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Fanging It (2008)
10 Star Comedy.
Possibly one of the greatest documentary/travel shows to air on Australian television.
Dan and Robin are irrepressible as the hosts, and the hilarity that ensues on the 18 day trip around Australia is limitless. A TV show that rivals the classics such as 'Full House' and 'Perfect Strangers'
For those fortunate enough to have ABC2, make sure you watch this masterpiece. For it will revolutionize the very foundations of television itself.
God it's good. Watch it.
10 out of 10.
BoyTown (2006)
Pretty good, But also Pretty Bad - Great Dialogue
Caught this movie in Hobart's premier theatre- Eastlands, The Bogan Capital of the world.
After taking three minutes to eat popcorn, we proceeded to watch the 88 minutes (apparently) of Mick molloys brainchild, Boytown.
Being a reasonable fan of molloy and a cream-your-jeans fan of Wayne hope, me and my super best friends were looking forward to a quiet stroll along the generic, choreographed, lip-synced lane of boy-bands. A lane filled with a mix of treacherous storyline ravines, puddles of genius and a lot of bumpy plot twists in the road.
The idea is great. Boyband. Sure, its been done to death, but taking a fresh angle of mature boy-bands is quite a hilarious concept. The beginning of the movie dragged a lot and could have been saved with some witty dialogue, however most of the jokes were fairly predictable and lacked actually being funny. There were some good ideas, but were very poorly executed.
As the movie went on, it started to get better. Lachy Hulme was very good as the record company owner, unlike Glenn Robbins at least his character had dimension. Glenn definitely didn't suit this role, as an audience member, it was difficult to get emotionally attached to him. He is way better acting as a character. (Kath & Kim, Uncle Arthur, Russel Coight, Donkey Kong)
There were some very funny moments within around the middle of the movie. The Rio de Janeiro sexy cabaret singer part was easily the funniest part in the movie. Great cameo from Akmal. The songs sung throughout were well done. The crying song was easily the best sounding song, I'd purchase that faster than a fox on crack. The funniest song was definitely about that "special" time of the month. Very clever indeed. I don't know if Molloy wrote all those, if so, kudos.
The end, well I won't ruin it...
Yes I will.
Everyone becomes possessed by ghosts of robots from the future.
Seem ridiculous? It actually would have been a better ending than in the movie. I love those type of endings in the movie, but this one was done poorly. Gary Eck did absolutely nothing for me in the film, and was responsible for some of the worst lines in the movie. Rod Laver scene with Gary = Worst line I have ever heard in a movie, ever.
This is the best one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdK-aLGxV0Y
Anyways, all in all a fairly average type of comedy. The songs are great, the dialogue not so, story lines are very weak, needed more Wayne hope and tony martin. Bob Franklin could have had a bigger role too, not sure what happened to his little story in the middle either.
But, if you are a fan of molloys, you will like it. In the meantime if you want some awesome Australian comedy, anything by Shaun Micallef will whip this movie like a jockey on a horses ass.
Johnny English (2003)
Worst Movie of 2003, if not ever.
This movie would have to be one of the most boring, predictable and non humourous in the slightest I have ever seen. It is such a disgrace to the credibility of Rowan Atkinson, nearly more than the terrible excuse for a comedy, Rat Race.
The jokes were lame and old, and the closest attempts at humour were ruined by the previews. I find it hard to believe I or for that matter anyone could sit through this pathetic peice of cinema. This movie makes Flubber look like a masterpeice.
For those who enjoyed this film, I suggest you watch spy spoof films such as Austin Powers for quality comedy. This movie deserves to be buried and forgotten.
Fight Club (1999)
Best Movie Ever.
The movie speaks for itself. Its the greatest of all time. Anyone who disputes this obviously does not comprehend or understand the film in its true glory. This is the one film I can watch thousands of times and never get sick of it. Which to me indicates that no other film can be anywhere near this beauty. One Billion out of ten.