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DAY 136: January 16th, 2009.
You Don't Mess With The Zohan
What do Adam Sandler and Mike Myers have in common?
They both had crappy comedy movies where they played someone from the middle east. Both were racist, yet this one takes it to another level. Is racism funny? When in good taste in can be, but when it serves no purpose and is used for cheap gags, it's a big turn off.
This film, directed by Dennis Dugan, who's other works of art include: Problem Child, Big Daddy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and Beverly Hills Ninja. Dishes out the same material here and brings nothing new to the comedy genre and uses old and tired jokes over and over.
Expect to see the usual cameos when you watch a Sandler film, none of them are funny. Sandler himself stretches really far for some laughs, digging into his bag of stupid characters he pulls out Zohan. Who is an Israeli super soldier, able to catch bullets and what-not. He wants to leave the violence and war behind to pursue his dream in America, to cut hair. Is that suppose to be funny?
Anyways, he gets rejected everywhere, until he lands a job cleaning up the hair at some low rent hair cutting place run by the beautiful Emmanuelle Chriqui, who just so happens to have absolutely no chemistry with Sandler. Yet we are suppose to believe these two fall for each other. Rob Schnieder plays the same character we always see, and always not laugh at.
Like Sandler's last film, this one tackles some political issues. Whereas Chuck and Larry spoke out homosexuals, this one is on racism and the war in the middle east. Don't expect this to change any thing over there any time soon.
Move over Sandler and Myers, your time in the comedic lime light seems to be over, especially if you continue down this unfunny road. Stop trying to collect paychecks, and start giving a damn about the thing that made us love you guys in the first place. Laughter.
You Don't Mess With The Zohan
What do Adam Sandler and Mike Myers have in common?
They both had crappy comedy movies where they played someone from the middle east. Both were racist, yet this one takes it to another level. Is racism funny? When in good taste in can be, but when it serves no purpose and is used for cheap gags, it's a big turn off.
This film, directed by Dennis Dugan, who's other works of art include: Problem Child, Big Daddy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and Beverly Hills Ninja. Dishes out the same material here and brings nothing new to the comedy genre and uses old and tired jokes over and over.
Expect to see the usual cameos when you watch a Sandler film, none of them are funny. Sandler himself stretches really far for some laughs, digging into his bag of stupid characters he pulls out Zohan. Who is an Israeli super soldier, able to catch bullets and what-not. He wants to leave the violence and war behind to pursue his dream in America, to cut hair. Is that suppose to be funny?
Anyways, he gets rejected everywhere, until he lands a job cleaning up the hair at some low rent hair cutting place run by the beautiful Emmanuelle Chriqui, who just so happens to have absolutely no chemistry with Sandler. Yet we are suppose to believe these two fall for each other. Rob Schnieder plays the same character we always see, and always not laugh at.
Like Sandler's last film, this one tackles some political issues. Whereas Chuck and Larry spoke out homosexuals, this one is on racism and the war in the middle east. Don't expect this to change any thing over there any time soon.
Move over Sandler and Myers, your time in the comedic lime light seems to be over, especially if you continue down this unfunny road. Stop trying to collect paychecks, and start giving a damn about the thing that made us love you guys in the first place. Laughter.