Lee returned to Astros spring training in Kissimmee, Fla. This isn't a joke to Lee. He's a true, dedicated cattleman. He owns working ranches in both Texas and his native Panama. He loves the Houston rodeo enough that he negotiated getting an excused rodeo absence every spring into his contract. Which makes one wonder just how easy it is to bargain with Astros owner Drayton McLane? Did new pitcher Brett Myers work two excused domestic violence free passes into his deal? Sure, it's sort of Houston cute that Lee loves the rodeo this much.
Now, that's showing some inner cowboy. But can you imagine what the reaction would be Alex Rodriguez took two days off from Yankees spring training to attend a poker tournament? It'd be the talk of a baseball and instantly become a referendum on A-Rod's true commitment to the team.
With the Astros no one really cares one way or the other From Four Weddings and a Funeral to The Wedding Singer to Wedding Crashers to Bridesmaids and beyond, the act of two people getting married provides plenty of opportunities for conflict, mixups, and mayhem on which comedies often thrive. Both have a connection to the Palmetto Hotel, and both think they have secured the first Saturday in June for the wedding of their family members.
The confusion over finding out the venue has been double-booked is initially met with reason and compromise. Written and directed by Nicholas Stoller Neighbors , Bros , the film is heavily dependent on the talents of its two stars.
Stoller actually sets up the various quirks and tensions between the two groups well, but it's the execution of the subsequent scenes that is lacking. Some scenes are cut short before they reach a good resolution, and others are extended well past the point of being funny.
