Gigi and I got to watch Monte Carlo the other day and I gotta say- we loved it! I was a little disappointed however. For some reason I had it in my head that we would be receiving an actual copy with a case to keep forever and I got a burned disc in a paper envelope. Gigi didn't seem to mind, but it bothered me a little bit. I mean, this is a Fox review, and you'd think FOX could come off of an actual DVD in exchange for posting... BUT I guess not. it's strange though.. because Lionsgate does.Even worse, they sent it to me on the day of the release, so it wasn't like we even really got a heads up. I could've just as easily went to Blockbuster and rented it and not been obligated to post about it!
Wow Fox. Thanks so much. Hopefully the other DVD's I have already agreed to review for them are not like this, but I have a strange feeling they will be. I guess I am grateful.. well.. kind-of!
But like I said, FOX Studios should have enough money to where coming off of 100 discs in actual cases for bloggers does not break the bank. This is advertising being taken for granted and ripped off at it's best.
Buuuuttt.. I guess they don't care! I will remember this when Fox sends me more oppurtunities for movies to review. I don't have time for this stuff. Its so time consuming, and it's not that I don't love it! I would just like to be compensated for my time.
The product is my payment. Dare I say my time is valuable more so worthy than a burned disc of a movie I could've went and rented for 3$.. actually for free, since I subscribe to Blockbuster Online.
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| Penny Pinching at it's best! |
In any case- please see the links included in this post (of mine and this blog) related to Monte Carlo.
Our opinion?
Well I don't post my opinion for less than 10$! No I'm just kidding.
Really, it was great. It was better than I thought it would be.
Very interesting if less than original. I mean this has been done over and over again; the whole "swapped identity"?
We've got:
- A Walk in My Shoes
- All Of Me - Female client into attorney, then into a jar of water, then into his buddy musician, then into her stablekeeper's daughter, the daughter finally into one of her horses.
- 13 Going on 30
- 17 Again
- Seventeen Again
- 18 Again! - George Burns and his grandson.
- Like Father Like Son - Father and son.
- Vice Versa - Father and son.
- A Saintly Switch - National Football League quarterback and his wife.
- Alison’s Birthday - Young girl and old crone.
- Body Switch - Old scientist and teenage boy.
- Freaky Friday - Mother and daughter. Disney has produced several versions: 1976, 1995, and 2003.
- Dame Tu Cuerpo - Football team coach and young female ex-model.
- Day Watch - Anton and Olga.
- Dating the Enemy - Boyfriend and girlfriend.
- It’s a Boy Girl Thing - Teenage Boy and Girl.
- Switch - A promiscuous man (Perry Firestone King) is murdered by his lovers and reincarnated as a beautiful woman (Ellen Rona Barkin).
- Sister Switch - Sisters: Ashleigh Cole and Taylor Cole.
- Wish Upon a Star - Sisters Alexia (Katherine Heigl) and Hayley (Danielle Harris).
- L’anima gemella (Soul Mate)
- The Hot Chick - Clive (Robert Michael “Rob” Schneider) and Jessica (Rachel Anne McAdams).
- Two Struck by Lightning - Mother and daughter.
- Lovey-Dovey - Married couple.
- Lovey-Dovey 2 - Married couple and their children.
- Lovey-Dovey 3 - Married couple and their parents.
- 32 December
- If I Were Him
- If I Were Her
- The Secret
- Give Me My Skin
- Dogmatic — a man and his dog.
- Dream a Little Dream — elderly man and young teenager.
- Every Dog Has His Date — a man and his employer's dog.
- Eine wie Keiner — boyfriend and girlfriend
- Face/Off” — FBI agent and terrorist (technically not a true switch; each had plastic surgery to look like the other, to infiltrate the other's life and learn his plans).
- Help, I'm a Boy” — boy and girl.
- Holiday Wishes” — Britney and Rachel
- “Identity Theft” — male Lottery winner has his body stolen by an attractive female.
- “Just Follow Law” — supervisor and subordinate.
- “Mulholland Drive” — Multiple characters share names and appearances.
- “Pon un Hombre en tu Vida” — male sports coach and female singer.
- “Prelude to a Kiss” — bride and mysterious old man.
- “Sex, Drugs, and Natalie Portman — teen neighbors
- “Scooby-Doo — Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma accidentally swap their minds after demons use their bodies as hosts.
- “Secret Garden_ A South Korean drama: A stuntwoman and a rich CEO.
- “Shrek the Third” — Donkey and Puss in Boots
- “Soowitch” — man and woman (short film).
- “The Immortalizer” — Mad scientist swaps rich elderly people with young kidnap victims.
- “The Skeleton Key” — hoodoo thriller film starring Kate Hudson.
- “The 10th Kingdom” — Prince Wendell and a dog.
- “The Change-Up” - A married guy and his friend/co-worker.
- “Turnabout” — husband and wife
- “Xchange” — multiple
- “Se eu fosse você” (2006) and Se eu fosse você 2 (2008), from (Brazil) — former husband and wife.
- “Memory Run” (1996) Andre become to Josette (renamed to Celeste).
Buuuutttt..
It's in good company as the majority of those are really great movies.
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