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Game Night (2018)
Wasted potential
I had high hopes for this star packed comedy. Seldom do you see such a line up of talented actors with comedic gifts. And seldom do you see it so wasted on such a bad script. Apart from a gag about glass tables, this movie was void of any humor. The story is contrived, the plot makes no sense, is riddled with logical errors. I know, it's a comedy, they're allowed creative freedom, but they're not bending anything for the sake of greater comedy. It's just a whole mess of talented people trying to make anything out of the lacking material. I can't figure out why these people would want to be involved in a project like this.
This, to me, is a great example of how the tables have turned on movies and TV shows. The bar is extremely high in TV shows these days, while movies are mostly playing in the kids league.
I'll give them some points for some really nice, creative and clever camera work.
Äntligen midsommar! (2009)
An Abomination
From the very first scene you get the odd feeling that something is off. And from there on it gets worse. This movie is sold to the audience as a comedy, but there's not a single comedic moment to be seen. No matter what kind of comedy you're into, it all comes down to timing, which there is none of in this movie.
The movie is directed by a US director and maybe that has something to do with it. Not that US directors are generally worse than Swedish ones, but I get the feeling the director knows little to no Swedish and can't tell a good delivered line from a bad line. Because I refuse to believe they cast a complete ensemble of talentless actors, it must be the directing that is off.
It's cringe worthy to watch and only leaves you with a sad and uncomfortable feeling.
I'll add an extra point to the already low vote simply because the music in this movie is quite nice.
Dorm Daze 2 (2006)
Not funny but not dumb
Before I tell you what I think of this movie, I just need to tell you a few things. I'm 26 years old, big fan of all sorts of movies, no matter if they adrenaline pumping action flicks, deep emotional love dramas, intelligent satire or plain silly dumbness, as long as I get anything out of a movie, I'm satisfied.
About Dorm Daze 2 then, I saw Dorm Daze a couple years ago and I recall enjoying it. Nor more or less than any regular teen movie, but it had the whole door slamming Shakespeare thing going on which was really nice to see nicely incorporated into the American Pie format. This movie, however, tries to be as intriguing as the other one with a huge cast of people you never really get to understand who, why or what they are. The movie is a mess, but you can follow it if you really try (dispite all the errors in the plot). My main concern about this movie though, is that its not funny (and I'm a guy who found Benchwarmers hilarious for its plain and simple stupidity). There wasn't one single moment in this movie that I found funny, and I'd say I know funny when I see it, all categories. They were really trying for laughs but failed miserably. The plot work is much better then the comedy of it, but unfortunately that doesn't say much about the plot either.
Therefor, I cannot recommend this movie to anyone. Its not funny, and if you're into those plot things you better go with the first Dorm Daze instead, and stay away from this one.
The Benchwarmers (2006)
Silly but great
Like with all Happy Madison productions (especially with Schneider in the lead), you know pretty much what you're up against. This movie is silly, its beyond silly. And thats also pretty much the charm of it. Its so absurdly silly that you cannot dislike the crude humor and the likable characters. Instead you will end up laughing out loud at all the weird, absurd and surreal things they've managed to squeeze into this movie. I'm not usually a big fan of the Sandler/Schneider-kind of comedies, so this would rank as the best one yet for me.
This will never enter top 250 of IMDb of course, but with a current rating at 5.3 for a silly comedy of this kind, you gotta admit its quite above average.