Time restraints have forced me to scrap the normal Zoot for today, and instead bring you a preview of some movies I'm looking forward to this Spring. Movie review websites have to wait until they see the movie to write a review; being a sports website I have the advantage of judging these movies only by the previews. It might be incomplete, but its first. We use a scale that goes as follows:
I'm In (I'll definitely see it in theaters)
Looks Good (Maybe in theaters, definitely on DVD)
We'll See (I'm not going out of my way)
Yikes (No dice)
Funny people is the story of a fading comedy star played by (based on) Adam Sandler and how he deals with his impending death. But it also has Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill in it, so it probably isn't going to be as serious as that last sentence might have made it sound. Sandler makes friends with Rogen, an aspiring comedian, and they share the trials and tribulations of what Sandler is going through. But because it is directed by Judd Apatow, there will definitely be a good deal of potty jokes along the way (good thing). Apatow's movies are very very funny, but they also tend to have a little bit of meaning in them too. Knocked Up was about how pregnancy can affect two people, and 40-year-old virgin was about starting Seth Rogen's career. I expect Funny People to be less funny than his last two movies, but still be more funny than almost any other movie out there. I'm in.
The Year One is a buddy movie with Jack Black and Michael Cera that takes place in, you guessed it, the turn of the millennium. Jack Black gets kicked out of his tribe and travels around the world with his new compadre Michael Cera, encountering different biblical events and characters. I've heard its an homage to the Monty Python movies, and should be made in that same style. I personally don't like that style (have at me) so the verdict is out on this for me. It is going to be interesting to see how Cera's archetypal character translates to a time that was before teenage awkwardness; when a child who aced like him would have died at a very young age. The man doesn't have a lot of range, he's lucky everyone seems to love that character. Him and Jack Black should make for a funny combo, I'm just worried they might have tried to do too much. Looks Good.
Sleeper Pick: The Hangover
The Hangover is a movie about a Las Vegas (good) Bachelor Party (better) with Ed Helms and Zach Galifinakis (Best). You might know Ed Helms as the Nard Dog on the Office; and if you don't know Zach Galifinakis (the bearded guy) I implore you to watch the modern cinematic masterpiece that is Out Cold. They are just two of four friends who go to Vegas to celebrate a wedding and end up losing the groom in the process. They have to unravel the whole night through a series of zany adventures and yadda yadda yadda Rob Riggle shoots one of them in the face with a taser. It has the chance to be a trite Bachelor Party movie, but like that version had Hanks and Zmed to help pull it through, we;ve got Helms and Galifinakis. Looks good.
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The Hangover is going to blow minds. Mike Tyson what?
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