes in the movie that seem forced or contrived, and wear a bit thin as the surprisingly long comedy (2 hours, 5 minutes theatrical running time) unfolds. But Wiig, who I hadn't known of before because of my disassociation from SNL, carries the movie wonderfully. She effortlessly portrays Annie, a discontented mid-thirtysomething who has pretty much failed at life. Her life takes a wild turn when her best friend Lillian (Rudolph) asks her to be maid of honor at her wedding. Annie immediately runs afoul of Lillian's new friend Helen (Rose Byrne), who as the controlling, rich trophy wife of Lillian's fiance's boss, uses her money and passive-aggressive elitism to not only foil Annie at every turn, but to draw Lillian away from Annie as well. Every time Annie tries to regain an even footing with Helen and re-take control of the duties (and prestige) of maid of honor, Helen, and Annie's own self-destructive incompetence, stop her dead in her tracks - always with laugh-inducing results. Not all the bridesmaid characters are fully fleshed-out in this movie, but they all do get their turn to contribute to the laughs. Bridesmaid Megan, boisterously portrayed by the in-your-face Melissa McCarthy, stole just about every scene she played a major role in. I was prepared to dislike her character based on her first appearance; at first it seemed like she was just cast to be the token, one-dimensional, overweight, plain, "fart joke" nobody in a group of otherwise prettier and more polished women. Megan has about as much class and sophistication as an ox in heat. However, as the movie progressed I began to like Megan a lot; in her totally unpolished and uncultured way she was the most honest, wise and forthright of the group. It's definitely worth watching a minute or two into the final credits, as Megan gets one more chance to shine her belching, flatulent light. For better or worse, the words "bear sandwich" will be indelibly seared into your mind after watching her final scene. The movie's most talked-about scene, a vomit- and feces-fest where the bridesmaids go shopping for dresses at an incredibly upscale and snooty bridal boutique after getting food poisoning at a run-down Brazilian restaurant (a restaurant picked by Annie, naturally), is deliberately plunked into the middle of the movie by the director (Paul Feig) as an ode to every gross-out guy flick ever made. Yeah, it was funny in its slapstick, gross-out way, but I'm still debating whether that scene, drawn-out as it was, was totally necessary. It seemed to be artificially inserted in the movie. But what the hey, it got the laughs and "e[...]" audience reactions it was going for. Wiig has a natural gift for physical comedy, and she demonstrates both the subtle and over-the-top aspects of this gift throughout. Her drunken attempts to sneak into first class on a flight to Las Vegas and subsequent run-ins with a prissy male flight attendant and the flight's air marshal are a gem. She's pretty, but in a down-to-earth way, and does not rely on her looks in the least to drive the film forward (other than using her wonderfully expressive face to convey her character's quirky, needy, flawed personality). "Bridesmaids" is Wiig's first cinematic star vehicle, and she did very well presenting us with a characterization of Annie as a character who is both sympathetic and humorous, both deeply human and clownish. I look forward to her next effort. Overall, I consider this movie a winner. Obviously a lot of other people thought so as well; it has grossed over 100 million dollars after costing 32 million to make. My ladyfriend and I both enjoyed this movie greatly. Advice to the guys reading this review - "Bridesmaids" is worth your time because although the movie is a nuptial-themed female-driven endeavor, this movie definitely is not your typical chick-flick rom-com. I will be pre-ordering this from Amazon, for sure.

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