Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Caught Forgetting Sarah Marshall on our return flight from Edniburgh/London and enjoyed it more than expected.

I don't remember if I mentioned this earlier. When the movie was being marketed, I didn't pay very much attention to it and the ads. I thought the billboard campaign and the viral blog it linked to were lame, so I didn't really want to see the movie. But of course I couldn't completely avoid it, so I knew that Mila Kunis was in it. And I thought that Judge Reinhold was in it.

I know. I'm not very smart. But, I really only caught a glimpse of a commercial here and there, and never gave it much thought beyond those snippets I'd see. And damnit, dude looks like Judge Reinhold!! So, you know, I didn't really put it through the critical thinking that might have lead me to conclude, "Hey, retard, Judge Reinhold would be about 75 or something, there's no way that's him."

And being on an airplane doesn't improve my critical thinking skills.

So I watched that whole movie convinced that I was watching Judge Reinhold.

Yeah. I know.

It was an ok movie, but I loved the print campaign for it, and I loved the site we built for it. A better ad campaign than a movie, perhaps, though there were some stellar moments. And Mila Kunis was surprisingly delightful and gave a well rounded performance.