The old switcharoo

Oh Jason Bateman.

In my mind, Arrested Development is one of, if not THE greatest television comedy series to have come out of America in the last ten years (possibly ever). And you were the lynchpin of that show Jason!

You’re better than doing romantic comedies with Jennifer Aniston. Why have you stooped to this?

In fairness, “The Switch” wasn’t too offensive in the end, and was redeemed a lot by Bateman and Jeff Goldblum (where’s he been since Jurassic Park?)

Ultimately though, for a comedy, it just wasn’t funny enough.

You need to be more than this Jason. Be all you can be.

A "Rapid" Comedy (boom-boom)

Maybe it was just because “Dinner with Schmucks” had substantially lowered the comedy bar, but I really enjoyed “Cedar Rapids”. It’s a real indie comedy, but then I enjoy stuff like “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Adventureland”, so it’s right up my street.

I think Ed Helms is a great comic actor and the roles he plays, from “The Hangover” to “The US Office”, are always versatile. Unlike watching some comedians, where you always see the ‘actor’ (see Vince Vaughn), when you watch Helms you always believe in his character.

John C Reilly is consistent as always, this time playing a more grown up (yet equally immature) variation of his character from “Step Brothers”. And my favourite in joke is Isiah Whitlock Jr’s character constantly referencing “The HBO series The Wire”, in which he had played the character of Clay Davis.

There were some good supporting performances from the always entertaining Stephen Root and the legendary Sigourney Weaver. It was also good to see Alia Shawkat or “Arrested Development” fame again, as I can’t stress enough how much that series was pure comedy gold that should never have been cancelled.

All-in-all, an enjoyable indie romp. Way better than “Dinner with Schmucks”.

The worst comic book movie ever?

The terms “worst movie ever” and “the most awful thing I’ve seen” are thrown around a lot nowadays, often just as a figurative explanation of something you really didn’t enjoy. They’re hardly ever used literally.

Then comes along Jonah Hex, which may literally be the worst comic book movie I’ve ever seen. I judge it so harshly because it clearly had a massive budget and some genuine star power. I mean, Elektra was awful, but it only really had Jennifer Garner and some dude from ER headlining. This had John Malkovich and Josh Brolin in it for crying out loud! Megan Fox (who seems to be a megastar somehow) is in it too, as is Will Arnett, who I genuinely think is one of the funniest people in Hollywood at the moment – God only knows why he took a straight role in this...maybe he was a fan of the comics? Here’s hoping he now makes an Arrested Development movie now as penance.

The plot is pointless and the explosive action set-pieces are just boring. Thankfully it’s not even 90 minutes, but it’s still time from my life that I’m never going to get back.

Why on Earth DC thought this was a better choice for a film adaptation than The Flash, Wonder Woman or Green Arrow is beyond me. Even Aquaman would’ve been preferable.

And as we all know, Aquaman sucks.