Sunday, October 17
My God, that's like...
Yes, nine hundred eleven thousand.
Team America:World Police is an unfortunate movie. I really like Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the guys who made it and are also responsible for South Park. They're trouble here though is they made this movie not as satire, but as a parody.
There were some fun satirical moments (few and far between), and I laughed some. But it's clear they ventured away from their strong area of satire and tried parody out. It turns out they're pretty good at parody too, it just can't sustain a full movie. In this they parodied big budget action films, and had all the cliche's and the standard plot points (my favorite: the montage scene.) This is the kind of thing that would have worked really well if it had been a lot shorter. Unfortunately it wasn't a lot shorter, and didn't work well at all.
The confusing thing for me is after their sneak preview last Saturday night I read a lot of reviews of blog postings talking about how this movie was crazy funny and people were laughing all the time. That wasn't really the case in my theater, or with me or my friends (one friend even walked out half way through.)
I feel bad about that too, since I hosted one of my movie nights for this one. Since I do movie nights for movies on opening night it's sometimes hard to tell in advance if the movie will be good, so I'm fairly selective about my choices. The trouble here is I'm 0/2 for the last little bit. Hero was the last one I did, which I liked, but it turned out to not be very appealing across a range of people. Then this one just sucked. I'm thinking I'll play it safe in a few weeks and try The Incredibles since I can't believe that Pixar would let me down!
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Okay, so this is way out of the blue, and you're down at the ole homestead of Poly, but I just have to say GO RED SOX!!
And, I'm going to take a moment to comment on the Friday Night Lights movie because I can. FNL was a great sports movie - not the best ever - but very entertaining. I didn't get as choked up as I normally do with sports movies (some of my favorites include - but are not limited to - Rudy, Miracle, Brian's Song, *61, Bull Durham, Mighty Ducks, A League of Their Own) but FNL bothered me because the point of the book was really muddled in between all the classic football moments.
Having grown up in a small southern town in Florida (which might as well be Texas when it comes to high school sports for boys), and witnessing what truly happens with football teams - I felt that the book really gave people something to think about - what is sacrificed if all your energy is focused on one sports team? Academics, college/career counseling, respect for culture and entertainment, and the sense that you must sacrifice everything for four years of your life. Don't get me wrong, I still love high school and college football, but what was so interesting about Bissinger's book was that it seemed real. And I know it's real. And it's sad. And as SI published, I just felt so bad for Boobie that I made sure we went opening weekend so that maybe the movie would do well and give him something hopeful in his life.
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And, I'm going to take a moment to comment on the Friday Night Lights movie because I can. FNL was a great sports movie - not the best ever - but very entertaining. I didn't get as choked up as I normally do with sports movies (some of my favorites include - but are not limited to - Rudy, Miracle, Brian's Song, *61, Bull Durham, Mighty Ducks, A League of Their Own) but FNL bothered me because the point of the book was really muddled in between all the classic football moments.
Having grown up in a small southern town in Florida (which might as well be Texas when it comes to high school sports for boys), and witnessing what truly happens with football teams - I felt that the book really gave people something to think about - what is sacrificed if all your energy is focused on one sports team? Academics, college/career counseling, respect for culture and entertainment, and the sense that you must sacrifice everything for four years of your life. Don't get me wrong, I still love high school and college football, but what was so interesting about Bissinger's book was that it seemed real. And I know it's real. And it's sad. And as SI published, I just felt so bad for Boobie that I made sure we went opening weekend so that maybe the movie would do well and give him something hopeful in his life.
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