I thought this movie was pretty great. And even touching by the end of it. I'll admit it started and I was like, oh no, this is going to be an hour and a half of the lead being super terrible to everyone. Not that that can't be funny, it works in movies like Observe & Report, they just tend to stress me out. But the awfulness settles in and it works. Plus...that sex scene is damn, damn funny. Melissa Rauch is hilarious and I want to see her in more stuff. This almost makes me want to watch The Big Bang Theory. Almost. Sorry, don't mean to burn BBT. Just not my style.
The ending was fresh, too. Not by the books at all, but not in a way that you go, wait what?! That can't happen, etc.....Also, the lead Olympic dude, I looked him up and realized he's Bucky! He looks way different without the long hair, scruff and eternal moping. Doesn't he look like that guy from Baywatch? David Charvet? I kept looking at him going no way it's that guy from Baywatch. He's older than this dude. Anyway, great movie. Super underrated performance in theaters, hope it finds an audience on video.
Oy. This movie was not good. It had a few moments where I chuckled, but it was pretty much rough across the board. I will give the man credit, he has a knack to have an offensive scene, then turn it into an offensive set piece, then spend 5 minutes making it worse, and worse, and worse, until I'm finally amused that he's taken it this far. During "that scene" I just kept thinking, poor Mark Strong. When he read this in the script, did he know it was going to be the way it was? Also a few more points for not having it all green screen. They were really "inside" something. It was nuts. And gross.
Okay, I just I'll give this a few more stars for going all out, but this was a miss. I've been defending The Dictator since it came out, I think that movie really works. This just felt tired. Like the opening scene, of him in his brother's room, the joke that all of his idols ending up being gay. I'm not saying it's offensive, it's just a joke we've heard a million times. "We used to think George Michael was such a lady killer!" Not funny anymore. Also, none of the Rebel Wilson jokes worked. I think she's hilarious, I just think she's above the jokes she's being subjected to in this movie.
Got TOS on Blu-ray and watching the show for the first time. Was inspired to check it out after digging Beyond so much. This was my favorite episode so far. Genuinely excited and I actually gasped a few times. The giant guy was great. Semi-spoiler for first 20 minutes: Also...uh...was a fan of the female android uniform. Seemed pretty racy for 1960s primetime.