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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is It's a Party
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Office Christmas Party (2016)
A tech company throws an over the top party to woo a big client. I actually like this, found it quite funny.
Neighbors (2014)
Superbad (2007)
Two teens try to score alcohol for a party they're going to. I remember hearing about this quite a lot way back in 2007, but never got to see it until now, so there was an expectation that it would be great. It was just ok for me...I think probably because I'm no longer the target audience and that the movie has aged a little?
It's near the end of the year, the time when a lot parties are thrown which brings to today's theme. Here are my picks, movies I've recently watched with a party theme.
P.S. If you haven't seen it yet, the 2019 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule (Preliminary) is up. There are nine empty slots, three of which are for the Halloween Edition, so do give your suggestions.
Office Christmas Party (2016)
A tech company throws an over the top party to woo a big client. I actually like this, found it quite funny.
Neighbors (2014)
A couple's quiet life is disrupted when a fraternity moves next door, hosting parties night after night. This was an ok movie as well. Though I do not think it was great enough to get a sequel.
Superbad (2007)
Two teens try to score alcohol for a party they're going to. I remember hearing about this quite a lot way back in 2007, but never got to see it until now, so there was an expectation that it would be great. It was just ok for me...I think probably because I'm no longer the target audience and that the movie has aged a little?
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I love Superbad so much, it's still very rewatchable for me. Neighbors was okay, I never saw Office Christmas Party.
ReplyDeleteOoh, Neighbours, I forgot about it - a great surprise for me! And we match with Christmas Party, I liked it a little less than you but it was a fun movie regardless.
ReplyDeleteOffice Christmas Party - It was fun. I was expecting to not like it, turned out I did.
DeleteI've only seen Neighbors which I agree was okay but a sequel was unnecessary. I can't stand Michael Cera so my chances of seeing Superbad are slim. I'm unfamiliar with the first but it sounds fun.
ReplyDeleteI went with fancy parties for my first but my other two are more down to earth.
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)-Sheila Broadbent, chic second wife of barrister Jimmy Broadbent (real life marrieds Rex Harrison & Kay Kendall) welcome Jimmy’s teenaged American raised daughter Jane (Sandra Dee) to London just as debutante season is beginning. Though Jane shows zero interest in participating Sheila spurred by competition with her snotty cousin Mabel Claremont (Angela Lansbury), and thinking she’s doing it for Jane’s own good, plunges all of them into the whirl of endless parties and balls each bring out a new teen into society. While Sheila hopes to pair Jane with the insufferable but wealthy David Fenner Jane has her own ideas and falls for the supposedly disreputable young drummer David Parkson (John Saxon). It’s all a fizzy roundelay with Kay Kendall stealing the show as the well-meaning Sheila. Sadly this was her second to last film, she died the next year of leukemia at 33.
Bachelor Party (1984)-The night before his wedding to fiancée Debbie (Tawny Kitaen) Rick (Tom Hanks) reluctantly goes out for a night of debauchery with his friends, ringleader Jay (Adrian Zmed) and depressed, recently divorced Brad (Bradford Bancroft). They run into Debbie's wealthy, disapproving father (George Grizzard) and her ex-boyfriend, Cole (Robert Prescott), who both attempt to stop the wedding. Meanwhile Debbie is taken out by her friends for adventures of their own. Raunchy comedy was a big hit for the fresh from TV Hanks helping put him on the track to superstardom.
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)-The entire high school graduating class from football stars and cool girls to complete nerds gather at a wealthy classmate's home for a mega party. The artistic Preston (Ethan Embry) hopes to move in on Amanda (Jennifer Love Hewitt), the girl he’s loved from afar for years. Dorky William (Charlie Korsmo) schemes to pay back meathead Mike (Peter Facinelli) for years of bullying, and would-be rapper Kenny (Seth Green) gets locked in a room with snarky Denise (Lauren Ambrose).
The only I've seen is Can't Hardly Wait which I'm planning to see again.
DeleteAll three are great picks. Man, Superbad is popular today.
ReplyDeleteI liked Superbad but Neighbors didn't work for me at all. I'm watching Office Christmas Party today, and I'm a little bit more excited about it now that I know it's not terrible.
ReplyDeleteI almost picked Christmas Party which I found funny although not as funny as some of th other Jason Bateman comedies. I haven’t seen the other 2 b cause I just don’t care for the actors
ReplyDeleteJason Bateman - oh yeah he does does a lot of comedy doesn't he.
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