marseloDutch
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When I checked the Imdb rating a few weeks ago it was around 7.5 so I was expecting some good laughs. The rating has dropped in the meantime and rightly so. I had some chuckles, nothing more.
The movie tries very hard to capture that typical Naked Gun humor, which was more or less a combination of deadpan humor, slapstick, wordpuns and just general absurdity. Herein lies the main problem, the movie tries it without actually doing it. It's like they followed a recipe from a cookbook, but did not get the temperature, ingredients and timing right and the new cook doesn't fully get it.
What I mean, is that a lot of jokes were just silly. Take for instance when Drebin bites off the barrels of some guns of his attackers. That's very unrealistic, but if it serves to set up a joke, that's not a problem. However, it was not a setup, it was the joke itself. That's just silly and silly does not equate to funny. And this is my problem with a lot of jokes in the movie. I missed 'sharp' jokes that would really tickle your funny bone.
The story line did not help either, because it was pretty cheesy and felt more like a parody of an 80s movie. I missed the drama, suspense and the feeling that stakes were involved. A good comedy movie has these things too. Again, they tried, but it wasn't good enough. The acting was OK, although I kept wondering the whole movie how I would like it if someone else other than Neeson played Drebin. That means something was missing.
In all, I can't objectively say it was a bad movie. I had some laughs, the acting wasn't bad and it was interesting to see Anderson and Neeson together in a movie. It was meagre for a Naked Gun movie, but it was acceptable in itself.
The movie tries very hard to capture that typical Naked Gun humor, which was more or less a combination of deadpan humor, slapstick, wordpuns and just general absurdity. Herein lies the main problem, the movie tries it without actually doing it. It's like they followed a recipe from a cookbook, but did not get the temperature, ingredients and timing right and the new cook doesn't fully get it.
What I mean, is that a lot of jokes were just silly. Take for instance when Drebin bites off the barrels of some guns of his attackers. That's very unrealistic, but if it serves to set up a joke, that's not a problem. However, it was not a setup, it was the joke itself. That's just silly and silly does not equate to funny. And this is my problem with a lot of jokes in the movie. I missed 'sharp' jokes that would really tickle your funny bone.
The story line did not help either, because it was pretty cheesy and felt more like a parody of an 80s movie. I missed the drama, suspense and the feeling that stakes were involved. A good comedy movie has these things too. Again, they tried, but it wasn't good enough. The acting was OK, although I kept wondering the whole movie how I would like it if someone else other than Neeson played Drebin. That means something was missing.
In all, I can't objectively say it was a bad movie. I had some laughs, the acting wasn't bad and it was interesting to see Anderson and Neeson together in a movie. It was meagre for a Naked Gun movie, but it was acceptable in itself.
A movie about aliens AND timetravelling. What could go wrong? Well, looking at recent filmmaking, in most cases this would lead to a contrived, overly complicated story line and many flaws pertaining to logic, consistency and credibility. This movie doesn't have these issues in a way that they ruin the movie, because it's more or less straightforward and keeps things rather simple. It's plain fun.
No, it's not perfect. The script is pretty run of the mill. There's family issues in it, that the movie could do without (BTW why is it that in so many Hollywood movies with aliens it's all of a a sudden about family values? Chuckle). There are some things that are not so logical (not gonna spoil it). And also the way they fight the aliens is not always convincing, especially in the second part. And I thought the aliens were only vulnerable in the neck and belly area? But then a gunshot or chainsaw to the head apparently also does the trick. Hmmm.
Anyway good action, great flow. Good looking movie. Nothing super special. Nothing to get serious or philosophical about (sorry, Chris Pratt). All in all it's well executed. Just a great popcorn flick.
No, it's not perfect. The script is pretty run of the mill. There's family issues in it, that the movie could do without (BTW why is it that in so many Hollywood movies with aliens it's all of a a sudden about family values? Chuckle). There are some things that are not so logical (not gonna spoil it). And also the way they fight the aliens is not always convincing, especially in the second part. And I thought the aliens were only vulnerable in the neck and belly area? But then a gunshot or chainsaw to the head apparently also does the trick. Hmmm.
Anyway good action, great flow. Good looking movie. Nothing super special. Nothing to get serious or philosophical about (sorry, Chris Pratt). All in all it's well executed. Just a great popcorn flick.
This was pretty bad. It starts out promising, but as the movie goes on, it goes from one disjointed scene to the next. You don't know where it's going. There is no nice flow. It's like the movie constantly stutters. It hurts the storytelling very much.
And then the jokes, one of the main selling points of Deadpool, in this movie they are forced: look at me telling a joke! Yeah, but it wasn't that good, so please stop bragging. And also don't talk to the audience all the time. I find it highly annoying. A couple of times is OK. This is too much.
I can't even go deep into the story, because it was all over the place. The basic storyline is very simple, too simple, but as a whole it is a complete chaos. When things happen, why they happen, how they happen, it seems that little thought was put into it. So on top of the bad flow from one scene to the next it's also a lack of logic in and between scenes. This is reinforced by a lot of unnecessary/useless dialogue, which sometimes made the movie drag. Just tedious. The fighting scenes felt gratuitous.
I don't understand the high rating this movie has received. Is it my personal taste? I struggled to finish the movie and had a sigh of relief at the end, even though I loved the first two Deadpool movies. This one's an absolute miss in my book. Definitely over-rated.
And then the jokes, one of the main selling points of Deadpool, in this movie they are forced: look at me telling a joke! Yeah, but it wasn't that good, so please stop bragging. And also don't talk to the audience all the time. I find it highly annoying. A couple of times is OK. This is too much.
I can't even go deep into the story, because it was all over the place. The basic storyline is very simple, too simple, but as a whole it is a complete chaos. When things happen, why they happen, how they happen, it seems that little thought was put into it. So on top of the bad flow from one scene to the next it's also a lack of logic in and between scenes. This is reinforced by a lot of unnecessary/useless dialogue, which sometimes made the movie drag. Just tedious. The fighting scenes felt gratuitous.
I don't understand the high rating this movie has received. Is it my personal taste? I struggled to finish the movie and had a sigh of relief at the end, even though I loved the first two Deadpool movies. This one's an absolute miss in my book. Definitely over-rated.