Goofy over the top silliness. What more can really be said? Every scene demonstrated unrealistic scenarios making even the blowing up of a crew member unexpectedly laugh out loud funny.
I think the only problem I had with the film was the Jack Black character. He was wasted in this film. His character was not really funny and didn’t fit with the rest of the cast at all. Too many drug and fart references. The rest of the characters were allowed to have multiple levels – acting and personally. They grew through the jungle experience. The Black character did nothing more than eventually decide to stop taking drugs or at least I think that was his decision, because I found I didn’t care that much when the other characters were actually doing things that were more interesting on some level.
The trailers at the beginning of the film were fun. An introduction into the characters these actors usually play and, well, I love trailers. I am one of those people that could sit through a half hour of trailers at a theatre (and would do it gladly in place of all those damn commercials, why am I paying 10 bucks to see a film and sitting through commercials. I don’t even sit through commercials at home usually). The trailers were a really nice way of giving background without going into the whole this guys is a serious actor, this guy is an action star, blah blah stuff that would have bogged down the film at the beginning.
Thank you Stiller for not disappointing. You gave me exactly what I expect from the Ben Stiller film, silliness without poop an overwhelming amount of poop jokes.
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Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
How many very dysfunctional characters can you fit into one film? Well, just count the characters in this film. Everyone was damaged, probably the worst being Margot.
A sister’s wedding turns into a time for Margot to run from her husband, dote on and destroy her son, ruin her sister’s relationship and sleep with a fellow author.
Great performances. Very real. An eerie reminder of why I avoid extended family events. Beautiful setting.
I would recommend this film, but probably only for a single watch unless you take great pleasure in watching relationships fall apart and people emotionally torture themselves and everyone around them.
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Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.
This was a cute film. I liked the opening credits where the style was more cell animation. It reminded me of Samurai Jack, one of the most beautiful cartoons I’ve seen in years. Unfortunately this had to go to the thoroughly predictable and uninteresting 3D animation style that has plagued films for years now. Seriously, if you aren’t going to do anything new or interesting with it, then just stop.
The story was basic. Underdog wins with a little training and a lot of will. Sort of The Karate Kid animated.
Not bad, not great. If I had kids it would probably be in the DVD collection because it does have a good message. Not that you can’t see and hear that message in thousands of other films, but not with Jack Black.
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In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts.
I was pretty excited to see this film as I really like the work of Jack Black, Mos Def, and Michel Gondry. All have been in work that is either pretty fun or really great. This effort did not live up to any of the things I have previously seen any of them in or direct. Ok, it was better than Tenacious D: Pick of Destiny.
Fun concept: having to redo all of the movies in a video store because they were all erased. Involving the neighborhood. Gaining a cult following. Watching another small business be taken down by a large corporation or two.
The film unfortunately didn’t live up to the promise. Maybe if had been ‘Sweded’. Danny Glover wandering around spying on large megacorp DVD rental stores. Mia Farrow playing some odd foster mother to the neighborhood kids. I was just hoping for more.
So, this isn’t the worst film, but if you are hoping the Gondry has another ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‘, this is no where near it.
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A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend’s video store. In order to satisfy the store’s most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
With a cast like this, it should have been so much better.
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David is an aspiring artist and a pot dealer, and he falls in love with constantly smoking Serena.
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Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other’s countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
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In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world’s greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers — a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.
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Mitchell Goosen is sixteen/seventeen year old kid from California who loves to surf and roller blade. Yet, his parents, who are two zoologists were given a grant to work in Australia. The only problem was: Mitchell couldn’t go with them. So, he gets sent to stay with his aunt, uncle, and cousin in Cincinnati, Ohio.
