How To Lose Friends And Alienate People

The first thing that strikes one about this movie is the title. Obviously a play off the famous book "How To Win Friends And Influence People", this romantic comedy follows the life of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) as he goes from being a goofy owner of a small magazine to becoming a big time journalist for a major magazine run by Jeff Bridges. Along the way, he encounters a woman named Allison (played by Kirsten Dunst) who helps him pursue his dreamgirl, the newest hottie in Hollywood - Sophie Maes (played by the newest hottie in Hollywood - Meagan Fox). Simon puts his own spin on a story you've seen hundreds of times before and it turned out to be pretty funny.
The flick has some cool ass cameos and of course has a little "trailer" when the credits are running. The whole movie is sprinkled with Pegg's offbeat British sense of humor and the cast did extremely well playing off one another.

Meagan Fox, Meagan Fox, Meagan Fox! Gawd damn, gawd damn! Meagan is one of the baddest chicks in Hollywood - no bullshit. I didn't see it in Transformers but you can damn sure see it in this movie. While there are no nude scenes, she looks "gooder than a muther fucker" in this joint! Her role is a new, flighty, almost naive starlet who Simon meets when he starts his job at Jeff Bridges's magazine. Gillian Anderson did a good job playing her publicist. Anyone who has seen Gillian in interviews knows that she is silly as fuck, so its always fun to see her in the stiff roles like Skully and this one where she plays a very Hollywood "bitch" type.

In making this film, they covered a couple of things that most movies don't usually touch - coke use and gay Jews. Of course Simon had to have ad-libbed on some of those parts. They were too classic! The film itself uses the typical romantic comedy to examine all of the bullshit that goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood. All of the smoozing and the parties and the open coke use (they don't dwell on it but they do cover it).
I know this movie wasn't written by Simon but I bet he did a lot of re-writes on the script because it was full of "Pegg-isms" that will have you rolling on the floor if you see it. I know it may seem like I haven't said much about the flick. That's because you have seen this movie in many, many, many other movies before.
If you like Simon Pegg, you should see it. If you like Meagan Fox, you should definitely see it. If you like laughing at the pretentious foolishness of Hollywood, you should damn sure see this movie.
In my opinion, this movie was only missing three things:
Nick Frost (Simon's chubby buddy)
Nudity
Zombies!!!
Sorry, no nude shots of Meagan, although she's bangin' in almost every scene she's in. She has a hot ass underwear scene for what that's worth. Kristen did a decent job on her role, but I'd say if any of you thought she was attractive before, you'll be putting the last nail in that coffin. She looks pretty raggedy these days. Fuck it, she's paid. I ain't hatin'.

While I don't normally fuck with movies like this without being coerced into doing so, I have to say I enjoyed this joint. It glides along playfully and doesn't get dry. Simon keeps it going from scene to scene. I'm sure its PG-13, so you can take the old lady to it and she won't be trippin' about a bunch of naked hoes (unfortunately).
If you like Simon, you'll probably like this flick. I gotta thumbs up this one. Its definitely worth a matineé. Its a good movie to take a date to. I'd even say catch the bootleg when it drops this weekend.
If you had a shitty week and you need a good laugh, fuck wit it.
Peace.