The TRS Review of Year One
Sunday, June 28th, 2009 running time 07:26
Is it worth traveling back to Year One?
Year One combines the talents of Jack Black, Michael Cera, and director Harold Ramis. Alex, Dan, and Jeff ponder the joys of anachronistic comedy in their review.
Highlights
groundhog day
(
0:28, 4:25, 0:28, 4:25
)
lee eisenberg
(
0:34, 0:34
)
slang
(
6:53, 6:53
)
serra
(
1:47, 1:47
)
groundhog day
(
0:28, 4:25, 0:28, 4:25
)
lee eisenberg
(
0:34, 0:34
)
slang
(
6:53, 6:53
)
serra
(
1:47, 1:47
)
Automatically Generated Transcript(may not be 100% accurate) ( more )
" Others who totally wrapped shuttle."
" One is this summer's next big comedy. It comes from a director -- in this view Hillary Hamas we -- grasping at. Actor in many eighties comedies like ghost busters and then became a director in the mid ninety's with Groundhog Day and analyze this. And guy he wrote it down wit Lee Eisenberg in -- to -- we're sure there's in the office. On -- and this is the same writing team. That is working on ghostbusters three right now. So it's stars Jack black and Michael sands is ensemble cast and his top -- by Jack black and Michael Sarandon who has lot a lot of people and has to hunter gatherers. Went -- and again there yeah. On respectively from Phnom. And they go on me stone is -- presto change but you're want to hastily biblical. -- having countering many characters from the great book the new songs. --"
" And and a -- ANC is. So I have said on the show that I was excited about this movie based on the trailer. But not very excited based on the scene in the seems actually brought out first. I thought there -- sound very funny things in this movie I thought for the most part the movie wasn't all that funny. I mean I thought that the acting was pretty decent man I mean Jack Black is I think he's really funny is in the Michael Serra. But -- not Oliver Platt was hysterical. And it but for the -- I just don't think it was all exact funny and similar flat colorful hats on. All of a -- funny it was just a regular funny."
" The other thing that sort of shocked me was I didn't really think it was directed very well -- there were a lot of leg really tight."
" So it was sort of weird to me I think overall it was an enjoyable movie Munich could sort of envision myself. Catching it you know on cable on doing laundry -- and enjoying and are watching on plane trip to me like -- relief fund was really funny things."
" But overall. You know it it was as good as I thought that scene was going to make it sort of thing."
" Government agree with what you with your take -- I. I am a sucker for Michael -- as shtick. I can watch that dude read the phone book and I think -- funny. And and I've had debates with people saying he believes it is the same thing every time I don't care I I find it. I find him infinitely watchable and for me there was enough funny stuff I'm just him being awkward -- man is this when my favorite kind of humor is that. Awkward or weird stuff he does this all well. Unfortunately. You know it it can't help but compare this movie this stuff like. History of the world part one and -- Brayan Peña and I wanted to be like both of those movies are. I don't know I just look back fondly on he's a world part one if I were watching now are -- just came -- now under harsher -- Atlanta certainly life O'Brien. Has more bad PM you know are JPM. Then then -- per -- charges from an -- and -- I think -- tend to say a lot we talk about comedies like this. That's. Unfortunately there's this and requirements. In Hollywood that says you have to have this arc of convention that is you know I love story all right our hero's journey for these characters and it's just a little tired from yet it's I don't need it in the east you tend to spend the last third of the movie just -- ran that red army. And having fun and you know I look back at this I was thinking back on movies like ghost busters and we had been just been talking the last weekend. Thinking about them again and Groundhog Day which. Gets the character to -- that plays such an unexpected. Unconventional analysts plays with what your expectations on the conventional -- I think."
" Yeah get that accent on both prisoners and missing convention but what I will agree with you that. Those movies are solid. Throughout its I. And what there is finishing up for me. Is what I think you're you're getting that or you're seeing it that way I see it at that. They they tend to say okay one we've been very very funny yeah let's shopping body and daddy and it and now I'm not I don't think that there's a prominent. Are that the characters are going through but it is just excelling at some because now it's time and again exactly. On which I haven't really -- me. So I can I'm going to meet that guy and Michelle I thought it was really funny and act. Things that I didn't that didn't incite laughter for me I mean I still thought was very funny and and clever bomb. But so I. I think it to get recommend despite. Really poor directing for exactly what you said a lot of really uncomfortably high eight. On close ups. And not a lot of geography. Yeah scene and that and I think almost no over the shoulders which would give you that geography so as you -- closer to close it or wife Mary just plain TV directing not a lot of light. Coverage of missing that way emphasize the humor. I was like wow that's really funny but because it was. -- came come came across and that visual away from being ruined joked damn -- so -- disappointed at all also in the."
" Just indigenous especially in the -- the first. Third of the movie -- telling -- hacked up in the sense that he did put these characters it's funny situations and then we just cut to them not in the situation and."
" Yeah yeah yeah I don't even I can't there was sounds kind of forced -- me okay. And it. Com but you know that. To me I love acting as if humor that sort of anachronistic. Among I was an out of my brother and he said it reminds you Shanghai need which I think is a really good analogy if which was so enjoyable that Hellman and not I yeah delegates here. I felt like more so than these -- yeah definitely does that I thought that's what they were going for was sort of like comments."
" Now time again in -- time -- the problem was some characters where the modern people with Jack black and Michael -- and -- other characters were actually. Slang like they got -- joke amusing is that if I saw him kindly and it wasn't that. But again I think I want to say was. Something Andrea."
" If you come up with a I left I left the field if -- really hard I. And what do you generally would enjoy as of the willing on an airplane or someone asked him."
" Yeah."
" Yeah."
" Others who totally wrapped shuttle."
" One is this summer's next big comedy. It comes from a director -- in this view Hillary Hamas we -- grasping at. Actor in many eighties comedies like ghost busters and then became a director in the mid ninety's with Groundhog Day and analyze this. And guy he wrote it down wit Lee Eisenberg in -- to -- we're sure there's in the office. On -- and this is the same writing team. That is working on ghostbusters three right now. So it's stars Jack black and Michael sands is ensemble cast and his top -- by Jack black and Michael Sarandon who has lot a lot of people and has to hunter gatherers. Went -- and again there yeah. On respectively from Phnom. And they go on me stone is -- presto change but you're want to hastily biblical. -- having countering many characters from the great book the new songs. --"
" And and a -- ANC is. So I have said on the show that I was excited about this movie based on the trailer. But not very excited based on the scene in the seems actually brought out first. I thought there -- sound very funny things in this movie I thought for the most part the movie wasn't all that funny. I mean I thought that the acting was pretty decent man I mean Jack Black is I think he's really funny is in the Michael Serra. But -- not Oliver Platt was hysterical. And it but for the -- I just don't think it was all exact funny and similar flat colorful hats on. All of a -- funny it was just a regular funny."
" The other thing that sort of shocked me was I didn't really think it was directed very well -- there were a lot of leg really tight."
" So it was sort of weird to me I think overall it was an enjoyable movie Munich could sort of envision myself. Catching it you know on cable on doing laundry -- and enjoying and are watching on plane trip to me like -- relief fund was really funny things."
" But overall. You know it it was as good as I thought that scene was going to make it sort of thing."
" Government agree with what you with your take -- I. I am a sucker for Michael -- as shtick. I can watch that dude read the phone book and I think -- funny. And and I've had debates with people saying he believes it is the same thing every time I don't care I I find it. I find him infinitely watchable and for me there was enough funny stuff I'm just him being awkward -- man is this when my favorite kind of humor is that. Awkward or weird stuff he does this all well. Unfortunately. You know it it can't help but compare this movie this stuff like. History of the world part one and -- Brayan Peña and I wanted to be like both of those movies are. I don't know I just look back fondly on he's a world part one if I were watching now are -- just came -- now under harsher -- Atlanta certainly life O'Brien. Has more bad PM you know are JPM. Then then -- per -- charges from an -- and -- I think -- tend to say a lot we talk about comedies like this. That's. Unfortunately there's this and requirements. In Hollywood that says you have to have this arc of convention that is you know I love story all right our hero's journey for these characters and it's just a little tired from yet it's I don't need it in the east you tend to spend the last third of the movie just -- ran that red army. And having fun and you know I look back at this I was thinking back on movies like ghost busters and we had been just been talking the last weekend. Thinking about them again and Groundhog Day which. Gets the character to -- that plays such an unexpected. Unconventional analysts plays with what your expectations on the conventional -- I think."
" Yeah get that accent on both prisoners and missing convention but what I will agree with you that. Those movies are solid. Throughout its I. And what there is finishing up for me. Is what I think you're you're getting that or you're seeing it that way I see it at that. They they tend to say okay one we've been very very funny yeah let's shopping body and daddy and it and now I'm not I don't think that there's a prominent. Are that the characters are going through but it is just excelling at some because now it's time and again exactly. On which I haven't really -- me. So I can I'm going to meet that guy and Michelle I thought it was really funny and act. Things that I didn't that didn't incite laughter for me I mean I still thought was very funny and and clever bomb. But so I. I think it to get recommend despite. Really poor directing for exactly what you said a lot of really uncomfortably high eight. On close ups. And not a lot of geography. Yeah scene and that and I think almost no over the shoulders which would give you that geography so as you -- closer to close it or wife Mary just plain TV directing not a lot of light. Coverage of missing that way emphasize the humor. I was like wow that's really funny but because it was. -- came come came across and that visual away from being ruined joked damn -- so -- disappointed at all also in the."
" Just indigenous especially in the -- the first. Third of the movie -- telling -- hacked up in the sense that he did put these characters it's funny situations and then we just cut to them not in the situation and."
" Yeah yeah yeah I don't even I can't there was sounds kind of forced -- me okay. And it. Com but you know that. To me I love acting as if humor that sort of anachronistic. Among I was an out of my brother and he said it reminds you Shanghai need which I think is a really good analogy if which was so enjoyable that Hellman and not I yeah delegates here. I felt like more so than these -- yeah definitely does that I thought that's what they were going for was sort of like comments."
" Now time again in -- time -- the problem was some characters where the modern people with Jack black and Michael -- and -- other characters were actually. Slang like they got -- joke amusing is that if I saw him kindly and it wasn't that. But again I think I want to say was. Something Andrea."
" If you come up with a I left I left the field if -- really hard I. And what do you generally would enjoy as of the willing on an airplane or someone asked him."
" Yeah."
" Yeah."






