Movies: Project X
Mar. 4th, 2012 10:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23Project X- Poor Project X, which is advertising itself as the bastard child of Superbad and The Hangover (I say, poor; but that description surely sold a lot of tickets). It's an ambition that its advertising campaign has strived for- the Citizen Kane of teen sex movies.
It probably hurt itself by striving to take on two of the most popular comedies of recent years. It is of course, crude, exploitative, and vulgar - no surprise there. But is it funny?
The answer is a solid "Yes, but...". Project X is a funny movie for its genre (and I wouldn't be too surprised if teens and fans of these movies grab ahold of it), yet it still falls short of what it is striving for (and I wouldn't be too surprised either if the genre fans skewer it).
It lacks the originality and out-of-leftfield punch that the Hangover and Superbad had. Still, i'd be lying if I didn't say I laughed through most of the money. I fully expected an "A" (Todd Phillips at the helm) or an "F" (exploitative teen sex comedy- no doubt it is that), and sort of disappointingly, got a 'B-/C+" movie.
I suppose I can't really recommend this (at least certainly not to everyone- there's plenty of drugs, nudity, misogyny, and that sort of thing), but if you like movies of this type, I'll think you'll generally enjoy it.
It probably hurt itself by striving to take on two of the most popular comedies of recent years. It is of course, crude, exploitative, and vulgar - no surprise there. But is it funny?
The answer is a solid "Yes, but...". Project X is a funny movie for its genre (and I wouldn't be too surprised if teens and fans of these movies grab ahold of it), yet it still falls short of what it is striving for (and I wouldn't be too surprised either if the genre fans skewer it).
It lacks the originality and out-of-leftfield punch that the Hangover and Superbad had. Still, i'd be lying if I didn't say I laughed through most of the money. I fully expected an "A" (Todd Phillips at the helm) or an "F" (exploitative teen sex comedy- no doubt it is that), and sort of disappointingly, got a 'B-/C+" movie.
I suppose I can't really recommend this (at least certainly not to everyone- there's plenty of drugs, nudity, misogyny, and that sort of thing), but if you like movies of this type, I'll think you'll generally enjoy it.
