Spy (2015)

Mr. Feig did a great job writing and directing, 'Spy.' A fast paced and enjoyable action-adventure-comedy, this movie kept my attention from beginning to end. Other than a couple of unfunny comedic moments, McCarthy held it together and was funny and entertaining. Spy was everything I wanted it to be and more. I laughed harder at this movie than I did at most comedies. The production value was fantastic, the pacing was perfect, and director Paul Feig clearly knows how to do comedy but now can add action to his resume. Everything about this movie works. Spy is an absolutely brilliant, perfectly casted satire that should not be missed by fans of action or comedy. As far as lead performances go, this is in my opinion the funniest Melissa McCarthy has ever been. This is the ideal role for her because her character has a serious job and a serious mission contrasted with McCarthy's snarky personality and usual shenanigans, making for some truly hysterical situations.What I find most compelling about Spy is how likable each character is. It's not just McCarthy or Law, but each supporting character. Through its physical comedy and unexpectedly exhilarating combat scenes, it still manages to feel like a screwball comedy throwback with stellar verbal between the great actors. Everyone just seems to be having an absolute blast and that fun is contagious. Janney and Byrne stand out as solid and strong comedic presences. Hart and Statham take charge every scene they are in, each playing with their own Hollywood identities to great effect. At the center of it all, McCarthy and Feig steer the film, often managing heartbreaking honesty and side-splitting hilarity all at once. However, as you settle into the world, you can't help but love the ways in which it takes the self-righteousness out of spy thrillers by highlighting the hilariously dull details. Melissa McCarthy always rocks the movies where she usually plays funny roles in, because she is the best at that for her sense of humor and the way she emphasizes things to make it even funnier. In addition, the chemistry between Meslissa McCarthy and Jude Law is undeniable, hope to see them working together in more films. It also has a lot of mean spirited, bully type, humor; aimed at McCarthy's character (and her appearance). Still the movie is funny, and action-packed enough. Don't be put off by pretentious would-be intellectuals who wouldn't know humor if it came up and kicked them in the butt. There have been a number of spy spoofs made over the years. This has to be one of the funniest. All this is to say Spy is an entertaining spoof exposing the considerable comedic talent of Ms. McCarthy as the audience slowly forgets the fat on which she built her persona.
Rating: 9/10 Orange Slices. Spy

Forrest Gump (1994)

You may not be blessed with intelligence, good looks, good parenting, good social status or any other common predictors for success but having a good heart can make all the difference in the world. This film is a great modern fable, a fable in the dictionary is defined as a brief fictitious story that teaches a moral. Stripped to its purest essence, this movie is about loyalty and devotion, particularly to the ones in our lives we love and care about. These are the human values being reinforced. Loyalty. Devotion. Forrest Gump embodies loyalty and devotion. To his mama. To his good best buddy Bubba. To the love of his life, Jenny. To his leader, Lt. Dan. And in the end to Forrest Jr. One by one and all together Forrest sticks by and takes care of his family, friends, and loved ones. This is the thread running through the entire story. This is what carries Forrest to all of the remarkable places he goes along the way. In the beginning Forrest is a little slow as his momma said, but as we discover he can do some amazing things no matter of his problems. No matter where he was he was always thinking about the ones who loved, even for someone he knew for a little while, he always saw the good in people. In the end we learn that he is not the ill or the problematic one but that everyone around him were that. He was always enjoying the little things, a thing that we all don't do very often. Forrest was and still is the perfect example of showing children who feel they are different from others that they can do anything that they put their mind too. Forrest experience life and loving a girl that was too afraid to love him back in fear of hurting him and because of what others would say. This is a powerful yet charming movie; fun for its special effects and profound in how it keeps you thinking long after it's over. Like others, I've seen this movie more than once. Everybody should see this at least once to see how beautiful things are through Forrest Gump's eyes. He is a completely free human being, in the matter he doesn't have any biases or stiff beliefs. I think everyone can learn a lot from this uncomplicated man, who does what he believes is right, without turning away from his goal, no matter if it happens' to involve running across America for three years... What Forrest Gump did mattered, he fulfilled his destiny. Now it is the question of whether we fulfilled ours.
Rating: 10/10 Orange Slices Extra Pulp. Forrest Gump