Not being a fan of Jonah Hill or Russell Brand,
Get Him to the Greek already had two strikes against it before I had even watched a single frame of the movie. When I put it on, it did not disappoint, in the bad way. Boiled down to its essentials,
Get Him to the Greek is a modern day road movie. Aaron Green, an ambitious record executive gets his wish and is assigned to bring washed-up, drugged-out rock icon Aldous Snow to Los Angeles for the tenth anniversary of the pinnacle of his career: an encore to the original show that made him a star at the Greek Theater. Green has three day to accomplish this Herculean task. Mayhem, alcohol, drugs, women and vomiting ensue. From what I could tell,
Greek wanted to be the story of the partying that went on in
The Hangover. I did laugh a couple of times, but on the whole, I wasn't very impressed. I wonder if this means I'm getting old?
Jonah Hill Is Aaron Green, the straight man to Aldous Snow's (Russell Brand) insanity. I might have to find more from Brand though, because he did show that he is very natural with comedy and his timing is pretty good. Seeing him in this role, I can understand why they decided to cast him in the remake of
Arthur, although I'll NEVER understand why they decided to remake that at all. As for Jonah Hill, sorry men, still not impressed or even interested in your stuff.
On the whole, a mediocre comedy. Nothing memorable apart from a few well placed and delivered jokes, particularly one involving a furry wall. If you're a fan of either Hill or Brand, you'll probably enjoy this. Unfortunately, I didn't. 5/10.
See you tomorrow, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!
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