Product: 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition) (2004)
Rating: 4.0
makes me miss hawaii even more than i already do.
Many balk at the ratio breaking widescreen format. Proclaiming a surprise once two black bars shone on their screens. For those who own the equipment that plays with it, are stir crazy for the format. This movie deserves to be seen in Letterbox, with or without the peripheral screens out there. The more left and right, the better. The vistas are drop dead gorgeous. You get to see famous Hawaiian sunsets. It's public beaches everywhere, cliffs cutting the ocean off and then this solid movie playing on the side. I really was hesitant at another adam sandler film. I dropped from his fan list (decidedly:there are a few) after his animated flop (it's unholy name shall not be reminded of!). I'm not sure if this film catapults sandler into my graces, but it is a needed step in the right direction. It is filled with cliche's, low brow humor, re-occuring (buddies) cast members, and of course, the ambiguous characters (A pat like character who prefers 'sausage' to 'taco'). I did enjoy seeing sean austin (sam from LOTR's) playing a touchy (a syndrom of steroid use) brother. Really set me in rifts of laughter! Drew is gorgeous, and is perfect against a hawaiian backdrop. "ima hit this one to molokai!"