Year One

Like the rest of the world, I am damn tired of Jack Black's schtick. However, I am still totally enchanted by the low-key comedy stylings of Michael Cera, so I went to this movie to see if the latter made up for the former. It does, but barely. BARELY.

I don't really care if you go see this movie or not.

The Hangover

Yeah, this is one of those movies with some really funny bits and some really "really? That's what you went with?" bits. The former are mostly improvised by Zach Galifianakis, and the latter are mostly things someone lifted directly from Old School. Using the exact same "dirty wedding singer" as in that movie? Really? I get that you're trying to be clever and meta, but your little in-joke is ruined if you shove it all up in our faces and let it play out for way too long. This is the equivalent of the guy who repeats Family Guy jokes over and over because clearly, the more he says them, the funnier he is.

I like all these male-centered Apatow/Ferrell-esque comedies, I really do. They are usually funny, and I'm used to females not being front and center in the comedy genre as a whole (memo to Hollywood: Renee Zellwegger or Sandra Bullock falling down does not equal funny. Where's my Maria Bamford vehicle?). But I'm pretty tired of movies where all the female characters are either shrews who don't want their boyfriends/husbands to have fun, or stupid whores. Can't you people come up with anything better?

I'm also not all that entertained by a Mike Tyson cameo. The dude is a rapist. Ha ha.