Quick post: "50/50" came out the same weekend Seth Rogen was getting married in Healdsburg. A lot of his relatives stayed at the inn I work at in H'burg and the reviews of the movie generated a lot of conversation at the breakfast table. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the "star" of the movie was at the wedding, as were many of the new wave of his and Rogen's contemporaries. Well, duh. Of course.
The movie is worth watching, even with its sophomoric humor which never gets out of hand. Behind the humor are just a couple of guys trying to deal with the possibility of death at the age of 27. There are teary moments and laugh-out-loud moments and the two main actors handle them well. Entertaining, yes, and at times even thought-provoking. Who knows how long any of us have on earth but facing the end of that stay cannot be anything but daunting. No matter how old you are. Or how mature.
Oddly, two thumbs up from me. Maybe I am just getting soft in my older age but I liked these two guys enough to want to meet them at the bar for a pint. Wisdom knows no age boundaries, I suppose, and it doesn't always need to be talked about. Sometimes being friends is all that it takes.
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