For the
sake of not having to write the same intro a million
different ways throughout the rest of time, just know that
this column avoids the overly long and sometimes dull
process of full film reviews and instead opts to break
things down based on what I thought going in, what happened
while I was there and what I learned at the end of it all.
Hope that's OK.
Read on!
The
Breakdown - The Other Guys
The Impression:
Will Ferrell and writer/director/producer Adam McKay try to
recapture the magic of earlier efforts like Talladega
Nights and Anchorman by teaming up with Mark
Wahlberg. Wait. Marky Mark!? Whose idea
was this?
The Reality:
I figured this movie would be goofy, but I really didn't
expect it to go full retard. The cast, the story, the
action, the dialogue, the Ice-T voiceovers - all of it so
amazingly bizarre, random and nonsensical that you can't
help but sit in your chair and seriously wonder how they
managed to get money out of the studio.
With that being said, The Other Guys is funny and you
will find yourself repeatedly cracking up. Just make
sure you know going in that it's the most ridiculous flick
of 2010 (sorry, Hot Tub Time Machine).
The Lesson:
If you're not entirely sure what you saw, it's probably best
to keep smiling and not go back and question it.
- John Laird -
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