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Full Version: Run, Fat Boy, Run
High praise from Pixelsurgeon:
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...Run, Fat Boy, Run is one of the funniest films I've seen in a long while. Schwimmer is confident behind the camera, and demonstrates beyond doubt that he knows how to handle the pacing of a comedy movie. Pegg is hilarious, and I think on balance I preferred this film to Hot Fuzz (2007). Yes, it's that good.
A few people around here have seen it and they seem to think it's good. I think I'm unlikely to catch it before I get back from Morocco.
Matt
Matt
I guess I'll watch it eventually, but it has little appeal. Neither did Hot Fuzz - I think I don't immediately warm to something that is comedy first and foremost rather than being something which has some substance but also happens to be funny. Which doesn't mean I won't enjoy it when I see it; I just don't ever feel the urge to watch a comedy.
QUOTE(Tony Watkins @ Sep 25 2007, 11:05 AM) 
Neither did Hot Fuzz - I think I don't immediately warm to something that is comedy first and foremost rather than being something which has some substance but also happens to be funny.
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Hot Fuzz? If there's a movie that fits into the "substance, but also very funny" category it's that movie.
The 45 minutes I sat through before I walked out deserve 
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It's a disaster. Pegg tries hard, but almost nothing works. The slapstick is obvious and poorly executed. Thandie Newton is as radiant as usual, but she's utterly unbelievable as a character. Hank Azaria is spectacularly miscast. And the setup to the marathon training section lasts for almost half of the movie. There's a cute segment or two about Newton's young son who is preoccupied with The Lord of the Rings. The editing is terrible. When Pegg and Newton have conversations, the back-and-forth close-ups make it hard to believe that the two are even standing in the same room.
.It's a disaster. Pegg tries hard, but almost nothing works. The slapstick is obvious and poorly executed. Thandie Newton is as radiant as usual, but she's utterly unbelievable as a character. Hank Azaria is spectacularly miscast. And the setup to the marathon training section lasts for almost half of the movie. There's a cute segment or two about Newton's young son who is preoccupied with The Lord of the Rings. The editing is terrible. When Pegg and Newton have conversations, the back-and-forth close-ups make it hard to believe that the two are even standing in the same room.
QUOTE (Overstreet @ Mar 13 2008, 08:59 AM)
The 45 minutes I sat through before I walked out deserve .
.This is about what I expected after watching the trailer just now. I'm a little disappointed to see Pegg doing slapstick after his great collaborations with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost. I wouldn't really have pegged Schwimmer for a director, either, but I don't suppose I can think of a reason he'd automatically be bad at it.
It smells like a cheesy romantic comedy that will entertain many for 2 hours and not much longer. Pegg's talents are better used elsewhere I'd think.
QUOTE (Overstreet @ Mar 13 2008, 10:59 AM)
The 45 minutes I sat through before I walked out deserve .
It's a disaster. Pegg tries hard, but almost nothing works. The slapstick is obvious and poorly executed. Thandie Newton is as radiant as usual, but she's utterly unbelievable as a character. Hank Azaria is spectacularly miscast. And the setup to the marathon training section lasts for almost half of the movie. There's a cute segment or two about Newton's young son who is preoccupied with The Lord of the Rings. The editing is terrible. When Pegg and Newton have conversations, the back-and-forth close-ups make it hard to believe that the two are even standing in the same room.
.It's a disaster. Pegg tries hard, but almost nothing works. The slapstick is obvious and poorly executed. Thandie Newton is as radiant as usual, but she's utterly unbelievable as a character. Hank Azaria is spectacularly miscast. And the setup to the marathon training section lasts for almost half of the movie. There's a cute segment or two about Newton's young son who is preoccupied with The Lord of the Rings. The editing is terrible. When Pegg and Newton have conversations, the back-and-forth close-ups make it hard to believe that the two are even standing in the same room.
I agree. Thandie Newton looked stunning, and I enjoy Pegg, but I've seen Saved By the Bell episodes with better direction and plausibility than what was put together. Then, at the end, I saw it - Directed by David Schwimmer. "Oh, now it makes sense."
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