Forget you sarah marshall (sometimes you are funny though)

Over brunch last week: my good friend, dude and straightshooter C and I were talking recent movies:
C: have you seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall yet?
Me: no…I haven’t gotten to it yet.
C: (rolling eyes) ok, I’m sorry if it’s too mainstream and if it’s not being screened on a brick wall in an alley by a bum then you are too good for it, but seriously it’s funny. Just rent it already.
Me: what alley?! How do I not know about this?

Ha.

So, my friend, I watched it last night, in my house, on my television wearing totally mainstream jogging pants.

And ok, the plot sucks, that chick from “That 70s show” is hot but can’t act for shit and, alright, there are some seriously hilarious scenes.

Example A:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7msJTomonI

top. five. films. of. 2008.

The utterly foreign desperation in what was Mumbai’s inner city slums juxtaposed against the utterly superficial world of lights, cameras and the chance to win millions of dollars for answering a question perfectly collides in this film.

At times horrific, at times sweet (almost too saccharine), and at all times engaging, you cannot help but feel Something in this epic event.

As a cynic, a hater and a sometimes manipulator, even I can see the sweetness in a story as far-fetched as this.

Go. Now. I’ll hold your coat.