A review in response to Bobo's ear-splitting whining about youtube posts not qualifying as real updates. My responsiveness to my readers is legendary, even in hell.
I wouldn't say it's entirely successful, but it is mostly hilarious and worth checking out. The stoner buddy comedy at the heart of the film is consistently entertaining, and the decision to cast pretty boy James Franco as the Hessian douchebag and make pudgy, unkempt Seth Rogan the 'leading man' was brilliant.
If they'd stuck to this winning pair of characters we'd be talking about a comedy classic instead of a near-miss.
It follows a template I was just chatting about with Zim, the movie that is fresh, entertaining and original until the final reel, when Hollywood orthodoxy comes crashing down like an artistic Berlin Wall and everything goes to shit.
The culprit this time is the lame subplot involving the friction between two drug cartels, involving lots of explosions and bullets signifying nothing much. It feels bolted on and goes entirely against the absentminded hilarity of everything preceding it.
But in an unexpected twist, the filmmakers almost redeem this misguided pit stop with a coda featuring our bleeding and battered heroes reliving the action sequence in a pitch perfect 'hungover morning after' breakfast at a crummy diner.
It doesn't completely repair the damage, but it does wash some of the bad taste out of your mouth. Like chasing a shot of something nasty with an ice cold beer.
5 comments:
Clearly by "ear splitting whining" you mean reasoned defense against your nattering about flickr pictures not counting as posts.
after a month of silence ONE PICTURE does not an update make, even if it has yurts!
(schlem)Actually As Becky Kemery commented it's not a yurt but a relative of the tipi.(/schlem)
Yes i stand corrected by a yurt expert - who knew?
the internet is so awesome.
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