by benji on Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:44 pm
I know I'm referencing old things and posts but Get Smart and Pineapple Express were both far better than I could have imagined.
No, they're not good films. But I have absurd standards.
General Criticism:
GS: Come on. BE FUNNY AFTER THE FIRST TWENTY MINUTES. But I liked it. Still. I watched Get Smart on Nick at Nite as a kid. You can't pull this shit on me. I know the original defines bad ass.
PE: Oh, forget it. I liked and watched this same as Rolling Kansas. (OKAY LESS. ROLLING KANSAS IS BRILLIANT. AND RIP TORN AND KEVINSPACEY/THOMASHAYDENCHURCH OMFG) I know it's nothing special, but if you're a pothead you think this is what's happening when you do things like going to the store or macdonalds. Okay, you don't and won't ever...but being stoned a lot is pretty boring if you describe it afterwards, but we can pretend. WE MUST PRETEND. Thug life.
I watched Blades of Glory in the last few months too, discounting Jenna Fischer (which I am required to do, lest I grant this best film ever status) it wasn't that bad either. Tropic Thunder was okay too. I mean, I watched them mostly through. While doing other things. Blades has Will Arnett and wife. (Take that womens movement.)
Either I've become a pushover in regards to films, or...I don't know. I'm probably a weirdo: The Dark Knight is still 3/5 at best, and The Simpsons Movie still sucks complete ass and is not funny.
Here's hoping for an Arrested Development movie in 2009, over Michael Cera's dead body.