I got rid of HBO and Netflix due to the recession. We all have to make sacrifices. But frankly, that ended up being a little too much for me. So after four months I jumped back on the Netflix train (sorry HBO -- but Netflix can eventually give me your shows on DVD. That's a multifunctional bargain!!) Anyways, so when I got the Netflix back I vowed I was going to be serious about watching these damn movies. No more would some crappy Amanda Bynes movie languish in my home for more than 3 months. (Though in all fairness, I don't know if it's crappy. After losing it for a while after the 3 
months, I had to pay for it. Then I found it. Still haven't watched it.) But part of my quest was to choose only movies I knew I would want to watch. That means a) No dramaz. Comedy central, my friends. The romancier the better. So one of the first movies on my list was "My Best Friends Girl" with Dane Cook, Kate Hudson and Jason Biggs. I expected little, and was pleasantly surprised. It was pretty damn funny. Alec Baldwin is in it, hello! It's not a masterful piece of cinema and Kate Hudson's part could have just as easily been played by Amy Smart, but what the hell, there are worse ways to spend a Thursday night. Dane Cook basically plays an a-hole who takes money to terrorize dates so that they go back to their boyfriends. But he does it with seriousness. It's not classy, but it's funny. Of course he eventually grows a heart, makes you think he's cute and wins you over.
A few days later I was perusing USA Network and caught "Employee of the Month" with Dane and 
Jessica Simpson. This one takes all of three brain cells to explain. See, he is fighting with Dax Shepherd for the employee of the month designation at a Sam's like store, as well as Jess's heart. But here's the hard truth -- Dane Cook is again, sort of likable. He makes it so there is a commercial and then another and then another and you are still watching this piece of shit movie starring Jessica Simpson. The next thing you know, you've hit the "record" button so you can take a shower but be assured of seeing the big ending. So, impressive sort of. Especially since after the brief Dane Cook phase we all went through we somehow all decided he was a massive douche for no good reason. I mean, I know I got a sense that though I had his comedy on my ipod it was no longer cool to have it, you know?
So then, I got "Good Luck Chuck." It wasn't life changing. But Dane had more charisma in his little finger than Jessica Alba brought to that whole party. And it got me thinkin: how come this guy isn't a movie star? Or, is he and I just never noticed? Because without much effort I caught three movies starring him and quite charmingly.
So while I'm not sure how I got here, I'm back in with Dane Cook, the movie star. Not sure about Dane Cook the comedian, web superstar or hero of college kids. But one thing at a time.
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