"This is the kind of critically bilious emetic I would ordinarily pass by, looking the other way. But at the screening for alleged critics I attended, one lady reviewer old enough to know better went into high-pitched squeals of shrieking hysterics every time the cops described in detail their excrement, flatulence and penis size."
-Rex Reed, reviewing "Cop Out," indicates subtly that he has had it with you people laughing about poop and farting and dicks.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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Oh, Manohla.
I gag when I see Cameron Diaz's hair on the poster for "There's Something About Mary" or the pie with the whole in it picture for "American Pie". I would never see either of those flicks because of that. Bodily fluids are about as funny as Dane Cook, as in not.
hole, you hole.
I think the problem might be that they sent someone who doesn't like poop jokes to review a Kevin Smith movie?
But how did he feel about "The Empire Strikes Back"?
But could anybody that enjoys poop jokes actually be able write a multi-paragraph review of a movie?
I think they just send Rex Reed to these movies because the resulting meltdowns can be pretty funny, like with 44 Inch Chest: "Four old pudgepots avenging a cuckold is the worst kind of testosterone-laced male ego delusion masquerading as high drama that it has ever been my misfortune to suffer through." Pudgepots!
@sixlocal: Really? 'cause Roger Ebert loves Blazing Saddles, which consistently hits two out of three in the "excrement, flatulence and penis size" joke category. Or are you being snarky about Rex Reed? -- in which case, OK!
Fine. I will have to qualify my remark with "unfunny poop jokes." Ebert clearly draws a line here, as well, based on his reviews of other such movies.
I hate to paraphrase badly, but Ebert has always made a point to say that he judges movies on how well they do what they are SUPPOSED to do; blockbuster action movies should be compared and judged against other blockbuster action movies, etc.
It became very easy (easier?) to tune Rex Reed out when he lumped Wes Anderson in with the Farrelly Brothers.
A "lady reviewer"? And here I thought the phenomenon of liking poop jokes was strictly limited to males. Kind of like watching football.
The poop effects are much better in 3D.
From the review: "The Willis-Morgan team is about as on point as four legs with the ankles missing."
Apparently, the sheer horror (the horror!) of the movie's awfulness has destroyed the part of Mr. Reed's brain responsible for metaphors THAT MAKE ANY GODDAMN SENSE.
So the movie is a shitty pile of cock fart?
But fart jokes ARE funny.
To quote Stephen King, "Shit is funny, just ask any 5-year old".
Yeah, but what does Armond White think?
This is the movie where Tracey Morgan plays Tracey Jordan, right?