Rating: B+
Let's call a spade a spade. Is Ted an artistic masterpiece of biblical proportions? No. It's crass, it's boorish, it's inappropriate; the story line is cliched, and really nothing new. But....it's SUPPOSED to be crass. It's SUPPOSED to be boorish, it's SUPPOSED to be inappropriate. And how do you get around a cliched storyline? Make fun of the storyline itself. The result is some seriously extended inappropriate hilarity.
(The is the red band trailer. View discretion is advised)
The interplay is fantastic and Seth MacFarlane reunites some of his cast members from Family Guy, including Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, and yes....Patrick Stewart. Look for a tonne of cameo work, which totally makes this movie work. In particular, the scenes with Patrick Warburton. Quite honestly, there isn't a whole lot to say about this movie. If
you're looking for laughter and a good time, and don't mind some totally
refreshing, politically INcorrect humour, go watch it.
For me, there was an added bonus to this movie. I went to school at Boston University, and I haven't been back in over 10 years. Seeing some familiar streets, neighbourhoods, parks, and in particular the Citgo sign really brought back memories and moments of nostalgia. So you'll have to excuse me if I have a bit of a soft spot for this movie, knowing full well that while the movie runs for about 115min, only about 30min of it was comedic genius and the rest was just tepid drivel.
~Cheers.
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Monday, 2 July 2012
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Movie: What To Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
Rating: F
I suppose I know what the director Kirk Jones was trying to do. But What to Expect when You're Expecting is the perfect example of what happens when you try too hard to do too much. And in this case, trying to cover every single possible outcome of how a pregnancy might turn out into a single movie.
This movie fails at every turn. The characters are weak, the script is forced, the jokes seem canned, and the interplay between the characters isn't believable at all. Babies take 9 months to be born. It seriously felt like this movie took 9 months to watch.
Despite the fact that Elizabeth Banks seems to be in every other movie and in every single genre this year, this particular performance was just empty. Her's should have been the most compelling story in this whole movie, and yet I wanted to gouge my eyes out every time she was on the screen.
Quite honestly, the only saving grace to this movie was Anna Kendrick for no reason other than the fact that I thought she looked entirely too cute. haha.
~Cheers.
I suppose I know what the director Kirk Jones was trying to do. But What to Expect when You're Expecting is the perfect example of what happens when you try too hard to do too much. And in this case, trying to cover every single possible outcome of how a pregnancy might turn out into a single movie.
This movie fails at every turn. The characters are weak, the script is forced, the jokes seem canned, and the interplay between the characters isn't believable at all. Babies take 9 months to be born. It seriously felt like this movie took 9 months to watch.
Despite the fact that Elizabeth Banks seems to be in every other movie and in every single genre this year, this particular performance was just empty. Her's should have been the most compelling story in this whole movie, and yet I wanted to gouge my eyes out every time she was on the screen.
Quite honestly, the only saving grace to this movie was Anna Kendrick for no reason other than the fact that I thought she looked entirely too cute. haha.
~Cheers.
Friday, 18 February 2011
Movie: You Again
Rating: F
Given that it was Valentine's Day, I allowed myself to be persuaded to rent this torture-by-chick-flick, bland, overly convoluted, tedious slapstick of a movie. In every genre, there are good movies and bad movies and this vapid, inane, and quite honestly, I could go on. I mean, how do you get a movie with Betty White wrong? I didn't think it was possible!
Every joke is cliched slapstick. Every vindictive plan is a snooze-fest. Every scene is predictable and ends with an, everybody's sorry, everybody's forgiven, we're all now one big happy family ending with a nice red bow tied to it.
And while I'd like to say that stalwarts like Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver salvaged this train wreck, I can't. There just doesn't seem to be a single genuine emotion coming out of this movie. And in all of this saccharine filled mess, I have to feel sorry for Victor Garber, who plays the patriarch of the dysfunctional portrait of a 'perfect' family and has to live thru this whole ordeal.
~Cheers.
Given that it was Valentine's Day, I allowed myself to be persuaded to rent this torture-by-chick-flick, bland, overly convoluted, tedious slapstick of a movie. In every genre, there are good movies and bad movies and this vapid, inane, and quite honestly, I could go on. I mean, how do you get a movie with Betty White wrong? I didn't think it was possible!
Every joke is cliched slapstick. Every vindictive plan is a snooze-fest. Every scene is predictable and ends with an, everybody's sorry, everybody's forgiven, we're all now one big happy family ending with a nice red bow tied to it.
And while I'd like to say that stalwarts like Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver salvaged this train wreck, I can't. There just doesn't seem to be a single genuine emotion coming out of this movie. And in all of this saccharine filled mess, I have to feel sorry for Victor Garber, who plays the patriarch of the dysfunctional portrait of a 'perfect' family and has to live thru this whole ordeal.
~Cheers.
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Movie: How Do You Know? (2010)
Rating: C-
For a movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd, you really really want to like this movie. Heck, the two of them in all of their roles that they've every played are so likable that...well, you really want to like this movie played by these likeable people. I mean....Really.
Romantic comedies generally plays to the heartstrings of viewers. They're supposed to touch you and make you smile, and maybe, just maybe, leave you with a small tear forming out of the corner of your eye. How Do You Know just leaves you wondering, Who Cares? Yes, it's a cute story, with a few funny spots here and there (most of which are already in the trailer), but you leave the movie not caring. And that's so hard with Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd. Both of whom, like I said before, just seem so likeable.
Writer / Director James L. Brooks teams up again with Jack Nicholson for the first time since As Good As It Gets, which had me hoping for some more great character studies. But Jack was a waste for this role. You could have cast almost anyone for the role and gotten the same effect. And pretty much for any of the characters. There are too many story lines, and too little depth to bring the viewer to care about the story lines. The lone bright spot of the movie came from John Tormey, the doorman...And he had like FIVE lines in the whole movie!
You simply cannot rely on 'cute' to you through a movie that runs almost 2 hours long.
~Cheers.
For a movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd, you really really want to like this movie. Heck, the two of them in all of their roles that they've every played are so likable that...well, you really want to like this movie played by these likeable people. I mean....Really.
Romantic comedies generally plays to the heartstrings of viewers. They're supposed to touch you and make you smile, and maybe, just maybe, leave you with a small tear forming out of the corner of your eye. How Do You Know just leaves you wondering, Who Cares? Yes, it's a cute story, with a few funny spots here and there (most of which are already in the trailer), but you leave the movie not caring. And that's so hard with Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd. Both of whom, like I said before, just seem so likeable.
Writer / Director James L. Brooks teams up again with Jack Nicholson for the first time since As Good As It Gets, which had me hoping for some more great character studies. But Jack was a waste for this role. You could have cast almost anyone for the role and gotten the same effect. And pretty much for any of the characters. There are too many story lines, and too little depth to bring the viewer to care about the story lines. The lone bright spot of the movie came from John Tormey, the doorman...And he had like FIVE lines in the whole movie!
You simply cannot rely on 'cute' to you through a movie that runs almost 2 hours long.
~Cheers.
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