Game Night Movie Review

Rachel McAdams is my queen. A review of Game Night (2018) dir. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Spoiler alert.

This movie is really fun. I wish I had a game night crew. I felt really bad for their neighbor. Is he very strange? Sure. I feel for him though. What's his name? Gary? Erik? I can never remember.

I think it's really interesting how many layers of criminal affiliation the crew can get themselves into. I wouldn't say the ending is unpredictable like High Fidelity (2000), but I could not have guessed the steps by which we reached it. 

"Semi-Charmed Life" is one of my favorite songs. In fact, my bestie Gabriel wrote an article defending the stance that it is the best song ever made. It was nice to see it here. It was used somewhat tastefully.

I thought the black couple's subplot about cheating was really lame. Every time we went back to it, I wanted to fast forward. The Denzel Washington bit paid off in the end, but it was a painful journey.

On the other hand, I really liked the British girl. Ryan was an annoying character, and I don't know why they keep him around if they are willing to kick Gary out of their group. But his date for this movie was good. She's the voice of reason to his nonsense.

The bullet removal scene threw me for such a loop. Such an obvious thing, yet they missed it.  

Eminem thought it was just a prop gun. You know, for the game.

If this plot happened to me, I would be upset. I would not want to be Rachel McAdams in this movie. I would be willing to be her irl though. She won the movie in the airport scene. 6/10. Can't wait to watch Send Help (2026) starring Rachel McAdams.

Re: the last review. Now that I am sober, I am giving The Civil War on Drugs (2011) dir. Trevor Moore and Zach Creggar a 6/10 as well. And while I'm at it, I'm bumping up High Fidelity (2000) dir. John Cusack up to a 9/10. That movie is too personally important to be anything less. 

She Isn't.

 In the autumn of 2023, I went through the worst breakup of my life.

This article contains harsh/vulgar language in some direct quotations.

High Fidelity Movie Review

I watched this movie with the bros because I thought it was going to be a funny haha movie about music nerds. Boy, was I wrong.

This movie is, in my mind, a contrast to Mud. Mud teaches that sometimes you can do everything right, and love still falls apart. High Fidelity teaches that sometimes you can do everything wrong and still end up with someone who loves you.

This movie means a lot to me for 2 reasons. First, Rob Gordon is a despicable person. He's self-centered and dumb. He is drawn to people solely by desires of the flesh. He treats people like garbage. Second, Rob Gordon is like me. He's self-centered and dumb. He is drawn to people solely by desires of the flesh. He treats people like garbage. And he lives on his wider-than-average knowledge of music history.

It makes me happy to see Laura come back. The bros and I were conflicted over it though; did Rob truly grow? After all he had done, is there ever a good reason for Laura to go back to him? Did he take advantage of her dire emotional situation? Do I deserve happiness after the way I've treated people in my past? 

I think that, whether or not he deserves it is besides the point. He has her and he is working to be better. That's the real point. Laura may be naive, but she is the best person in the movie. Forgiveness is a beautiful thing. 

8/10. I'm gonna go cry now.