So another week passed, and the new releases for this week are slim. At work I had a choice between seeing The Other Guys or Step Up in 3D. And so I decided to watch The Other Guys.
The Other Guys was written and directed by Adam Mckay, who gave us Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. I haven't seen either of them, and that reason is that I am not a fan of Will Ferrell. After seeing him in Old School, I quickly realized that he pretty much plays the same character in each movie. So I was over him pretty quick, but I did enjoy him in Stranger than Fiction, but he was playing a somewhat serious character then.
So enough with the sidetrack, the story is about two cops, Ferrell ( a behind the desk cop) and Mark Wahlberg ( cop who got demoted after a shooting incident at a baseball game), who get involved in a big case when just trying to go after a guy for some building permit issues. Wahlberg wants to get back out on the streets and Ferrell seems happy behind the desk. Wahlberg is the angry guy (and pretty much that is his whole attitude in the movie) and Ferrell is always happy (and guess what he also plays the dumb guy), so you know these two are going to get along. Some of the supporting cast includes Samuel Jackson and the Rock (the two hot shot cops), Michael Keaton (looking very old as the captain) and Eva Mendes (as Ferrell's wife, and part of a running joke throughout the whole movie). So the cast is good, and I figured it would be a good buddy cop movie, but within the first half hour a few things happen that pretty much give an idea of what you are going to see. The first involves a very long conversation about a lion fighting a tuna in the ocean, and the other a crazy leap of faith. I also want to say that there was some similarities in this movie and Dinner for Schmucks, which is not a good thing. But there were some good things to this movie, Eva Mendes (never a bad thing when she is in a movie), the soundtrack (it ranged from White Stripes to Rage Against the Machine), but I do have to admit that I did laugh a few times during the movie. One being the whole running joke about TLC, and the other was the conversation Ferrell has with Mendes through her mom. So that should count for something at least. So this has some good and bad, but I have to say that if you are going to see a movie this week, and you already seen Inception a few times or you've seen Salt, this is a movie I think will be worth your time, a phrase I didn't think I would ever say about a movie with Ferrell in it. Also one thing I want to add, the whole movie takes a weird turn during the credits, they get all serious with facts during the credits. And you know what I just remembered another good thing about this movie, you should have seen the first trailer for Jackass 3D before it, and I cannot wait to see that movie.
Official IMDB page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386588/
and Official Page:
http://www.theotherguys-movie.com/
And speaking of trailers, here a few trailers for upcoming movies, that I think you should check out.
Burlesque: Yes I know this could be as bad as Glitter, but some of you know of my love for Christina, plus Kristen Bell is in it too, plus the music could be good. We shall see.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2330134041/
Catfish: You may have heard me talk about this movie a lot lately and I hope after you watch the trailer, you will understand and join me in being excited about seeing this movie.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi769787417/
Sucker Punch: I don't know a lot about this movie, but I just want to see more of the school girl fighting the giant robot type thing (:55 mark). This is going to be an insane movie, can't wait to go on that ride.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3707110937/
So that is enough with trailers this week, I am counting down the days until Scott Pilgrim vs the World, and I am also looking forward to checking out Piranha 3D (Aug 20th), and The Last Exorcism (Aug 27th). So that is all for me, so until next time...
..go see a movie!!
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