His Movie Reviews

Being sick this past week, has afforded me some time to sit back on the couch, throw in a DVD and enjoy.  But after getting through Year One, I can definitely say there was no enjoying going on. Year One stars Jack Black and Michael Cera as two cavemen that are kicked out of their village and then forced to travel to distant lands. The story follows their adventures while throwing in biblical references here and there as they make their way to the city of Sodom.  Now a movie starring Jack Black and Michael Cera seems like it would be funny, but the misguided plot and un-inventive comedy comes out as just plain stupid. No one could save this movie – though they did try.  They threw every semi-big named actor into this film and yet still nothing came out of it (Jack Black, Michael Cera, Vinnie Jones, The dude that played Mclovin, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Olivia Wilde, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd, probably some more names that aren’t really that famous but you’ve heard of them). I mean seriously, when reading the script for this was anyone thinking this is crap. It seems like every time they would randomly get into a situation, the movie would cut to the next scene – never showing you how they escaped the previous dilemma.  Wait how did he get out of the entanglement of the snake?! The film is a haphazard mess of “how stupid can we make this scene and then move on to something else.” The funniest thing about this movie, isn’t even actually in the movie. There is a skit online with a lot of the people from the film parodying Leroy Jenkins.  I’ll save you the time, watch the skit here, and completely pass on Year One – don’t even bother renting it. Go watch Juno (if you like Michael Cera) or something that is actually a good movie.

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