Comedy
Review: Fan Boys [Movie]
Posted By Jeff On April 6, 2010 @ 9:35 am
Movie: Fan Boys (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Bored one night, I was surfing around looking for something good to watch and stumbled upon Fan Boys. This movie freaking a hilarious and I have no idea why. I also haven’t the faintest clue how I managed to miss this movie for over a year, it’s something I can see myself watching.
Short form summary is that 4 star wars fan boys / high school friends decide to take a road trip to the Skywalker Ranch to steal Star Wars: Episode 1 before it gets released in theaters. They do stupid shit along the way. This movie falls in the same category as Super Bad, Eurotrip, American Pie and anything good made by Kevin Smith: It’s funny just because it’s genuinely dumb and unrealistic, but you can see one of your friends doing it. A little spoiler for you all, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes make a short cameo in it. That should be reason enough to go see it.
I don’t want to recap too much of this movie, as the plot line itself is pretty standard. Instead, I’m going to just give some point forms that I found awesome, which do include spoilers.
- The have a van with an R2D2 head on it, a light speed button and the Leia/Han painting on the side.
- They make fun of Jar Jar Binks
- Comment on naming their hands Princess Leia.
- Constantly make fun of Trekkies.
- Rush is one of the greatest bands of all time.
- William Shatner mother fucker!
This movie was great, but could have been better. I’ve watched it 3 times, and I think I’m done.
Final Rating: 7.5/10
Movie: Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Review)
Posted By Jeff On January 25, 2009 @ 9:02 am
Steve Carr’s Paul Blart: Mall Cop, starring King of Queens Kevin James and hottie Jayma Mays, comes off as a pretty funny movie in the trailer. Fair warning, it’s not.
The whole idea of this movie is that an overweight failure of a security guard is caught up in an organized crime in the mall and has to stop it on his own. Throw in a crush on a kiosk worker and low blood sugar and you have yourself a movie. Unfortunately, they forgot to include good writing with this story line, which leaves the movie with a hollow half-assed feel to it.
The acting itself really wasn’t that bad, but the characters just didn’t have enough substance to carry the movie. If they weren’t going to give us a hardcore decent fulfilling plot, at least give us some character background or slapstick humor. Given that these are the top two factors needed for a successful movie of these genre, it’s fair to say that the mark was missed on this feature.
All in all, Mall cop seems to fall short of being a comedy as I only found myself with one chuckle the entire course of the movie (which was also in the trailer, go figure). The only real entertaining thing that I found was that on an episode of King of Queens Kevin James was forced to shave his mustache because his wife said he “Looked like a motorcycle cop”. Oh how things repeat themselves.
Final score: 3/10 ‘Buy this from the dollar bin when it shows up at the dirt mall’.
Vampire Game
Posted By Del On October 2, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
Vampire game
One of the only shojou manga I have ever read. Started reading not knowing it was shojou since I tend to keep away from them as they are targeted towards a female audience. Since it is a story mainly targeted at females, it has some story elements that I didn’t really like sometimes even though the overall story was really good.
Vampire Game is about the reincarnation of Vampire king, Duzell, who died 100 years ago in a fight with King Phelios who defeated him using a powerful spell that sacrifices the caster. Duzell vows to reincarnate after 100 years to get revenge and destroy the reincarnation of Phelios. Fast forward to the present: The descendants of King Phelios are all fighting for the throne, like you’d expect from any royal family. Princess Ishtar, the main character of the story, is 15 years old and currently first in line to the throne. She is a willful and troublesome princess, always causing trouble for her head bodyguard Darres. She escapes the palace one day as usual causing trouble only to happen upon the reincarnated Vampire King Duzell, who is in the body of a cat. She adopts the cat and promises to help him find the reincarnation of her ancestor Phelios so he can kill him. Through out the 15 volumes they set out to find who in the royal family is the reincarnation of King Phelios; all the while trying to stay ahead of power hungry royals aiming for the throne and Ishtar’s head. Full of political intrigue, Vampire game is a an excellent manga with lots of twits and turns to keep any reader entertained till the very end.
Seto no Hanayome
Posted By Del On September 24, 2008 @ 12:46 am
Seto no Hanayome – The Inland Sea Bride
Nagasumi Michishio, a young middle school student on a trip to visit his grandmother at the beach with his family, is drowning only to be saved by a mermaid. As if almost drowning wasn’t enough of a hassle, according to mermaid law if a person sees mermaids true for they must both be executed. Luckily for Nagasumi the mermaid who saved him, Sun Seto, has decided that in order to save both of them she wants to marry him. Sun’s father, the leader of a merman fish gang, is overly protective of his only daughter and He is constantly trying to kill Nagasumi so that he can “protect” his daughter.
Seto no Hanayome is a pretty good shounen Manga with a good mix of comedy and ecchi material to keep readers happy. There is even a pretty good anime adaption of the Manga that started in April of 2007. Seto no Hanayome is a good Manga that has a solid plot with great art.
George Carlin Died
Posted By Jeff On June 24, 2008 @ 12:38 pm
George was a funny guy, I watched a lot of his stand-up. He died on Sunday at the age of 71 due to heart failure. That sucks.
“I think he’s down there now. Screaming up at us”
Movie: Mr.Woodcock (Review)
Posted By Jeff On October 10, 2007 @ 10:24 am
Title: Mr.Woodcock
Genre: Comedy
I have to say before the movie even started I thought the movie was funny. I mean with a name like Woodcock and having a mind in the gutter how could you not? As for the movie itself Billy Bob Thornton continues to be a very entertaining man…and a total dick (thus Woodcock becomes even funnier!). Combine that with Seann William Scott (Stifler from American Pie <3) and this movie is pure gold. This is the story of an asshole gym teacher and a kid who grows up and writes a book about self-esteem and ‘letting go’ of the past then comes back to find out that the same gym teacher is back home nailing his mom. That’s just good writing.
This is the kind of movies that true comedy lovers live for, without having to sit through the “romantic-” parts of the movie. This is right up there with Badder Santa, and is great.
Final: 9/10 “You must like getting spanked, Farley. I guess it runs in the family”
Movie: The Game Plan (Review)
Posted By Jeff On October 8, 2007 @ 12:40 pm
Title: The Game Plan
Genre: Family, Comedy
I found myself laughing throughout the movie, but come the end of it I can’t really remember why or at what parts. Oh well, it’s those forgotten moments that got me to the next moment to forget or I would have turned it off. I’ve noticed in the past that “The Rock” has been a pretty stale actor, leaning mainly on egotistical roles and this follows that suit. However this was a little lighter than some of his other roles, and I was impressed by his ability to not suck (as he has in most of the other films he’s appeared in).
The plot wasn’t that bad: An egotistical football player finds out he has a daughter, she stays with him and turns his world upside down. I was expecting to watch a lot of green screen moments with the rock running around pretending he wasn’t old and out of shape, but they actually focused on the story and didn’t show any real football action until the end of the movie. It’s quite a step up to have a story in a sports-based movie, I’ll give the creators kudos on that one. I did get a feeling that it was similar to The Pacifier, but I think this happening to a football player is a little more likely than a Navy SEAL becoming a nanny.
Overall it was worth watching, but not really worth watching in theaters. It would have been better as a straight-to-DVD movie instead. That said, wait until it comes out on DVD to go see it unless you’re a die hard Rock fan.
Final: 6/10
Old men are funny
Posted By leanna On September 9, 2007 @ 12:59 am
“I’m newly retired and have decided to sell all my projects/toys. I have many things to sell, and I appreciate you looking at them. They are as follows:
1999 Buick Regal LS……………$5,100.00
1993 Dodge 4×4 1/2 ton Pick up….$2,600.00
1983 Chevy El-Camino………………$2,600.00
1958 Chevy Apache Fleetside……$23,000.00
2000 Yamaha Roadstar.. 1600cc…..$6,000.00
19xx Wife…………………….$ Negotiable”
Movie: Superbad (Review)
Posted By Jeff On August 22, 2007 @ 10:33 am
OMG OMG OMG! Superbad is fucking great. Be it the dick jokes or McLovin, I’m lovin’ it. If I were to have sex with one movie, it would be this one. As far as comedies go, this one hit it on the nose. I might go see it again, and I’m sure as hell going to buy it on DVD when it comes out. This movie has beaten out both American Pie and Clerks for my #1 favorite comedy of all time. Today.
I’m not going to give away anything about the movie, just
GO WATCH IT NOW!
Total: 10/10 “Yeah…I heard that was supposed to happen in health class”
Also note, whoever can find a ‘secret message’ in this post relating to the movie wins…I dunno. Just see if you can figure it out.
Movie: Kickin It Old Skool (Review)
Posted By Jeff On August 22, 2007 @ 2:46 am
Now I’m a fan of Jamie Kennedy, but Kickin It Old Skool isn’t his best work by far.
The plot was OK, but wasn’t anything new. I can’t put my finger on the movie at the moment, but I’m certain that I’ve seen the ‘in a coma and wakes up 20 years later’ thing before. Though that being said, it had typical Jamie Kennedy humor with him break dancing. It may just be the suburban geeky white kid in me, but seeing a 30 year old break dancing cracks me up.
The supporting cast was good, a lot of familiar faces. I feel if it wasn’t for them, I’d have given this a lower rating since I’ve already seen Kennedy pull this act before. A few times actually. If you’re looking for something better with the same disturbing character, go watch Malibu’s Most Wanted instead.
Final: 5/10 Watch if it’s on TV or rent it when it moves to the cheap bin.
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