Orange Wednesday and I was not at work- woo! Tonight I went to see Horrible Bosses, which I was not massively fussed about, but liked the idea of enough for me to give it a go. I ended up quite surprised actually, as I enjoyed it more than I imagined. I was expecting a typical boy film I think, with big doses of the slapstick/ toilet humour brands of comedy. It was not too in your face though and had laughs, but not at the sake of the plot, which could have been a bit rubbish really from the general concept.
Basically, three guys all have jobs in which they hate their bosses. The economy is not the best for getting a new job, and they may not get a good reference anyway from the monsters they work for, so they end up agreeing that the best bet is to get these bosses out of the way (aka kill them). A bit stupid, I know, but it turns out fairly ok. The acting in this film carries it well I think, with pretty big name stars in in (Kevin Spacey as Horrible Boss 1; Jason Bateman at his employee; Jennifer Aniston as Horrible Boss 2; appearances from Jamie Foxx and Donald Sutherland etc.) and you come across feeling that the plot was played out in the best way it possibly could have been. I wouldn't go as far as to say it is intelligent comedy, but it is not stupid either.
Jennifer Anistor looked uber hot as a nymphomaniac boss and it was great to see her in a different role to chick flick ones that she does tend to be favoured in. Generally it was just a good and a little different. A great one for a laugh if you just want something to entertain, so get it out on DVD when it comes out (not too long I bet), as it will be coming to the end of its cinema run soon I believe.
The next comedy on my hit list will be Friends With Benefits I think. The trailer is before everything at the cinema right now, and I just want to see it already! It is pretty much the same concept as No Strings Attached (which I loved!) as far as I can tell, but looks funny, so will hopefully not disappoint. It seems a pretty good summer for comedy overall, as Bridesmaids was good too :)
Basically, three guys all have jobs in which they hate their bosses. The economy is not the best for getting a new job, and they may not get a good reference anyway from the monsters they work for, so they end up agreeing that the best bet is to get these bosses out of the way (aka kill them). A bit stupid, I know, but it turns out fairly ok. The acting in this film carries it well I think, with pretty big name stars in in (Kevin Spacey as Horrible Boss 1; Jason Bateman at his employee; Jennifer Aniston as Horrible Boss 2; appearances from Jamie Foxx and Donald Sutherland etc.) and you come across feeling that the plot was played out in the best way it possibly could have been. I wouldn't go as far as to say it is intelligent comedy, but it is not stupid either.
Jennifer Anistor looked uber hot as a nymphomaniac boss and it was great to see her in a different role to chick flick ones that she does tend to be favoured in. Generally it was just a good and a little different. A great one for a laugh if you just want something to entertain, so get it out on DVD when it comes out (not too long I bet), as it will be coming to the end of its cinema run soon I believe.
The next comedy on my hit list will be Friends With Benefits I think. The trailer is before everything at the cinema right now, and I just want to see it already! It is pretty much the same concept as No Strings Attached (which I loved!) as far as I can tell, but looks funny, so will hopefully not disappoint. It seems a pretty good summer for comedy overall, as Bridesmaids was good too :)
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