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.
The old tale of how you dread spending time with your family over the holidays but really love them. Trite. Tried to take an amusing look at the true disfunction that lies at the base of family gatherings. Everyone was pretty much a stereotype of what we think of in a family: the overachiver that really isn’t, the golden boy that tortures others but really has a kind heart, the one that feels they have to carry the weight of everything and anticipate all that could go wrong, the wacky relative that drinks too much, the overbearing mother, the out of touch father, etc.
I think there was a reason we waited 13 years to watch this film. And will wait even longer to watch the slew of these that have come out since.
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After losing her job, making out with her soon to be ex-boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson has to face spending the holiday with her family. She wonders if she can survive their crazy antics.
Jake Gyllenhall plays a writer obsessed with the Zodiac Killer in California. The movie was good. Great cast. Full of “I know that guy” actors. It was just way too long. This movie was over 2.5 hours from opening to closing credits. It could have been 2 max.
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Robert Graysmith is a cartoonist who works for the San Francisco Chronicle. His quirky ways irritate Paul Avery, a reporter whose drinking gets in the way of doing his job. The two become friends thanks to a shared interest: the Zodiac killer. Graysmith steadily becomes obsessed with the case, as Avery’s life spirals into drunken oblivion. Graysmith’s amateur sleuthing puts him onto the path of David Toschi, a police inspector who has thus far failed to catch his man; Sherwood Morrill, a handwriting expert; Linda del Buono, a convict who knew one of the Zodiac’s victims; and others. Graysmith’s job, his wife and his children all become unimportant next to the one thing that really matters: catching the Zodiac.
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An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King’s court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King’s mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
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An imagining of how Diane Arbus discovered the people she photographed.
We actually went to the Movies.
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When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil.
Predicatable, yet fun love story mixed with poker.
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A hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.
If only the story had been as interesting as the animation technique.
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An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
