Escape to the Movies: Neighbors - Genuinely Funny
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This is a great film, I saw it yesterday. Completely agree on pretty much everything you said.
Not sure whether I agree about Zac Efron being better than Rose Bryne though. They were both great and I think Efron is going to have a great career but I just loved the complete reversal of what Bryne's character would normally be and how they completely cast her against type.
But yeah, this is great, I'd seen reviews and wasn't disappointed.
Not sure whether I agree about Zac Efron being better than Rose Bryne though. They were both great and I think Efron is going to have a great career but I just loved the complete reversal of what Bryne's character would normally be and how they completely cast her against type.
But yeah, this is great, I'd seen reviews and wasn't disappointed.
Please! Caps! Not that I necessarily disagree with your point... but still! Caps!RealRT said:
Anyway, the scene shown at the beginning of the review - as well as the stuff shown in the trailer - honestly convinced me that MB and I have very, very different senses of humour. I thought both were cringeworthy, to be honest... so I'll avoid this one. Sorry MovieBob. On the plus side, I didn't see either of the "Spiderman" reboot movies in the cinema either, so they aren't getting my cash money.
And this is why we have film reviews. Not to troll fan boys of something but for someone to watch a movie and then tell you if that gut feeling you had was wrong or not. Honestly I was thinking about skipping Neighbors but with all the positive reviews out there it turns out my gut feeling was wrong and I would have missed a really good movie if I didn't use reviews as a source of information on films.
Thanks Bob for pointing me towards a good film.
Thanks Bob for pointing me towards a good film.
So it's basically that one episode of Bob's Burgers, but as a movie?
That's cute. You think they care what you or any of the viewers think. If they did, they'd have gotten rid of the "captchas" that force you to parrot back advertising slogans and banner ads that play full videos with unmutable audio over top of the video you're actually trying to watch.RealRT said:
Yeah, I figured that one out long ago. But the way I see it, it's a lot more interesting and informative to hear from a reasonably sensible, articulate person who I often disagree with than a complete idiot who has similar taste to me. I find I disagree with MovieBob, Yahtzee and Jim much more than I agree with them, but still generally worth listening to just for the different perspective.TheMadDoctorsCat said:
Just so you know, Byrne is Australian not British; and so is the character she plays, at one point her character even threatents to "go back to Australia" or something to that effect.Darth_Payn said:
here's the real question that needs to be answered because it is a seth rogan movie. is it still funny if your not high on weed?
Agree with that actually. I watch Yahtzee's show constantly, even though he and I disagree on just about every game he reviews. You don't have to agree with someone's subjective opinion in order to get something worthwhile out of what they're saying.Kahani said:
Two sides of young-ish people are in their respective middle phases as they stare down the eventual decay of their youth and hit the opposite spectrums - the parents muddle through becoming old, the frat boy wants to stay young.
...holy crap that's insightful.
Also, after seeing the trailer for 22 JS, am I the only one surprised we now live in a world where Zac Effron and Channing Tatum, two "pretty boys" utterly despised for their supposed vapidness, are suddenly and abruptly turning into legitimate actors? When the hell did that happen?
...holy crap that's insightful.
Also, after seeing the trailer for 22 JS, am I the only one surprised we now live in a world where Zac Effron and Channing Tatum, two "pretty boys" utterly despised for their supposed vapidness, are suddenly and abruptly turning into legitimate actors? When the hell did that happen?
By the time it got to the opening credits, I was saying, "THAT was a 'funny' scene? Bob must be on some pretty strong cold meds."
Then he almost, almost, made it sound interesting, and showed some much funnier-looking moments in the voiceovers explaining it.
Oh well. I'll still wait for the DVD.
Then he almost, almost, made it sound interesting, and showed some much funnier-looking moments in the voiceovers explaining it.
Oh well. I'll still wait for the DVD.
I'm surprised it's apparently good.
I thought it'd be lameeee because I'm one of those people who instinctively hates any young male Hollywood actors which "all women"* swoon for.
This habit started when I was seven years old when girls** in my school were swooning over Leonardo DiCaprio.
*According to the Gossip media which I occasionally am exposed to.
**The vocal ones.
I thought it'd be lameeee because I'm one of those people who instinctively hates any young male Hollywood actors which "all women"* swoon for.
This habit started when I was seven years old when girls** in my school were swooning over Leonardo DiCaprio.
*According to the Gossip media which I occasionally am exposed to.
**The vocal ones.
The clip he showed at the beginning confused me. I'm old enough to get those references, but I still dont ... 
I'll give him credit and say it probably works a lot better within the context of the entire movie. It's like telling a joke you heard, without the benefit of the ground work that the comedian laid earlier in their set. For example, Bill Burr has a bit about not having anything against gay people. Paraphrasing, "they can't reproduce, so they're not making any more 'in the way' people." It might garner a chuckle, but if you were familiar with his early bit about "in the way people," it makes the "gay people can't make more 'in the way people'" routine funnier.Sylocat said:
Still, yeah, DVD. Probably. Being a 32 (soon to be 33) year old father myself, those "getting old" jokes may hit too close to home
