Katherine heigl

The Ugly Truth [Blu-ray]
$39.95
"The Ugly Truth" pushes the envelope to unveiling the core motivations behind male-female relationships. It's in the genre' of "He's Just Not That Into You," but goes deeper with greater profundity. Most people claim to desire the truth for understanding the opposite sex, but really don't want to know. The truth isn't just ugly, it's painful! Fortunately, "The Ugly Truth" makes the challenges and solutions for relationships digest a little easier.

Besides the laughs, you should watch "The Ugly Truth" with a pencil and pad. There are some nuggets in the script. The salient message is that human nature only respects strength, not weakness nor some idealistic honesty. The authenticity of the movie is the melding of contradictions. Can you find the softness of love in a hard, callous world? In a Machiavellian sense, yes you can. But, only if you know the proper response for individual situations.

The downside to "The Ugly Truth" is the clich���d "love conquers all" ending. With the complexities highlighted in the movie, a more imaginative conclusion would have been more effective. If love wins in the end, can it have some degree of rationale to justify the road to getting there?

Edward Brown
Core Edge Image & Charisma Institute
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Knocked Up (Widescreen Edition)
$14.98
Wow, i taught it was a comedy but ended up with much more...story...characters..
situations...baby on the way...
For what it was, i think i was a very good movie. At least they did'nt try
to hide what the guys were doing....yes sex and smoke....its happening all
over. Now you have these guys all living and tripping together and they dont
have too much money..but still manage to get high / drunk and have a great time.
No responsibilities...till one of them gets Katherine Heigl pregnant. Here the
movie changes direction and still keeps it interesting.
So many reviewers are stating that the only good thing about the movie
was Katherine Heigl....I say...she is a good actress but dont press your luck.
She did her job...but she could have been anybody else and the movie would
have still being good.
To finish...i like to point out...that ive watched it twice within a year and
still enjoyed it.... so it cant be that bad...

The Ugly Truth (Widescreen Edition)
$28.96
"The Ugly Truth" pushes the envelope to unveiling the core motivations behind male-female relationships. It's in the genre' of "He's Just Not That Into You," but goes deeper with greater profundity. Most people claim to desire the truth for understanding the opposite sex, but really don't want to know. The truth isn't just ugly, it's painful! Fortunately, "The Ugly Truth" makes the challenges and solutions for relationships digest a little easier.

Besides the laughs, you should watch "The Ugly Truth" with a pencil and pad. There are some nuggets in the script. The salient message is that human nature only respects strength, not weakness nor some idealistic honesty. The authenticity of the movie is the melding of contradictions. Can you find the softness of love in a hard, callous world? In a Machiavellian sense, yes you can. But, only if you know the proper response for individual situations.

The downside to "The Ugly Truth" is the clich���d "love conquers all" ending. With the complexities highlighted in the movie, a more imaginative conclusion would have been more effective. If love wins in the end, can it have some degree of rationale to justify the road to getting there?

Edward Brown
Core Edge Image & Charisma Institute
[...]

My Father the Hero
$9.99
A really fun and enjoyable movie to watch with your teen daughter. Both dad and daughter will laugh hysterically. We watched as a family and all the kids loved it (PG rating but the swimsuit/pool scene is a little much for kids under 12 - only scene that I'd consider a little racy). Gerard Depardieu is fantastic (though a little hard to understand if you struggle with accents) and fathers can appreciate the humor behind his frustrations as a father with a teen daughter in this movie. Kids do crazy things - especially teenage daughters - but you can watch this movie and appreciate that a little too much makeup isn't really all that bad when you think about it.... I'm a huge movie buff and on the Dad/Daughter scale, I give this one 5 stars. The humor is sophistocated and clever. Acting is about 4 stars but the abundant humor and a relatively decent story line make up for any shortcomings. Definitely a fun "movie night" flick for the Mom, Dad, and 12+ crowd.