Literal or Meta, I'm perfectly able to immerse into a movie if it needs me to respond it it's style or attempts to immerse me.
I simply didn't respond to this, I found everything obnoxious and boring. I understand why people love it. The over-acting that Wright seems to fancy works in British humour more than it does in American humour IMO. American over-acting is very hard to pull off without turning into a cringe-inducing improv show effect, which is not everyone's cup of tea. Some people can watch Who's line is it anyway with Colin Mochrie and think his zany "Uncle shaking keys at children" level of comedy is effect, and some want to punch the tv, I fall in the latter category. Robin Williams of old used to set the standard for over-acting, everyone else is just trying to match it to me, and when his career became stale from it, the whole style of acting became unbearable.
I just couldn't stand it, and it isn't personal or as people who can't wrap their heads around someone hating what they worship, I am not disliking this or anything else on purpose. If I was ever to do that, then I would have never watched Lord of the Rings 5 times through and then read books, because I thought it was all boring and lame before I gave it a shot.
This seems like certain niche horror movies are to me, too much of a stretch into the niche hip fantastical in terms of it's language and style delivery. You either think it is quirky and fun and get into it, or think it is annoying and obnoxious and you turn away. I am the latter.
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hauns
8 years ago
I agree with you on the problem with "American over-acting" here, but I wouldn't call it unbearable per se.
It's just that IMO the movie is woefully miscast for this kind of comedy. (And Michael Cera is only the tip of the iceberg.)
To make this kind of comedy work, you'd need actors like, e.g. Donald Glover. His performance in Community is outstanding and exactly what would fit this movie.
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