Thursday, April 23, 2009

17 again

I had a date with Behx yesterday. Yihee, it was our first. NAKS. LOL. We watched 17 again. (told you it was good). I was supposed to watch this with Marlo and Kristel but unfortunately, uhh.. hindi ako pwede that time :)

So.. I can give this movie a two thumbs up because I really liked it. :)
Anyways, Here's the synopsis: (from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974661/synopsis)

Popular high school senior Mike O'Donnell (Zac Efron) seemingly has it all. He is a star athlete headed straight for a college scholarship when he decides to give it up to settle down with his high school girlfriend Scarlet is pregnant.

Twenty years later, an adult Mike (played by Matthew Perry) finds his life is not exactly what he expected. He is separated from his wife, Scarlett (Leslie Mann) and living with his wealthy software genius nerd and best friend Ned Freedman (Thomas Lennon), his career at a pharmaceutical company is at a stand still, and his relationships with his teenage children are nonexistent. After getting passed up for yet another promotion at work, he returns to his high school to reminisce over his basketball awards and the life he could have had. While he is reliving his glory days, he is approached by a janitor and shares with him how things were so much better when he was 17.

As Mike is driving home from the high school, he sees the mysterious janitor standing on the ledge preparing to jump into the Los Angeles River. Mike rushes out of his car to rescue him, but when he gets there, the janitor has vanished. What Mike doesn't realize is that he is about to fall into the river and turn into his 17 year old self.

Young Mike (Zac Efron) returns to Ned's house, where he has the difficult task of convincing Ned that he is in fact Mike. At a loss of what to do, Ned pretends to be Mike's father and they register Mike back in high school to finish the life he never had the chance to live.

High school presents a lot of new challenges for Mike, such as dressing cool, keeping up with the latest gadgets and making new friends. But nothing compares to being in high school with his own children. He discovers that his daughter, Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg), is not nearly as innocent as he thought she was and his son, Alex (Sterling Knight), is the brunt of the star athlete's jokes.

But Mike's most difficult realization is that he hasn't been a very good father or husband. Mike befriends Alex and tries to instill him with enough confidence to join the basketball team. He gets close to Maggie's obnoxious boyfriend and does everything in his power to break them up. Most importantly, he visits an unsuspecting Scarlet and rediscovers all the things that initially made him fall in love with her. You don't know what you have until you lose it.

Through his experiences, Mike realizes that he had chosen the perfect life he just never appreciated it. Now, he must figure out a way to transform back into his older self and win back his wife and kids.

Go watch it. It's really funny. I swear, Behx and I were laughing out loud at some parts. Tsaka may moral lesson. NAKS. Favorite character was NED. He was HILARIOUS! I don't know if I was laughing because I am a very shallow person but hey, the whole movie house is laughing with me so I am not alone. LOL. And ooh, awkward moments when Zac Efron was flirting with Leslie Mann. SUPER AWKWARD. LOL.

For those who watched it already.. who agrees with me? :D

8 comments:

Fei said...

Ehhh. I wanna watch it soon as.. Been just busy lately. Oh well. haha. My friend also said it was good.

Steph said...

Watch it. :) It was really good :D

Kate said...

I didn't read the middle part. Feeling ko spoiler. Hahaha. Sana mapanood ko soon kahit Zac Efron =/

Jimel said...

I'm going to watch this movie tomorrow :)

Angeli said...

I wanna watch. Pretty interesting. Pero I don't think it's showing na dito sa amin.

Steph said...

KEIYT: Hindi naman. LOL. =)) Basta panoorin mo na kasiii! Promise, it's all worth it. :)

SUKI: Talaga? Tell me what youu think. :)

ANGELI: Watch it. Talaga? Baka late sa inyo. Intayin mo. :)

maj said...

sabi ng friend ko maganda daw. gusto ko nga try panoorin. hahaha!

Steph said...

panoorin mo. i agree with your friend.. maganda talaga :)th