Personally, I'm putting my money on "Observe & Report" - at least from a "humor value" standpoint. The next film from Jody Hill, the guy who directed the criminally underseen "The Foot Fist Way", I think this film looks far darker and hilarious than the craptastic "Paul Blart". If you haven't seen the redband trailer for it yet - do so. NOW. It's awesome:
The sad thing is, though, while I think "Observe & Report" will be a much funnier movie, I don't know if it'll be able to match the box office dollars of "Paul Blart" - a phenomenon which confuses and angers me to this day. Why so many people were willing to drop money on a mediocre comedy like that is beyond me. Personally, I'm kind of hoping "Observe & Report" ends up sort of like "Superbad" - flies beneath the radar at first, and then makes more money than the studios expected it to.
O&R has Jody Hill. And Seth Rogen. And Anna Faris. And Aziz Ansari (who is gonna BLOW UP this year big time with this and "Parks & Recreation" and "Funny People"). And Ray-freakin'-LIOTTA. And I heard a rumor that Danny McBride does a cameo in it too, which equals pure awesomeness.
On the other hand...
Blart was directed by a guy who's best previous credit was "Dr. Dolittle 2". 'Nuff said.
Did you see Seth Rogen on David Letterman the other night? Dave was saying that the movie is great - and not in the standard PR patter kind of way either. He was really pumping it up, and I'll admit, it worked - I wanted to see the more after hearing him talk about it, because if Dave's right, it sounds flippin' awesome:
Good call - I totally forgot about that; I think he did have a recurring guest role on "Scrubs" earlier this year, too. I just don't watch that show as regularly as I used to, so I'm not positive. Assuming you're right, just more proof to my theory!
I saw that they linked a tiny interview with him over on Trailer Addict talking about his role on "Observe and Report". I don't know why it seems to cut off - maybe it's just my computer or maybe they edited it that way. Still:
Looks like I was right - Danny McBride IS in the movie. If you go to the above site, which is a WB site with a contest where they're giving away some stuff from the movie, and check out the screenshots that are positioned all around the trailer... there's a shot of Mr. Kenny Powers himself, in the very last pic (bottom right)! Awesome!!!
I was planning on seeing it eventually but after seeing the trailer, Im there opening night. Seth Rogen is funny as f**k. I usually dont like Ana Farris but that might change after this movie.
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That's kind of the way I felt at first, too. I probably would have seen it anyways, since I'll see almost anything with Seth Rogen in it, but after I saw that redband trailer, I was totally sold - I think this looks like one of the funniest movies of the year, and all the positive early reviews that are coming out is just getting me more hyped for it. I can't wait 'til Friday!
By the by... The contest that Warner Bros. is running on that website is ending this weekend; I guess they were only doing it until the movie opens. If you want to win some free "Observe and Report" swag, I'd recommend getting your name into the drawing before Sunday!
So. I went to a midnight showing of Observe and Report last night (this morning technically) and I must say, this isn't your typical Seth Rogen film. It's much more ****ed up and the character that he plays walks a fine line between being a likable protagonist and being one that's just disturbing. The movie was funny, as long as you don't think about what you're laughing at, otherwise you realize that his character is literally crazy and that you're laughing at some pretty messed up stuff. Rogen had balls to take the role though, I'm glad he did and I'm glad the movie was made. I read one review of this movie that stated that the viewer will leave the movie unsure of how to feel about what he/she just saw and I agree. I'm still trying to figure out how much I like this film. But for now, I'll give it a tentative 7.5/10. I'm curious to see what the typical Rogen-fans out there will think about this.
Anyway, there's my non-spoiler mini-review. The movie's bold, darkly funny, original (though people have brought up comparisons between this and Taxi Driver) and twisted. I found myself asking what the point of the film was though by the time I was done. Still pondering.
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Don't shoot me, but...I think Paul Blart might be better. I went to see Observe and Report opening night, and I left thinking that it wasn't really worth it.
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I went to go to see Observe and Report last weekend and I was highly disapointed with it I had to get my money back. I admire all of Seth Rogan's movies but this one really sucked big time.
A for Paul Blart. I would say its ok for a kids flim but for an adult seeing this movie it sucks so much ass you would wanna walk out of the movie.
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