Movie Reviewette
Jun. 11th, 2007 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerI'm a big fan of Christopher Guest's work. I thought Best In Show was very funny and A Mighty Wind absolutely skewered folk music brilliantly. So, I was initially looking forward to For Your Consideration, his take on the Oscars and how it affects a film in progress.
I'm glad I watched it via Netflix, 'cause I would have felt cheated in the theater. It just never really went anywhere. The movie may have been too personal to be funny (as Berke Breathed pointed out - and has since lost sight of - you have to have distance to satirize effectively).
There were good bits, such as the ventriloquist weathergirl. Harry Shearer was good as the veteran actor. But a little Fred Willard goes a very long way, and there was a lot of Fred Willard.
I'm glad I watched it via Netflix, 'cause I would have felt cheated in the theater. It just never really went anywhere. The movie may have been too personal to be funny (as Berke Breathed pointed out - and has since lost sight of - you have to have distance to satirize effectively).
There were good bits, such as the ventriloquist weathergirl. Harry Shearer was good as the veteran actor. But a little Fred Willard goes a very long way, and there was a lot of Fred Willard.
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Agreement
Date: 2007-06-11 10:24 pm (UTC)Well put
Date: 2007-06-18 09:06 pm (UTC)