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Now the entire world is aware of Jon Favreau, he is the director that brought Iron Man to life, but in 2001 he made his directorial debut with Made a story about Bobby (whom he also played), a down on his luck wannabe boxer who struggles day to day with trying to provide for his girlfriend Jessica & her daughter, and helping his best friend Ricky. Bobby turns from his stripper-girlfriends body guard to her boss Max’s tough guy & he heads with Ricky to New York to start his career as a mob henchman.

This shows the mark of a directorial debut; while Made is an good movie it doesn’t quite feel like Favreau’s subsequent films. The biggest difference would probably be the tone of his later films. Beginning with Swingers (Favreau’s debut as writer) all of Favreau’s films have been upbeat, if not lighter in tone than Made.

What made Made the most memorable to me is the end of the film. I spent most of the film wondering what the point of the story was and I was not disappointed; Bobby spends his journey through the film trying to provide for his family unit – Jessica & Chloe – only to finally find out that he’s providing for a woman that doesn’t want to be provided for. However, that’s when Made becomes the film that makes it original. Made is about fatherhood; while Jessica fails at being the “wife” she recognizes that Bobby is a better parent to Chloe than she is and allows Bobby to take her daughter as his own. It was a unexpected poignant moment added into the story, that shows Favreau’s true talent as a filmmaker.

What was strange to me in Made is that I spent most of the movie wanting to slap Vince Vaughn. He spends most of the movie seemingly doing everything possible to grate on your nerves, and to do it at top volume. I can’t decide if his performance was meant that way (because he does serve a point) or if it is one of the marks of Favreau’s first try at directing.

I adore Favreau. As a director myself I cannot figure out how he manages to act and direct in his own films, especially a film like Made where he plays the title character. I am excited to be a Jon Favreau fan because I feel like I can watch every film he makes as he makes it and watch his career as it happens. I am truly excited to see where Favreau’s career goes.

Director & Writer: Jon Favreau
Bobby: Jon Favreau
Ricky: Vince Vaughn
Jessica: Famke Janssen
Chloe: Makenzie Vega
Horace: Faizon Love
Max: Peter Falk
Ruiz: Sean Combs

Ricky Slade: You got an ash tray? How about an ash tray? Can I color me that?

My friend, Zook, wrote and sang this beautiful song about his reaction to being diagnosed with Dilated Aorta.  He passed away a day after he sang the song.  I know you don't know my friend Zook, but please have a look at the link to his song, "I'm Gonna Fly."  It give a good look into the talented person he was.  A very unique and special person.  He is missed.  

Poisson d'Avril (April Fish) is the French equivalent for "April Fool's Day."  On this day, the joke is on you if you (or someone else) finds that there is a fish taped to your back.

On 1 January 1565 everyone wished- "Happy New Year" to friends and family, gave gifts, etc. Only when Poisson d'Avril came on April 1st, some petits farceurs ("little jokers") had the idea to do continue to give gifts, as was previously the tradition.  But, as they were jokers and it was no longer the "real" beginning of the year, their gifts were false gifts, gifts "to make you laugh," simple as that!
     From that day on,  every year on 1 April, everyone- big and small,  made a habit of  making jokes and pulling pranks. In earlier times, at this time of year in early April, in France, fishing was banned because it is the spawning of fish (the breeding season), had some idea as to jokes of fishermen throwing into the river herring. By doing so, they should perhaps exclaim: "Poisson d'Avril!" and the custom of the "fish of April" has remained.
Today, though we no longer have herring in freshwater, this "fish" still hangs,  more discreetly as a small fish in paper on the backs of people who sometimes walk around all day (unknowingly) with this "fish of April" taped to their backs, making others laugh.