The Dilemma

First things first, this was not a movie I planned on seeing. But when three nerdy junior high school kids are in line to see "The Green Hornet", and you don't really feel like dealing with that at the moment, you go to the movie that you haven't seen and also starts in ten minutes. Since I was seven minutes late to green hornet anyway, and I really hate missing previews, I saw this movie.

Story:

It's about two guys named Ronny(Vince Vaughn) and Nick(Kevin James.) They're a couple of guys who work in auto design, and have a new idea to bring in front of a car manufacturer. An electric car, that sounds like a muscle car. A fake roar of the engine kinda deal. They pitch their idea and the company is interested, gives them the funding. Ronny who has been dating his girlfriend Beth(Jennifer Connelly) for quite awhile, is pressured by Nick's wife, Geneva(Winona Ryder) to hurry and pop the question. Telling him that if not soon, she might move on. Ronny is feeling the pressure, and he wants it to be great. So when he's planning to pop the big question at this arboretum, he see's Geneva there kissing another man. She's cheating on his best friend Nick.

Ronny has to tell him, but with Nick feeling the pressure from the deadline for their project, Nick explodes at him due to the car not working and Ronny can't get one word in. Through talking to strangers in line at the bank, and creating weird stories of explanations to his sister. He feels like his hands are tied and he can't tell anyone. He can't tell him with the project going on, his sister isn't listening to him, and he can't ask or tell his girlfriend or she would find out that he's planning to pop the question. Quite the dilemma.

Review:
The actors, the theme, the say-so, everything about this movie said it was a comedy. Except I just couldn't find it funny. I honestly couldn't get even a chuckle out. It may just not be my type of humor. Vince Vaughn may be a part of it, but I'll talk about him later. Not to mention, all the jokes in the movie are shown in the trailer. When movies do that, it's like their thinking: as long as they can get you in the theater seat, they got your money and they can move on. For you, that's unfair, and that's what i felt like they did.

Now when you look at this movie in the drama perspective, it's pretty good. You just watch the situation get worse and worse. You wonder how it's all going to play out with that good ending. I was hooked to the movie in that way.

Cast:

Vince Vaughn, to be honest I'm not a fan. I just do not like him. I tried my best to not let it affect my review. So I review his performance due to having no respect for him. Didn't help that the entire point-of-view was centered around him.

I love Kevin James though. I saw "Mall Cop" thought it was funny, though cheesy. He didn't get me to laugh in this one though. He was mostly a drama man.
They said that Jennifer Garner originally got the part instead of Connelly, but she had dropped out. I'm really glad that happened. Personal reasons. I just think Connelly is prettier.
What I'm unhappy about is that Winona Ryder got the part instead of Kate Beckinsale! I can see why. Winona Ryder is better at being an evil person. haha. And she was. She was, she was.

So if you think the jokes in the trailer are funny, then you've seen every joke in the movie. So you'd really be going to a movie just to watch a man writhe in pain as his best friend's wife cheats on him. It's lame sauce.