A Not-so-perfect Getaway (see what I did there?)/a Spoonful of Big Brother

Disclaimer: I'm totally 'bouts to spoil this soooooooper scary movie, so don't read if you want to go spend your hard earned money seeing it!



My sister and I just saw A Perfect Getaway and I don't really know how I feel about it. The trouble with all of these "twist ending" movies is that you can only really watch them and enjoy them once. The voice in the previews said, "one of these couples is the killer" or something, so going into it I knew I wouldn't be surprised.

Here's where I break s*** down:

Milla Jovovich (Katinka Ingabogovinanana, anyone, anyone?) and irritating looking short man who I see too much of (aka Steve Zahn) make up the main couple. Supposed "newlyweds," this completely unrealistic (she is so far out of his league it's ridonkulous) couple goes to Hawaii for its "honeymoon" and "discovers" that there is a man and woman out there murdering other couples in Honolulu. Do you see where I'm going with this? The quotation marks aren't a mistake, people.

Anywho, they start out driving in a yellow Jeep rental car all throughout the picturesque Kauai. Along the way they see who I like to call Sketchball Couple #1 hitchhiking and OMG almost give them a ride. But since it was the beginning of the movie and nothing really legitimate can happen until later, they move along. SC1 eerily appears once or twice more in the movie, but it's not like it really matters because they're way too creepy to be the actual murderers. That's right, movie writers, I'm onto you and your tricks... SC1 is arrested because the po-po think the two of them are the murderers.

The main couple meets Sketchball couple #2's male component, and since I can't remember his name we'll call him "Rick." Like SC1, Rick is just too creepy for me to believe that he would be the killer... Long story short, Rick and his girlfriend Gina (whose name I actually remembered) are almost killed by the main couple, who, in case you haven't figured out, is made up of the two killers. However, Katinka (haha) has an epiphany and realizes that Steve Zahn is shorter than her. I'm kidding - she realizes he's an a-hole and that he was controlling her life, so she pretends to be one of his victims to the cops who magically save their lives via helicopter, and they shoot 'im.

Now, I know all you people who expected me to write about the deliciously watchable reality shows that are on TV are bummin' right now, but I have a point. Seeing this movie proves the true impact reality shows have on movies. How many reality show advertisements do you see with "...and a GIANT twist the cast members DON'T expect!" or something to that effect? Now, think about recent movies like Eagle Eye that have really ambiguous advertisements which mention - no, promise "twist endings" much like reality television shows and you'll understand my theory.

On a different note, I basically "did what Andy Samberg did" in my pants when Jeff used the coup d'etat to evict Jessie "teh natural bodybuilder," and you BB11 fans out there know you did too. I'm off to watch tonight's episode - Michele better put Natalie and Chima up!

Comment with your thoughts on my whole "parallels between reality shows and movies" spiel.


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