Movie Review: The Other Guys

The Other Guys

Director: Adam McKay
Year: 2010
Genre: Action / Comedy?
Notable Cast: Will Ferrell, Dirk Diggler, The Rock, Samuel Fucking Jackson
Netflix Link: The Other Guys
Quote to Note: You turned my beautiful Prius into a nightmare!

Review: I am now positive that this movie was deliberately trying to not be funny. After having sometime to think it over it's pure genius! Could you imagine making a comedy film, with Will Ferrell, and the director/creative mind behind Anchorman and the end result is a movie that's not funny? It's the ultimate ruse. I can see how they sold it to the studios:

Adam McKay: "Let's trick America into thinking they are seeing a movie akin to Anchorman and Step Brothers, but just to fuck with them we'll write really dumb jokes and not have Samuel L. drop an F'bomb.".

Studio Executive: "That's a fucking brilliant idea! The payoff will be a bigger twist than The Usual Suspects! People won't realize it's purposely not funny until after they've seen it!"

So before you rip this movie for being less than great you need to appreciate how fucking trendsetting it is. I mean who would've ever thought Hollywood would purposely release bullshit? I for one am blown away at how successfully they tricked me into thinking the movie wasn't funny when all along they meant for it to be that way. Good job guys. The joke really is on me.

Score:
(3.5 Nolte Heads out of 10)