Movietime - 21 Jump Street
Mar. 27th, 2012 06:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter2321 Jump Street - This has gotten a lot of hype as being the first great comedy of 2012. I hate to set unrealistic expectations, but it is.
On paper, a Channing Tatum/Jonah Hill buddy movie doesn't sound promising, but the previews were hilarious, and if you liked the previews, then you should like the film.
I found it as close to a laugh-a-minute comedy as I have seen for awhile. Tatum and Hill were great together, and the supporting cast like Ice Cube and Rob Riggle all worked well. It was a dumb buddy film, but still had plenty of 'movie smarts' like Zombieland.
Of course, I could be off, but the audience seemed to like it, so it seems to be this year's Hangover or Zombieland or Superbad.
For spoilers, there is a surprise, though it's not that big of a shock (nor will it likely stay secret).
By definition alone, this won't be for everyone, but I liked it alot. Everything about it worked, and after seeing Project X last week, it was a good reminder, you can have a good dumb vulgar fun film, and still make it a must-see comedy. It shouldn't work (We're sick of Jonah Hill, The premise isn't particularly original, there are 100 buddy films released every year, it's a "teen" movie, it's a 'remake'), but it does.
Thumbs up.
On paper, a Channing Tatum/Jonah Hill buddy movie doesn't sound promising, but the previews were hilarious, and if you liked the previews, then you should like the film.
I found it as close to a laugh-a-minute comedy as I have seen for awhile. Tatum and Hill were great together, and the supporting cast like Ice Cube and Rob Riggle all worked well. It was a dumb buddy film, but still had plenty of 'movie smarts' like Zombieland.
Of course, I could be off, but the audience seemed to like it, so it seems to be this year's Hangover or Zombieland or Superbad.
For spoilers, there is a surprise, though it's not that big of a shock (nor will it likely stay secret).
By definition alone, this won't be for everyone, but I liked it alot. Everything about it worked, and after seeing Project X last week, it was a good reminder, you can have a good dumb vulgar fun film, and still make it a must-see comedy. It shouldn't work (We're sick of Jonah Hill, The premise isn't particularly original, there are 100 buddy films released every year, it's a "teen" movie, it's a 'remake'), but it does.
Thumbs up.
