I was dragged to see this!

Rating: 3/10 (8 January 2012)

I Feel alone in saying this (So far!) but I thought "Goon" was pretty awful. I even got in a brief argument about this outside off the cinema because everyone else seemed threatened by me having my own opinion on it, while they all loved it for some reason or other. I've got to give my honest opinion though. That's just me. "Goon" sucked!
It doesn't help that I went into the cinema with virtually no interest in seeing this movie to begin with. Especially as it stars one trick pony Seann William Scott, who just hasn't been funny since an "American pie" film or two ago. In all fairness though he is trying to do something different here. But it still didn't do it for me.
I guess I laughed a few times throughout the flick but that doesn't make up for a majority off it. Its a one joke film! And that joke is that people go to see ice hockey for the violence and not the actual game. The Film tries to be more than this by having Scott act ridiculously nice (not funny!) and by giving him a slutty girlfriend (even less funny!) and a foul mouthed best friend (the least funny off all!) but is relying on its violent (I dunno) slapstick?  to get by over everything. Someone getting punched repeatedly in a cartoon or something can be funny I guess. But here it just seems over-done.
If only Liev Schreiber had been in it more, then I may off considered a higher rating. Otherwise its just a big dumb Seann William Scott vehicle, and he's quickly becoming one off my most hated "comedians." I'm sure everyone has a list off those.