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by Scipio Tex on Mar 19, 2026 1:37 PM CDT

Saw it last night and it was an enjoyable thread of silver from the execrable loom of recent movie-making. It's a comedic re-imagining of the old teen heart throb series and it mocks the genre and itself; with a self-aware hat tip to Hollywood's endless recycling of nostalgic crap to turn a buck.

Channing Tatum completely steals the movie with surprising comedic chops
Johnny Depp has a nice cameo
Rob Riggle plays the Rob Riggle character, which is starting to get old. However, his last scene will leave you in stitches and nausea. Also a hilarious callback to a scene from Stepbrothers
Jonah Hill plays the Jonah Hill character (minus 50 pounds). Not tired of it yet
It mocks the PC, environmentally aware high school kids of today, which Tatum's character - a former mindless jock - laments, blaming the change in high school's balance of power on Glee. He commits a hate crime on the first day of school and ends up having to befriend the nerd crowd while the sensitive, fragile, insecure Jonah Hill realizes he's now considered cool
There are at least a half dozen laugh out loud moments and by today's movie standards, that's sufficient for a trip to the multiplex or an inclusion on your queue on Netflix
If you're opposed to such lewd frivolity, go rent Midnight in Paris, which you'll find the humor in if you've ever read some books and shit

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Heard it was really funny

Multiplex not likely. Netflix it is.

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by Sailor Ripley on Mar 19, 2026 2:48 PM CDT reply actions

Great movie if you're looking for a lot of laughs

Especially if you’re mildly intelligent and recognize the blatant meta references the film frequently employs. I love movies that aren’t arrogant enough to assume that everything in them is pure gold and are willing to be irreverent enough to mock even themselves (the movie itself, as well as the lead characters in Jonah, Channing, and Ice Cube). Aside from that, it’s definitely on the opposite side of the spectrum like Scipio stated.

Where I thought the movie fell flat was the action scenes. Hollywood puts them in for the masses and they start running together and getting boring very quickly for me nowadays. I did appreciate a few ironic jabs the movie took at the classic chase scenes (stuff not blowing up when the characters expect it to and Channing Tatum telling a hot woman she won’t have a hard time getting picked up after they steal her car).

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by GoHornsGo90 on Mar 19, 2026 3:04 PM CDT reply actions

So right on superfluous action scenes

except for the early mountain bike chases, which were perfectly in keeping with the self-mockery and tenor of the film. Small stakes, small scale. Zero need to attempt Jerry Bruckheimer shit in your irreverent comedy. I just don’t get it. It’s a complete misreading of your own product. I liked the stuff not blowing up piece too, but it wasn’t worth the extra ten minutes of action to set up the premise.

by Scipio Tex on Mar 19, 2026 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll go see it just to get more Ron Swanson

Best one liners on network tv right now, IMO.

by Horncasting on Mar 19, 2026 4:35 PM CDT reply actions

He makes Channing Tatum recite Miranda

“Uh, you have the right to be an attorney.”

by Scipio Tex on Mar 19, 2026 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Meme from a while ago

worth looking at again.

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by Sailor Ripley on Mar 19, 2026 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Romantic love

between chicken and deer protein is my favorite.

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by Sailor Ripley on Mar 19, 2026 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Loved Midnight in Paris

and Woody Allen period. I am, however, glad he didn’t cast himself in the lead. Decent acting jobs all around and it got much better as it went after a rather slow start.

by boorad on Mar 19, 2026 10:59 PM CDT reply actions

I believe that love that is true and real, creates a respite from death.

All cowardice comes from not loving or not loving well, which is the same thing. And then the man who is brave and true looks death squarely in the face, like some rhino-hunters I know or Belmonte, who is truly brave… It is because they make love with sufficient passion, to push death out of their minds… until it returns, as it does, to all men… and then you must make really good love again.

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by Sailor Ripley on Mar 19, 2026 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions