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My opinion about the movie "The Switch" // Mi opinión sobre la película "Loco por ella".@mariolisrnaranjo140d
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  1. [Movie review] [Eng | Esp] The Switch | A little big change@jrjaime913d
    Welcome my dear internet travelers and thank you very much for having made a temporary stop in my post, from time to time I like to watch some silly comedy to relax my mind and laugh at the nonsense it contains, that was the main reason why I I decided to watch “The Switch” which has a stupid premise to say the least. Without further ado, prepare to be fainthearted because we are about to begin.
    Bienvenidos mis queridos viajeros del internet y muchas gracias por haber hecho una parada temporal en mi post, de vez en cuando me gusta ver alguna comedia tonta para relajar la mente y reírme de las tonterías que contenga, esa fue la principal razón por la que me dispuse a ver “The Switch” que tiene una premisa estúpida cuanto menos. Sin más que agregar prepárense para ser pusilánimes pues estamos por comenzar.

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    The Switch was released in 2010, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, produced by Miramax Films and Mandate Pictures, and has a duration of 1 hour and 41 minutes. It is a comedy film, the story focuses on Kassie and Wally, who have been friends for years, their dynamic will change when Kassie decides to have a child alone because she is fed up with the ups and downs she has had in love, her friend Wally (A complete simp) opposes this idea because it seemed like an erratic and reckless decision. In fact, he recommended that his semen be used. His friend rejected it and decided to look for another donor. However, the faint-hearted man would do everything possible to avoid this.
    The Switch fue estrenada en 2010, dirigida por Josh Gordon y Will Speck, producida por Miramax Films y Mandate Pictures, cuenta con una duración de 1 hora y 41 minutos. Es un filme de comedia, la historia se centra Kassie y Wally, quienes son amigos desde hace años, su dinámica cambiara cuando Kassie decida tener un hijo sola debido a que se encuentra harta de los altibajos que ha tenido en el amor, su amigo Wally (Un completo simp) se opone a esta idea debido a que le parecía una decisión errática e imprudente, de hecho, este recomienda que sea su semen el que sea utilizado, su amiga lo rechaza y decide buscar otro donante, no obstante el pusilánime hará todo lo posible para evitar esto.

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    For more details about the film you can visit the link I leave you from Wikipedia | Para más detalles sobre el filme puedes visitar el link que te dejo de Wikipedia

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    The soundtrack is nothing spectacular, as I have said many times, comedy films do not make good use of this section and it is never really necessary for them to do so, so it is not really important.
    La banda sonora no es nada espectacular, como lo he dicho muchas veces, los filmes de comedia no hacen buen uso de este apartado y nunca es realmente necesario que lo hagan, por lo que no tiene verdadera importancia.

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    Nothing to highlight here, the same thing happens as with the previous section, a normal world without anything really special that makes it stand out because it is as realistic as possible.
    Nada que destacar aquí, sucede lo mismo que con el apartado anterior, un mundo normal sin nada realmente especial que lo haga destacar debido a que es lo más realista posible.

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    This is the first important point of the film and the one in which it falls for the first time, the first thing is that the film is really not funny at all, its jokes are quite pathetic and stupid in a bad way, which makes the film feels tedious on that side, what saves it a little is the way it develops a certain father and son relationship, however, it is not that impressive either. Narratively it is a joke in bad taste, throughout the film there is emphasis on how the protagonists do quite colossal stupid things, despite this, it all ends with a rather stupid and forced happy ending that is simply predictable and tasteless. The film is not very long, although the fact that it has a simple premise makes the viewer get bored easily. This space is supposed to be covered by the comedy, however, this is conspicuous by its absence, which is why the film is too long to the little content it has.
    Este es el primer punto importante del filme y aquel en el que cae por primera vez, lo primero es que la cinta realmente no tiene ninguna clase de gracia, sus chistes son bastante patéticos y tontos en el mal sentido, lo que hace que la película se sienta tediosa por ese lado, lo que le salva un poco es la forma en que desarrolla cierta relación padre e hijo, sin embargo, tampoco es tan impresionante. Narrativamente es un chiste de mal gusto, a lo largo de la cinta se hace énfasis en cómo los protagonistas hacen estupideces bastante colosales, pese a ello, termina todo con un final feliz bastante estúpido y forzado que es sencillamente predecible e insípido. El filme no es muy extenso aunque el hecho de tener una premisa simplona hace que el espectador se aburra fácilmente, se supone que ese espacio debería cubrirlo la comedia, no obstante, esta brilla por su ausencia, debido a ello la película tiene demasiada duración para el poco contenido que esta posee.

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    The characters are worse than a toothache and simply cause repulsion, Kassie is extremely repellent, unpleasant and a terrible mother, she commits the greatest recklessness as a result of her stupid impulsiveness, which makes you feel rejection for her, Wally is not far behind in being unpleasant, he is a simp and a pushover who is always drooling over the same girl who has not paid attention to him for a long time, however, he keeps waiting for life to give him some kind of opportunity, he is too pathetic a guy; The worst part is that the film in the end validates this behavior by rewarding him for his pathetic way of being, it would have been excellent if they had given him a halfway decent development in which he focused on being a good father figure and on the relationship with his son, and ignore his obsession with the idiotic bad mother. The only one I will highlight is Leonard, an exemplary friend and a nice guy, I wish I had a friend like him.
    Los personajes son peores que un dolor de muela y sencillamente causan repulsión, Kassie es sumamente repelente, desagradable y una madre terrible, comete las mayores imprudencias producto de su estúpida impulsividad, lo que hace que sientas rechazo por ella, Wally no se queda atrás en ser desagradable, es un simp y pusilánime que siempre se encuentra babeando por la misma chica que no le ha prestado atención por mucho tiempo, sin embargo, este sigue esperando que la vida le regale alguna clase de oportunidad, es un tipo demasiado patético; lo peor del caso es que el filme al final válida este comportamiento con el hecho de recompensarlo por su forma patética de ser, hubiese sido excelente que le hubiesen dado un desarrollo medianamente decente en el cual este se enfocaba en ser una buena figura paterna y en la relación con su hijo, y obviar su obsesión con la idiota mala madre. Al único que destacaré es a Leonard, un amigo ejemplar y un tipo agradable, ojalá tener un amigo como él.

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    The Switch is simply boring and has a message that seeks to comfort all those pathetic guys who lack the balls to take charge of their lives and be respected. Its lack of humor makes it completely tedious to watch and it is something that should be be important in a film of its genre. It is for all of the above that it deserves 1 star out of 7, the only notable thing is those small moments of father and son relationship, the rest is simply unfunny nonsense.
    The Switch sencillamente es aburrida y tiene un mensaje que busca reconfortar a todos aquellos tipos patéticos que carecen de testículos como para tomar las riendas de su vida y darse a respetar, su carencia de humor hace que sea completamente tediosa de ver y es algo que debería ser importante en un filme de su género. Es por todo lo anterior que merece 1 estrella de 7, lo único destacable son esos pequeños momentos de relación padre e hijo, el resto es sencillamente un despropósito sin gracia.

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    Mis queridos viajeros hemos llegado al final de otra reseña, si fue de tu gusto agradecería mucho que dejases tu voto positivo e hicieses uso del botón reblog, subo contenido de forma diaria por lo que si no quieres perdértelo te invito a que comiences a seguirme para que estés al tanto de todas mis actualizaciones. Si deseas que reseñe algo en concreto puedes dejar la sugerencia abajo en la caja de comentarios y con gusto le dedicaré una publicación apenas pueda. Sin más que agregar te doy las gracias por haber llegado hasta este punto y te mando un fuerte abrazo desde la distancia, te recuerdo que tienes la fuerza de tu grandeza dándote su apoyo solo tienes que tomar el timón y fijar un rumbo, espero que nos topemos de nuevo cuando decidas hacer otra parada temporal en uno de mis futuros posts.

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    In case you were wanting more | Por si quedaste con ganas de más

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    All the images used to make this post that have no source are my property being taken, created and / or edited partially or totally by me using the Gimp program, those that are not of my authorship will have their respective source at the end. The screen shots shown in the post were taken by me while watching the series, however, these remain with their respective authors.

    Todas las imágenes utilizadas para hacer este post que no tienen fuente son de mi propiedad siendo tomadas, creadas y/o editadas parcial o totalmente por mi utilizando el programa Gimp, aquellas que no son de mi autoría tendrán al final su respectiva fuente. Las capturas de pantalla mostradas en el post fueron tomadas por mi mientras veía la serie sin embargo estas siguen perteneciendo a sus respectivos autores.

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    Cover photo | Foto de portada, Logo, Crane, Hand with pen, Yugi, Edward chibi, Edward Child, Edward young, Edward bleeding, Naruto chibi, Goku chibi, Jesper, Hand with a tablet, Sound system & Trigun

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  2. The Switch: Bateman teams up with Aniston for a rom-com@netflixr2181d

    As I have mentioned quite a lot in the recent past, I am not too impressed with the new releases that Netflix or just Hollywood in general have been making in the past few years. It seems that profits over substance (which is understandable) is the name of the game and good stories are overlooked for the sake of making massive budget films mostly about yet another superhero.

    The Switch certainly isn't a legendary film by any means but it is an unusual take on romantic comedies and since I like Jason Bateman so much, I was always going to watch it.

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    I don't know whose idea it was for that terrible movie poster but once you know the story there probably isn't much way to represent the story on a poster anyway.

    It is considered a Romantic Comedy, as you would expect with anything that Jennifer Aniston is in (I don't think she has done anything other than that) but this one doesn't actually have a tremendous amount of comedy moments. It is more like a drama with the occasional joke.

    The story is that Kassie and Wally are best friends. They tried dating in the past but for some reason the romantic side of things didn't pan out and now they are just BFF's. This is completely impractical and I don't know anyone that this has actually happened to. One of my best friends in high school was a girl but that was only because I friend zoned myself early on in the game. I not-so-secretly wanted her the entire time. But Wally genuinely is not interested in Kassie. So the film starts out in a ridiculous manner because J. Aniston is hot AF and anyone who go along with her as well as Wally does would definitely be interested in her.

    Kassie explain to Wally that she wants to have a baby but doesn't have a boyfriend. Her time clock is running out according to her doctor, so she decides to get knocked up the scientific way but has a party to celebrate the collection of her chosen donor's seed (gross). But a super drunk Wally is at this party and while in the bathroom he spots the container of the donor product and accidentally spills it in the sink in a crazy and hard-to-watch sequence. He then replaces it with his own.

    He was blackout drunk and doesn't remember doing any of this but turns up at a friend's house and kind of babbles on about what he did. The friend can't make heads or tails of it either.

    Kassie moves away to raise her child outside of NYC and doesn't return for 7 years. When she does, Wally starts to notice some things about Sebastian, her 6 year old son

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    It doesn't take terribly long for Wally to start to notice that the kid and he share a lot of common traits and the donor (as far as any of them know at this point) doesn't have any of these features. It takes a while but Wally eventually figures out that he actually is the father of Sebastian and doesn't know how to break it to Kassie.

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    It doesn't help that the actual birth father is kind of a dick / douche and he and Kassie start dating right around the time that Wally is realizing that he does have feelings for Kassie and that he is the father of Seb.


    I wouldn't say that this movie is really terribly different from the predictable stories that are so common in really every romantic comedy and the entertainment value relies very heavily on Bateman's performance since (sorry about this) but Aniston is really just "Rachel from Friends" no matter what she is in.

    Should you watch it?

    Unless you are a huge fan of Bateman, which I am, I would say probably not. Some of the interactions are endearing between Wally and Sebastian, but those touching moments are very few. The story carries on exactly as you would expect and it isn't terribly funny. Therefore, only Jason Bateman fans need apply.

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