pimponbro

I just watched this film (OCT 2005) and after the fanatical panic this country (USA) went through after the 9-11 attacks, I found the film boring. Not to belittle the impact of 9-11 but if there was a nuclear attack rather than a couple of buildings being blown up by terrorists I would suspect something ala Mad Max or Blade Runner rather than the bland view this movie gives us. There was just enough blood and bodily function to horrify the timid and complacent. But that's not what would have or will happen if we are ever subject of attack that threatens to wipe out the entire country.

To it's credit, it does mention Marshall law once in a fleeting moment in the film but that's about as close as this movie gets to being real.

To me this was a feel good made for TV type film and not a very interesting one.

I laughed out loud at the very first funny part at the beginning of the movie. I chuckled 4 more times waiting for it to end. Once the first bit of humor is done, it's redone over and over again. There is absolutely nothing clever about the film. The actors all did a great job with the script they were given. The production was good, timing was good. Just that the story has been told better many times before.

As a previous reviewer stated, there was no balance to the characters and no character development. I probably would think it was really funny if it was broken down into 20 segments as a MAD TV skit that you saw once a week. But as a feature comedy film? Didn't cut it for me. If I'm going to voyeur into a high school dorks life, I at least want someone in it to be remotely interesting.

You're just stuck with this movie. Which maybe is the whole point of it but I didn't really get it.