I am seriously disappointed at how many comedy movies are doing this now. Crude and disgusting is not funny to me, now I’m old and crusty, so I miss out on the funny.
I love Danny McBride, James Franco (well, some of the time, and no writing class fiction, thanks). But this just looks like a lot of gay jokes and f-bomb punchlines.
Franco has the most eccentric career choices in history. He’ll do arthouse, soap opera (literally, a TV soap opera), stoner comedy, MILK, now this. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn his next project is Brecht’s GALILEO or CADDYSHACK 3D.
I`m afraid I have to agree with GuanoLad here. Lots of fucks and mother fuckers does not a comedy make. There is potential for it to be enjoyable but the trailer makes it a 50/50 proposition.
Here’s a nerdy piece of trivia. There’s a brief shot of a castle at the beginning of the trailer. I recognised it immediately as Alnwick Castle, aka The Black Adder’s castle from the first series.
This was directed by David Gordon Green, who I think has made a lot of terrific films (George Washington, All the Real Girls, Pineapple Express), so while I’m not expecting it to be more than him in Mel Brooks-mode, I still will definitely be there.