Thursday, April 28, 2005
Review: In Good Company
Trailers can be a blessing or a hinderance, i have had some experiences on both ends in the last year. A good one was the pre teaser for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, there was no way in the world i was expecting george Lucus to use stuff from the Star Wars movies from the 80's. It just blew my mind. On the other end of the experience was the trailer for the remake of the TV Starsky & Hutch. This trailer had every single funny bit in the movie in it, it made the movie not all it could have been. In Good Company wasn't on either on these extremes, it did something else to me. I think my biggest crush in the world at the moment is on Scarlett Johansson. After seeing the movie i found out the trailer lulled me into a false sence on how good this movie might have been.
In Good Company is supposed to be a comedy and it does have a few good laughs. The jokes however seem like they are either really lame slapstick or jokes that just make mention of parts earlier in the film. Now there is nothing wrong with this kind of humor but i do find it a little annoying when it is the only jokes that they make. The slapstick in this film isn't so bad but i don't think that this was the right way to go for Topher Grace if he wants to break away from his TV character. I found it quite difficult to not think of Topher gace as the guy from That 70's Show, although his character in the movie was very differnet there always seemed to be moments where he slipped back into his old ways (now that he has left the show and is all about amking it as a real actor).
The rest of cast was really just very plain and i didn't really feel for any of them or there problems. Dennis Quaid just seem to have the same emotion all the way through, he didn't ever really seem hurt by any of the things that were going on in his life. The other main player in the film was the very very beautiful Scarlett Johansson. Now like i mentioned before i have a slight crush on this girl but this wasn't one of her best preformances. Her character in this movie was very much like Natlie Portmans character in Garden State, unlike Natlie Portman though Scarlett seemed to have no emotion what so ever. The cast was just too black and white.
In Good Company just fell short on most parts that make a movie interesting. The cast just faded into the background and the script seemed flat and a little boring. The material might just not be great enough for a good movie but i have enjoyed the directors work before (like American Pie and About a Boy) but this was just a little sub standard. Fingers crossed for the next one i haven't lost faith just yet!
In Good Company is supposed to be a comedy and it does have a few good laughs. The jokes however seem like they are either really lame slapstick or jokes that just make mention of parts earlier in the film. Now there is nothing wrong with this kind of humor but i do find it a little annoying when it is the only jokes that they make. The slapstick in this film isn't so bad but i don't think that this was the right way to go for Topher Grace if he wants to break away from his TV character. I found it quite difficult to not think of Topher gace as the guy from That 70's Show, although his character in the movie was very differnet there always seemed to be moments where he slipped back into his old ways (now that he has left the show and is all about amking it as a real actor).
The rest of cast was really just very plain and i didn't really feel for any of them or there problems. Dennis Quaid just seem to have the same emotion all the way through, he didn't ever really seem hurt by any of the things that were going on in his life. The other main player in the film was the very very beautiful Scarlett Johansson. Now like i mentioned before i have a slight crush on this girl but this wasn't one of her best preformances. Her character in this movie was very much like Natlie Portmans character in Garden State, unlike Natlie Portman though Scarlett seemed to have no emotion what so ever. The cast was just too black and white.
In Good Company just fell short on most parts that make a movie interesting. The cast just faded into the background and the script seemed flat and a little boring. The material might just not be great enough for a good movie but i have enjoyed the directors work before (like American Pie and About a Boy) but this was just a little sub standard. Fingers crossed for the next one i haven't lost faith just yet!
# posted by Chris @ 10:14 PM 
