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It's Full House IN a house!
on January 3, 2014
Posted by: mrobvious1234
from US
Verified Purchase:Yes
OF COURSE I LOVE IT! If you don't have a strong love for this show, this product is probably not for you. Though, at $55, it was quite the bargain.
My Best Buy number: 0029179626
My Best Buy number: 0029179626
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Microsoft Xbox One: The Xbox One is your all-in-one media center. Its powerful hardware delivers impressive graphics and detailed game worlds, plus it also offers an impressive lineup of video streaming apps to bring you movies, TV shows, sports and more in HD.The wireless controller was refined through hundreds of tests to emerge as Microsoft's most advanced controller to date. There are more than 40 improvements over the Xbox 360 controller, including everything from a more comfortable design and improved response time to additional rumble motors that can deliver more dynamic haptic feedback.Kinect is bundled in, delivering motion capture technology that allows you to step into your games and control them by moving your body. It also includes voice recognition, so your games and apps respond to the sound of your voice. Navigating the Xbox One's dynamic menus is simple and convenient; just swipe your hand, speak commands or use the included wireless controller.Advanced TV hardware required. Games, add-ons and media content sold separately. Initial setup and some games and features require broadband Internet; ISP fees apply. Online multiplayer requires Xbox Live Gold membership (sold separately). Multiplayer between Xbox 360 and Xbox One not supported. See Xbox.com/XboxOne.
 
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My friend bought this...
on January 3, 2014
Posted by: mrobvious1234
from US
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... So I have no idea how much he actually likes it, but a 4 seemed appropriate.
My Best Buy number: 0029179626
My Best Buy number: 0029179626
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Apatow flavor lacking some spice
on March 18, 2013
Posted by: mrobvious1234
from US
Unlike other reviews, I'm someone who enjoys his films and not someone who goes out and watches every one he makes, even though I've never enjoyed one. I'm sorry to start out this way, but I'm very bitter about a previous reviewer. If you have never liked his work, why even bother?
Anyway... I'm a huge Apatow fan, but I can't give this 5 stars. It brought together all of the elements I love in his films, yet lacked a little in each area.
The casting is still the same old and I'm fine with that. The humor is more of the same, as well. Basically, it's all the same and that's why I can't quite love it as much as I'd hoped.
To sum it up, it was a bit bland. The jokes were great, but never super laugh out loud funny that I expect from his work or these actors. The plot was almost too simple, even if that's what he was going for. It's a film, so it needs more drams, even if the subject is supposed to relate to everyday people.
I just wish he brought the gut-wrenching laughs from his previous work. I wish I was more drawn in to the characters and plot, even if I automatically had bias going into it. Maybe it's because I'm not 40 and can't relate myself. That's probably part of it, but it was still lacking that Apatow magic.
Overall, I still enjoyed it, even after all of these minor setbacks. I would definitely recommend the film to Apatow fans. I would also recommend it to those who enjoy these styles of film. I would not, however, recommend it to someone who has seen his previous work and has never liked it. You're wasting your time and money and our time and money by reading your completely irrelevant reviews. I could probably guess that if you felt Funny People was lacking, you're going to enjoy this more. Obviously, it's a guess. I'm not an expert or mind-reader.
What's great about it: Actors, dialouge
What's not so great: Jokes, plot
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Overall2 out of 52 out of 5
Only for Apatow fans
By Treydle from Saratoga Springs, NY
What are the expectations you have for yourself? Successful career, comfortable home, happy family? What if all of that were in jeopardy and had no way to save it? What would you do?
Pete and Debi (who we were first semi-introduced to in the 2007 film Knocked Up and played again by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann) are married, have two children, and both own their own businesses. Pete (Rudd) has left a major record label to open his own independent label where he can work with musicians he’s passionate about. Debi (played by Leslie Mann) owns and operates her own clothing store with two employees. Those employees are Jodi (played by Charlene Yi) who Deb considers a friend and a valued employee, and Desi (played by Megan Fox) who may or may not be stealing from the store but, with the huge influx of male shoppers thanks to her looks, those losses might be inconsequential. Pete is trying to drum up major public interest in a reunion album for a group that has great meaning to Pete personally but who’s never been particularly well-known. At the same time, Pete and Debi are both turning 40 within days of each other. Their two daughters, Sadie and Charlotte (played by director Apatow and lead actress Leslie Mann’s real-life daughters Maude and Iris Apatow) fight constantly. In addition, Sadie, Pete and Debi’s 13 year-old (played by Maude Apatow) has developed an unhealthy obsession with Lost. To add even more fuel to the fire, Pete has been loaning money to his father, Larry (played by Albert Brooks), in secret. In contrast, Debi and her father, Oliver (played by John Lithgow) rarely speak.
I didn’t really enjoy This is 40 that much. I have never been a big fan of Apatow’s other films. They always seem to go for the gross-out factor and I have a low-tolerance for that type of humor. Also, there seems to be some sort of revelation every half-hour in this movie. “I don’t know what we’re going to do” and then twenty minutes later “we’re all going to be okay”. Apatow fans might enjoy this movie, I most definitely did not. I don’t recommend This is 40.
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mrobvious1234
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March 18, 2013
If you know you're not into his types of films, why do you continue to watch them? It's like someone reviewing musicals who hates musicals. Why do you even bother? I watched the first Twilight and hated it, so I didn't waste my time with the rest. I'm not going to spend 6 more hours of my life watching sequels to films I know I hate, just so I can give them obviously low reviews.
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