David Letterman has a much stranger sense of humor than he normally gets to express on his own show. As offbeat as he can be, I first realized we had matching taste in movie comedies when he raved about One Night at McCools a few years back — a movie that got panned by most critics. I ignored the reviews, took Letterman’s advice, and discovered a dark twisted gem.
Unlike that sycophant on NBC, Dave doesn’t praise a movie unless he genuinely likes it, so last night’s interview with Seth Rogen has me really looking forward to Observe and Report, in theaters April 10th.
Letterman on Observe and Report: “It’s one thing after another, so carefully crafted as to be extreme and bizarre to the point where you start laughing, and you can’t help yourself. And every little thing, you think, ‘Oh they wouldn’t put that in th– Oh they did.’ And before you know it, you can’t stop laughing.”
Red and trailer for Observe and Report, after the cut.
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I hope you are right, Ryan. I, too, was looking forward to this one until I saw the trailers which makes it look like a straight-to-cable sequel to MALL COP. And since the director has brought us quite possibly the worst series to ever besmirch HBO, I must admit my expectations are very low.
Mr Moderator,
I was wondering why isn’t there next-page/more> button at the bottom of main page?
haha @ “moderator” dela
I prefer to be known as “instigator”
dunno what happened to the “next page/more” button at the bottom of the page. I can’t find a way to restore it, so I’ll have to ask The Wizardress.
for now, I’ve expanded the number of posts on the main page from 20 to 30 articles, so that you can go deeper without clicking the missing button. If there’s a specific post you want to access, just ask me, and I’ll give you a direct link, ok?
I like his movies, but he is looking less and less bear-ish now, so my level of interest is dropping too ;]
T.
Tufas,
I couldn’t agree with you more on both accounts.
Rob
I think Seth Rogen is here to stay for a long time. He’s hilarious!
It appears to have a Taxi Driver-esque darkness to it, which could be interesting.
Don’t mean to be a nitpicky dweeb, but isn’t it Rogen, not Rogan?
Thanks Nick. Fine line between dweebiness and gee-nee-us. You’re on the right side of that line.
David, funny you should mention that because I’ve heard the filmmakers call it “Travis Bickle: Mall Cop.”
Tim-
Eastbound and Down is one of the funniest shows on TV.
Opinions are opinions though.
I’m one of the few people who isn’t madly in love with the Judd Apatow crew, and I was seriously put off by the trailer (as were the multiplex audience I saw it with who normally eat that shit up), but I could be wrong. The comparisons to Taxi Driver are intriguing.
I’m with Noah R. Any modicom of interest I had in this film was swiftly erased with that red band trailer. Totally put me off.
Observe & Report is only pretty good. The main issue it doesn’t work for me in the way that The Foot Fist Way has to do with acting choices. The Foot Fist Way had actors who fully committed to their character’s realities. So even if they were quirky or offbeat, it felt grounded. Here, everyone is playing a role, and Seth Rogen, in particular, is a problematic casting choice. There was really no point in the movie where I thought “he’s not aware he’s in a movie that’s pretty silly”.
Really what it boils down to is Danny McBride is full tilt in this kind of role and Seth Rogen’s going half tilt. And it creates a drag that makes what thematically should be a really unsafe feeling comedy pretty tame. Which makes the shocks feel all the more out of place.
That is to say, lower your expectations. The trailer makes it feel like something it’s not. It’s more like The Foot Fist Way meets Napoleon Dynamite.
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