Step Brothers

It’s rare that I actually LOL, but Will Ferrell slays me.

Below is the trailer for the upcoming comedy, Step Brothers, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, to be released on July 25th, 2008.

(ht: To Be The Man + Neil Greathouse)

Filed under: Comedy, Humore, John C. Reilly, Movies, Relationships, Trailers, Will Ferrell

Movie Reviews

Days of Thunder — I have a hard time believing that I’ve never seen this movie before. But looking at my last 30 reviews, I could say that a lot. This felt like a serious version of Talledega Nights. It even starred one of the same actors. The story was good, and the action scenes were great. I really love Robert Duvall. This movie wouldn’t have been half the movie it was without Bob. Oh, and Cole Trickle. Hehe. Gotta believe Will Ferrell would’ve used that name had it not already been taken.

Finding Neverland — Phase one in the chick-flick category. I think I liked it better than Tonia coincidentally. I really liked the way they took an old story and put a fresh spin on it. And the deeper story was awesome as well. The whole infidelity angle was a little depressing, but otherwise I really liked this movie. Johnny Depp has a great collection of films don’t you think?

Must Love Dogs — Phase two in the chick-flick category. Neither one of us liked this one very much. I threw it in the rotation for the simple fact that it starred John Cusack. While I enjoyed the scenes he was in for the most part, the whole movie was cheesy—even for chick-flick standards. Makes me weary of checking out Serendipity. For the record You’ve Got Mail is far superior to this similar plot-line.

Dogma — Yeah. Uh… Not my cup of tea. Sure there were some funny one-liners, and great religion jokes. I just didn’t appreciate the movie as a whole. Not much more I can say here, except that I really really didn’t like Alanis Morrisette. She should really just stick to female angst and covering other peoples songs. Seriously.

Antitrust — Never heard of this one before Jason brought it in and told me to watch it. It was alright. It was focused on technology, so that’s what really held my interest. It sort of got me pumped about being a Geek 2.0. Not a fan of Tim Robbins in this one however. The one thing that struck me about this movie is how it dates itself immediately. It makes a big deal about certain technologies that will eventually be outdated in real life, making it a silly premise. I wonder if they considered that before making it.

Filed under: Alanis Morissette, Culture, John Cusack, Movies, Reviews, Robert Duvall, Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell

Movie Reviews

Stranger Than Fiction — Will Ferrell’s first real shot at making the Jim Carrey switch from being a slap-stick comedy guy to an actual actor—and it wasn’t too bad. I really enjoyed this movie, however had it not been for Dustin Hoffman’s interpretation of his character it wouldn’t have been as good. He was spectacular. Speaking of supporting actors, Queen Latifa seemed out of place to me. They either didn’t write her role well, or she didn’t put much into it. The animated illustrations felt a little overdone at times, but overall they weren’t a hinderance to the movie’s quality. Another complaint would be that the whole guitars-as-a-symbol-of-people-who-are-free cliché bothered me. Let’s find another illustration already. But seriously, this was a nice movie. It felt like a silver screen enactment of one of my creeds: Stop Existing & Start Living.

Insomnia — Not too shabby. Al Pacino doing his regular bit. He did a pretty good job of demonstrating how one little lie can snowball into a crazy tangled mess. And apparently nobody ever told him about the tin foil in the window trick to get rid of light. That was a must for me in college. I really liked seeing Robin Williams as a bad guy. The best part about this movie for me was the scenery. This was filmed in British Columbia (not Alaska), and the waterfalls and forests reminded me of Oregon. Of course I’ve never been to Oregon, but that’s what I imagine it would look like.

Bull Durham — This was on my list of popular movies I had never seen before. All I knew about it was that it was a baseball movie. I guess I should have looked into it a little bit before watching it. Turns out it has a lot of sex and sexual innuendoes. I had to turn it off after only 35 minutes. I was more embarrassed watching this by myself than I was watching the unrated version of Anchorman with my parents. From what I was able to see when everyone had their clothes on, it looked like a decent sports movie. I was really enjoying the internal dialogue with Kevin Costners character while he was at the plate. And Tim Robbins as a dufus was fun too.

Risky Business — Obviously I made the same mistake as I did with Bull Durham. This movie was all about sex as well. He turns his house into a brothel for crying out loud. Why did I not know this going in? Ugh. But I was way more disappointed with having to turn this one off early (42 min.) because it was so completely 80′s and looked really well done. At least I was able to see the famous dancing in his underwear scene. Well, I mean at least for cultures sake. I told Tonia to slap me if I ever did something like that.

Bourne Ultimatum — I’m a huge fan of the Bourne Enterprise! He’s a one man whooping crew, a better version of Steven Seagal with a much better story. As far as this ones place in the series, I enjoyed seeing him dig deeper into his past. The camera work felt slightly overdone. It would easily cause motion sickness in the elderly. But overall it was exactly what you’d expect, a lot of hand-to-hand combat and some chase scenes. I think Greg would appreciate the overall moral of the story at the end. Especially the line when he asks the other asset, “Do you even know why you’re supposed to kill me?” Deep stuff. It’s unfortunate that Matt Damon hates this series and is done with them after this one. It looks like it will continue without him though. Hopefully they can successfully pull off the Sean Connery to Roger Moore switch.

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**REWATCH** — Thirty years after George Lucas changed the landscape of cinema goodness, a group of us gathered to watch Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. I must tell you, it’s like time has stood still. It’s still as good as it was back then. The two things that stood out as something I loved back as a kid was Luke’s Speeder and Han’s Blaster. I’m really looking forward to see Empire Strikes Back this Sunday!

Filed under: Al Pacino, Bourne Ultimatum, Culture, Matt Damon, Movies, Reviews, Star Wars, Steven Seagal, Will Ferrell

Global Warming

It’s warming up here. We’ve made it up to 1.9° already. I’m still working out the Super Bowl ads post, but in the mean time this comedy bit on global warming is a classic.

(h/t Nick)

Filed under: George W. Bush, Global Warming, Will Ferrell, YouTube

Crusty Eyed Monday

*cough* …this looks good… *cough*

Filed under: Jon Heder, Trailers, Video, Will Ferrell, YouTube

Shake n’ Bake

I’m not a Nascar fan, and I don’t watch too many Will Ferrell movies, but Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is the movie of the year for my money so far (Yes, even better than Nacho Libre). Normally I might see 3, maybe 4, movies in the theater for an entire year, but this year I’ve already been to 9 movies with plans for another few before the years end, and Talladega Nights is the best I’ve seen so far!

Be prepared to laugh… hard.

Filed under: Comedic Genius, Movies, Nascar, Shake n' Bake, Will Ferrell