Day 14: "I've seen what you do with your right hand...no thanks."

Harold Ramis' Year One, or as I like to call it: Two Idiots Traipsing Through the Old Testament was not as God-awful as I would have imagined.  It was by no means art, but it did its job making me chuckle.  I'm not sure if it was actually funny, or if I'm still the same sucker for fart jokes as I was in high school; pretty sure it's the latter.  Ramis squeezed what possible funny there was from this script and managed to get it on-screen while struggling to tell its haphazard, all over the place, thin tale.  The plot itself is nothing more than a series of vignettes threaded together by the two main characters stumbling through them.

I'm not really a fan of Jack Black (the only thing I enjoyed him in was a video game), as he tends to overact so much, it's tough to tell if that is the extent of his range.  I AM a fan of Michael Cera (Superbad, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World), although the socially awkward teenager thing has kind of played itself out; move on Michael!!  The two play off each other well, acting as kind of a neo-Oliver-and-Hardy, only with more cursing and sexual innuendo.  I am surprised at the talent Harold Ramis got to agree to be in this: Oliver Platt, Olivia Wilde, Hank Azaria, Xander Berkeley, Christopher Mintz-Plasse...I could go on...but I won't.  They all play their parts with, amazingly, some gusto; hence the few laughs i got (mostly from Azaria, but come on, the guy is great in most of what he does).

Not the complete waste of time I thought it would be, but ultimately a sub-par comedic effort from director Ramis.  If you REALLY like fart jokes, ok, fine, see it.  For everyone else, there is much better out there.  If you want a suggestion, Strange Brew.  Seriously.  That is art.  Coming from the guy who loves burp and fart jokes.....  I digress, Year One gets a 5.5/10.

Also, in case you haven't noticed, I have a brand new header picture, courtesy of my friend Melinda Brand!!!  Thanks a bunch Melinda!!!  If you are in or around Morgantown, WV, check out more of her work at Save Point, A local gaming/internet cafe.  Those murals:  her work.

Tomorrow's movie:  Did You Hear About the Morgans? starring Hugh Grant and (uugghhh) Sarah Jessica Horseface....sorry Broderick.....wait Parker (I really do not like her...).  See you then, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!