My kinda film (I thought, after reading these reviews). It's got Michael Bluth from Arrested Development. It's on at 11am whilst my cleaner does her fortnightly flick through.
I can go to The Queens for lunch after. A lunchtime pint of DRAFT Old Peculiar as well!
I arrive in an almost skittish mood (more akin to skipping school than anything remotely approaching excitement) and settle in for a fun two hours.
I mean I love gonzo comedy and I am secretly proud of myself for stepping outside the front door.
Bring it ON.
Now, to be fair, there are a few good one-liners which bring a chuckle to the surface. The scene setter is, well, a scene setter, so you let them off.
Bring on les comedy gonzo!
The minutes leading up to the plot twist are a bit of a drag...again a few chuckles but...the twist is coming.
WOW. Seriously...I did not see that coming.
I really, really...OK, yes i did.
OK. Give it a chance.
I'm now thinking an early lunch is a good idea but no, I am here to review this thing...see it out.
So I manage to get to the schmaltz that the Americans just can't avoid. I mean...COME ON!!!!!.
Fek's sake...that's it I'm off to lunch.
Look. Do not pay good money to see this.
Just don't.
Wait until, say, a wet Sunday afternoon when you've had a lovely lunch and shared a few bottles and you have this recorded. You just might think it OK.
Hopefully, you will have a lovely post-lunch sleep.
One other thing. Tell me I'm being picky. Go on. Tell me. OK. Look.
The car chase.
Put our heroes in the transit van and the villains in the three litre Audi and I will let you off, but please don't ask me to believe that the transit can keep overtaking the Audi.
Just don't.
But to then compound this by having a classic 76 Stingray being able to catch up and take out a private JET which is getting up to take-off speed?
You are pushing my good nature Mr Director, sir!
Oh and one other thing...
When someone is losing pints of blood (I bet that scene sounded hilarious at the script meeting) don't, just don't, ask us to indulge any more holes...jeez, talk about a script disguised as a packet of polo's.
You ask too much sir. TOO MUCH.
The lunch, however, was - as usual - excellent. Thanks for asking.
Gavin King
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