Movie of the Day – Cedar Rapids

I am slightly angry at the fact that Cedar Rapids was one of the funniest comedies of 2011 that went severely unseen by a lot of people.  Sure, the Hangover 2 reigned supreme with it’s remake of the first film in the series, but for me, this was by far and away the best comedy around.  With a cast of well known actors, both comedic and dramatic, Cedar Rapids ended up taking the dull setting and life of a Midwestern insurance sales conference and blended raunchy humor and sickly sweet storytelling.  Also Isiah Whitlock, Jr. from The Wire is in this movie, sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

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Movie of the Day – The Road

One of my favorite genre of movies is the apocalyptic style movies.  I am sucker for post apocalyptic movies where the devastation and destruction of the world, city, country and society is explained through the movie and characters, rather than showing it happen.  For me the sense of figuring out what took place beforehand or wondering why society is this way is much more exciting than seeing it unfold.  Movies like I Am Legend, Mad Max, Children of Men, and in particular The Road have such a magnet for my attention.  I am not certain as to why I am drawn to this genre, but needless to say that seeing people’s interpretation of what they think the world will look like come a catastrophic event is fascinating.

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