The Other Guys

The Other Guys Review

starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson
director: Adam McKay

Starz has been great for staying up and watching some movies that I have never seen before. The last three movies I watched for the first time were all from Starz. I have been really missing out on newer movies, and especially comedy movies. I have always liked Will Ferrell movies, not in a sense where I was laughing out loud, but most of the jokes were an awkward kind of funny and this movie is no different.

I thought the parts with Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson were by far the best moments of the movie. Their death was hilarious and the music went amazingly perfect for their plunge to glory. The movie picked up with the basic Will Ferrell type of humor with Mark Wahlberg playing as a funny, hard-ass co-star. The movie went slightly downhill when the basic story-line caught up and the ending was drawing near. It turned in to a movie where the focus was on the awful story and not the comedy. It seemed like the only funny parts in the last quarter of the movie were with Michael Keaton.

My mother noted how disappointed she felt when she saw Michael Keaton playing such a minor roll in a movie, although it is a comedy film. She was in shock that Michael Keaton went from being a star to a minor character. I think that it doesn't matter that much because he is still acting, and I thought he was actually really funny in this movie.

After watching The Other Guys, I felt like I wanted to see more of Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. After they died, I felt kind of bored, although some parts were funny until half the movie was over.