Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:50 pm
Remember the rockstar dude from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall?" He got his own movie. If you've seen a buddy comedy before, you've seen this. The straight man is played by Jonah Hill.
Were there a few laughs in there? Sure. Nothing special, nothing spectacular, mostly drug- or sex-related. Whoever wrote the songs (performed by the rockstar or on the fictional vids on the TV) was trying his damndest to be Spinal Tap reborn.
Several things ...
1) The tradition of fugly protagonist males getting paired up with disproportionally attractive females continues proudly here.
2) Absinthe doesn't actually make you hallucinate, contrary to popular belief -- well, no more than excessive alcoholic consumption does.
3) The most entertaining character in the entire film is portrayed by Diddy. I hate saying that, but the rest of this film is filled with characters so spineless & unsympathetic that his rendition of a complete asshole music mag mogul is the best part of any shot he's in. That's not a reflection on his acting, but the shitty, shitty writing.
4) There's all kinds of spots where the two or three major characters have their IQs drop to 0 in order for the plot to move forward.
5) Jonah Hill spends the entire film getting shat upon by the rockstar, his boss, & his woman. By the end of the movie, two out of those three no longer do so. You've just spent an entire flick about a whipped dude & you're supposed to feel sorry for his shitty life. Whatever.
6) You'll see Chief O'Brien in a very visible supporting role.
In short, this is every other summer comedy you've seen for the past decade, if not longer. Rent it if you're pretty bored or need to convince your woman you no longer want your testicles.
Were there a few laughs in there? Sure. Nothing special, nothing spectacular, mostly drug- or sex-related. Whoever wrote the songs (performed by the rockstar or on the fictional vids on the TV) was trying his damndest to be Spinal Tap reborn.
Several things ...
1) The tradition of fugly protagonist males getting paired up with disproportionally attractive females continues proudly here.
2) Absinthe doesn't actually make you hallucinate, contrary to popular belief -- well, no more than excessive alcoholic consumption does.
3) The most entertaining character in the entire film is portrayed by Diddy. I hate saying that, but the rest of this film is filled with characters so spineless & unsympathetic that his rendition of a complete asshole music mag mogul is the best part of any shot he's in. That's not a reflection on his acting, but the shitty, shitty writing.
4) There's all kinds of spots where the two or three major characters have their IQs drop to 0 in order for the plot to move forward.
5) Jonah Hill spends the entire film getting shat upon by the rockstar, his boss, & his woman. By the end of the movie, two out of those three no longer do so. You've just spent an entire flick about a whipped dude & you're supposed to feel sorry for his shitty life. Whatever.
6) You'll see Chief O'Brien in a very visible supporting role.
In short, this is every other summer comedy you've seen for the past decade, if not longer. Rent it if you're pretty bored or need to convince your woman you no longer want your testicles.