Recent: We made it through about 45 min. of Hot Tub Time Machine tonight before giving up. Rob Corddry was just too much for me – he is really funny normally but the dialogue they gave him was just lame or mostly too over the top. Craig Robinson is great in The Office but here, not enough counterpoint to RC. The great John Cusack – hmm. I’ve seen him far funnier with better material (nearly all his early movies, yes they were 20 years ago I know!)…Hmmm….Dunno, just didn’t do it for us.

Not as recent: I haven’t seen a movie with Seth Rogen in it yet that was anywhere close to as good as The 40 Year Old Virgin barring his several cameos in Fanboys (see earlier post). Pineapple Express had all this build up when it came out, but I only made it about 25 mins. and gave up – Just too dumb. If you’re going to make a pot movie, you start with FUNNY pot humor and go from there – yeah, I’m talking about Cheech and Chong, guys. This wasn’t a straight comedy of course like C&C’s movies are, but still, PE was trying to have it both ways and was just lame.

Superbad was largely the same, although in that movie, the cop scenes with Rogen and Bill Hader constantly hassling ‘McLovin’ were really the only parts I liked – I just can’t believe high school kids use profanity every other word like that all the time, even if not attending The School of Rock and wearing uniforms. Sorry Seth, try again.

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