If your gonna have Eric Idle show up in a film the least you can do is have him interrupt the narrative with a great musical number.
Hollywood Homicide
Written by Film Brain Friday, 14 August 2009 04:43
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08.14.2009 - 00:53 | Chris P Bacon
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This movie saddens me for several reasons:
1. It is severely lacking in originality and basic logic. Even a room of primates would write a scathing written complaint with their own feces! :X
2. Its dull and insipid dialogues between the two lead actors leave a lot to be desired. (or in this case a full mental exam is needed for the brain damaged writers and their obnoxious jokes.
3. It has Harrison Ford in it!
Harrison Ford is one of Cinema's greatest treasures and also one of my heroes. After seeing him in such films like Indiana Jones (Excluding part 4) Blade Runner, Witness, Clear and Present Danger and The Fugitive, you would THINK he would have wisely turned this movie down... what happened to you Mr. Ford? Oh how the mighty have fallen...
All in all this movie was pretty shitty, I am happy to admit that but still, it had a few charming bits. However... Harrison Ford in sunglasses munching on a sprinkled donut whilst in mid-coitus? Count me out!
Mr Ford, we will do lunch and discuss your future later, as for you Mathew: Keep up the great work.
Oh and finally, WHY DIDN'T THEY HAVE ERIC IDLE BREAK OUT IN SONG? XD
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12.07.2010 - 14:09 | Drake666
It is still funny that he's been arrested for paying for a prostitute...
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09.19.2009 - 13:39 | der_ketzer
Or by beating someone with a fish
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08.14.2009 - 00:54 | Braeden Orr
Great video Film Brain. Maybe your best yet.
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08.14.2009 - 01:04 | Blizzard JakkalMovie brain a question? Is there a norm of how much movies are bad? Do you get inspiration from imdb or rottentomatoes?:lol: If so can you be a dear, and find some who has 15% or less on rotten,or 3 stars and less on imdb like spoonyone did yesturday plz? :cheer:
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08.14.2009 - 01:15 | Film Brain
Generally, an IMDb rating (which, for the most part, are very reliable indicators) of around 5 (especially below 5.5) is normally very bad. Much of the stuff I review has an RT score of around 30%. (I think the lowest is [b]Pluto Nash[/b] with 6%) I normally get inspiration from either these are multiple critical reviews. A lot of these are films I saw before the show (with the exception of [b]Transmorphers[/b] and [b]Darkness Falls (2003)[/b], which I picked based on reputation). Yes, I saw [b]Hollywood Homicide[/b] in cinemas. Now you know my pain.
Incidentally, this film has a 5.2 IMDb and 30% on RT.
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08.14.2009 - 06:34 | BananaJane
wait, RT has a SHOW?
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08.14.2009 - 01:32 | Blizzard JakkalStill the preview was funny, nice job douh hope you got more pain 2 share :woohoo: ...And yes,i have a request list to share where can i put it forum,or...?
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08.14.2009 - 01:42 | Film BrainRequests thread: [url]http:// thatguywiththeglasses.com /forums/viewtopic.php? f=17&t=3471[/url]
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08.14.2009 - 01:36 | Eihwazdunn
your intro really is cool!
good job lad!
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08.14.2009 - 02:01 | Cferra
Like I said when you started the review, I never saw the movie. Harrison Ford's donut sex just was wrong. It's almost as bad as naked zombie Sean Connery. I think this might be your version. GREAT stuff, though.
Your reviews are getting better and better! Writing is tight and funny and so is the delivery.
Good stuff, Buck!
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08.14.2009 - 02:06 | Shubtastic
great work film brain,
but i won't look at a donut the same way again. uuhhhuhuh. :s
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08.14.2009 - 02:19 | NickTHPS
Great Beatdown! Damn those movie jokes were painful.
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08.14.2009 - 02:40 | Shinigami
That was good one.
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Who does't love em? Well...alot of people im sure when you have buddy movies like this that give us evidence not to XD
Now that i realize it, Eddie Murphy has done alot of horrible buddy movies hasn't he? 48 Hrs. is a classic, but for every 48 Hrs. there is Another 48 Hrs., I-Spy, and Showtime!
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What's a buddy movie? Someone please tell me the name of the song in the intro B). Harrison Ford I love you but please don't ever do a comedy or dance ever again *shiver*.
And why won't Harrison Ford want more $ from the rapper guy unless Harrison is giving the rapper $, that makes no sense. :s
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08.14.2009 - 03:06 | Film BrainThe name of the intro song is "Ready to Roll" by Jet Black Stare.
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08.14.2009 - 03:33 | Trillian_TolkienAccountancy probably would have been funnier in this film, and it would have made more sense to have the Eric Idle cameo.
Everyone!
It's fun to charter an accountant,
And sail the wide accountancy...
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08.14.2009 - 03:37 | Mark Ross
Hey Matthew, great review, but it's way to long again. Almost half hour of it. I mean... you're keeping talking about Hollywood Homicide's long jokes and numerous subplots, and during that, I was thinking with myself: you're doing the same thing XD
You're doing a nice job, but I think you can cut some scenes of your act =)
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08.14.2009 - 04:01 | Film BrainWell, the reason the episode is longer than usual only ever so slightly (by a minute) is because the movie is longer than my usual fare: most of my movies are around 90 mins and this is 2-agonising-hours long.
I was amazed I actually managed to keep the length down as much as I did. I couldn't really put across what the film was like without including most of the subplots. I didn't even mention one becaue it goes completely nowhere, where Gavilan courts a madame to be a witness - and then it just gets dropped. So I didn't even script that.
The clips were a pain in the ass. Watch carefully and you'll see that clips are [i]heavily[/i] edited. They go on for ages and the direction and editing just kill the gags in the film stone dead. If you thought they were unbearable here, try watching the movie with all the empty pauses and superfluous dialogue - nearly all of it cut. At least several have 5 or more different edits in them. Without them, this episode might have been 10 minutes longer. I actually hold the movie as a guide on how not to do comedy. Bad jokes, dire execution.
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08.14.2009 - 03:43 | SpiderSlayrYour BMBs just keep on getting better and better, FB!
That doughnut sex scene was, as André Benjamin would say, nasty. :X
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08.14.2009 - 03:57 | ballstothewallgamer
The sad thing is I remember my dad loving this movie. :(
nice work
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08.14.2009 - 04:11 | AardvarkBMB acting segment kinda put me off. Suddenly I was all What? Huh? um... where are we? then... oh?... Oh!
Otherwise...
Brilliantly entertaining as usual.
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08.14.2009 - 04:50 | some dumb kidgreat review FB, also you must review 30 days of night me and my freinds watched it last night and we nearly puked it was so bad.
PS what is the name of your theme song i must have it!
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08.14.2009 - 05:02 | AdventChild
Hollywood Homicide? More like Subplots Suicide since there are way too many of them for anyone to care.
The humor and jokes are dreadful, and Harrison Ford sex scenes are just ......*shudders.
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08.14.2009 - 05:14 | kaoswolf2234You keep getting better, and I think I've noticed a slight change in your personality as you talk. I dunno.. Sounded like you were more comfortable. Well, keep BMB going!
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08.14.2009 - 06:12 | Paul ServoYou helped take another film off my Netflix que after showing me what I'll get myself into.
Much appreciated.
Id probably go insane from watching the actual movie
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08.14.2009 - 06:41 | billythehick
This movie isn't that bad, if it had just done the sensible thing and been a tv pilot it would have done a lot better.
and none of your attempts to point out other peoples' lack of humour are humourous. you really need to put more work into not being the pot, hombre.
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08.14.2009 - 07:00 | Lotus Prince
Hey, waaaait a second. When Harrison Ford was giving his boring real estate anecdote about Mount Olympus, I could've sworn that the second time he said the name, he pronounced it "Mount Olympics." Seriously, go to 4:25 or so and hear for yourself. Terrible.
Fantastic review! I always look forward to your next videos!
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08.14.2009 - 07:19 | Film BrainYes, I think that's meant to be a gag. That's really how low the humour is.
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08.14.2009 - 21:30 | Lotus PrinceWow, you know your humor is awful when it's (mis?)interpreted as either terrible scripting, or simply an error in line delivery that went unnoticed by the producers. :-\
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08.14.2009 - 07:47 | The_English_Gent
Very excellent work. :D
I highly enjoyed it and can't wait for the next one!
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08.14.2009 - 07:49 | MintI've seen that movie. But i didn't remember it until you started talking about the subplots.
How sad is that? I mean, the most memberal stuff from this movie isn't that memberal to begin with and it wasn't even the "main plot." Hell, I didn't even remember the action scene at the end. All I remembered was the painful, slow, horrible crap that call itself comedy.
Great review, can't wait to see the next one! :cheer:
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08.14.2009 - 08:11 | J_Conrady
It's sad I know many of the people involved in this film quite well, actually. The problem lies with the director, though. Hopefully Ron won't catch wind of me saying it, but he was simply not the right fit for a movie like this. At all. Ford was pretty miscast as well and, between the two, there's this false sense of energy that comes across as just trying too damn hard. There's no natural feel to it and a more capable director could have at least lifted up a muddled script that was written by someone with no comedic experience at all (Souza is a celebrated LA Detective, notably for the Wonderland murders, and his original story was just a cop drama). But the studio insisted because comedy action was [u]really[/u] big at the time thus Shelton retooled it but it simply made it worse.
I never thought I'd say it, but the best thing about the film is Josh Harnett...wow. ^_^
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08.14.2009 - 08:15 | That Sap with the Smut
How dare they drag Tennessee Williams into this dreck
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08.14.2009 - 08:21 | StochaticYou need to use less sarcasm. It's one of the weakest forms of "humor" and should be used rarely and only at the most clever of times.
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