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Watched two DVDs...

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mkuller

...over the weekend and my penchant for picking snoozers is intact.

Reds 2 - reprises the old spy geezers in a plot that makes no sense. Willis, Malcovich and Mirren provide a couple of laughs. Watch the first one again and forget this one.

The World's End - this Simon Pegg film received critical praise and 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. While I liked Shaun of the Dead, this was a turkey. A few laughs but overall pretty silly.

Good comedies are hard to find...

Follow Ups:

(spoiler alert) I watched and felt the comedy label was incorrect... - eppis1 02:39:52 12/14/13 (0)
�I thought it was a buddy picture with the assembled motley crue on a quest for the alcoholic grail. There weren't many laughs in it (for me, at least), but it was well made. It was an odd duck because the director's style was as evident as it was in "Shaun," but the film didn't have the same hopeful irreverence. Well, maybe that's self explanatory in the film's title. Also, could anyone explain why the Nick Frost character had almost Ninja-like powers as a Zombie fighter. I must have missed something in the set up.
Pegg is a top of the line comedic actor . . . - Billy Wonka 08:50:41 12/02/13 (2)
and I enjoyed 'The World's End'. Sure it was silly, bizarre, and veddy English but those are the qualities that made me like it. True, not for everybody.
- I thought... - mkuller 11:37:33 12/02/13 (1)
  ...Pegg played an immature pathetic loser and the end of the film was pretty depressing.
  
  But there were a few laughs.
  - Yes, that is who his character was . . . - Billy Wonka 13:31:56 12/02/13 (0)
    and he did it with sublime aplomb. That's what acting is all about. Didn't you say the rating was really high? Great. Somebody besides myself enjoyed the giggles and guffaws.
"Good comedies are hard to find..." - Victor Khomenko 08:33:27 12/02/13 (1)
Check our My Worst Nightmare, with Isabelle Huppert... not too bad for free streaming. Saw it last night.
- I have always liked... - mkuller 11:38:17 12/02/13 (0)
  ...Isabelle.
  
  Thanks.

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