Weekend Movie Roundup
I did something that I haven’t done in a few weeks - go to the movies. Here’s what I saw:
Observe and Report - I’ve been chomping at the bit to see this film since I saw the trailer in front of Friday the 13th back in February, and it plays like Jody Hill’s Taxi Driver. The movie is dark and uncomfortable and no character is legitimately likable but there is something sympathetic about the ’screw-up who wants to make good’ vibe that cuts through the crass and downright abominable presentation of the film. Seth Rogen and Anna Faris do their jobs very well here, and Danny McBride’s brief appearance is hilarious. Well-made, but messed up.
Fast And Furious - YES. Frivolous. Disposable. Pretty. Fun. Awesome.
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Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. Don’t you know that you can’t write about O&R without resorting to some form of pontification about the “date Rape” joke?
Fast and Furious is the movie I’ve been waiting for since I first unwrapped the DVD of The Fast and the Furious way back when. I won’t be paying to see it in a theater, but I’ll get the DVD eventually. I never bothered checking out the other fast and furious movies, though I heard good things about Tokyo Drift.
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