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Title: Annapolis
Year: 2006
Director: Justin Lin
Plot: A poor but ambitious young man strives to make good in one of the most competitive institutions on Earth in this military drama. Jake Huard (James Franco) is a young man from a small Maryland town who grew up in a blue-collar family with few opportunities. Wanting to make something of himself after completing high school, Jake set his sights on attending the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, where he narrowly makes the cut and becomes one of the 1,200 applicants selected for the freshman class. Jake finds that life as a "plebe" is intellectually challenging and physically punishing, and he soon develops a powerful adversary in Midshipman Lt. Cole (Tyrese Gibson), his training commander, who pushes Jake to the limit to see if he has what it takes. Standing on the razor's edge of failing as both a student and a soldier, Jake makes a brave but dangerous gesture toward proving himself by entering the Brigade Championships, a Naval boxing competition where he'll go into the ring against the best fighters in the Navy -- including Lt. Cole. Jake soon has one person on his side when he strikes up a friendship with Ali (Jordana Brewster), a pretty young officer who believes Jake has what it takes to go the distance. Annapolis also stars Donnie Wahlberg, Chi McBride, and Vicellous Shannon; the film was directed by Justin Lin, who debuted with the acclaimed independent feature Better Luck Tomorrow. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:25:49 GMTAnnapolis2006Justin LinA poor but ambitious young man strives to make good in one of the most competitive institutions on Earth in this military drama. Jake Huard (<a href="/players/P___299361/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>James Franco</a>) is a young man from a small Maryland town who grew up in a blue-collar family with few opportunities. Wanting to make something of himself after completing high school, Jake set his sights on attending the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, where he narrowly makes the cut and becomes one of the 1,200 applicants selected for the freshman class. Jake finds that life as a "plebe" is intellectually challenging and physically punishing, and he soon develops a powerful adversary in Midshipman Lt. Cole (<a href="/players/P___290116/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tyrese Gibson</a>), his training commander, who pushes Jake to the limit to see if he has what it takes. Standing on the razor's edge of failing as both a student and a soldier, Jake makes a brave but dangerous gesture toward proving himself by entering the Brigade Championships, a Naval boxing competition where he'll go into the ring against the best fighters in the Navy -- including Lt. Cole. Jake soon has one person on his side when he strikes up a friendship with Ali (<a href="/players/P___269136/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jordana Brewster</a>), a pretty young officer who believes Jake has what it takes to go the distance. Annapolis also stars <a href="/players/P___216357/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Donnie Wahlberg</a>, <a href="/players/P___215799/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Chi McBride</a>, and Vicellous Shannon; the film was directed by <a href="/players/P___202426/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Justin Lin</a>, who debuted with the acclaimed independent feature <a href=/films/205647/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Better Luck Tomorrow</a>. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide4413http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t89036bbuhs.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Annapolis/251422/default.aspxFilm Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for August 18: Fat Kids http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_August_18_Fat_Kids/625/34119/1/ShowPost.aspx

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Post Date: 8/19/2008 11:45:43 AM
Body: You know the movies aren't any kinder to fat kids when they get in high school or college. It is the fat kid, Twins, who can't cut it in Annapolis, but (on the plus side) he does teach James Franco how to eat a lot of candy bars. While Lard Ass is the fattest kid in Stand by Me, I was wondering if you left Vern off the hook, because Jerry O'Connell really buffed up as an adult?
]]>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:45:43 GMTunclefesteringWeekly Theme8/19/2008 11:45:43 AMYou know the movies aren't any kinder to fat kids when they get in high school or college. It is the fat kid, Twins, who can't cut it in Annapolis, but (on the plus side) he does teach James Franco how to eat a lot of candy bars. While Lard Ass is the fattest kid in Stand by Me, I was wondering if you left Vern off the hook, because Jerry O'Connell really buffed up as an adult? Spout Post: Tokin' of affection http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2008/8/11/33835.aspx

Post By: usesoap
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Post Date: 8/11/2008 8:16:46 AM
Body: A friend with weed is a friend indeed. That is the lesson to be extracted from the latest comedy off the Judd Apatow assembly line, “Pineapple Express.” While it may get anti-marijuana advocates abuzz with consternation, it's a sweet little trip until a dramatic shift to violence quite literally calls the cops to this feel-good party. “Express” is laced with guffaws and gunplay, and while not as startlingly schizophrenic as this summer's “Hancock,” it still feels as though its personalities are squished together in such a forced fashion, it threatens to disrupt the good vibes it garners through much of the film. And, like all of Apartow's blockbuster comedies before it (“Knocked Up,” Superbad,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”), it overstays its welcome by at least 30 minutes. Imagine, if you will, an entire film devoted to the ganja-clouded escapades of Brad Pitt's Floyd, the moviewestoner he portrayed in Tony Scott's “True Romance (one of Pitt's best, albeit brief, performances on screen). James Franco channels Floyd, but successfully layers him with empathy and a hint of sadness. Franco is perhaps best known as Peter Parker's frenemy in the “Spider-Man” trilogy, as well as generic junk like “Annapolis” and “Flyboys,” which focused more on his Abercrombe and Fitch good looks than his acting chops. In “Express” he hides his sculptured silhouette behind a mop of greasy hair and clothes even a college hamper would reject. As Saul, he's a well-connected dealer who, despite his numerous contacts, remains rather friendless, reduced to surface conversations with his quasi-anonymous clientèle whose illegal purchases makes them more than a tad jittery to hang out for deeper disucssions. When Dale (played by co-writer Seth Rogan) pops by for his weekly fix, Saul reaches out by not only introducing him to the headlining herb, but shares his beloved concoction, a triple-ended joint that apparently induces a supreme high. Dale, reluctant at first, humors Saul and doesn't pass up the chance for a token toke. A tiny connection is made before Dale darts off to his thankless gig as a process server that at least provides him the opportunity to blaze up between deliveries. During one seemingly routine stop, Dale witnesses a murder and, in his drug-clouded escape, manages to smash a couple cars and attract the attention of the killers (Gary Cole and Rosie Perez). When he seeks the aid of Saul in a panic, it sets off a series of successively darker detours into pot-fueled paranoia that, were it not for the comic chops of its supporting cast, would otherwise derail this ride. Rogan does his best Rogan, meaning he coasts along with his standard understated charm and his proclivity to cling to the bliss of adolescence. It's Franco who brings out the best of the film, operating under the haze of his trade and letting humanity bubble to the surface at all the right (high) times. But Franco alone could not buoy the picture as it slowly descends into its bloody conclusion. He's helped by the go-to guy for straight-faced snickers Danny McBride, as the link between Saul and the local drug kingpin, as well as Craig Robinson (from “The Office”) and Kevin Corrigan as two henchmen dispatched to extinguish the leads. Throughout there are throwaway bits that could have easily tightened the two-hour escapade, most notably the romance between Rogan's Dale and his high school girlfriend (yes, she is technically “of age,” but that makes it no less icky). We get that this guy's unable to motivate into adulthood, but the real relationship here is the one he strikes with Saul. Stylistically, the film breaks free from the relatively staid comedic efforts of recent past, credited to director David Gordon Green, an indie filmmaker whose known more for his dramatic muscle and given the film more flourish than it deserves. The stoner comedy is one that's typically made on a shoestring and relies heavily on its hazy humor than on plot or artistry (Cheech and Chong, Harold and Kumar, “Half Baked”), and occasionally it will be elevated into headier territory (“Dazed and Confused,” “The Big Lebowski,” “The Wonder Boys”). But this may be the first stoner action film ever made, perhaps because the two adjectives are so diametrically opposed. “Pineapple Express” would be much easier to inhale if the aftertaste was not so bitter.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:16:46 GMTusesoapusesoap Blog8/11/2008 8:16:46 AMA friend with weed is a friend indeed. That is the lesson to be extracted from the latest comedy off the Judd Apatow assembly line, “Pineapple Express.” While it may get anti-marijuana advocates abuzz with consternation, it's a sweet little trip until a dramatic shift to violence quite literally calls the cops to this feel-good party. “Express” is laced with guffaws and gunplay, and while not as startlingly schizophrenic as this summer's “Hancock,” it still feels as though its personalities are squished together in such a forced fashion, it threatens to disrupt the good vibes it garners through much of the film. And, like all of Apartow's blockbuster comedies before it (“Knocked Up,” Superbad,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”), it overstays its welcome by at least 30 minutes. Imagine, if you will, an entire film devoted to the ganja-clouded escapades of Brad Pitt's Floyd, the moviewestoner he portrayed in Tony Scott's “True Romance (one of Pitt's best, albeit brief, performances on screen). James Franco channels Floyd, but successfully layers him with empathy and a hint of sadness. Franco is perhaps best known as Peter Parker's frenemy in the “Spider-Man” trilogy, as well as generic junk like “Annapolis” and “Flyboys,” which focused more on his Abercrombe and Fitch good looks than his acting chops. In “Express” he hides his sculptured silhouette behind a mop of greasy hair and clothes even a college hamper would reject. As Saul, he's a well-connected dealer who, despite his numerous contacts, remains rather friendless, reduced to surface conversations with his quasi-anonymous clientèle whose illegal purchases makes them more than a tad jittery to hang out for deeper disucssions. When Dale (played by co-writer Seth Rogan) pops by for his weekly fix, Saul reaches out by not only introducing him to the headlining herb, but shares his beloved concoction, a triple-ended joint that apparently induces a supreme high. Dale, reluctant at first, humors Saul and doesn't pass up the chance for a token toke. A tiny connection is made before Dale darts off to his thankless gig as a process server that at least provides him the opportunity to blaze up between deliveries. During one seemingly routine stop, Dale witnesses a murder and, in his drug-clouded escape, manages to smash a couple cars and attract the attention of the killers (Gary Cole and Rosie Perez). When he seeks the aid of Saul in a panic, it sets off a series of successively darker detours into pot-fueled paranoia that, were it not for the comic chops of its supporting cast, would otherwise derail this ride. Rogan does his best Rogan, meaning he coasts along with his standard understated charm and his proclivity to cling to the bliss of adolescence. It's Franco who brings out the best of the film, operating under the haze of his trade and letting humanity bubble to the surface at all the right (high) times. But Franco alone could not buoy the picture as it slowly descends into its bloody conclusion. He's helped by the go-to guy for straight-faced snickers Danny McBride, as the link between Saul and the local drug kingpin, as well as Craig Robinson (from “The Office”) and Kevin Corrigan as two henchmen dispatched to extinguish the leads. Throughout there are throwaway bits that could have easily tightened the two-hour escapade, most notably the romance between Rogan's Dale and his high school girlfriend (yes, she is technically “of age,” but that makes it no less icky). We get that this guy's unable to motivate into adulthood, but the real relationship here is the one he strikes with Saul. Stylistically, the film breaks free from the relatively staid comedic efforts of recent past, credited to director David Gordon Green, an indie filmmaker whose known more for his dramatic muscle and given the film more flourish than it deserves. The stoner comedy is one that's typically made on a shoestring and relies heavily on its hazy humor than on plot or artistry (Cheech and Chong, Harold and Kumar, “Half Baked”), and occasionally it will be elevated into headier territory (“Dazed and Confused,” “The Big Lebowski,” “The Wonder Boys”). But this may be the first stoner action film ever made, perhaps because the two adjectives are so diametrically opposed. “Pineapple Express” would be much easier to inhale if the aftertaste was not so bitter. Spout Post: Trailer Lies http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/1/7/23592.aspx

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Post Date: 1/7/2008 12:00:56 PM
Body: David Pogue wrote an interesting piece in the New York Times last week about the marketing of National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Masked as something of an ad for the Internet Movie Database, the article dissects the movie’s trailers, telling us about the many clips that aren’t actually in the cut we see at the theater. Is this a form of false advertising? Pogue wonders how far Hollywood can take this type of manipulation: Rearranging scenes in the trailer is one thing. But what about this business of putting stuff in the trailer — a *lot* of stuff — that isn???t in the movie at all? If they can get away with ???National Treasure???-style misrepresentation, what???s to stop other moviemakers from putting special effects, witty lines, exotic locales and hot-looking actors into *their* trailers, just to get us to go to a movie that doesn???t have any of those things? Well, that’s exactly what Justin Lin’s Annapolis did a couple years back. As you can see from the trailer above, the movie promises many scenes involving aircraft carriers and other Naval ships, as well as flying jets, all that could be expected to be in exciting action sequences. Yet Annapolis never really expands its story beyond the U.S. Naval Academy, and so anyone looking for that action movie must have been disappointed. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:00:56 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com1/7/2008 12:00:56 PM David Pogue wrote an interesting piece in the New York Times last week about the marketing of National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Masked as something of an ad for the Internet Movie Database, the article dissects the movie’s trailers, telling us about the many clips that aren’t actually in the cut we see at the theater. Is this a form of false advertising? Pogue wonders how far Hollywood can take this type of manipulation: Rearranging scenes in the trailer is one thing. But what about this business of putting stuff in the trailer — a *lot* of stuff — that isn???t in the movie at all? If they can get away with ???National Treasure???-style misrepresentation, what???s to stop other moviemakers from putting special effects, witty lines, exotic locales and hot-looking actors into *their* trailers, just to get us to go to a movie that doesn???t have any of those things? Well, that’s exactly what Justin Lin’s Annapolis did a couple years back. As you can see from the trailer above, the movie promises many scenes involving aircraft carriers and other Naval ships, as well as flying jets, all that could be expected to be in exciting action sequences. Yet Annapolis never really expands its story beyond the U.S. Naval Academy, and so anyone looking for that action movie must have been disappointed. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog Spout Post: Enlist Now! http://www.spout.com/blogs/tenenbaums/archive/2007/7/25/15914.aspx

Post By: Tenenbaums
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Post Date: 7/25/2007 2:01:00 AM
Body: In The Catcher in the Rye, Phoebe Caulfield tells her brother Holden that their brother D.B. is out in Hollywood writing a movie about the Annapolis Naval Academy. Holden quickly exclaims that D.B. knows nothing about Annapolis, therefore why would he do such a phony thing as write about the place? 55 years later, D.B. has finished his script under the alias David Collard and the result is called simply... Annapolis. A somewhat staged documentary, the film is also a recruitment tool for the Navy. Tyrese Gibson’s Cole, an officer seemingly on hire from the Marines, also provides a plug for that branch of the military. But the story extends far beyond the Academy grounds. James Franco, as Jake Huard, personifies the everyday American and his story represents the possibilities inside one and all. Anyone can come from obscurity and make it into a prestigious establishment such as Annapolis. Then, if you have enough determination, you can quickly rise to the top of the recruits’ ranks, earn the respect of all of your former adversaries, and get the girl (who wanted you from the beginning). Better yet, you can earn a tear-restraining nod of approval from your father, which transcends those previous glories for most of Annapolis’ sawed-off male audience with “Daddy” issues. In Annapolis, we see a screenwriter at the top of his game, hunkered deep in intertextuality as he makes one allusion after another. Brilliantly disguised as a military drama, “Collard” again draws on his literary roots. Also in The Catcher in the Rye," Holden, himself a military school student, recalls a student who was insulted to his emotional limit and then jumped out of his dorm window. “Collard” pays respect to J.D. Salinger by having an obese African-American follow suit. However, the screenwriter’s heart is far more compassionate than Salinger’s as he allows the recruit to live following his fall and also give Huard inspiring words to give him the necessary final push to greatness. In this moment and other notable ones, the soaring string arrangements by Bryan Tyler only further lift the audience’s heart in the midst of this inspirational tale.Riding the recent popularity of high-profile boxing films, such as Million Dollar Baby and Cinderella Man (as if the genre ever took a break!), Annapolis continues the tradition of greatness in the ring. Will the underdog Huard gain enough weight to fight his rival in the Academy tournament? Will he become his equal after one school term with no prior experience? And will he get the chance to meet him in the finals? Surprisingly, the answer to all of these questions is “yes.” I continue to clutch my seizing heart as I write this. “Collard” (clearly a pen name. No one has the same last name as a vegetable) is also keenly aware of the cinematic greats who have come before him. At one point, Huard and company are forced to do an alarming amount of push-ups in a consistently falling rain. Though he is able to answer all of Cole’s Annapolis trivia, Huard is still forced to remain by himself and do up-downs. Tipping his hat to Stanley Kubrick, “Collard” has the rest of Huard’s class rejoin him and in an act of solidarity perform their unnecessary up-downs. The DVD subtitles may reveal one of the budding midshipmen whispering “I am Spartacus.” Also, the filmmakers were able to coax Sylvester Stallone’s stunt double from the Rocky films to make a cameo as the referee in the championship match. His gracing of the film symbolizes the last bit of icing on the cake and solidifies Annapolis’ status as the next great boxing picture. “Collard” would do well to begin writing his Best Original Screenplay acceptance speech now.
]]>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:01:00 GMTTenenbaumsTenenbaums Blog7/25/2007 2:01:00 AMIn The Catcher in the Rye, Phoebe Caulfield tells her brother Holden that their brother D.B. is out in Hollywood writing a movie about the Annapolis Naval Academy. Holden quickly exclaims that D.B. knows nothing about Annapolis, therefore why would he do such a phony thing as write about the place? 55 years later, D.B. has finished his script under the alias David Collard and the result is called simply... Annapolis. A somewhat staged documentary, the film is also a recruitment tool for the Navy. Tyrese Gibson’s Cole, an officer seemingly on hire from the Marines, also provides a plug for that branch of the military. But the story extends far beyond the Academy grounds. James Franco, as Jake Huard, personifies the everyday American and his story represents the possibilities inside one and all. Anyone can come from obscurity and make it into a prestigious establishment such as Annapolis. Then, if you have enough determination, you can quickly rise to the top of the recruits’ ranks, earn the respect of all of your former adversaries, and get the girl (who wanted you from the beginning). Better yet, you can earn a tear-restraining nod of approval from your father, which transcends those previous glories for most of Annapolis’ sawed-off male audience with “Daddy” issues. In Annapolis, we see a screenwriter at the top of his game, hunkered deep in intertextuality as he makes one allusion after another. Brilliantly disguised as a military drama, “Collard” again draws on his literary roots. Also in The Catcher in the Rye," Holden, himself a military school student, recalls a student who was insulted to his emotional limit and then jumped out of his dorm window. “Collard” pays respect to J.D. Salinger by having an obese African-American follow suit. However, the screenwriter’s heart is far more compassionate than Salinger’s as he allows the recruit to live following his fall and also give Huard inspiring words to give him the necessary final push to greatness. In this moment and other notable ones, the soaring string arrangements by Bryan Tyler only further lift the audience’s heart in the midst of this inspirational tale.Riding the recent popularity of high-profile boxing films, such as Million Dollar Baby and Cinderella Man (as if the genre ever took a break!), Annapolis continues the tradition of greatness in the ring. Will the underdog Huard gain enough weight to fight his rival in the Academy tournament? Will he become his equal after one school term with no prior experience? And will he get the chance to meet him in the finals? Surprisingly, the answer to all of these questions is “yes.” I continue to clutch my seizing heart as I write this. “Collard” (clearly a pen name. No one has the same last name as a vegetable) is also keenly aware of the cinematic greats who have come before him. At one point, Huard and company are forced to do an alarming amount of push-ups in a consistently falling rain. Though he is able to answer all of Cole’s Annapolis trivia, Huard is still forced to remain by himself and do up-downs. Tipping his hat to Stanley Kubrick, “Collard” has the rest of Huard’s class rejoin him and in an act of solidarity perform their unnecessary up-downs. The DVD subtitles may reveal one of the budding midshipmen whispering “I am Spartacus.” Also, the filmmakers were able to coax Sylvester Stallone’s stunt double from the Rocky films to make a cameo as the referee in the championship match. His gracing of the film symbolizes the last bit of icing on the cake and solidifies Annapolis’ status as the next great boxing picture. “Collard” would do well to begin writing his Best Original Screenplay acceptance speech now. Spout Post: Annapolis http://www.spout.com/blogs/moviebabe/archive/2007/7/18/15231.aspx

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Post Date: 7/18/2007 5:29:00 PM
Body: By Tricia Olszewski Annapolis, it seems, is James Franco’s Elizabethtown. The former Freaks and Geeks star seems to be paralleling Orlando Bloom’s disappointing career path from swell supporting character in a geeky fantasy (Spider-Man/Lord of the Rings) to ineffective period-piece longhair (Tristan & Isolde/Kingdom of Heaven) to this, a charmless lead in a trite, stultifying “real-world” drama. How trite and stultifying? After barely getting accepted into the Naval Academy, one man from a working-class family struggles against the odds to...zzzzz. Written by Dave Collard (Out of Time) and directed by Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow), Annapolis wastes no time letting you know what it’s all about, showing gloomy Jake (Franco) in his room as he glances at a picture of a young kid in a sailor suit who poses with a mom now surely dead. Jake goes off to work at his father’s shipbuilding business, then stops off at the academy, where Lt. Cmdr. Burton (Donnie Wahlberg) tells him that even though his grades suck, some second-chance spots have just opened up. (“A couple of kids decided they’d rather have fun in college!” Burton sneers.) Although the academy can be seen from their home, Jake’s dad doesn’t want him to go. His friends don’t want him to go, either, but nothing will stop Jake from making Mom proud! In the process, a bunch of people at the academy decide they don’t like him too much because he’s stoopid, and he develops a rivalry with a fellow midshipman (Tyrese Gibson) that has to be punched out in the boxing ring. Of course, there’s an improbable love interest: Ali (Jordana Brewster), a slip of a woman Jake meets in a bar before he enrolls and then meets again when he finds out she’s his superior—and boxing coach. What it all amounts to is a bunch of somber nodding when the underdogs—not only Jake but one-dimensional tubby black kid Twins (Vicellous Shannon)—manage to do something right. Oh, and Ali’s high-pitched, drill-in-the-head cries of “Go for it, Jake!” during the big bout, filmed in nauseating handheld. During a first-day speech, the new plebes learn that “failure is a far greater teacher than success.” No better teacher than Annapolis, then, to show Franco what happens to personality-free pretty boys in Hollywood.
]]>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:29:00 GMTMovieBabeMovieBabe Blog7/18/2007 5:29:00 PM By Tricia Olszewski Annapolis, it seems, is James Franco’s Elizabethtown. The former Freaks and Geeks star seems to be paralleling Orlando Bloom’s disappointing career path from swell supporting character in a geeky fantasy (Spider-Man/Lord of the Rings) to ineffective period-piece longhair (Tristan & Isolde/Kingdom of Heaven) to this, a charmless lead in a trite, stultifying “real-world” drama. How trite and stultifying? After barely getting accepted into the Naval Academy, one man from a working-class family struggles against the odds to...zzzzz. Written by Dave Collard (Out of Time) and directed by Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow), Annapolis wastes no time letting you know what it’s all about, showing gloomy Jake (Franco) in his room as he glances at a picture of a young kid in a sailor suit who poses with a mom now surely dead. Jake goes off to work at his father’s shipbuilding business, then stops off at the academy, where Lt. Cmdr. Burton (Donnie Wahlberg) tells him that even though his grades suck, some second-chance spots have just opened up. (“A couple of kids decided they’d rather have fun in college!” Burton sneers.) Although the academy can be seen from their home, Jake’s dad doesn’t want him to go. His friends don’t want him to go, either, but nothing will stop Jake from making Mom proud! In the process, a bunch of people at the academy decide they don’t like him too much because he’s stoopid, and he develops a rivalry with a fellow midshipman (Tyrese Gibson) that has to be punched out in the boxing ring. Of course, there’s an improbable love interest: Ali (Jordana Brewster), a slip of a woman Jake meets in a bar before he enrolls and then meets again when he finds out she’s his superior—and boxing coach. What it all amounts to is a bunch of somber nodding when the underdogs—not only Jake but one-dimensional tubby black kid Twins (Vicellous Shannon)—manage to do something right. Oh, and Ali’s high-pitched, drill-in-the-head cries of “Go for it, Jake!” during the big bout, filmed in nauseating handheld. During a first-day speech, the new plebes learn that “failure is a far greater teacher than success.” No better teacher than Annapolis, then, to show Franco what happens to personality-free pretty boys in Hollywood. Spout Tag:competition http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/competition/MemberTagFilms.aspxcompetition
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