It was not nearly as funny or incisive as I hoped, although it had some good moments.
I thought the first third was spectacular, but it goes steadily downhill from there. (Mostly because in order to leave in the comic bits they wanted, they kind of threw out the plot, so once they get to act three, the film just kind of twiddles its thumbs until the credits roll.) (Also, for some reason, nobody actually smokes at any point in the film. Which wouldn't be so terribly distracting except that the major subplot they did leave in is all about actors being paid to smoke onscreen.)
Still, it's worth seeing if only for Adam Brody's line about sushi. And the one about syphillis.
Oh god, that unified field timeline gets more and more brilliant as it goes on.
1242: Navarre and Isabeau have son, Lothos.
1616 BC: Mimbari-inspired ship built by Fu Manchu emerges from timespin, lands on same planet as 2065 ship, but 400 earth-years earlier. He and harem begin to colonize planet, which they name "Mongo."
1847: Former Moriarty nurse arrives in America with child, passes herself off as the "Widow Whiplash" and raises "son," Snidely.
1954: Charles "Chuck" Cunningham uncovers the true nature of his "AAB" clone brother. Sontarans eliminate Chuck, erasing all traces that he ever existed.
It all makes sense now...
JK Simmons was excellent AS ALWAYS.
OMG he was my Celebrity Sighting when I was in L.A. in January! Aimee can back me up; I think she pointed him out to me.
basks in aura of coolness
sj, it's the Nathan Lane/Faith Prince/Peter Gallagher revival of G&D (lots of now-big names in it!). JKS also duets on the title song.
I saw that show, AIwasFG!
I saw that show, AIwasFG!
Like the always smart and insightful Vonnie
t preeeeeeens
Btw, Erika, there were bits in
Inside Man
that rather reminded me of H:LotS. Detectives and uniforms sitting in a surveillance van shooting the breeze, arguing about the Grand Central Station, in the middle of a hostage crisis, for example. The movie is full of interesting conversations about different things, some directly relevant to the crisis at hands, and others going off on an oblique but always interesting tangents. But not in that kinda-forced, self-conscious Quentin Tarantino way.
JKS's voice. Mmmmm..... I mostly remember him from that H:LotS two-parter, in which he played a racist fuckwit who died of a heart attack in train station platform, to Frank's towering rage. Very versatile actor, who I never would have imagined in a comedic role until he played whassiname the editor from
Spider-Man.
I didn't know he was also a singer! Oooooh to the power of ten!
I still say, in that case, somebody ought to smack the promo department.
Lucky I've got my bunkies here.
Vonnie, that always reminds me of the "davino" conversation in the first H:LOTS. They end up pulling the witness in too, iirc.
ETA: Also didn't know Simmons could sing. Cool!
JKS's voice. Mmmmm..... I mostly remember him from that H:LotS two-parter, in which he played a racist fuckwit who died of a heart attack in train station platform, to Frank's towering rage.
Yeah, that was incredible. The only thing that's weird is, isn't that a L&O crossover? It's amazing to me that I could watch him play the worst guy EVAR on OZ and then Dr. Skoda on L&O practically on the same day with very little cognitive dissonance.
Even if I forget his name a lot and call out "Dr Skoda!" when I see him...
I'm exactly the opposite, erika. Since I took note of him first on Oz, when I would see him on L&O, I would always shout out "It's that racist fuck Schillinger!"
Since then, he's demonstrated so much range, I no longer associate him with any one role in particular.
