REVIEW
This movie is with familiar faces and you hope it to be funnier than the normal comedy movie. Is it ? Not really.
The main roles are Levitt, Rogen and Mackie or Green Hornet, Wannabee Robin/NightHawk and Falcon. Other lesser role are James Franco, Michael Shannon, Tracy Morgan and Mile Cyrus. Not a spoiler, MS is a super hero in this one. Only happened a few seconds, dont miss it. BTW he was Gen Zod in Man of Steel.
OK enough about the reference to super heroes movies, lets get down to the nitty gritties.
I thought and hoped this movie to deliver "moments" after "moments" of slapticks or jokes, but it did not. It took sometime to establish the scenario how these 3 guys are childhood buddies and why they are doing what they do on Christmas Eve every year. BTW, the movie would be more meaningful if watched near XMas or New Year as its really a Christmas movie
So the movie might actually not trying to be funny when you kindda hope it would. It was actually to tell these guys friendship. Come to think of it, it is kindda odd, that they spent together rather than be with families except for Ethan of course on every year's christmas eve.
I felt the movie failed to maximize the comedic brilliance of both Levitt and Rogen. The script was not that funny enough, of course.Its difficult enough to do one with such a thin ice plot unless you start doing brainless comedy which this film dont want to.
At the end of the movie, you tend to complain that it could have been better. As a friendship kindda of movie it deliver it message but is it with laughter.. I dont think so.
See this if you still wanna live the christmas spirit which it kindda did. See it and look around if you have these kind of true friends in your life like Ethan have those two.
The main roles are Levitt, Rogen and Mackie or Green Hornet, Wannabee Robin/NightHawk and Falcon. Other lesser role are James Franco, Michael Shannon, Tracy Morgan and Mile Cyrus. Not a spoiler, MS is a super hero in this one. Only happened a few seconds, dont miss it. BTW he was Gen Zod in Man of Steel.
OK enough about the reference to super heroes movies, lets get down to the nitty gritties.
I thought and hoped this movie to deliver "moments" after "moments" of slapticks or jokes, but it did not. It took sometime to establish the scenario how these 3 guys are childhood buddies and why they are doing what they do on Christmas Eve every year. BTW, the movie would be more meaningful if watched near XMas or New Year as its really a Christmas movie
So the movie might actually not trying to be funny when you kindda hope it would. It was actually to tell these guys friendship. Come to think of it, it is kindda odd, that they spent together rather than be with families except for Ethan of course on every year's christmas eve.
I felt the movie failed to maximize the comedic brilliance of both Levitt and Rogen. The script was not that funny enough, of course.Its difficult enough to do one with such a thin ice plot unless you start doing brainless comedy which this film dont want to.
At the end of the movie, you tend to complain that it could have been better. As a friendship kindda of movie it deliver it message but is it with laughter.. I dont think so.
See this if you still wanna live the christmas spirit which it kindda did. See it and look around if you have these kind of true friends in your life like Ethan have those two.
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