PCM Movie Review: Funny People

Is it me or when you go to see a movie titled Funny People, you expect the people in it to be funny? The film Funny People is about a famous comedian (Adam Sandler) who has a near-death experience, and tries to make his life right before her dies. Adam Sandler, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, RZA and newcomer Aubrey Plaza join a cast that reunites Judd Apatow with Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Jonah Hill in their third comedy together.

Khushbu and I ventured to the movie theater Friday for what we thought would be an afternoon of laughs. We both found the movie to be an epic fail. It was drawn out to 2 hr. and 15 mins. with only a few choice laughs the entire time. It was difficult just to stay awake. The jokes were pathetic and tried way to hard. Most of the time it was just a bunch of awkward scenes shoved together. Comedian veteran, Adam Sandler lost major points with this film from me. Could it be that Adam Sandler is losing his touch? Also, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill seemed to lack their usual flare. This film was beyond disappointing with a lame ending to boot. I would recommend waiting for it to come out on DVD, but I think even that would be a waste of time

Lohan voted worst

Lindsay Lohan was the leading vote-getter in an AOL Moviefone poll of the worst performance by an actress in 2007. The troubled star's turn as a woman tortured by a sadistic killer in "I Know Who Killed Me" received 58 percent of votes.

The 3.8 million voters also expressed displeasure with another Lohan film. "Georgia Role" was voted second for biggest waste of $10 on a movie ticket. Number 1? "Norbit," whose star, Eddie Murphy, was voted the worst performance by an actor.

"300" and "Transformers" came in first and second for most worthy of a $10 ticket, and "Transformers" stars Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf won best onscreen duo, just edging out Michael Cera and Jonah Hill in "Superbad."

"Superbad" won the most votes for the funniest movie of the year, beating out Judd Apatow's other popular flick, "Knocked Up."

Megan Fox from "Transformers" and Johnny Depp of "Pirates of the Caribbean" were voted sexiest acress and actor, respectively.

Best villain went to Angelina Jolie's turn in "Beowulf" and Ralph Fiennes performance as Lord Voldemort in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Best sequel was "The Bourne Ultimatum," and its star, Matt Damon, was credited for best two performances in "Bourne" and "Ocean's Thirteen."