Product: Dodgeball/Borat Bonus Preview Disc (2004)
Rating: 2.0
Ummm...just not that good
I have friends and family who were telling me how hilarious this movie was, and I only watched it because my roommate rented it. Here's to say, it's a comedy that doesn't generate very many laughs. It uses a lot of low-brow humor that is recycled and unoriginal. Also, what I was hoping to see the most of, the dodgeball game itself, just takes up a small portion of the very-short movie.This movie reminded me a little of "Kingpin" and "Baseketball," only those two were much funnier. I like Vince Vaughn, but there is reason why he's usually the 'bad guy' in movies. Vaughn is just coasting through this role, and is just bland and boring enough to make us not give a damn if he loses his gym or not. I'm tired of Ben Stiller playing basically the same character in a majority of his movies. Here he is talking in that stupid deep voice and spitting out stupid insults and comebacks again. How do people still find this funny? His career is dying slowly, maybe he can resurrect it a little in "Meet The Fockers."There are a number of sight gags that fall completely flat throughout the movie. The dialougue was pretty lame, and people getting hit in the head and crouch gets old too fast! It was nice to see Christine Taylor kiss another chick at the end, of course, but where she proclaims that, "I'm not a lesbian, I'm a bisexual," what the hell was that? That little part was just awkward. The only good things about this movie were the cameos by the likes of Lance Armstrong, Hank Azaria, David Hasselhoff, and of course Chuck Norris, and every minute Rip Torn was on screen. Torn just plays with such a gritty, unconventional attitude! I thought ESPN 8 "The Ocho" was somewhat funny.The movie didn't even make sense at times. It paints itself out of the corner so many times at the end there, it was ridiculous! First, Average Joe's team was going to have to forfeit, but wait!...there's a rule to overturn it. Vaughn's character gets knocked out by Stiller's, but wait!...he stepped over the line. Vaughn's team wins, but Stiller still gets Vaughn's gym, no wait!...Vaughn just happened to bet all his money on his team even though he was drinking beforehand and not planning on playing the final. Uhhhhhhhh! I wouldn't despise this movie so much if so many different ppl didn't tell me how great and funny it was. If you haven't seen this yet, don't go to any extent to see it right away! Maybe it's worth renting, but really only worth watching it if you can borrow it off a friend or neighbor, or roommate like I did.