Hello one and all, feeling like it's been a slow point recently for movies? Wondering what to go see in these months of superheroes, pirates, and giant robots? Well you are not alone! I also am discouraged with the cinematic output as of late, however, there is one film that I have seen recently that has reached my level of acceptable and that is Horrible Bosses.
This film tells the story of three men who work for very bad people, their ultimate goal to free themselves from their bastard bosses is to get them killed. The catch in this wonderful tale is the fact that they have to kill EACH OTHERS bosses, which leads to all of the zany antics in the film.
Now that you have the gist, on to the rest. I actually thought that this movie was funny, it is actually packed with laughs, some of them lowbrow and some not, but ultimately it's an enjoyable film. Some of the repeated jokes get old, such as Jamie Foxx's character whose name is "Motherfucker" Jones, a joke that they take advantage of but attempting to fit it everywhere in the dialogue. Another example of lowbrow humor in the film is a particular sight gag where Jennifer Aniston's character is shown in a bra and panties eating three phallic foods in succession. What saves this scene is the fast and clever dialogue between the three leads.
What makes this film redeemable and keeps it from being just another horrible comedy like so many these days is the talent of the three male leads, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day. All three are very good at what they do, but in very different ways. Their characters compliment one another by having the characteristics the others lack but sharing the same smart and quick sarcasm that makes the film acceptable. Charlie Day especially stands out and is one of the reasons I considered seeing this film. I love his role on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and in this film he is able to pull off the same outrageous but clever character as he does there. He adds a large majority of the blatant humor to the film such as Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover. The other two are more serious, with Jason Bateman taking the role of the sarcastic straight man, a role that is excellently executed and adds quite a lot of comedy to the film, and Jason Sudeikis as the ladies man who lacks sense.
The bosses, on the other hand, aren't as enjoyable. Kevin Spacey is great as usual but really only plays the role of a psychotic villain, Collin Farrell's character is totally unimportant other than to tie the story together and offer a few lame jokes and Jennifer Aniston doesn't totally fit into the story and is only used to add sex jokes and inappropriate lines.
Overall the movie could have been as awful as the average modern comedy, but due to the talents of the leads and the clever writing in this film, it ends up being an enjoyable movie, however, the ending kinda kills it, but at least it ends happy. I'd would say to go see it, I'm giving this film a 7.5 out of 10.
For my recommendations, I'm going to go with The Departed by Martin Scorsese. This film tells the story of a cop infiltrating the mob while a member of the mob is infiltrating the police force. The movie is excellent like a lot of Scorsese films and has an ending that is fairly unexpected. For my album recommendation, I'll say Headless Heroes of The Apocalypse by Eugene McDaniels who is a singer songwriter from the '60s and '70s who wrote about social issues and was actually blacklisted by the Vice President at the time, Spiro Agnew.
So there it is, have fun with it, bye bye for now!
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