2007/12/25

MUSIC AND LYRICS..LETS LOOK AT THE LOVE FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE..

Firstly, I want to write the most memorable dialogues for me:)
Alex Fletcher: The few syllables you got out were absolutely devastating.
Alex Fletcher: We could even re-pot the ficus.
Alex Fletcher: Just a little bit louder, because this song is intended for humans, okay? Way Back Into Love, take two.
Alex Fletcher: You seem angry - click your pen!
Alex Fletcher: It doesn't have to be perfect. Just spit it out. They're just lyrics.
Sophie Fisher: "Just lyrics"?
Alex Fletcher: Lyrics are important. They're just not as important as melody.

Sophie Fisher: A melody is like seeing someone for the first time. The physical attraction. Sex.
Alex Fletcher: I so get that.

Music & Lyrics" ---------Infact there never could’ve been an aptly named and well timed movie last
valentine’s season. The story is a diffferent one.


On the first scene, who drew my attention immediately was adorable Alex Fletcher (Grant). As I always mention I am a fun of Hugh Grant:) In the movie, he is s throwback pop star from the 80s who’s no longer in demand. Fletcher somewhat manages to earn his loaf doing the odd show here and there for the older crowd. It is survival by the thread and the artist in him yearns for more acclaim. He gets his much awaited breakthrough when reigning music queen Cora Corman ropes him in to write and record a duet with her.

Soon an ecstatic Alex recalls he might be good with music, but as a lyric
ist he’s a deadbeat and hasn’t written a song in years. Now he has a deadline to meet!
Weighed down by this hit or miss opportunity of a lifetime, Fletcher gets help from unexpected quarters: His pretty florist Sophie (Drew) has a knack for words and gladly agrees to do her part for whom she believes to be a talented but unsung hero. And you realize why they say “Behind every successful man is a woman." :)
Romance and realization blooms between the two as he teaches her how to sing and she weaves the magic of words for him. So warm love begins as Fletcher instructs a crooning Sophie

—“Oh please try a bit louder. It’s intended for humans after all!”

But time is short and there are promises to be fulfilled. Fletcher has seen the bottom of the life pile and understandably wants to climb out fast. Sophie, having broken up with her fiancé is still going through a lot of emotional turmoil as she gets more and more involved with her new man.

T his movie may not be in the same league of “Four weddings”, “Love actually” or a “Notting Hill” but it’s no lesser either. A witty, humorous, well scripted, beautiful plot and agreeable character portrayal are some of the many assets observed in this delightful movie. Even better, it never moves focus away from “realism”.
Fabulous performance again from Grant. He’s such a talented and natural actor that you never realize he’s acting! Yes they don’t come any better than him. Though Barrymore does her part and ensures the onscreen chemistry is perfect between the pair, she still is a below average actor. I’m sure someone else should have played Sophie—someone who does justice to Hugh Grant! Yet, I’m not complaining.
Great warm funny romantic movie & enjoyable to the core. That, if you don’t have a cannonball where your heart should be :)

Neverheless, the movie has several flaws.
1)Thechemistry between the lead pair being the first.Hugh and Drew justdon’t have that chemistry that Hugh Grant-Julia Roberts(NottingHill),Jude Law-Cameron Diaz(The Holiday) or even Keanu Reeves-CharlizeTheron(Sweet November)share.Individually they’re good....as a pair theydon’t gel.

2)Secondly the movie has an extremely abrupt ending.Iwanted the director to pack in another 5 mins. for a sequence whereDrew Barrymore finally musters up courage to give it in the face to hercollege professor(Sloan Cates being played by Campbell Scott) who usesher.

3)The romance between the lead characters has not beendeveloped properly except that they sleep once(which I felt was a part that was not needed).

4)The first half of the film is too slow and quite a drag actually.It picks up pace in the second half. Allin all....you can skip it easily....unless you’re a big fan of HughGrant or Drew Barrymore who are damn good albeit individually.

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2007/12/17

EVEN AFTERLIFE

What Dreams My Come... This is a perfect film. What drew my sttention firstly was the mystical atmosphere created in the movie. You experiece both this world and the afterlife.

What really amazed me was seeing Robin Williams, as a happily married physician who dies in a freak accident, spends most of the time laughing, crying, or staring into the sky with puppy woe, and Annabella Sciorra, as his artist wife (who commits suicide in response to his death), matches him beam for wet-eyed beam. Actually, the scenes are magnificent too. What I can say about the scenes is that What Dreams May Come presents the afterlife as a metaphysical place. For example, in afterlife, the things that drew my attention most is a pastoral hall of mirrors whose inhabitants must learn, then relearn, the rules.


The first act of "What Dreams May Come" is almost enough to make you not care what may come of the rest of the movie. In the opening half hour, Chris and Annie Nielsen (Williams and Sciorra) lose their two children in an automobile accident. (There's nothing quite like undersize coffins to spell unendurable tragedy.) The family dalmatian has already died. And, much worse, Chris violently perishes while attempting to save someone else's life. As a ghost, he is given a tour of his own wake and funeral, and he then lands inside a bursting landscape. It's no accident that the place resembles a painting. Heaven in the movie is whatever you want it to be, and Chris, in death, has imagined himself inside a gently cascading version of one of his wife's deep-saturated canvases. He slides down hills, dunking himself in a thick blue pond. And then, he emerges with paint clinging to his clothes. He leaps off a cliff and lands with a gentle thud. Paths are painted with purple petals, and there are classical columned structures that look like the ones for Greek Gods as we always read in Greek Mythology.


Towards the mid of the movie, Chris meets an angel guide, Albert, who speaks in pop koans. ''I want to see my children!'' Chris cries. ''When you do,'' replies Albert, ''you will.'' (I think he means, Today is the first day of the rest of your eternity.) For all of the joys of heaven, Chris remains tormented by the family he's lost, and, indeed, the entire picture is haunted by loss. Annie's sinful death consigns her to the film's equally florid vision of hell (a field of heads poking up from the ground, and so on), and it's up to Chris to rescue her to reunite with his twin spirit.


What Dreams May Come is in such a organized way that it practically dissolves as you watch it. The idea of two people sustaining romantic chemistry into the next world may, in truth, be a paradox, at least it was like that for me. Nevertheless, Williams and Sciorra do convince you that they're soul mates in life and death. The two gaze at each other so longingly that it's easy to believe they'd be happy just growing old together.


What Dreams May Come is not very dramatic. I felt as if I was stuck inside a two-hour dream sequence. As Chris and company land on the shore and approach the gates of hell, he begins to recall a time he spent with his son. It was a truly defining moment, when he tells his son that he respects him and would want him by his side even through the fires of hell. For me, this leads to a very important revelation. Chris has not been thinking of Annie, he says, and is losing the bond they share. Does this imply that he can only love one at a time? What I deducted from this scene is that Chris’ love for his son takes away from the love he can share with his wife. And indeed, it seems when he first arrives in heaven he has nearly forgotten his children and only seeks his wife. If Chris and Annie have this incredible bond, what does that say for the rest of us? Is not it:)

DO YOU REALLY LOVE HIM, OR IS THIS JUST ABOUT WINNING?

Michael O'Neal and Julianne Potter have been friends for years but when Michael rings Julianne to tell her he is getting married to a lady called Kimberly Wallace, she finally realizes her true feelingsto him, which are that she loves him. When she gets there , she can't do it so she tries to do everything to get them to break up. Yes, this is a romantic comedy and the plot is very attractive actually.
"Do you really love him? Or is this just about winning?"
"I've seen you a lot more naked that this."
"Yes... but thing's are... different now. "

Here, main characters Michael and Julianne and Kimberly are typically sympathetic characters. Nevertheless, the situation of Jualianne is a bit different I think. I liken Julianne to a tragic hero:) The ones we have learnt in our drama lessons. What I see her is an inability to communicate an unspoken love from a lack of confidence or from a fear of failure. She loves Michael; nevertheless, she cannot express it openly. While she is waiting for him to be together again, she has been informed that the man she loves so muxh will get married. What is much worse is that the one who gives this news is Michael himself. What a pitty, is not it? As a someone who is very sensitive, I felt ver sad at that moments. And memorible quote of her is "Michael... I love you. I've loved you for nine years, I've just been too arrogant and scared to realize it, and... well, now I'm just scared. So, I realize this comes at a very inopportune time but I really have this gigantic favor to ask of you. Choose me. Marry me. Let me make you happy. Oh, that sounds like three favors, doesn't it? "

If I explain the story much more deeply, I can say these: Julianne is a food critic who is called at the last minute to her best friend's wedding. However, her best friend also happens to be an ex-boyfriend, Michael for whom she still has feelings for, despite nine years of having been apart. In the past, they made a pact whereby if neither of them were married by the time they reached the age of 28, they would marry each other. Just prior to Julianne's 28th birthday, Michael rings her in a state of excitement to inform her that he is about to marry Kimmy, whom he has only recently met. She is devastated by Michael's sudden engagement to Kimmy. Kimm is a wealthy and perfectly beautiful architecture student, and rushes off to Chicago.
Actually, what I found I so much ironic in this movie is that alhough the audience is given all the information of the relationships between the main characters, the characters themselves are unaware of these relationships:) For example, once Julianne arrives in Chicago, she begins work on doing everything she can to claim Michael as her own. She is like a home-breaker as we say in Turkish too:). Half the fun is watching Julianne hovering in the background, witnessing her schemes spring into motion and then backfire unexpectedly:) And unfortunately, neither Michael nor Kimmy are the wiser.

George... you're not at all the way I envisioned. With the way Jules went on about you, I thought you would be.... uh...
Gay?
Yes... gay!
I just pretend to be gay!
But why?

This conversation above is between Julianne and George. While watching the movie this conversation s very comic and sweet for me. Julianne decides that this wedding is quite unacceptable, and she sets her mind to breaking up the couple, enlisting the reluctant help of her gay editor, George Downes. George is close friend of Julianne with whom Julianne can discuss her predicament. If there is one character that is outstanding in this movie, it would be George. He is excellent in his role, and very funny at times. His performance is the highlight of the movie. When Julianne's maneuvers fail to produce the desired results, she calls George for help:) He promptly flies out to help her, and in the highlight of the entire movie, George pretends to be Julianne's fiancee.

The scenes on which Kimmy sees Julianne and Michael are kissing each other are very comic too. What makes them s much comic is the conversations between Kimmy and Julianne:) Kimmy says: "You kissed him!At my parents' house. On my wedding day." Julianne: "I love this man, and there is no way I am going to give him up for some big-haired food critic."

Kimmy: "I think I'm going to cry. "
Julianne: "Me too. "
Also, there are other conversations that I will not forget forever:) One of them is between George and Julianne.
George: "When you kissed Michael did he kiss you back? "
Julianne: "What do you mean? We were lip to lip. "

Another is between Michael and Julianne:
Michael: "Kimmy says if you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud. Otherwise the moment just..."
Julianne: "Passes you by..."
Michael: "Passes you by..."
Julianne: "It is the duty of the best man to dance with the maid of honor."
Michael: " Dance? You can't dance. When did you learn how to dance?"
Julianne: "I've got moves you've never seen."

But, what really makes My Best Friend's Wedding so much attractive is the quirky humor that permeates the entire movie. Also soundtacks are perfect and go well with the scenes. Dusty Springfield's "Wishin' and Hopin'" is one of the soundteack that I found amazing. Also, while George is pretending to be Julianne's fiancee and telling how they first met, he breaks out into a rendition of Dionne Warwick's "I Say a Little Prayer". He is soon joined by a chorus of Michael's and Kimmy's relatives, seated around the same table. The merriment then spreads to the rest of the restaurant in which they are eating, and soon the entire restaurant is singing along.

Bite the bullet... tell him that you love him.
"My Best Friend's Wedding" is great. It will make you laugh out loud, it will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and it will tug at your heart strings. Will Julianne reveal her true feelings to Michael? Will Michael marry Kimmy or Julianne? In order or find answers to these questions, you should watch this movie. T
his is the movie you should be watching!

2007/12/09

THIS IS AN INTERSTING DAIRY

I absolutely loved this movie. The entire cast played convincing and realistic characters, especially the character of Bridget herself. There was much use of the f-word, but it is important to remember that in parts of England, the word is not considered nearly as offensive. If you are not easily offended and can look over the language and the occasional sex talk, which wasn’t as terrible as many movies, you find yourself entertained beyond belief. I have been laughing for days after seeing it the second time and completely intend to see it again. Colin Firth is one of the best actors I’ve seen in a while, and watching him the second time convinced me only more that he is brilliant. It was also very entertaining to see a realistic fight in a movie for once. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is not easily offended and who enjoys a good laugh.

Renee Zellweger stars as Bridget Jones,is a single 30. Her love life is non-existent, while her consumption of alcohol and her addiction to cigarettes is close to lethal. At the end of her proverbial rope, she attempts to take charge of her life by keeping a diary. In addition to info on the latest "singleton" her mother has tried to set her up with, Mark Darcy notations in her diary include the exact number of cigarettes she's smoked that day and updates on her ever-fluctuating weight.

There are two men in Bridget's life. One of them is a gentleman and a cad. The former insults Bridget at a party and wears an unforgivable sweater. Bridget begins dating her boss, Daniel Cleaver (played by Hugh Grant). On the surface, the two actually seem to have a wonderful relationship, but you just know that they're not going to have a fairy tale ending. Mark Darcy pops in and out of the picture as Bridget and Daniel's relationship develops and then falls apart.

Filmgoers should have fun equating Bridget's relationship trials and tribulations with their own experiences, or that of their friends. There's a little bit of Bridget in almost everyone. Moviegoers who love to laugh out loud without fear of embarrassment will find like-minded audiences attending "Bridget Jones's Diary." "Bridget Jones's Diary" is an intelligent, and humorous dialogue delivered by an outstanding cast. Even "serious" moviegoers can relax and enjoy this delightful film.

I loved this film and immediately wanted to rush out and buy the soundtrack. The songs selected for the soundtrack fit the film perfectly and became a major contributor to the film's overall ambience. Every emotion Bridget goes through is verbalized through the teaming of the scenes with the songs. The competition for Bridget between Firth and Grant may be the stuff of fantasy but Bridget's unerring ability to choose the wrong man is the reality check with which every woman in the audience can identify. And that's what makes this film something you'll want to add to your home video collection next to Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Zellweger's accent is pretty much flawless and the script is extremely funny. The wonderful Jim Broadbent gives a subtle, unsentimental and strangely moving performance as Bridget's dad while Gemma Jones is suitably as her mother. From the first moment, I began laughing around the first frame and didn't really stop. I loved it. some of the sentences of Bridget I caught are: "She's used to run around your lawn... with no clothes on, remember?"

"Perpetua-- slightly senior... and therefore thinks she's in charge of me. Most of the time..."
"lintendto."

"Oh, well,here we go. Trying hard to fight off a vision...of Mum and Auntie Una in fishnet tights"

"Did you fancy Kafir the first time that you saw him?"
"Oh,joy. I am broadcasting genius. Celebrating by cooking birthday feast for close friends. Have sneaking suspicion..."

2007/12/08

WEDDING PLANNER

"You're the envy of your future sister-in-law Janice... whom I overheard say at the last gown fiitting, " Look at those thighs. I'd kill for Tracy's thighs." This is the first sentence I found very interesting in the movie. You know that "thigh" means the top part of the leg between the knee and the hip.While Mary was saying this sentence to Janice, I could not get the meaning of it.Although, I have comprehended the meaing of that, I cannot explain it to you know:) I will try again and again, and I will write it here, I promise:)

And what about these:
- " Earwax." "X" on a double letter.
-"A" on a triple word. Seventy-two points.
-No, I challenge you. " Earwax" is two words."
-It's one.
- You're bluffiing.

Actually, most of the utterances in the movie were like these. THey were all enjoyable and nice to hear. The sentences were so smooth. I did not have much difficulty while I was watching it. The accents of characters were mostly British English accent. Even if you do not know the meanings of the vocobulary, you can deduct them from them from contexts. NonetheIess, I cannot say that I really recommed you to watch this movie. Anyway, you will like it very much if you ara fun of romance films. I am one of them:) And I always try to watch such kinds of movies. I like them:)
Please, look at this sentence of Steve:)
"Maria, I know I'm a pain in the neck. I just wantyou to be happy." I have not heard such a usage. This is an idiom. And it tells the whole thing. You do not have to know he previous or followng sentences:) You can deduct that Steve is regretful about his behaviors. He knows that he always talks about events and makes comments on the issues:)

When it comes to the story, it is very romantic. Nevertheless, I cannot continue writing before I mention the acting of Jennifier Lopez. She is wonderful. She has done her job perfectly for me. However, I cannot say the same thing for the whole movie.'The Wedding Planner' is one of the most horrendous film experiences I've ever had the immense displeasure to sit through. It starts poorly, gets progressively worse, and treads water for only a few seconds.

Of course, we're expected to appreciate that Mary and Steve are the ones who should really be together, but it's tough to give a monkey's when the pairing is so completely devoid of any sort of spark or chemistry. Mary Fiore has been a dedicated and highly successful wedding planner for five years, effortlessly controlling everything involved in the festivities. In fact, so much of her time is taken up by her profession that romance has been absent from her personal life for two whole years. That all changes when she has a strained meet with doctor Steve Edison, who saves her from a runaway garbage cart. Following a magical night which they spend watching an old movie in a San Francisco park, Mary is appalled to discover a couple days later that Steve is engaged to marry her latest client, Fran. Forced to work with the couple as she plans their wedding, Mary cannot help but fall for Steve, who is likewise beginning to have doubts about Fran being "the one" for him.
The romantic comedy genre is one that you don't really expect to be unpredictable. In almost all cases, the two unlikely lovers end up together in the end. Because of this, it is vital that the film exhibit at least sweetness and entertainment value. You will not find something very different from this. Then, lets watch it and gve your own decision. Perhaps I am wrong:)

2007/12/04

YOU HAVE MESAGE IN A BOTTLE!!!

"l could always steer for home when you were my home." This is the first sentence that sounded me very interesting at the beginning of the movie. I had not known the meaaning of 'steer for something' until I learnt that it means 'to move on a particular direction'. This is the first word that I learnt in this movie:) When Terresa is reading the mesage in the bottle, there are nice explanations that draw may attention very much:) For example:
"You came into my dream last night with that smile...
... that always held me like a lover...
...rocked me like a child.
All l remember from the dream..."

Actually, this is a nice movie. You can find that the concept of 'love' is depicted in a different way. At first, it seems to be a very familiar story, but once you continue watching it, you find uncommon nuances in the realtionship of two lovers.the story starts on a deserted New England beach, where Teresa as a divorced mother with a young son is taking a stroll. During her stroll, she spies a glass bottle out of the wet loam. Picking up it, she finds a typewritten note inside addressed to a woman named Catherine, whom the unknown writer deeply misses. Moved by the heartfelt and stirring words of love lost, Teresa shows the strange letter to her coworkers upon her return to the Chicago Tribune. There, she works as a researcher.
Seeing the potential for a great human interest story, Teresa's editor decides to run the letter as a front page item. Suprisingly, the letter's publication generates an overwhelming response from Tribune readers, who send hundreds of pieces of fan mail in support. While reading lots of mails with her best friend Lina, a couple of letters pick their interest. These letters are from individuals who found two similar letters stuffed in glass bottles.

While arranging her research resources, Teresa finds out the originator of the mysterious messages. It is a shipwright from North Carolina named Garret Blake, who lost his wife Catherine two years prior. Desperately wanting to better know the man, Teresa git on the next plane and finds herself in the peaceful seaside village where Garret calls home. Pretending to be a tourist, Teresa strikes up a fast friendship with the grieving shipwright, in search of material that she can use for writing a follow up piece. However, Teresa gets more than she bargained for when she falls under Garret's spell as she comes to understand the man and his unforgettable loss. Unfortunately, as the relationship between Teresa and Garret deepens, so does the risk of Teresa's true motives being revealed.
Although it has so much spectacular, what I did not like about is that the core of the story, the romance between Garret and Teresa lacks emotional resonance. It id not something memoriable. The performances of the characters are not so much good.

Another shortfall of the film is that there is no sense of urgency to the proceedings. While the issue of Teresa publishing the letters in the Tribune eventually becomes a source of contention in the relationship, it is not a major source of complications. In fact, the scene in which Garret inevitably finds out the truth comes across as overly-melodramatic and his reaction seems to be implausibility. Had Teresa gone to find Garret with a story deadline hanging over her head, and if the letters had made Garret a national celebrity assuring him a thorough hounding by the popular press, then the stakes of the relationship and its consequences would have been higher. Consequently, the dynamics of the relationship would have been more interesting, and the struggle to keep the relationship alive would have been worth fighting.

If you're looking for an old-fashioned romance with two beautiful but bland people, you might find "Message in a Bottle" adequate. Other than some nice scenery and some interesting character bits from the supporting actors, "Message in a Bottle" is an overly-long and emotionally-manipulative movie:)

" I'm taking her out tomorrow morning."
"Test saiI. Round the point and back." are the other sentences that Drew my attention.

2007/12/01

IS NOVEMBER ENOUGH TO LOVE SO MUCH?

Humans need to face hard situations to realize that the best things in life do not have to do with money, but these simple things are important to human life. We can find a good example of this situation in the film called Sweet November. The main characters of the movie are Keanu Revees as Nelson Moss, and Charlize Theron as Sara Deever. Through this movie, I became conscious that money cannot fulfill our lives and that there are things with more value than money that can make us happier.
This movie starts when Sara and Nelson meet each other while they are taking a test to renew their driver’s licenses.

Nelson Moss is a hard-working man. He is very dedicated to his work. As I concluded, he has most probably lost value of the other things in life that make it worth living. While renewing his license at the local DMV(something like that:) ) Nelson has a chance meeting with Sara Deever. This event is very interesting and funny actually:) Sara is thrown out of the testing center for responding to a question that Nelson whispers to her. Without a license, she persuades Nelson to act as her chauffeur one night. That night has a special meaning. Because she breaks into an animal shelter and save two puppies from being put to death. As a joyous, beautiful, young woman, SARA has learned not to take life for granted for even a second. Sara AS a result, she presents Nelson with a proposition. For the entire month of November, she will invite him to move in with her, and spend every minute with him. Nelson thinks she's crazy.

After a failed meeting the next day and a nasty confrontation with his boss, Nelson finds himself fired from his job. To make matters worse, Anjelica leaves him. With nothing to lose, Nelson finally accepts Sara's offer. Her goal, of course, is to make him a better,humane, person. As Nelson gradually falls for her, Sara is frightened to find herself attracted to him in a way she never has before.

.. . . While living with her, Nelson falls in love with Sara, but still does not know that she has an incurable disease (which is never named in the movie). When Nelson finds out about her disease, he gives her all his support and tries to be with her all the time. Sara thinks it would be a good idea to help him to improve his life, so she proposes that he moves into her apartment to undergo a spiritual rehabilitation. After Sara meets Nelson, she notices that he is a self-centered and humorless man, whose life revolves around his work and that he is living only superficially. Sara refuses to be with him and asks him to leave her, telling him that he has to continue without her, and that his life is already better because he has learned the real value of life.

People work to get all those material possessions that never will fill their spirits, but we need to leave the materialism behind and start becoming a better person. I realized that money is not everything and that what we have right here, right now, is the only thing we can ever be sure of, and that money can not buy the most valuable thing on this world, a life. This movie made me realize that the best things in life are concentrated in those things that we do not usually pay attention to, things that seem simple, things that have no economical value, but are really the most important things in our life, such as, the feeling of freedom or just the beat of our heart. Life could change in a second, and we had better enjoy those things that life offers us for free.
The aspect of the movie I appreciated the most was the lesson I learned through this film. Nelson at first rejects that proposition, but after all Sara’s insistences, he agrees to live with her and accept that proposition. For example, in this movie, Nelson never thought that the woman who changed his life, the one he really loved, was going to died, and he could not use his money to save her. In this movie, Sara Deever, a woman who is living her life as simply as she could, and dying from an incurable disease, knows Nelson Moss, who is the typical money obsessed advertising executive man but who changed because he realized that the money has not the value it seem to have. From that day, he goes back to his life, but this time knowing the real meaning of living.

The language in the movie is not difficult to understand. I was able to catch most of the words and sentences..Some of them were very interesting to hear for me:)
For example, while watching the movie at home, Nelson tried to change the channel. At that moment, Angelice entered and he said:
" Us...Right..Hey, is not there some kinda limit on us talks? You know, one okay, two is necessary, three, cruel and unusual."
While Sara and Nelson were going in the car, Sarah said that: "Does your mother know you treat women like hookers? Or did she raise you to think being nice means patronizing the whole world?" In this sentence, I had not known the meaning of the hooker, nevertheless, after having looked at it, I realized that it means bad woman.
In the movie, most of time, Sara said "Yup!" It represented that Sara was not pleasant the condition happening that moment, therefore she used it in order to show her feeling. One of the scenes, again while she was with Nelson in the car, She said that: "Yep, Face it. It is your fault. I cannot drive. The least you can do is schlep me somewhere. It is quick, painless..." Actually, have you known the word 'schlep' ? I have not heard it before. It means someone who is dense.. This wasa another word that I learnt with this movie:)

Again, in one of the scenes, while Sara and Nelson was at home, it was raining very much. Nelson went out. Sara immediately follwed him and said that he should wait a second. Nelson turned and said: "I have no words to describe how totally whacked you are!" Here, most probably whacked means something negative. When I looked up the dictionary, I found that it means being tired very much. Nevertheless, after the sentence of Nelson, Sara got angry very much and said: " What are you so pissed of about! " 'Piss of' means 'damn you'. Therefore, 'whacked' is much more then what it means... Why do not yu help about that? Perhaps you know the exact meaning of it, or you may have much better idea:)