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Semi-Movie Rec: "Hot Tub Time Machine"
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 08:54 am"Hot Tub Time Machine" is a pretty stupid movie, but we saw it for free, and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yebsiu9 enjoyed it. It was the kind of movie that had a few good ideas, and one good actor, but squandered a lot of its potential on dumb, none-too-subtle jokes. The only bright spot in the convoluted mess is Craig Robinson, who plays his character with a world-weary, not-quite-defeated-by-the-crazy-yet pathos. (In fact, Robinson brings a genuine human touch to just about everything he does, especially as Daryl on "The Office".) Other than him, the actors and the script can't decide where they want to go with the story: Look how lame things were in the '80s comedy? Coming of age story for the man-child within? Goofy sci-fi comedy? Romantic comedy/sex farce? (There is a lot of explicit sexual material, so much so that I was appalled that people ahead of me brought their 5-year-old with them. Just... no.) Goofy ski weekend shenanigans comedy? It's all over the place, and it never makes much of a point, except in two areas, which I will bitch about below:
( 1) A *man* changing *his* name when he gets married?! BLASPHEMY. )
( 2) Men never get clinically depressed, and therefore, their suicide attempts are funny! )
In sum: Hurrah for gendernorming! NOT. I guess, go see it if it's free, and you're looking to lose some brain cells, or have time to kill. Otherwise, save your money and go do something productive for the sake of the human race.
yebsiu9 enjoyed it. It was the kind of movie that had a few good ideas, and one good actor, but squandered a lot of its potential on dumb, none-too-subtle jokes. The only bright spot in the convoluted mess is Craig Robinson, who plays his character with a world-weary, not-quite-defeated-by-the-crazy-yet pathos. (In fact, Robinson brings a genuine human touch to just about everything he does, especially as Daryl on "The Office".) Other than him, the actors and the script can't decide where they want to go with the story: Look how lame things were in the '80s comedy? Coming of age story for the man-child within? Goofy sci-fi comedy? Romantic comedy/sex farce? (There is a lot of explicit sexual material, so much so that I was appalled that people ahead of me brought their 5-year-old with them. Just... no.) Goofy ski weekend shenanigans comedy? It's all over the place, and it never makes much of a point, except in two areas, which I will bitch about below:( 1) A *man* changing *his* name when he gets married?! BLASPHEMY. )
( 2) Men never get clinically depressed, and therefore, their suicide attempts are funny! )
In sum: Hurrah for gendernorming! NOT. I guess, go see it if it's free, and you're looking to lose some brain cells, or have time to kill. Otherwise, save your money and go do something productive for the sake of the human race.
