BUT MOVIE REVIEWS WHEN TIRED SENSE DOES NOT MAKE

Last night after an intense day of touristing, Jodie and I came home to watch Sideways.

Synopsis: A week before his married, a guy and his buddy go on holiday, as a week-long bachelor outing. The engaged guy wants to hump a few random girls in before he's off the market. His buddy wants to drink wine and feel sorry for himself.

The problem I had with this movie was that I absolutely hated the main character - he was a total loser! He was a whiney, depressed, self-important useless person, and I had trouble empathising. When I watch movies with cool main characters - like Billy Madison and Anchorman, the lead is so damn cool it's hard to not enjoy the movie! For example, in Anchorman, the dog speaks Spanish. That's awesome! And there's a penguin in Billy Madison, which has recently inspired several penguin-focused movies like March of the Penguins, Happy Feet, and even Batman Returns.

The other problem with Sideways was that the cool character was not faithful to his future wife! And he was cool! What kind of bad example are they trying to set for we young fiancés? Especially since I was watching the movie with Jodie. I mean, I was supposed to be like, "Man, that guy's a total uncool jerk person" but the movie made him look so cool. He might as well have been smoking a cigarette the whole movie, he was that likeable.