Role Models Review

Sorry for not getting this up sooner, I have been pretty busy.

Anyways, I thought Role Models was a really funny movie, one of the funnier ones I have seen in a while. It had an interesting story line that was well written and a good ending. It was a feel good movie and by the end, you felt for the characters. It also kept me entertained throughout the entire movie. Seann William Scott plays the same character in every movie he is in, the horny party boy, which kind of bothers me, but he was still funny. I really like Paul Rudd, he did a great job in his role. Christopher Mintz-Plasse was hilarious, he had some pretty good one liners, and the same goes for Bobb'e J. Thompson. The humor was kind of dirty and stupid, but if you like that, you will enjoy this movie. Like I had mentioned in my post before, Christopher Mintz-Plasse does run away with the movie by the end, which is OK with me, but they tie everything together to have a good ending.

I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone looking for a stupid funny movie!
Let me know if you see it!

Role Models

The comedy, Role Models (directed by David Wain), hits theaters this Friday, November 7th.

I have seen a bunch of commercials for this movie and it looks pretty funny to me, so I wanted to share it with you all!

Here is a little plot summary:
Two irresponsible energy drink salesmen, Wheeler (Seann William Scott) and Danny (Paul Rudd), drank too many Minotaur energy drinks and trashed their company truck. There punishment? 150 hours in a community mentorship watching trouble-maker kids instead of jail. Danny is assigned to help bashful, role-playing geek Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse, yes that is Mclovin') and Wheeler is assigned to help foul-mouthed fifth-grader Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thompson). The boys go through many interesting situations, but Danny and Wheeler can't give up on Augie and Ronnie, or they will be sent to jail.

I read a few reviews and for the most part they said the movie was funny because of the awkward situations between the kids, and Scott and Rudd. One review said that Christopher Mintz-Plasse's character, Augie, "runs away with the movie" and by the end it is mostly focused on him, which doesn't surprise me since I think he did a great job in Superbad.

I'm excited to see this movie and hopefully get some laughs out of it, which I think I will.

Let me know if you see it!


'Role Models' Trailer Rated R

"will you be my boyfriend for 5 minutes?"

"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist", which is based on a novel, has caught my eye on the TV previews lately. Directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad), Kat Dennings (The 40 Year Old Virgin) and many others, it is set to be an off comedy.

Here is a quick plot summary from comingsoon.net, in case you don't know anything about the movie:

"It's been three weeks, two days, and 23 hours since Tris broke up with Nick (Michael Cera). And now here she is at his gig, with a new guy. How could she have moved on so fast? Nick, in a desperate attempt to show her he's moved on too, turns to the girl next to him and asks her to be his five-minute girlfriend. This begins the night of Nick, Norah (Kat Dennings) and Manhattan. The night of stripping nuns, hotel ice rooms, Russian food, psychotic ex-boyfriends and lovingly trashy ex-girlfriends. It's the night of Julio and Salvatore. The night of holding hands and writing songs and singing in the rain. It's a night they'll never forget."

Michael Cera does such a good job playing that awkward, late teenager, early 20something. Superbad and Juno were huge among that age group and I give the credit to him. The writers have the humor down and he can act it even better.

I am also excited for the soundtrack. The soundtrack itself has its own myspace page. It features Vampire Weekend, We Are Scientists, and many others. Most of them being indie bands, the movie will get them a lot of playing time.

On the other hand, I don't feel like the movie has been promoted very much compared to others, and it comes out next Friday (October 3rd). I have only seen the preview on TV a few times, some ads in magazines, nothing on facebook, or any ads on other websites. I don't have a myspace, but it looks like they are doing some promotion on there, like I said, the soundtrack has its own page. Hopefully it will generate word-of-mouth buzz once it opens in theaters.

Other bloggers and critics are giving it a B+, but I will be checking out the movie when it comes out October 3rd and will write back on what I think about it! In the mean time, tell me what you are thinking about "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist".

Check out the trailer!

'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' Trailer (PG-13)