August 2006 Weddings
caden
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An American Carol
Thanks to MajorWife who clued me in on this movie!
It was in the vein of "Not Another Teen Movie" and not really my style, but it was refreshing to see a Hollywood movie rip on the left. I hope Kevin Farley has someone to start his car every morning.
It's one of
those movies that is so-so funny watching it, but a lot more funny
afterwards when you think about it. It wasn't as good as Airplane and I
think everyone on the left would hate it with the passion of a thousand
burning suns. But anyone on the right would laugh.
Re: An American Carol
I know you would only like something that was well done, so now I am curious!
Is the humor along the lines of "Not Another Teen Movie" or is it actually clever?
I've read a lot of reviews of the movie and all say it fails to grasp the concept of satire, so I'm curious.
The plot was just like A Christmas Carol so I don't know why anyone would say they "failed to grasp the concept of a satire." Is that supposed to be a fancy, intellectual-sounding way to say it wasn't funny? I don't think any liberals would find it funny.
There was probably only 1 or 2 times I actually laughed out loud. It wasn't the funniest movie ever, or anything like that. That type of movie genre just isn't my thing. But, to me, it was worth seeing and it got funnier after it was over. I'm up for anything that relentlessly mocks Michael Moore.
It looks hysterical to me (friends have seen it and liked it)---I rarely read reviews anymore for after the love thrown at "Thin Red Line", I don't believe them or anything they write (that movie is horrible. Hor.ri.ble) or that they can be unbiased. Sorry, but I just do not. I think people will like it that are conservatives and that will be all. I attribute the same to Bill Maher's movie-atheists and agnostics will like it, most religious/faithful will not. To each their own.
I also read that the director doesn't seem to understand comedy
I guess I just don't know what that's supposed to mean. It was a comedy, it was ok funny. Not hilarious. It was not as bad as "Not Another Teen Movie," but not as good as "Airplane." I don't recall reading that the people who produced "Little Nicky" don't grasp the concept of comedy. It was just unfunny and stupid. I can understand someone thinking the movie was unfunny.
I have a couple that I almost always agree with, so I mostly trust their reviews if critics as a whole find a movie meh... meaning it's scoring in the 50s or 60s out of 100 on either metacritic.com or rotten tomatoes. Works well.
Caden, It was just the overwhelming sentiment I read from reviews (including the conservative reviewer at Salt Lake Tribune). I didn't see the movie so I can't personally speak to the humor.
I am glad it does for most---I just have been steered wrong so....
Same director, though he wrote Airplane (& American Carol) as well, but didn't write Not Another Teen Movie
David Zucker also directed Airplane (still my favorite movie ever...), the Naked Gun movies and Ruthless People. He's a liberal turned conservative.
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Thanks for the review. We don't go to the movies often (or... ever) but my husband and I want to see this.?
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