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Edgy MD Aug 14 2010 10:17 AM

Will Ferrell and Marky Mark are a mismatched pair of detectives. One is dying for more action and the other is doing all he can to avoid it. Action comes calling, and so do hyjinx, mayhem, romance, and those things popcorn films are made of.

metirish Aug 14 2010 11:34 AM Re: The Other Guys

A return to form I'm reading for Will Ferrell , his best since Ricky Bobby said another. Yes or no.....I remember you liking Ricky Booby.

Edgy MD Aug 14 2010 02:24 PM Re: The Other Guys

This was dumber than a box of dumb. It was so dumb, it should have been called The Eighth-Inning Guys. I was offended that it was this dumb so close to Ground Zero. Seriously, I was embarrassed for all involved. I was additionally sympathetically embarassed for men, women, cops, old people, and the homeless, among others. And I don't mean any of this in a good way. There was a dumb action movie called The Hard Way set in New York, and released in 1991. Comic buddy cop bullshit with Michael J. Fox and James Woods. Few think about that film from day to day. It was released, it was dumb, it sucked, and it was forgotten. This film will additionally slide down that same continuum of public awareness, but I thought of The Hard Way on my way home, thinking, "Man, The Other Guys sucked so much that The Hard Way would really make a nice palate cleanser right now." Maybe if you're kinda drunk or high or have the giggles going in this movie will reward any foggy good will you bring to it, but there was a scene where an old lady crossing the street with a walker is forced to be a go-between in sex talk between two other characters. Now, you may think OLD LADY + WALKER + SEX TALK = GOLDMINE OF COMIC GENIUS, but I was reduced to the sort of embarassed mortifications that I used to get watching Three's Company when I was 11. But that's me, right? No, I was in a theater filled with half-stoned, half-witted Baltimore teens, and I turned around and they were all kind of waiting for the scene to mercifully end. Three or four joined me in eventually putting their damn fingers in their stupid ears. If the rest of your day is a homerun, this is the film that will reach out and interfere with it while it's still in play, leading to a review, with your day eventually being sent back out the to base paths, where you still may have hopes for it, but instead find it disappointingly stranded on third, with Marky Mark chasing three jive-assed hanging sliders out of the strike zone.

metirish Aug 14 2010 03:13 PM Re: The Other Guys

Brilliant :) I knew the movie was trouble when I read about the return to form for Ferrell.

themetfairy Aug 14 2010 07:38 PM Re: The Other Guys

D-Dad and I saw this tonight. It was funny for the first hour, but then ran out of steam. If nothing else, the reason that Wahlberg's character was assigned to desk duty should get a chuckle out of everyone here.

Edgy MD Aug 14 2010 08:48 PM Re: The Other Guys

metirish wrote: A return to form I'm reading for Will Ferrell , his best since Ricky Bobby said another. Yes or no.....I remember you liking Ricky Booby. I don't recall having seen any films recently with the word "Booby" in the title.

Nymr83 Aug 15 2010 01:00 AM Re: The Other Guys

what about the word "pussy"? could octopussy ever be the title of anything today?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 15 2010 09:32 PM Re: The Other Guys

They took a funny premise-- what about the cops on the periphery of the cop-movie scenario?-- and stuffed a whole notebook's worth of random McKay/Farrell comedic ideas in there, ranging from okay to rank. The result went down like a turkey stuffed with ink-stained notebook and flopsweat.

Vic Sage Aug 16 2010 09:53 AM Re: The Other Guys Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 16 2010 10:07 AM

What, in the will ferrell "ouevre", suggests this movie would not be incredibly stupid? I mean dumb in that unique Ferrellian way. Here are his feature credits to date: The Other Guys (2010) Land of the Lost (2009) Step Brothers (2008) Semi-Pro (2008) Blades of Glory (2007) Stranger Than Fiction (2006) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) Curious George (2006) (voice) The Producers (2005) Wedding Crashers (2005) Bewitched (2005) Kicking & Screaming (2005) Melinda and Melinda (2004) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) Elf (2003) Old School (2003) Zoolander (2001) The Ladies Man (2000) Drowning Mona (2000) Superstar (1999) Dick (1999) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) The Suburbans (1999) A Night at the Roxbury (1998) The only movies on this list that might have the remotest chance of being classified as "watchable" are: * Stranger Than Fiction (2006) - An actual movie; by far the best movie he's been associated with * Elf (2003) family holiday comedy with some moments * Old School (2003) - genuinely funny ANIMAL HOUSE type frat humor, but he's a supporting player * Wedding Crashers (2005) - ditto; very small part And then there is his "trilogy of stupidity" that he wrote; Most either love or hate these, depending on taste (that is, whether you have any or not): *Step Brothers (2008) *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) And Blades of Glory (2007) is thematically linked to his these 3, though he didn't write it. He's obviously a talented guy, so why the terrible batting average? Bad management? Maybe, but alot of his terrible movies were hits, and some were projects he created. I think that his balls out commitment to the absurdity of his characters works well in a tv sketch about a cow bell player or a cheerleader, but is ultimately grating and unsustainable for 2 hours of storytelling. He is best in small doses, as an added flavor, rather than the main ingredient.

Edgy MD Aug 16 2010 09:58 AM Re: The Other Guys

Yeah, this is dumber, more insulting, and less ably rendered than the standard fare in which he appears. I promise. Not making that list is Winter Passing (2005), which I think you'll like.

Vic Sage Aug 16 2010 10:09 AM Re: The Other Guys

thanks, i missed that one.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 16 2010 11:18 AM Re: The Other Guys

Was an early adopter with Anchorman (with a ridiculously stacked cast and decent character writing for a Dumb Fucking Comedy, in addition to the non sequiturs-on-parade). Get a bourbon or two in me, I'll 'fess up to liking both Step Brothers and Talledega Nights, too. (The Farrell-O'Reilly interplay works for me.) This had little beyond the premise and 1-2 set pieces to redeem it.

Frayed Knot Aug 16 2010 11:26 AM Re: The Other Guys

"I think that his balls out commitment to the absurdity of his characters works well in a tv sketch ... but is ultimately grating and unsustainable for 2 hours of storytelling. He is best in small doses, as an added flavor, rather than the main ingredient." You could just about wash, rinse & repeat that for most SNL alumni. I was kind of disappointed in Ricky Bobby - such an easy target to parody and only the occasional hit. I found the ice-skating send-up much better even with the absurd premise and maybe more over-the-top jokes. Never got around to 'Anchorman' even though that tends to get better lip service than most, and you'd have to beat me repeatedly before I'd even attempt to sit through 'Step-Brothers'

themetfairy Aug 16 2010 12:55 PM Re: The Other Guys

I have a soft spot for Blades of Glory. Or maybe it's just Stockholm Syndrome. But I watched it a couple of times on an 8-hour flight (the film options were limited), and have become very attached to it ever since.