What We'll Become When We Grown Up?

Thou my body is still in the state of recovery after a long flight previous day, I ain't stopping my heart and mind to go shooooooping for this coming raya. hehe. Actually, the main course of my jalan-jalan the other day was for the sake of finding my so called new shoes as the previous one was totally out-of-service. Went to Pyramid as I heard they are having a big sale with a theme of "kenangan masa lalu di stesen kereta api tanah melayu". (suke suki je aku bg theme... :P)

It's truly a piece of art where you can actually experienced yourself riding on the 0 km/hr train, the way people back then play with style and fashion while doing their business where man wearing a complete baju melayu with sampin, songkok, selipar capal and woman wearing kebaya nyonya along with sanggul and etc. waaaa... I really do miss the old time. ceh, bajet diri kamu itu dh tue sgt la ea...LOL

But again, I end up not buying anything again during this trip. Buang mase je kn. LOL. However, even thou I didn't do any shopping till the end, I still have a plan for my Saturday Movie Nite again as it was way too early to go back home. huhu. And for this time around, I bought my self a ticket for the Grown Ups movie.

Synopsis:

In 1978 an inspirational coach nicknamed Buzzer led four talented young basketball players and one completely un-athletic kid (Chris Rock's character, aged 12) to the championship. It would be the only team to win the championship in the coach's long career, and the boys who played on it respected their coach and remained friends long after that championship season was over. When word comes the coach has passed away, the now 40+ year olds gather at their old stomping grounds - a beach house in New England - for the funeral and to spread Buzzer's ashes.

Now grown up, the five-some lead very different lives. As a kid, Eric was the fit guy who played enforcer. As an adult, Eric (Kevin James) has gotten soft in the middle and is now the father of a 48 month old who still breastfeeds from mom, Sally (Maria Bello). Kurt (Chris Rock) is a stay-at-home dad whose pregnant wife (Maya Rudolph) takes him for granted, makes fun of his cooking, and has planted her mom in the household just to annoy him. Marcus (David Spade) is a 40 year old horndog, and Rob (Rob Schneider) has become this granola-loving, New Age sensitive man married to a woman 30+ years his senior (Joyce Van Patten). And Lenny (Sandler) is a big-shot Hollywood agent married to a gorgeous fashion designer (Salma Hayek) with two video-game loving sons so spoiled they text their nanny to order drinks and food so they don't have to leave the couch, and a cute daughter who seems more in touch with the real world than all the other kids and the adults combined.

Getting back together for a weekend brings out the kid in each of the guys. And as they get in touch with their inner child, each learns to appreciate what they have and to cherish their relationships.

By knowing the fact that this is an Adam Sandler movie from the beginning, you can actually figure out what's on his mind. There are scenes of gross and idiotic moments, shots of Chris Rock’s mother-in-laws bunions, the inappropriate breast-feeding, Kevin James crashing into a tree on a rope swing, Rob Schneider’s ridiculously three daughters (two extremely hwat and spice and one goofy looking :P), and pretty much every scene including Rob Schneider’s geriatric lover.

I personally think that the dialogue is kind of interesting to explore as if it was designed to with a sole intention of cracking for the real deal in life - how people feel and talk when there aren't any cameras rolling or scripts and directors. It's almost like you're part of the movie, physically there with the actors, listening to our partners having a conversation with their childhood friends, how we (men) actually work on our magic (for those charming one...LOL) showing our children on how to enjoy their life without tv's, video games, nannies and etc.

Overall, I found the excitement and enjoyment in many ways thru this movie. Thou there were ridiculous scenes and statement that no one would say aloud in real life especially during the scene on the dock when all the couples have lil heart 2 heart session, I personally think that it should be okay to spice up life a bit. Well, you can't expect everything smooth from the beginning and satisfy your eagerness, favors and follow everything that you desire unless you are the one directing the movie at the first place.

P/S: Winning is not everything. Sometimes we need to experience the feeling of loosing in order to gain something beneficial for our life.