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Okay, time for another random review! This time....I actually sat down and watched the god awful Netflix reboot of the Munsters, and I'll tell you why it was terrible....right now.
Directed by: Rob Zombie
Starring: Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Daniel Roebuck
Before I get this mini review off the ground, I just want to say that I went into this film completely blind, I read no spoilers, I don't read other people's reviews and I didn't see clips other than what was in the trailer. That being said, Sheri Moon Zombie is one of the worst actresses of all time and it's no wonder that she can only get roles in movies that her husband directs. The fact that her and one of the dudes in the Geico caveman commercials starred in a movie together blows my mind.
Now the film...ugh. Somehow this got greenlit and actually got made. The portrayal of Herman Munster is horrendous. He doesn't capture the spirit and cheap humor that the original tv character had, and he can't capture the laugh, then again I don't think anyone can. They made Grandpa into a whiny ass, and Lily is bland as I don't know what. Again, bad choice for actors.
The plot is an origin story (ugh, WHY) on how Lily meets Herman. They end up meeting after he's given the brain of the "2nd smartest man alive" who happens to be dead in which...it's the wrong dude who's brain he acquires. Whoops. Outside of the side plot where some dude named Lester owes money and tries to get the castle sold, it's literally Herman meeting Lily after being exposed on television, getting married, and moving to America after eventually getting evicted.
All in all this felt like the pilot to a television series that got rejected. None of it was funny. None of the jokes stuck. The best character in the entire movie was Dr. Wolfgang, and that's a stretch. I wouldn't recommend seeing this unless you're a huge Munsters fan and NEEDS to see it.
Final Rating: 2 out of 10.
Directed by: Rob Zombie
Starring: Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Daniel Roebuck
Before I get this mini review off the ground, I just want to say that I went into this film completely blind, I read no spoilers, I don't read other people's reviews and I didn't see clips other than what was in the trailer. That being said, Sheri Moon Zombie is one of the worst actresses of all time and it's no wonder that she can only get roles in movies that her husband directs. The fact that her and one of the dudes in the Geico caveman commercials starred in a movie together blows my mind.
Now the film...ugh. Somehow this got greenlit and actually got made. The portrayal of Herman Munster is horrendous. He doesn't capture the spirit and cheap humor that the original tv character had, and he can't capture the laugh, then again I don't think anyone can. They made Grandpa into a whiny ass, and Lily is bland as I don't know what. Again, bad choice for actors.
The plot is an origin story (ugh, WHY) on how Lily meets Herman. They end up meeting after he's given the brain of the "2nd smartest man alive" who happens to be dead in which...it's the wrong dude who's brain he acquires. Whoops. Outside of the side plot where some dude named Lester owes money and tries to get the castle sold, it's literally Herman meeting Lily after being exposed on television, getting married, and moving to America after eventually getting evicted.
All in all this felt like the pilot to a television series that got rejected. None of it was funny. None of the jokes stuck. The best character in the entire movie was Dr. Wolfgang, and that's a stretch. I wouldn't recommend seeing this unless you're a huge Munsters fan and NEEDS to see it.
Final Rating: 2 out of 10.