Movie Review -- Observe and Report
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2009
by Ryan Stroud
I observed and I must report, this movie bombs.
Observe and Repot opened up at the box-office this weekend, coming in at #4 with $11.1 million. Unfortunately, if you've seen the previews for this film, you've seen the film.
Seth Rogen, the breakout star actor behind hit movies like Knocked Up and Superbad, misfired on his attempt to completely lead a film without the help of his fraternity brothers from his previous films. But, it was not without effort.
With some cute one-liners here and there, and plenty of foul language, this movie deserves its rated R rating. But it lacks real plot and is extremely predictable, leading to the ending we all saw coming.
A few standout moments is when Ronnie gets into a verbal confrontation with Saddamn, played by Aziz Ansari, and a moment towards the end when Ronnie confronts Brandi, played by Anna Ferris. I don't want to give away too much here because these are the only great moments of the film. Just know, these moments of the film are true greatness. I just wish the rest of the film could have been this way.
To be honest, this movie might be decent when rented with a group of friends, but don't waste your money with this one at the theaters. It's just a little sad, Seth Rogen really has promise as an actor and will still achieve success, but this movie will hold him back.
If you need a comedy fix with Rogen in the lineup, check out The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Pineapple Express or Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Until then, we await Rogen's next few movies, a comedy entitled Funny People, and superhero movie, The Green Hornet.
Ryan Stroud is a military trained journalist who has served in Iraq with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, US Army. Prior to his military experiences, Stroud grew up playing, coaching, and refereeing soccer. Also, Stroud focused many years of his life playing, touring, and recording/producing local music acts. He has a wonderful wife of 4 years, a 2 year old son and a newborn daughter.
Stroud's biggest writing influences are Jim Butcher, Chuck Palahniuk, Edward Lee, Jack Ketchum, Christopher Moore and Ben Fox.
He currently resides in Huntsville, Al, with the 59th Ordnance Brigade at Redstone Arsenal.
Stroud would also like to take a moment to thank his friends who are currently in battle over in Iraq. God bless all of you.
This Article has been viewed 156 times. (Not updated in real-time.)
No comments yet.We want your comments! If you can read this, you don't have javascript enabled, so you can't use this comment system. Please enable javascript.