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.
This suspenseful, well done and very wet film was filled with “I recognize that guy” moments.
Matthew McConaghey stands out as a commander of a submarine that realizes the sacrifices that must be made in times of crisis. All the characters grow and were actually quite believable. This may be one of the best WWII films I have seen. Mind you, I don’t see a lot of war films, but this one just seemed to keep me on the edge of my seat. I knew someone would probably survive, but who, how many and how?
A recommend.
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A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.
Another in a series of the little guy winning out over the corporation by just doing what he is doing and being who he is being, dude. With a twist — a bigger corporation swallows up the one that is doing him wrong, man. And the giant corporation is sympathetic to the fact that he just wants to surf. Well, that and he is sleeping with the CEOs daughter who is sure she has found love.
Ok, it was a film where people were basically surfing, smoking weed or having sex – pretty much the same circumstances I imagine the film was written under – so I didn’t expect it to be rooted in much reality. Well, that and the whole McConaughey thing.
This wasn’t surfer enough, dude enough, stoned enough or fun enough to merit anything more than an “eh”.
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A wave twisting tale of a soul searching surfer experiencing an existential crisis.
This probably isn’t a surprise to anyone, but Hudson and McConaughey are no Hepburn and Tracy. Hell, they aren’t even Hanks and Ryan. Thats not to say the film was enjoyable on some base level, it just wasn’t very good.
The predictable story wallowed in the fact that every character was a charicture of that character. The beach bum surfer dude was irresponsible, stupid, couldn’t be counted on and basically found trouble whenever and wherever he went. Wow, never seen that character before! Luckily this character always has great abs and lacks shirts. This is his saving grace.
The rich daughter is stupid and loose. The rich father is doting, yet introspective. The cooks are gay. The competition pulls through to help you out in the end. And the woman that should know better, never does.
And so this movie goes on for just short of 2 hours. The scenery was beautiful. The boats were pretty. The story was mixed with mean rappers, angry wives, betrayed coworkers, attempted murder, a silly story of a Spanish treasure ship and the competition to get it first.
If you want something mindless to fill some time, this is your film. If you want a good story without 5 side stories that are stupid, skip it.
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A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple’s sense of adventure — and their estranged romance.
An ok film about a bunch of people pondering happiness and what it means to them. Told in a circle, all the people in the film meet in some way or at least change another life of someone else in the film
Though I liked the technique, the film moved slowly after a while. It seemed to bog down once the happy guy was fired and the housekeeper was hit by the car. Before that it seemed to be moving at an interesting pace. Then the end came quickly. So there were some pacing problems for me, but the story was enough to keep me watching.
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The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life’s cold unpredictability.
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Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
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After suffering a career-ending injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most renowned touts in the sports-gambling business.
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A thirtysomething slacker suspects his parents of setting him up with his dream girl so he’ll finally vacate their home.
