Oh boy, have people using social media been talking about this movie. Maybe because The Heat is the rare action comedy coming out in this lackluster box office summer that seems to be suffering from a bad case of the sequels, combined with Disney’s misuse of intellectual property (P.S. the Lone Ranger movie is terrible).

It’s a Boston crime movie playing in the style of a hypothetical combination of The Departed and Pitch Perfect. Our main joke lies on one question: What if you took a standard buddy cop movie, replaced them with women, and had them play out like Felix and Oscar (I swear, during several parts, I thought I heard the Odd Couple in the background).

The plot is simple: Uptight FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) and foul-mouthed Boston cop Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy) are assigned together to take down a Russian mobster that has been providing Michael Bay his weekend fix.

Let me say it this way: The good news is that McCarthy and Bullock are often hilarious together, so you don’t have to worry about the story. When you watch it, it is clear the filmmakers didn’t. This is easily the most clichéd story for an action comedy, which is like being the ugliest person at the Andrew Lloyd Webber Look-Alike Contest.

But it’s funny… In fact, it’s really funny! With it’s two leads, this film is already a guaranteed hit, and it deserves to be, because this laugh-a-minute comedy is absolutely hilarious! It may not have the pizazz that Bridesmaids brought to the table from the same director (Peter Feig), but “The Heat” serves as a great follow up. It’s hard to say without giving away any of the jokes (a cardinal sin for movie critics), but trust me on this. And it’s a great turn around for Sandra Bullock, whose career took a detour in the vastly overrated The Blind Side.

All I have to say is this: A great comedy of contrasts channels the same anarchic spirit as last year’s 21 Jump Street, delivering a wild and enjoyable ride of nicely balanced verbal sparring and physical comedy. And it is great to see a supporting cast that consists of comedy heavyweights Jane Curtin, Bill Burr and newcomer Adam Ray. It’s worth a shot.

Author Bio: This post was contributed by David Baker, professional blogger for Virtual Web Productions. David is a recent high school graduate from Lake Mary, Florida. He will attend Stetson University in the fall.

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s worldwide blockbuster Despicable Me entertained audiences around the globe in 2010, grossing more than $540 million and becoming the 10th-biggest animated motion picture in U.S. history. And it was really funny.

But did it really need a sequel? All of the major character arcs, especially Steve Carell’s Bond-villain-gone-haywire Gru, were resolved by the end. If you ask me, the reason why this sequel exists is because Universal realized what made it so funny. The comedy in the original was a combination of Douglas Adams, Animaniacs, Mel Brooks and Austin Powers. They are still a little cash-strapped, so they decided to try the formula a second time, with no regard to the smaller details that made the original so great.

It’s hard to acknowledge the comedy now, it has come out in a blockbuster season suffering from a terrible case of the sequels that come down like the autumn rain. And there are two types of sequels in this world:  those who are made mainly because developers thought it would be a lovely thing for everyone to watch and those who are made mainly because the producers thought it would be lovely to add another ballroom to their golden money palace. Guess which camp Despicable Me 2 belongs in?

How do you tell a story about a bad guy who is no longer a bad guy? Despicable Me 2 embraces the dilemma and adds new ones. The story is about how some baddie stole the Magical McGuffin Formula, a group called the AVL takes notices, they send Agent Lucy (Kristen Wiig, and we know she played a different character in the original) to draft Gru and his crowd to take the guy down. And that’s it.

Despicable Me 2 is light on its feet, visually inventive and very fast with the repartee. It requires actors who can pull off the many peppery lines at warp speed and in that the film is lucky with its voice cast. But the main problem is underused characters juggling too many side plots.

But it is still hilarious, and I look forward to the spin-off. Bottom line, if you’re looking for quality prepackaged, predigested Hollywood family fun this summer, you could do a lot worse than Despicable Me 2.

About The Author:  Today’s post was written by David Baker, blogger for Virtual Web Productions. David is an avid blogger who enjoys writing movie and product reviews.

My Son and His Friends

In the past, when I used to have throw parties for my two daughters… I would do the same thing. I surveyed the kids, gave them two or three choices for movies, and sat them down after we did some games. Sure, the games were fun, I figured a movie was a great way to close the party after we were done — Boy was I wrong! Recently, my husband suggested that we investigate into a new outlet for our children’s friends. Jumpers!

Movies Are not Fun

Movies are great for a Friday night, afterall… I do run a movie blog. But for kids, they are boring. Movies take way too long, they lose their attention. Especially not at a birthday party. For girls, you might get away with a movie, but not for your little men! This party, I rented jumpers in the bay area.

My Experience with Party Jumpers

My daughters Party

This was the first time I rented a party jumper. Without saying much, I suggest you take a look at The Jumper Guys to see top notch deals on kids birthday party jumpers for the next time you throw a birthday party for your kids. The Jumper Guys can deliver to Palo Alto and surrounding areas. Kids love birthday party jumpers! I mean look at them, inflatable bouncy houses are easy to set up and are great for both kids and adults!

Pros of Jumpers:

• Easy to set up
• Fun for the entire party
• Kids get tired after a while! (Thats a good thing!)
• They stay active and healthy.

The other day, my son visited a 21st birthday party. These are not exactly young kids! But this didn’t matter, they had not two but five inflatable bouncy houses at the event!

The Jumper Guys supplies a wide selection of of kids games for events too! I first found them at a party last week. I spoke with the owner I am confident they strives in delivering the peak quality event rental jumpers. Again take a peek at their website for one of a kind promotions on kids inflatable bouncy houses for the next party. Keep in mind, www.TheJumperGuys.com provides bounce house services to the entire bay area. Kids love party inflatables! I mean look at them, bouncy houses set up easily and are great for both kids and adults! Some people refer to them as bounce houses and rentals, and others call them party bouncers of some type. Regardless if you call them bounce inflatables and rentals, bounce houses are amazing and fun for everyone!

Like everyone else with the kind of social skills required to hang out on the Internet, I love Batman. I adore him from his cute little pointy ears to his big boots, and everything in between. And I especially love how he expects to be taken seriously. Personally, I had my doubts about The Dark Knight Rises, because from the trailer made it look like it was dark and gritty, and how can you have dark grittiness when you’re Batman, a man who swishes about in his underpants and a fabulous cape? This does feel like reaching for the low-hanging fruit–and Batman is nothing if not a low-hanging fruit–but I just love that bit in The Dark Knight when Gary Oldman and Aaron Eckhart are talking about bringing down the mob, and it could almost be a scene from The Departed, until Batman flounces in wearing pajamas and a bucket on his head and no one bats an eye.

Plot Summary

But here we are again with The Dark Knight Rises, the most overhyped movie of the year. If there’s one good thing, it’s that the movie goes back to what Batman movies are really all about: hordes of impressionable poverty-stricken young people having all their arms and legs broken by an extremely rich businessman as well as the police.

Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, Gotham City is in a state of peace. Under powers granted by the Dent Act (legislation inspired by the “heroism” of Harvey Dent aka freaking Two-Face), Commissioner James Gordon and the Gotham City Police Department have nearly eradicated violent and organized crime. Gordon feels guilty about the cover-up of Harvey Dent’s crimes, but decides that the city is not ready to hear the truth. While following a lead in the abduction of a congressional representative, Gordon’s speech falls into the hands of the villain Bane, who discovers the truth about Dent.

As Batman has disappeared from Gotham, so too has Bruce Wayne, locking himself inside Wayne Manor. Wayne Enterprises is crumbling after he invested in board member Miranda Tate’s clean energy project, designed to harness fusion power, and shut it down after learning that the core could be modified to become a nuclear weapon. Both Blake—who guessed Batman’s identity—and Gordon implore Batman to return. Guess what? He does.

Everything Else

But you don’t call a sewage technician to redecorate your bathroom, and you didn’t come to me to hear about how a movie is good, not when every other review’s done that already. To put it nicely, the plot is a little weak, Bane and Catwoman do not seem like convincing villains and the new characters are boring. Also, there’s no closure, with it all ending with disappointing inevitability with all status quo restored and all the big name characters dropped down convenient holes so that they can make their next guest appearance on Amazing Man-Child #165.

But after all that, my complaints are still just minor fissures in a crust surrounding a very solid core and I can still recommend this movie. Consider me a praiser by exception, in that everything I don’t mention is perfectly fine… which is why I should probably mention the poster. This is the pettiest gripe I’ve ever indulged, but of all the colorful villains and visceral action this game has to offer, the best they could come up with was Batman standing there with a look on his face like he’d forgot what he came in here for? Just goes to show Batman is always the least interesting character in everything he’s in. What can you do with a character who responds to everything by either punching it or deploying Bat Anti-thing Spray. . .then punching it?

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