Movie Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

The Plot
Remember the first time that you saw a magic trick as a kid and was grandly amazed? That is the main premise for this movie.

This movie is about best-friends Burt Wonderstone/Albert Wunderstein (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi). They met as kids both mesmerized by magic and both were losers at school. A few years later, they turned their love of magic to a full-time career, complete with their own theater in Las Vegas. However, they are no longer best-friends. Thanks in part to the callousness of Burt, who has turned numb inside with all the fame and because they have being doing the same routine for many years, for the patrons of their magic show.
Cue in, street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey) who entertains people with his dangerous performances reminiscent of Criss Angel. This in turn causes a sudden drop in the ticket sales for the magic show of Burt and Anton. They then hatch out a plan to liven up their performance by doing a street act where they will be locked inside a transparent plastic box for an entire week while its suspended a few feet above the ground.
However, this performance caused a major rift between the two that ended up with Anton getting hospitalized and ending their partnership as well. All alone, Burt tried to go on with the show without Anton however it was an utter failure and his employer Doug Munny (James Gandolfini) decided to let him go.
After a conversation with his lawyer, Burt found out that he was not able to save anything because of his lavish lifestyle and was in fact broke.
He was kicked out of his hotel room and was forced to ask for help from his former assistant Jane (Olivia Wilde), whom he always calls as Nicole. Reluctantly, Jane helps him out. Burt was able to find work at a Nursing Home. Inside the assisted-living facility he finds out that one of the residents there was Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin), a famous magician that inspired Burt to become a magician when he was younger.

Doug invited Burt to be the magician for his kid's birthday party, Burt accepted. During the party they found out that Doug is offering a five-year magic show contract for his new casino that he will be opening. In the party,  Steve Gray was also present and did everything he can to upstage Burt during his magic show. Jane, who became Steve Gray's assistant was appalled and decided to resign from her job. This sparked the idea to join up with Anton so that they could win the contract which will be decided by a talent show. Anton and Burt decided to do a trick that they thought of years ago, The Disappearing Audience.
At the night of the talent show, Steve Gray's stunt goes terribly awry after he drills into his skull and became mentally ill after. Burt and Anton does the trick with the help of sleeping gas that they have concocted. The audience gave a standing ovation and Doug decided to give to Burt and Anton the five-year contract.

Over-all
 If you are after a movie with a storyline that will leave you guessing, then this certainly is not for you. If you are after a few laughs and would like to turn your brain off for a while, then this certainly is for you. The plot is predictable, and there are a lot of slapstick, raunchy humor, that will inspire a lot of laughs. If you have watched Anchorman before then this will certainly remind you of that. Would recommend it for guy friends and young adults.

Popcorns, anyone?
3.5 out of 5 popcorns, because it made me laugh so hard. Would recommend for everyone to just wait for it when the DVD comes out, so that you can watch it together with your friends.

My Fractional C02 experience.

Scars are debilitating, they limit you and lower down your confidence level. I have had acne since I was in highschool. Now that I have gotten older the pimples have subsided but left unsightly craters on my face. I have tried diamond peels, dermarollers, glycolic peel, skin peel but my face stayed the same, offering only minimal change.
I decided to take a more drastic approach to treat them.
I checked out some of the treatments available for removing scars and one of the most famous breakthrough right now are lasers. I did my research, looked into forums like pinoyexchange and girltalk. I then narrowed down my choices and contacted one of them. I was given a good deal by Dra. Martinez and decided to go for it.
I was scheduled for an appointment with Dra. Rhesa Martinez at the Beverly Hills Medical Group @ Makati last March 2, 2013.

When I arrived, Dra. Martinez greeted me. My first impression of her was that she was really nice and accomodating. I felt at ease the entire time.She took photos on my face for documentation purposes. The nurse then put numbing cream on my face and was asked to wait for about 30-45 minutes to allow the cream to take on its full effect. I was then ushered into the waiting room, which in my opinion is the best waiting room I have ever been to. It had good seats, a big LCD TV with cable channels that we can change. I ate my Big and Tasty burger from McDonalds.
My eyes were covered by Dr. Martinez. The session was not that painful, slight prickling sensations was what I felt while I heard the laser clicking.I smelt that my facial hair was burning as the laser passed my skin. If you have ever had cauterization done, it will remind you of that while your laying down on the bed.
Right after the procedure, Dra. Martinez gave me the medications needed after the procedure for free.
My face was not that red but there was a huge improvement on my skin texture. Dra. Martinez gave me some ice cubes on a plastic Ziploc bag. While I was going home, I applied the ice on my face as instructed by the doctor.
Later on in the day, my face turned really red. However, I still managed to get out of the house because it was already night and no one would really see me that well anyway.
On Day 2, my face was all red. It was a Sunday and I did not go out of the house anymore. Because, one of the precautions that Dra. told me was that I should not be exposed to the sun that much.
On Day 3, which was a Monday, I wnt to work and it looked like I applied a lot of bronzer on my skin. So before going to work I put on foundation on my face meticulously. I also felt that my face was really rough.
On Day 4, the grid marks on my face were noticeable. There was still darkening of the skin. Some of the skin has fallen ofd and my skin still felt rough. I applied the moisturizer liberally on my face because I felt that my face was really rough and itchy, to restrain myself I decided to just apply more moisturizer that was provided by Dra. Martinez.
On Day 5, my face was better and felt softer than before. There were less dark spots but there were still some parts which was rough to the touch.
Sorry, if I don't have photos I was really busy with work and was tired most of the time that I did not take any photos. If I get the treatment again, I will be posting pictures.