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Watched "21 and Over" last night at an advanced screening so sharing a review for those wondering about it.
If you should use other films/media to describe "21 and Over", it is like a combination of "Hang Over", "American Pie", and "Jackass". If describing in one sentence, "21 and Over" is stupid drunkenness or drunk galore? It is an enjoyable film and I would recommend it for those who enjoy dirty slapstick humor and just college craziness. I wouldn't feel the need to watch this film again and it isn't an Oscar nominee type of film, but If you like watching drunk people, this film is for you.
I admit, I like watching this type of films from time to time, but a big reason I was interested in this film was because I liked the writers' Jon Lucas and Scott Moore's other pieces, the popular "Hang Over" film series and "Change Up". I did assume that "21 and Over" would be structured and directed just like "Hang Over but "21 and Over" does not have the story-telling abilities that "Hang Over" has nor are the story, plot, resolution, and characters anywhere as interesting. One's own experiences and perspectives change with age, and Lucas and Moore are out of touch with the current 20s generation as the dialogue, story development, and characters in "21 and Over" are old, clichéd, and stereotypical.
The movie took a while to pick up the pace. Surprisingly and thankfully Jeff Chang is not the main focus in this film, nothing against the actors (these newcomers did a great job), but the supposed main character burned through his drinking and bar scenes early on in a series of montages.
Some of the likable aspects of this movie are the timing of the stunts and how outrageous the stunts are. When it seemed like the film would end soon or run out of tricks, the characters' rolling ball of chaos just got bigger and bigger. The stunts pulled now a day for slapstick humor are getting more outrageous and openly, visually sexual. If nothing, Lucas and Moore get kudos for fresh stunts. Perhaps they spent the time they were supposed to use for brainstorming dialogue and story development, watching "Jackass" instead.
In the end this film is still enjoyable because it's not like this film's audience watches these kinds of films for the dialogue nor accurate representation of cultural identities. All that matters is that the slapstick stunts and moderate dirtiness of the film is enough to not leave a silent house. For sure, the high school kids during the advanced screening got a kick out of it, hoping their college life can be that fun? Crazy at least.
Review by WendyXS@FeiXiangFilms
If you should use other films/media to describe "21 and Over", it is like a combination of "Hang Over", "American Pie", and "Jackass". If describing in one sentence, "21 and Over" is stupid drunkenness or drunk galore? It is an enjoyable film and I would recommend it for those who enjoy dirty slapstick humor and just college craziness. I wouldn't feel the need to watch this film again and it isn't an Oscar nominee type of film, but If you like watching drunk people, this film is for you.
I admit, I like watching this type of films from time to time, but a big reason I was interested in this film was because I liked the writers' Jon Lucas and Scott Moore's other pieces, the popular "Hang Over" film series and "Change Up". I did assume that "21 and Over" would be structured and directed just like "Hang Over but "21 and Over" does not have the story-telling abilities that "Hang Over" has nor are the story, plot, resolution, and characters anywhere as interesting. One's own experiences and perspectives change with age, and Lucas and Moore are out of touch with the current 20s generation as the dialogue, story development, and characters in "21 and Over" are old, clichéd, and stereotypical.
The movie took a while to pick up the pace. Surprisingly and thankfully Jeff Chang is not the main focus in this film, nothing against the actors (these newcomers did a great job), but the supposed main character burned through his drinking and bar scenes early on in a series of montages.
Some of the likable aspects of this movie are the timing of the stunts and how outrageous the stunts are. When it seemed like the film would end soon or run out of tricks, the characters' rolling ball of chaos just got bigger and bigger. The stunts pulled now a day for slapstick humor are getting more outrageous and openly, visually sexual. If nothing, Lucas and Moore get kudos for fresh stunts. Perhaps they spent the time they were supposed to use for brainstorming dialogue and story development, watching "Jackass" instead.
In the end this film is still enjoyable because it's not like this film's audience watches these kinds of films for the dialogue nor accurate representation of cultural identities. All that matters is that the slapstick stunts and moderate dirtiness of the film is enough to not leave a silent house. For sure, the high school kids during the advanced screening got a kick out of it, hoping their college life can be that fun? Crazy at least.
Review by WendyXS@FeiXiangFilms
Pros: Breathtaking landscape and fine cinematography, a chilling quietness in performance and presentation symbolizing the simplicity of life and death
Cons: Inconsistent and unrealistic storytelling, misleading genre, poor story-telling and character development. Personally I felt bored and disbelief at how poorly this film and story was executed. It was like watching an excellent cinematographer, cast, and team paired with a film student's first attempt.
Summary: The only way to watch this film is if you ignore the "wolves" and replace them with imaginary/fictional monsters. The film could even continue if you subtract wolves from the equation and just left nature, climate, the cold, lack of food, sickness. You would also have to ignore the lack of reality of the film and imagine it as a fantasy, but isn't the whole point of this film the rawness, the survival in the wild, life and death? It's a paradox that still doesn't excuse how poorly thought- out this film was. The only positive side of this film is the pretty landscape and cinematography.
Full Review (http://feixiangfilms.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/the-grey- 2012- greatly-disliked-rating/)
Cons: Inconsistent and unrealistic storytelling, misleading genre, poor story-telling and character development. Personally I felt bored and disbelief at how poorly this film and story was executed. It was like watching an excellent cinematographer, cast, and team paired with a film student's first attempt.
Summary: The only way to watch this film is if you ignore the "wolves" and replace them with imaginary/fictional monsters. The film could even continue if you subtract wolves from the equation and just left nature, climate, the cold, lack of food, sickness. You would also have to ignore the lack of reality of the film and imagine it as a fantasy, but isn't the whole point of this film the rawness, the survival in the wild, life and death? It's a paradox that still doesn't excuse how poorly thought- out this film was. The only positive side of this film is the pretty landscape and cinematography.
Full Review (http://feixiangfilms.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/the-grey- 2012- greatly-disliked-rating/)