The Bucket List

I have to admit I’m pretty fired up about The Bucket List coming out. It is without a doubt, destined to be a classic comedy. This movie has hilarious written all over it. I mean can you imagine two older guys going out and doing zany stuff, stuff that is typically reserved for a more youthful crowd? Talk about two fish way out of water! Not only that, but it’s just hilarious that one of them is a reserved black man and the other a white man who is a little more ready to let his hair down! Most of the stuff they are doing, I wouldn’t even think of doing at my age, let alone when I’m older, terminally ill, and especially with such a conservative black man! Oh I’m going to have to stop; my sides are splitting thinking about it. In all seriousness though, in spite of the non-stop laughs it no doubt provides, it also delivers a sound message: the message that you’re never too old to start living life. Just because there are a few more rings inside your oak tree doesn’t mean you can’t keep up with a younger crowd, and have a heck of a lot of fun doing it! I think Jack Nicholson’s character really sums up the attitude of graying America when he tells the flaming lad from Will & Grace that no one cares what he thinks. Take that whipper-snapper! I have to admit, I thought this genre had peaked with the powerful Space Cowboys (2000) and the riotous Wild Hogs (2007), but it looks as though 2008 is taking things to a new level. I just can’t wait to see the misadventures of this pair. Jumping a race car? Hilarious. Sky Diving? Hilarious. Telling off someone younger? Hilarious. Being overmatched by a high powered rifle on a safari? Hilarious. Interracial older male friends? Hilarious. Terminal Illness? Sad and devastating, no wait… hilarious. The only thing not to like about this movie is there isn’t a sequel yet. Needless to say, my fingers are crossed. For once, I feel like I’m socking it to the theatre. Only $12.50 for this masterpiece? Suckers! The hard part will be only seeing it once!