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Directed by: Todd Phillips Starring: Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Elisha Cuthbert I've seen this twice, and although I'd heard it improves on repeated viewings, I didn't enjoy it anymore than I did the first time around. Old School's humor comes in waves, and there are a few good laughs, but there's also plenty of time in between them. It spends far too much time trying to weave a plot together, and when you've got someone like Will Ferrell at your disposal, that seems like a waste. They would've been better to establish a basic premise and bare plot and then let it be. Vince Vaughn's all right, once again doing the same character that we've seen elsewhere (see: Dodgeball). Though I know it's rated R I found it to be pretty soft -- it's even tamer than something like Revenge of the Nerds. I didn't find a lot of the stuff very funny at all (Blue) and when the movie's only trying to be funny 50% of the time, missed jokes really hurt. It's definitely a rental, and if your buddies have built it up to be OMGTHEBESTCOMEDYEVER then expect to be disappointed. If you fast forward through the unfunny tacked on crap you might get a good 30 minute movie out of it. Sadly, 30 minutes of comedy is probably deemed acceptable by most movie-goers, and this movie gets labelled a "classic!!" alongside other films which manage to keep you laughing in every scene. Here's to hoping Anchorman doesn't suffer from the same affliction. RATING: 3.0 PROS: A lot of scenes are funny CONS: A lot of scenes aren't funny ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302886/ Bloated Pussy fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Jul 8, 2004 |
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