Did It Suck Movie Reviews
Archive for August, 2010
The Other Guys
Did It Suck Review: 3 Stars Rated: 14 A Time: 1hr 47min
There are cops and then there are, The Other Guys
Plot: The Other Guys is a 2010 action-comedy crime film directed and co-written by Adam McKay. The film stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, and co-stars Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, and Ray Stevenson.
Did It Suck? This was one serious whacked-out movie that kept surprising me with weirder and weirder comedy scenes. This movie had a lot of L.O.L. moments including the expected one liners and Ferrell’s usual comic dialog. What really made this movie funny was how they tied the main story with the unexpected and random comedy bits. The movie got a little boring close to the end and McKay and Ferrell didn’t have the best chemistry on screen but over all it makes very little impact on the movie as a whole. As for the action part of this ‘Action Comedy’ movie, you’ll just have to wait until the last parts of the film. Hands down this was a good comedy, but for most, It’s probably best to Wait For The DVD.
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- Dan Kersey
The Switch
Review: 3 Stars Rated: PG Time: 1hr 40min
Sometimes big mistakes are good mistakes.
Plot: The Switch, formerly titled The Baster, is a 2010 romantic comedy-drama film starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. Kassie Larson (Jennifer Aniston) decides she wants to have a baby. Despite the objections of her neurotic best friend Wally Mars (Jason Bateman), she chooses to do it alone, with the services of handsome and charming sperm donor Roland (Patrick Wilson). Wally has always had feelings for Kassie, but as his friend (Jeff Goldblum) points out, he missed his chance and she put him in the “friend zone”. But things don’t go as planed (more here).
Did It Suck? As much as I like both of these actors, and seeing Jason Bateman getting more screen time these days, this movie was par at best. The Acting was good and Jennifer Aniston was much better in this movie than in The Bounty Hunter. Unfortunately the story was lacking, and on top of that, it was a slow paced laid-back movie with a couch-potato feel. There were some really good funny moments and I enjoyed watching this film but I will only recommend …. Wait For The DVD.
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- Dan Kersey
Piranha 3D
Review: 1 Star Rated: 18-A Time: 1hr 29min
- Andy Hughes
Vampires Suck
Review: 4 Stars Rated: PG Time: 1hr 20min
It’s all fun and games until someone gets bitten
Plot: Vampires Suck is a 2010 comedy/spoof of the Twilight series of books and movies, starring Jenn Proske, Matt Lante, Diedrich Bader and Chris Riggi, and was directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. While some references are made to other vampire movies it really is a direct spoof of the Twilight books. The movie has us following Becca (JJenn Proske) as she moves to a new school and meets and falls in love with Edward (Matt Lante), while fending off overtures from Jacob (Chris Riggi). Sound familiar?
Did It Suck? The plot is very similar to the first Twilight movie and will be familiar to anyone who has seen it. I, myself, have not seen the second one but suspect the latter part of Vampires Suck was moving into the second of the Twilight movies, but it’s still familiar territory. It is quite short at just 1h 20m but that seems to be common for spoofs. There’s not much to say about the acting because in a spoof movie that is really secondary to the comedy. This one had the whole audience laughing regularly, and a few of us at some more subtle jokes that I think some people didn’t get. A lot of spoofs try too hard, cover too many other movies, and overdo it; this one pretty much stuck to the Twilight movies and hit the nail on the head. Was it cheesy? Yes. Were the jokes worth a groan? Yes. Is it Worth A Ticket? Yes, but only if you have seen at least the first Twilight movie; if not you probably won’t get any of the jokes!
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- Andy Hughes
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Review: 4 Stars Rated: PG Time: 1hr 53min
We all have baggage but Scotts new girl friend has 7 X’s worth, and stuff.
Plot: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 American action comedy film directed by Edgar Wright based on the comic book series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley. The film is about Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) meeting the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). In order to win Ramona over, Scott learns that he must defeat Ramona’s seven evil exes, who are coming to kill him.
Did It Suck? This was a semi-fast paced and inventive film. Part comic book adventure, part video game, and part live action cartoon rolled up into one fun movie, and stuff. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is more of a weird silly movie then it is cheesy, yet at the same time, it’s cute and full of laughs. The supporting characters are quite good and everything seems to fit nicely in the way this movie works. I really liked the character of Kim (Alison Pill), the girl who plays the drums in the band; I don’t think she blinks through the whole movie. Overall this film was fun and I felt I got my money’s worth, and stuff.
Final thoughts… I’m sitting on the fence with this movie because even though I really enjoyed this film, the big screen brings very little to it. I think for most it’s a probably best to Wait For The DVD. Anyone who enjoys different and silly movies It’s Worth a Ticket.
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- Dan Kersey
The Expendables
Review: 3 Stars Rated 18-A
“Rambo, you’re not expendable”
Plot: The Expendables is a 2010 action movie featuring most of the action stars of the last 20 years, although some of them only make brief appearances. The film was written by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone, and directed by Stallone. Stars of the film include: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, and Jet Li, as well as more recent stars such as Jason Statham, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, and Steve Austin. (more info here)
Did It Suck? As you might expect, given the cast, this is meant to be purely an action movie but as with other movies it does feature quite a few comedy moments and while they are funny it really doesn’t sit well in this context. It really seemed like the director couldn’t decide if he was making an action movie or not.
The plot was bad, the dialogue the same, and that really dragged what started off well down significantly. The action was, as you really would expect from all these guys, exceptional with lots of booms, bangs, people losing limbs and generally getting ripped apart in all manner of gruesome ways. The action sequences were spaced out through the movie but the intervening sequences were pretty dull, and in one case downright boring. So, despite the cast, I don’t think I’d want to pay money to see this again, not even on DVD, for me there was nothing special seeing it on the big screen, so I’d say Don’t Bother and wait for it to come to TV. I had hoped for much more.
- Andy Hughes
My two ¢ents … For the most part I would have to agree with my good friend Andy, however, I did have a little more fun watching the movie. If you’re looking for an action film to fill-in some time then go for it, otherwise, I’m not recommending waisting your money.
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- Dan Kersey
Salt
Review: 4 Stars Rated PG
Putting Salt onto a wound really makes things…explode!
Did It Suck? Salt is pretty much a pure action movie and unlike many other movies it doesn’t try to be anything else. We follow Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie), a CIA agent being pursued by her colleagues Ted Winter (Liev Schreiber) and Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor) after she is outed as a Russian agent by a possible defector. The movie rocks along with chase after chase and hardly gives you chance to breathe between the action sequences.
- Andy Hughes
