I don’t watch movies a lot, and I visit the theatres even less frequently. However, whenever I do go, I almost always come out with something.
On Canada Day, my friends and I went to watch Adam Sandler’s new comedy, Grown Ups. Critics have not rated the movie very favourably, but I must say, on a personal level, it was a very enjoyable show.
The movie is about five former basketball players re-uniting after almost 30 years to commemorate their late coach at the lakehouse where the team celebrated a championship victory from a long time ago. All but one team member had gotten married, so along with the trip came the men’s wives and children.
Like many movies of this nature, there were a tonne of silly jokes, some crude remarks made by the characters, and some suggested scenes to give the movie a minor tint of sex appeal. I laughed at most of Sandler’s jokes, and enjoyed the give-and-take the men were giving to each other throughout the movie, but that’s not the main reason why I have enjoyed this movie so much.
Five middle-aged men gathering after thirty years brought to their gatherings many stories and many scars from their lives. Even the seemingly most successful man has his fair share of problems: a wife who is overly entrenched in her career, and two sons who know nothing but to spend their entire day glued to the screen of their electronic devices. Other men had their problems too: dis-connectedness with his young, beautiful daughters, demeaning comments and attitudes from the mother-in-law and wife, a career that has reached a dead end, and a quest for love that is never requited... the problems are so trivial and so common, it seems almost unreal that they can be turned into sources of laughter, but they were, and they brought a familiar sense of warmth to you.
It was cheesy that almost all of these problems were resolved by the end of the movie; of course, we know these problems don’t go away that easily just through a weekend get-away, but maybe we can all hope.
That said, there was still something that was real that can be taken out of the movie: the value of friendship, the value of family, and the value of cherishing our past and our memories. As we embark on our journeys in life, we gather so many layers of masks that we almost morph into a completely different person that is even unfamiliar to ourselves. If nothing else, the movie reminds us that: it was the rawest and oldest memories that are the most enjoyable. Though we cannot go back to the past; the past does not have to be amputated from our lives.
As you embark on your journeys forward, undoubtedly you will pick up a few layers of skins to wear in front of others as well… just remember your roots, and never bury those bonds that made you who you are today…
Grown Ups’ Official Trailer:
On Canada Day, my friends and I went to watch Adam Sandler’s new comedy, Grown Ups. Critics have not rated the movie very favourably, but I must say, on a personal level, it was a very enjoyable show.
The movie is about five former basketball players re-uniting after almost 30 years to commemorate their late coach at the lakehouse where the team celebrated a championship victory from a long time ago. All but one team member had gotten married, so along with the trip came the men’s wives and children.Like many movies of this nature, there were a tonne of silly jokes, some crude remarks made by the characters, and some suggested scenes to give the movie a minor tint of sex appeal. I laughed at most of Sandler’s jokes, and enjoyed the give-and-take the men were giving to each other throughout the movie, but that’s not the main reason why I have enjoyed this movie so much.
Five middle-aged men gathering after thirty years brought to their gatherings many stories and many scars from their lives. Even the seemingly most successful man has his fair share of problems: a wife who is overly entrenched in her career, and two sons who know nothing but to spend their entire day glued to the screen of their electronic devices. Other men had their problems too: dis-connectedness with his young, beautiful daughters, demeaning comments and attitudes from the mother-in-law and wife, a career that has reached a dead end, and a quest for love that is never requited... the problems are so trivial and so common, it seems almost unreal that they can be turned into sources of laughter, but they were, and they brought a familiar sense of warmth to you.
It was cheesy that almost all of these problems were resolved by the end of the movie; of course, we know these problems don’t go away that easily just through a weekend get-away, but maybe we can all hope.
That said, there was still something that was real that can be taken out of the movie: the value of friendship, the value of family, and the value of cherishing our past and our memories. As we embark on our journeys in life, we gather so many layers of masks that we almost morph into a completely different person that is even unfamiliar to ourselves. If nothing else, the movie reminds us that: it was the rawest and oldest memories that are the most enjoyable. Though we cannot go back to the past; the past does not have to be amputated from our lives.
As you embark on your journeys forward, undoubtedly you will pick up a few layers of skins to wear in front of others as well… just remember your roots, and never bury those bonds that made you who you are today…
Grown Ups’ Official Trailer:
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