Escape to the Movies: Your Highness
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I think it's becoming more and more clear that bob likes shitty movies. Shitty movies tailored to appeal to film-buff dorks.
I really cant stand the gang of people involved with this film. Everything they make just feels like a big circle jerk. Like they are all sitting around guffawing about how awesome their little clique is because they are all sooooooooo funny.
Bob described this movie as a one trick pony, and for some reason that's good? I might of liked crap like this when I was 14, but now I need something that has more than one beaten-to-death joke in it.
Also Bob, out of all the movies you crammed in the beginning there, why did you choose this one for the lengthy review, even after admitting there's not much you can say about it because the only thing you could tell are the jokes, which would spoil it?
You don't make any sense.
I really cant stand the gang of people involved with this film. Everything they make just feels like a big circle jerk. Like they are all sitting around guffawing about how awesome their little clique is because they are all sooooooooo funny.
Bob described this movie as a one trick pony, and for some reason that's good? I might of liked crap like this when I was 14, but now I need something that has more than one beaten-to-death joke in it.
Also Bob, out of all the movies you crammed in the beginning there, why did you choose this one for the lengthy review, even after admitting there's not much you can say about it because the only thing you could tell are the jokes, which would spoil it?
You don't make any sense.
I think Bob totally missed the point of this movie. He's thinking "stoner, slacker, fantasy comedy" when he should be thinking Evil Dead and Army of Darkness.
Your Highness was hilarious. Sure, Natalie Portman was mostly a bit stiff and didn't get to have any big laughs, but the banter between Thadeus, Courtney and Fabius was hysterical. They took many of the fantasy genre tropes and made fun of them.
What really made the movie, and I almost hate to say it, but I don't, was the swearing and the feeling that Thadeus was born about a thousand years too early and into a fantasy kingdom he didn't fit into.
If you like funny and you like fantasy, I think this is totally worth seeing. We laughed through the whole movie.
Your Highness was hilarious. Sure, Natalie Portman was mostly a bit stiff and didn't get to have any big laughs, but the banter between Thadeus, Courtney and Fabius was hysterical. They took many of the fantasy genre tropes and made fun of them.
What really made the movie, and I almost hate to say it, but I don't, was the swearing and the feeling that Thadeus was born about a thousand years too early and into a fantasy kingdom he didn't fit into.
If you like funny and you like fantasy, I think this is totally worth seeing. We laughed through the whole movie.
Question for you Bob. How do you decide which movie to review? Are you given that choice yourself or is that decided by the Escapist? Because based on your previous reviews and "Big picture" series, "Super" would seem your preferred dish of the week.MovieBob said:
Really? I heard Insidious was good for like...45 minutes, then just took a nosedive and crashlanded in the middle of Shitty Town.
Did anybody else see a 3 headed robot dragon in the Hercules montage at the end, or is that just wishful thinking?
So I wasn't the only one a little irked by that too. Good. I really wanted to know about both Source Code and Hanna, because I might want to see them but instead he reviews a movie that I have absolutely no desire to see, just so he'd have an excuse to show Lou Ferrigno's Hercules. Yes, I know which movies people want to see is subjective, but I just feel that he's passing up movies that might be genuinely interesting in favor of those that are way more stupid just so he can do half a review and go off on a tangent (the bear in space was funny though). Come on, Bob. Watch your own review of Inception, specifically the part about the way Hollywood views its audience. Please don't start treating us that way too.Sober Thal said:
Are you sure haven't seen the whole movie? Cause you just described the punchline of EVERY joke in the movie.Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:
OT: It was sorta funny, it had no real lasting humor, just a whole bunch of throwaway jokes (like the first panel of the Newspaper funnies, the panels that are just space wasters and a little set up). I'll probably check out Hanna soon (hopefully it's less shaky cam than Bourne) and maybe I'll check out the other movies you recommended (minus the Animals one, I'll just rent that one on DVD). One good movie I would recommend is Lincoln Lawyer though, good little legal thriller
Oh and I'm definitely gonna go get Hercules from my Library now. That looked 10X funnier than what I saw with Your Highness
minus 100 brownie points for using the censored version of the portman,s swimsuit (go watch the redband trailer the "actual" thong (it IS a thong) leaves nothing to the imagination (not that portman has much to show but at least she doesnt look as crazy anorexic as she did in black swan)i leave proof below
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[http://img801.imageshack.us/i/natalieportmanthongyour.jpg/]
yep the CENSORED the trailer, the redban overseas trailer has the actual armored thong in it, the american one has this brown fabric thing
I agree with your comment on Source Code, Bob, my sentiments exactly. You actually made me want to see Hercules more than any of those other movies though.
Ya know the funny thing is ...if you took out the comedy it would have been a pretty good stand alone quest D&D style movie. I also find it od that bob didn't mention that the only use of drugs accrued in the first 20 or so mins of the movie. Its not so much a spoof of the genre.Cellseam said:
Its more so like The Princess Bride but with dick humor instead of wit.
For all of you people bitching about Bob picking the wrong movie to review, you must be pretty forgetful.
Bob has specifically stated that 1) the movies to review are picked months in advance and 2) they are not picked by him.
So I can identify with wishing that he'd pick more interesting movies to review, but ultimately that's just not up to him, and it's no use complaining about him when it's not his fault.
I can't find the video, but I know he's said it somewhere, and I will try to find it so I don't just look like a huge asshole.
Bob has specifically stated that 1) the movies to review are picked months in advance and 2) they are not picked by him.
So I can identify with wishing that he'd pick more interesting movies to review, but ultimately that's just not up to him, and it's no use complaining about him when it's not his fault.
I can't find the video, but I know he's said it somewhere, and I will try to find it so I don't just look like a huge asshole.
Nothing of consequence but with some decent action sequences, some funny plays on the genre, and Natalie Portman in a metal thong. Why not?
Well at least there's a lot of new stuff us people in Australia might one day get to see.
But anyway onto the review.
Between scathing reviews, word of mouth and the lousy trailer I gotta say 'Your Highness' is not looking good to me. Granted Natalie Portman is gorgeous and the possiblity of seeing her in an armored thong is fantastic but still if I want to do that, I'll use the pictures downloaded from the internet.
From what I hear the jokes are bad, the story is stupid and the whole thing is a juvenile mess. I cannot for the life of me understand how well recognized actors like James Franco, Zooey Derchanel and Natalie Portman got signed on.
My only guess is all the money that should have gone into the special effects, was done to pay the actors. Then again Portman in particular is a strange sort, I mean after delivering an Oscar winning performance in Blach Swan she went on to do a romantic comedy with Ashton Kutcher.
Strange woman...
But still, as posters said before, Leon: The Proffession, V for Vendetta and Black Swan will forever redeem anything bad Portman's ever in and cement her as a great recognized actress.
Zooey Derchanel is still charming and likeable in all her movies.
And as for James Franco? Well... he's handsome, he can get away with whatever he wants.
[sub]My god is James Franco handsome..[/sub]
Anyway, all in all, good review but not tempted to see Your Highness. Largely because it looks really bad and forgettable, even if it does have some great actors in it. I love the idea of a fantasy themed comedy movie, but for some reason all the ones I've seen aren't very good.
But anyway onto the review.
Between scathing reviews, word of mouth and the lousy trailer I gotta say 'Your Highness' is not looking good to me. Granted Natalie Portman is gorgeous and the possiblity of seeing her in an armored thong is fantastic but still if I want to do that, I'll use the pictures downloaded from the internet.
From what I hear the jokes are bad, the story is stupid and the whole thing is a juvenile mess. I cannot for the life of me understand how well recognized actors like James Franco, Zooey Derchanel and Natalie Portman got signed on.
My only guess is all the money that should have gone into the special effects, was done to pay the actors. Then again Portman in particular is a strange sort, I mean after delivering an Oscar winning performance in Blach Swan she went on to do a romantic comedy with Ashton Kutcher.
Strange woman...
But still, as posters said before, Leon: The Proffession, V for Vendetta and Black Swan will forever redeem anything bad Portman's ever in and cement her as a great recognized actress.
Zooey Derchanel is still charming and likeable in all her movies.
And as for James Franco? Well... he's handsome, he can get away with whatever he wants.
[sub]My god is James Franco handsome..[/sub]
Anyway, all in all, good review but not tempted to see Your Highness. Largely because it looks really bad and forgettable, even if it does have some great actors in it. I love the idea of a fantasy themed comedy movie, but for some reason all the ones I've seen aren't very good.