Posted on 08/06/2010 4:00:49 PM PDT by cyogerst
So youre watching a funny film and youre thinking to yourself, Why arent there more great comedies like this? Then All of a sudden there is an unwanted Bush is stupid joke that no one asked for. You just went from amused to not being able to wait to tell your friends that there is yet another Hollywood film that is unable to curb unnecessary politics for 100 minutes.
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, two of the comedic powerhouses of the last decade; have made some great films that have been tarnished by unnecessary political editorializing. The opening of McKays Step Brothers took a cheap shot at then-President George W. Bush (who Ferrell often mocks). Also, Anchorman told us Brick (played by Steve Carell), who was the most idiotic character in the film, took a job in the Bush administration. Ferrell even starred in the Bush hit piece, Youre Welcome America, pushed hard by HBO.
Although we know Ferrell and McKay are leftists, they are fully capable of bringing us good material without the annoying, childish slant. Today Ferrell and McKays new film, The Other Guys, opens and word on the street is that McKay has upped his game in the form of blatant liberal preaching. Conservative film critic Kyle Smith asserts that the politics ultimately ruin an otherwise funny film:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...
It amazes me that movie makers would rather insult Republicans than get their money. What, is our money not as good as Democrats’? Is it our breath? Why don’t they want us at their movies?
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Almost every "comedy" film that I've endured over the last 20 years has been sophomoric, formulaic and banal. You can only find fart jokes humorous for so long.
I just came back from watching the movie with my son. We had a bunch of laughs over some of the scenes in the movie. A lot of the movie seemed contrived, but that may be part of the context. I actually had to read the article to be reminded about the brief insert about a picture of the movie antagonist with former President Bush, because it was over very quickly.
Mind you, we’d just driven from NYS to North Carolina on our way to South Carolina, in a car with no AC, and through the usual BS traffic in northern Virginia (when will they ever fix that?)so I must say, I was beat and didn’t pick up on any anti Bush political overtones at all....
Oh well, my focus was on the Mark Wahlberg comedy dynamic, which was, in my opinion, not bad for the first time out.
Scene stealer: Michael Keaton. FWIW, he made the movie. Of course, Eva Mendes wasn’t hard on the eyes either....
I notice now, that the article does not mention the data picture about the Stimulus / TARP money that gets shown in the credits that paints a pretty UN-Rosy picture about the current administration, which is way more damning than that 1 second picture of former President Bush.
And those credits and the show and tell about the funds the current administration have spent lasted for minutes. That was WAY more disgusting to me and totally took away the laughs I had during the movie.
As a matter of fact, based on what I saw, I would not be surprised to see Robert Gibbs have to issue a rejoinder in some future press conference rebutting that info....
“I would rather have root canal than see that awful Elf again.”
LOL! I can’t go that far, but I have to say my daughter loves that movie. And she’s usually got better taste than that.
A Christmas Story is very much better.
I love Jean Sheppard, he was a liberal but with a grasp of reality. He must be rolling in his grave at what’s become of this country, esp. his side of it.
“More Cowbell” was funny due solely to the talents of Chris Walken.
After viewing some of Farrell’s work, I’d say the next funny thing he does will be his first.
Ferrell is a tool.
bttt
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