After years of procrastinating, I recently took the plunge and bought a 160GB with the plan to transfer all of my CDs to it. As I've been going through this arduous process, I've noticed that a sizable chunk of my music is older (copyright 1987?!) and that I only have past releases from several bands which are still active today. I guess I just like the older stuff better. I find this with movies as well, especially the work of Adam Sandler. I was a huge fan of his early movies, but his recent output has been very disappointing. This trend continues with his latest, Just Go With It.

Sandler stars in Just Go With It as Dr. Danny Maccabee, a plastic surgeon who, twenty years ago, was essentially jilted at the altar when he learned that his fiance had been cheating. Following this, he learned that he could meet women if he wore his wedding ring and told stories about an abusive wife. Over the years, this led to many hook-ups, but no serious relationships. His assistant, Katherine (Jennifer Aniston), teases Danny for his lifestyle and sees him as a lout. When Danny meets Palmer (Brooklyn Decker), he feels a real connection with her and feels that they can have a relationship. But, when she finds his wedding ring, he lies and states that he and Katherine were married. The lie escalates when he claims that Katherine's children (Bailee Madison & Griffin Gluck) are his. Katherine and the kids agree to go along with the ruse, and the entire group find themselves on a "family vacation" in Hawaii, along with Danny's cousin Eddie (Nick Swardson). As Brooklyn spends more time with Danny, Katherine, and the kids, more holes in the story appear. How long can Danny maintain this charade?

Well, Just Go With It is better than Grown Ups, but that's about all that I can say about it. The movie's biggest problem, of which there are many, is the flimsy premise. Sandler's early movies had crazy plots such as a grown man going back to elementary school or a hockey player learning to play golf. These ideas were admittedly silly, but they were original. Just Go With It presents us with a plotline which never rises above sitcom level and will feel familiar to anyone who has even gotten near an episode of Three's Company. Many movies ask us to suspend our disbelief, but it's almost insulting to ask us to believe the lengths that everyone goes through just so Danny can date someone who's too young for him. Thus, the "story" is simply a series of scenes in which Danny hatches a plan to further try and convince Palmer that he's a good man.

The other big issue with the movie is Sandler's "acting". Seriously, he's not even trying here. It's hard enough to buy Sandler as a physician, but much less as one who constantly insults his patients. Sandler wanders the movie dressed as if it's a Saturday morning, giving everyone crazy nicknames and never even coming within a mile of a joke. Director Dennis Dugan, working with Sandler for the sixth time here, is apparently just so happy to be working that he doesn't try to get anything resembling a performance from Sandler. If you watched this movie knowing nothing about Sandler and his personality, you would wonder why this homeless guy is in every scene. In contrast, Jennifer Aniston, who actually does have some comedic chops when it comes to reaction shots, tries her best to lend some credence to the movie. The only laughs come from Nick Swardson, who really goes for broke in his performance. As usual with Sandler's movies, cameos abound, but there's one prominent actress featured here who shouldn't be within miles of schlock like this.

I try not to begrudge anyone their success, but Just Go With It shows how Sandler has reached a point in his career where he seemingly just wants to fill his movies with attractive women (despite the fact that his wife is in the movie) and get a vacation in an exotic locale. It's clear from the Hawaii setting, the Valentine's Day theatrical release date, and the reduction of gross-out humor that Sandler's team wanted Just Go With It to be the kind of date movie that 50 First Dates was. But, that movie not only had an interesting premise, but it had a lot of heart as well. Just Go With It offers none of that and less and would only make a good date movie if you enjoy uncomfortable questions such as, "Do you like younger women?"

Just Go With It features some terrible special effects make up on Blu-ray Disc courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film has been letterboxed at 1.85:1 and the Disc contains an AVC 1080p HD transfer which runs at an average of 25 Mbps. The image is very sharp and clear, showing on overt grain and no defects from the source material. The bulk of the movie is made up of daytime shots in sunny Hawaii, so we get a lot of great examples of this impressive transfer. The image has a nice crispness to it which gives it notable depth. The colors look fantastic and the image is never overly dark or bright. The Disc carries a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which runs at 48 kHz and an average of 3.0 Mbps. The track provides clear dialogue and sound effects. The stereo effects are good, mostly in crowd scenes, and they show good separation. These same scenes, along with some moments in the jungle, offer acceptable surround sound effects. The soundtrack, which is made up of some odd mash-ups, sounds particularly good and provides good subwoofer effects.

The Just Go With It Blu-ray Disc has way too many extras. We begin with an AUDIO COMMENTARY featuring Adam Sandler, Nick Swardson, and Executive Producer Tim Herlihy. This is followed by a second COMMENTARY from Director Dennis Dugan. "Laughter is Contagious" is a 5-minute blooper reel. The Disc contains sixteen DELETED SCENES which run about 17 minutes. All of these are incidental scenes which don't introduce any new ideas or subplots, but we do get to see more of the cameo from the coda. "Adon: Living Plastic" (3 minutes) shows Kevin Nealon, in character, roaming Rodeo Drive freaking people out. "Along Came a Prop Guy" (3 minutes) is a Jackass-like series of on-set shots showing a guy trying to trick people with a fake spider. "Decker's Got Gas" (2 minutes) shows more practical joking from the set. What fun! "Dolph - Not the One from Rocky IV" (6 minutes) profiles Nick Swardson, as we get comments from the cast and some outtakes where he had everyone laughing. "Kevin Nealon: The Plastic Man" (6 minutes) allows us to see the special effects makeup begin applied to the actor. "What's a Dugan?" (5 minutes) shows the director working on-set and has the cast commenting on what it was like to work with him. "Look Who Else is in the Movie" (3 minutes) gives us a brief look at some familiar faces who have cameos in the movie. The two child actors in the film are profiled in "Sneaky Kiki & Bart the Water Fart" (2 minutes). "The Perfect Couple: Jen and Adam" (6 minutes) has the other cast members commenting on Aniston. "The Not so Perfect Couple" (4 minutes) takes a closer look at the cameo by an Oscar-winning actress who should know better. We hear about the model's movie debut in "Decker's First Role" (4 minutes). "Shooting Hawaii" (6 minutes) has the actors talking about how great it was to shoot on location in Maui.