12. "Oh good I'm not the only one" In response to Reply # 6
Okay not hated But not as impressed w these movies as folks are
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11. "Let me know if there's a Liam Neesons cameo" In response to Reply # 0
Then I'll see it
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17. "Enjoyable but had problems" In response to Reply # 0
Their biggest jokes were the most absurdist things, including the ending punchline, but I feel like they missed some chances to make this a really smart-dumb movie by sort of skating past their switch to a "gangster" persona pretty quickly early on with a way too fast talk about their use of the n word. And Will Forte seemed wasted in a character that has been done a hundred times before.
20. "came off like a 45 yr old white dudes satire of "gangsta rap"." In response to Reply # 0
the outdated stereotypes/slang. shit woulda maybe been sharper back in the 50 cent era. i couldnt tell around what year it was supposed to take place. you got trap music in there but you got people who looked like gta san andreas characters.
the fake thug "schtick" got old fast and they literally relied on it to carry the whole film.
i cant remember if i genuinely laughed once watching this. i wouldnt be surprised if this shit was filmed in under 2 weeks.
and i generally find key and peele hilarious. but this shit left me questioning whether they hang with *any* black people lol.
this is 100% on point. and i do like k&p, i find a lot of their stuff funny. but yeah.
their comedic background and sensibilities, the second city improv and nerd culture thing, is way more in line with what we typically see from white comics rather than the black standups who came up through the def comedy / comic view / hood nightclub circuit.
which is fine, funny is funny, but it's a difference worth noting.
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