The Movie: Dude, Where's My Car?, directed by Danny Leiner
Recommendation: Me!
Reason: It's been awhile.
There are subgenres of comedy, and not everyone appreciates every subgenre. Black comedies are not written for people who only like screwball comedies, and slapstick routines are not usually intended for highbrow viewers. Dude, Where's My Car? is a strange sort of fantasy-comedy, but it's mainly screwball. The ridiculousness of the movie is continually amped up to go for bigger and bigger laughs.
Something about Dude, Where's My Car? keeps it funny, even though parts of it have aged a little. For instance, I don't think anyone's as fazed by cell phones now as they were then. I think I'd feel confident saying that the chemistry between Seann William Scott and Ashton Kutcher (when he was still entertaining) is the main source of the funny. They worked really well together here.
I like this movie. Not everything needs to be a high art, high tension masterpiece. Sometimes a dumbass comedy is a great source of stress relief. Dude, Where's My Car? isn't the best funny movie out there, but it's one of my favorites.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Yeeeeeeeeeeehaw!
The Movie: The Dukes of Hazzard, directed by Jay Chandrasekhar
Recommendation: Nobody.
Reason: I had to pick a movie, and it was this or The Da Vinci Code. See my previous statements regarding Tom Hanks as to why Dukes won.
I didn't watch Dukes of Hazzard when it was on TV. It's really not my kind of show, never has been, never will be I think. So it wasn't nostalgia that drove me to choose this movie, it's Seann William Scott. That's right, I confess. I have a stupid streak, and it's picked Mr. Dude Where's My Car? as its funnyman. The rest of the cast was...not that interesting, but I was at least entertained by Bo Duke.
The car stunts were excellent, in my humble opinion. At the very least the General Lee's careening around backwoods Georgia was more interesting than 2 Fast 2 Furious. There were some fun looking explosions, a lot of airborne Chargers, and the spectacular crash sequences that were played at the end of the movie made it even more entertaining.
There's no substance to this movie, though. Like, nothing. The characters don't bring any particular subtext, there's nothing more than what's on the screen. I suppose I was happy to see the Broken Lizard guys have another shot at the world of filmmaking.
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Recommendation: Nobody.
Reason: I had to pick a movie, and it was this or The Da Vinci Code. See my previous statements regarding Tom Hanks as to why Dukes won.
I didn't watch Dukes of Hazzard when it was on TV. It's really not my kind of show, never has been, never will be I think. So it wasn't nostalgia that drove me to choose this movie, it's Seann William Scott. That's right, I confess. I have a stupid streak, and it's picked Mr. Dude Where's My Car? as its funnyman. The rest of the cast was...not that interesting, but I was at least entertained by Bo Duke.
The car stunts were excellent, in my humble opinion. At the very least the General Lee's careening around backwoods Georgia was more interesting than 2 Fast 2 Furious. There were some fun looking explosions, a lot of airborne Chargers, and the spectacular crash sequences that were played at the end of the movie made it even more entertaining.
There's no substance to this movie, though. Like, nothing. The characters don't bring any particular subtext, there's nothing more than what's on the screen. I suppose I was happy to see the Broken Lizard guys have another shot at the world of filmmaking.
-125/365 down, 240/365 to go
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