Movies Suck: Stroke the furry wall..

Rating: 6/10 (23 June 2010)

I am not a particularly a big fan of what I refer to (generously) as "stupid comedies". This particular sub genre includes movies like "Stepbrothers", "Superbad", and the too-famous-for-its-own-good "The Hangover", and the (fairly) newly released "Get Him to the Greek". I find the humor to be verywell, stupid, the plots lacking, and overall they're just poorly put together pieces of crap that requires an IQ of "Meathead" or less to not only comprehend but enjoy. And I am a snob and am therefore too good to get any sort of entertainment out of such frivolous movies. They just seem like a waste of time and production money that could be used for bigger and better things. Like a movie about the sinkhole in Guatemala. But I digress:
It is with this blatant, loud and proud hatred of mine I'd like you to keep in mind when I tell you what I think about GHttG: This may have been the funniest movie I have seen all year.
I almost find it disappointing how much I like this movie. I keep watching movies that are surprisingly good and it's making it really hard to bitch about them, and that's the fun part for me when I write these reviews. But no, "Greek" was a ridiculously funny movie and as much as it kills me to admit it, Reader, I really really enjoyed it.
The plot is simple; Aaron Green works for P. Diddy (uh, I mean "Sergio") who owns a music production company of some ambiguous nature. Aaron comes up with an idea to get the company more money; the famous rock star Aldous Snow can do a 10th anniversary concert at the Greek theater in LA. Sergio Diddy agrees, and sends Aaron to London to fetch Aldous and well, "Get Him to the Greek". He's got three days. Simple, no?
No.
Turns out, and this is quite a stretch, Aldous is quite the junkie, and he keeps messing around and getting Aaron to do all sorts of crazy, drug-addled things that basically generate lots of lulz for the audience at the expense of Aaron's health, his relationship with his girlfriend, and his sanity.
But even good movies have their faults, and the flick in my opinion took a turn for the worst when it started to do that "gooey touchy feely" thing all comedies seem to do at least once. It even sort of started to take on an agenda as the issue of Aldous's drug use became more and more of a problem for Aaron, but the movie ended with a bang and was overall a really enjoyable experience. And I'm pretty sure I'm not just saying that because Russel Brand is really (REALLY) hotalthough that might be part of it. No, no, the movie stands on its own and was really funny.
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