Adam McKay fans can rejoice: His new movie, The Other Guys, is damn funny. The problem I've had with McKay movies is that they're not as funny when you watch them again at home on dvd. I tend to find myself fast-forwarding to the funny parts. With The Other Guys, on the big screen anyway, I laughed just as hard on a second viewing, and it seems that most of the crowd were watching it for the second or third time.

The dry visual humor, the non-sequitur dialog, and the deadpan delivery all added up to some well-timed out-loud laughs. And if you take away the humor, you've got yourself a great noir detective story parallel to Chinatown, complete with Bernard Herrmannish music score and late-night New York skylines. The plot is serious, with a Madoffesque villain, a straightforward Australian hired killer, and a mega-victim for the villain's next Ponzi scheme. With the straight plot and the absurd humor playing off each other, the jokes work on multi-levels, thus making multiple viewings almost a must--unlike McKay's earlier work. Using the Mad Magazine format, the Zucker Brothers pulled off this mix of serious and hilarious elements with success in the movie, Airplane; McKay succeeds with the cop buddy-movie format to bounce his jokes off.

Not sure if I'd buy the dvd though. I want to remember this movie for all the laughs I got on both viewings. But if it's on HBO next year, I won't change the channel.

AC

P.S. I also sat through Vampires Suck. Some jokes work, most don't. I heard some kids saying the movie was "awesome." Unless you're a fan of Twilight, the jokes will go over your head. Which isn't a bad thing.

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I should be watching this film on Thursday afternoon, hope it is a good and funny as you say, I think it will be a cracker. I can do with lots of laughs.

I should be watching this film on Thursday afternoon, hope it is a good and funny as you say, I think it will be a cracker. I can do with lots of laughs.

Whoa, I forgot there was a movie post in this thread somewhere. Bots seem to have taken a shine to the thread.

Anyway... let us know what you think of the movie.

AC

Slightly giving up to push the bots out.

I like "The Good Guys" on TV.

Your interplay with Yubie made me laugh.

I would like to say I enjoyed the film, but it was ok.
I needed more action lol. Also the humour whilst some made me snigger, wasn't quite my thing. I prefer Lethal Weapon and Die Hard or Bad Boys and things like that.
Maybe it is a USA humour vs British humour, but then I like the humour in the lisited films above.
Mum put in on a par with Resident Eveil and I said that was much better lol. She also said it was about as good as Cash with Sean Bean, but again I said that was much better.
I will let you know what is next on the agenda. Red looks good with Bruce Willis...