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Bridesmaids
Paul Feig, 2011
As funny as The Hangover and Superbad? I think not. Still though, Bridesmaids is a pretty decently funny flick to watch. Obviously I’m not giving it as much praise as everyone else has recently, but I think that may have been because of the hype I had been receiving before actually having the chance to see it. I will admit that I have seen it twice now as it was considerably better the first time, but it’s going to stand with some of my favorite comedies then it’s going to have stand the test of time – which undoubtedly I don’t think is going to happen.
I think one of my biggest problems with this was how it was getting marketed. Everything I saw advertising of the movie was that it wasn’t just your usual romantic comedy aimed at chicks; it was actually supposedly aimed more at guys. I didn’t see that at all. Sure, there was that same kind of dirty humor used in most comedies that come out today, but it just didn’t feel the same for me. The second time I went with a friend of mine, who happened to be a female, and she seemed to be laughing more than me. There was the occasional scene though that did have me laughing really loud, but it was only a few scenes in the movie. I guess when I really think about it, I shouldn’t have anticipated this to be anything other than a chick flick, but I did.
Kristen Wiig does give a pretty good performance, I guess, but then again I’ve never been a real big fan of her. To be honest, it was their butch manly friend Megan that had me laughing most of the time. All the scenes that actually had me laughing out loud were scenes that involved her. Melissa McCarthy gave my favorite performance of the movie. It was nice getting to see Ellie Kemper included in the movie, though. The Office is one of my favorite shows ever, so getting to see actors from that in work outside of that is always nice.
I have to point out as well that I thought it was a bit overly long. My attention was beginning to linger there towards the end, because I was losing interest in the movie. I feel as though they could’ve easily cut off about a good 10, maybe 15, minutes of the movie.
After all the hype I been told about it, by the time I did get around to actually watching it I was somewhat disappointed. I guess it is kind of hard for a comedy to live up to a lot of hype, but I had just expected more. So far, the start of the summer movie season for me just hasn’t been that great so far. I have no doubt that it’ll improve as the summer goes on.
Paul Feig, 2011
As funny as The Hangover and Superbad? I think not. Still though, Bridesmaids is a pretty decently funny flick to watch. Obviously I’m not giving it as much praise as everyone else has recently, but I think that may have been because of the hype I had been receiving before actually having the chance to see it. I will admit that I have seen it twice now as it was considerably better the first time, but it’s going to stand with some of my favorite comedies then it’s going to have stand the test of time – which undoubtedly I don’t think is going to happen.
I think one of my biggest problems with this was how it was getting marketed. Everything I saw advertising of the movie was that it wasn’t just your usual romantic comedy aimed at chicks; it was actually supposedly aimed more at guys. I didn’t see that at all. Sure, there was that same kind of dirty humor used in most comedies that come out today, but it just didn’t feel the same for me. The second time I went with a friend of mine, who happened to be a female, and she seemed to be laughing more than me. There was the occasional scene though that did have me laughing really loud, but it was only a few scenes in the movie. I guess when I really think about it, I shouldn’t have anticipated this to be anything other than a chick flick, but I did.
Kristen Wiig does give a pretty good performance, I guess, but then again I’ve never been a real big fan of her. To be honest, it was their butch manly friend Megan that had me laughing most of the time. All the scenes that actually had me laughing out loud were scenes that involved her. Melissa McCarthy gave my favorite performance of the movie. It was nice getting to see Ellie Kemper included in the movie, though. The Office is one of my favorite shows ever, so getting to see actors from that in work outside of that is always nice.
I have to point out as well that I thought it was a bit overly long. My attention was beginning to linger there towards the end, because I was losing interest in the movie. I feel as though they could’ve easily cut off about a good 10, maybe 15, minutes of the movie.
After all the hype I been told about it, by the time I did get around to actually watching it I was somewhat disappointed. I guess it is kind of hard for a comedy to live up to a lot of hype, but I had just expected more. So far, the start of the summer movie season for me just hasn’t been that great so far. I have no doubt that it’ll improve as the summer goes on.