So I was watching Comedy Central... and a movie I've seen a few times came on- and I thought "This is a weird way to start this movie..." So let's talk about it.
Let's start with the movie in question: We're The Millers. The movie stars Jason Sudekis and Jennifer Aniston with Emma Roberts and Will Poulter (from Bandersnatch). Anyway the poster kind of put it very bluntly, Sudekis is a Drug Dealer, Jennifer Aniston plays a stripper, Emma Roberts is a runaway teen and Will Poulter is the nerdy virgin. Jason Sudekis is the main star of the movie so he's kind of like a regular guy who's just kind of a slacker drugdealer... and the opening scene is supposed to convey that to us... The group has to later band together and pretend to be a family to try to sneak drugs from Mexico to the US.
So what do they show us to open this movie? This video... The viral Double Rainbow video. And then its followed by other viral videos to show us Jason Sudekis' character is just watching these videos for like 1 minute and then it shows him being a drug dealer.
I feel like 1) It INSTANTLY dates the movie. The Double Rainbow Video was already pretty old at the time this movie came out... and watching it now it just seems like a ridiculous way to start a movie.
It's also really lazy. I feel like they just put it in there for a quick easy laugh from the audience. It doesn't really matter or make sense to the rest of the movie and it's just not funny.
The rest of the movie...is kind of the same as the opening scene. It's not super funny... I've watched it a few times- I saw it in theaters... but it's not my favorite movie... it's probably no one's favorite movie. It's an okay comedy- but nothing too special or different from other comedies. There are other comedies that have been released that have been funnier. Something like Due Date with Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifinakis- probably a better movie but that kind of went under the radar... whereas this everyone was sort of like "ohhhhhhh. Yeah. This." And that's how this movie stands the test of time.
I will say however- I do always know the movie when it's on. I recognize the double rainbow thing and I say "Ohhh- We're The Millers is on!"
So... that's that for today. Weird post- I know but it needed to be said. It is a bad way to start a movie!
Bye!
-Shannon
Let's start with the movie in question: We're The Millers. The movie stars Jason Sudekis and Jennifer Aniston with Emma Roberts and Will Poulter (from Bandersnatch). Anyway the poster kind of put it very bluntly, Sudekis is a Drug Dealer, Jennifer Aniston plays a stripper, Emma Roberts is a runaway teen and Will Poulter is the nerdy virgin. Jason Sudekis is the main star of the movie so he's kind of like a regular guy who's just kind of a slacker drugdealer... and the opening scene is supposed to convey that to us... The group has to later band together and pretend to be a family to try to sneak drugs from Mexico to the US.
So what do they show us to open this movie? This video... The viral Double Rainbow video. And then its followed by other viral videos to show us Jason Sudekis' character is just watching these videos for like 1 minute and then it shows him being a drug dealer.
I feel like 1) It INSTANTLY dates the movie. The Double Rainbow Video was already pretty old at the time this movie came out... and watching it now it just seems like a ridiculous way to start a movie.
It's also really lazy. I feel like they just put it in there for a quick easy laugh from the audience. It doesn't really matter or make sense to the rest of the movie and it's just not funny.
The rest of the movie...is kind of the same as the opening scene. It's not super funny... I've watched it a few times- I saw it in theaters... but it's not my favorite movie... it's probably no one's favorite movie. It's an okay comedy- but nothing too special or different from other comedies. There are other comedies that have been released that have been funnier. Something like Due Date with Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifinakis- probably a better movie but that kind of went under the radar... whereas this everyone was sort of like "ohhhhhhh. Yeah. This." And that's how this movie stands the test of time.
I will say however- I do always know the movie when it's on. I recognize the double rainbow thing and I say "Ohhh- We're The Millers is on!"
So... that's that for today. Weird post- I know but it needed to be said. It is a bad way to start a movie!
Bye!
-Shannon
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