Keep on Running

So as part of last weekend’s cinematic marathon, I got to rewatch “Midnight Run” for the first time in about fifteen years.

What’s amazing is how little it’s dated (with the exception of everyone smoking inside buildings/on planes, and a few outlandish outfits).

Robert De Niro is outstanding, and I wish he’d stuck to this kind of comedy instead of dragging himself down to the depths of “Meet the Fockers”, which I’ve lambasted in the past. Charles Grodin is also great (whatever happened to him), and the two of them play off each other brilliantly.

It’s everything a buddy-movie should be, and the only saddening thing about it is the fact that they just don’t make them like that anymore.

A Little Focking Disappointing

I liked “Meet The Parents”.

It was back when Ben Stiller was still making a name for himself and when seeing Robert De Niro doing a comedy role was still somewhat of a novelty. I remember watching it at the cinema that I worked at throughout college and university. How depressing then, that it was released eleven years ago.

“Meet The Fockers” wasn’t anywhere near as good, but still raised a few laughs. “Little Fockers” however, raises barely any.

This time, Ben Stiller has two twin children and has to content with Owen Wilson returning still carrying a flame for his wife, dealing with the advances of Pharmaceutical Rep Jessica Alba and Robert De Niro trying to make him head of the family as “The Godfocker”.

It’s really not very good. Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand return in glorified cameos, and the whole thing just leaves you wishing you were watching “Meet The parents” again instead.

When a comedy isn’t funny, then what is it? A waste of time.