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The TV Set (2006)
not too bad, but left no impression and wasn't all that funny
OK, this wasn't the worst movie I have ever seen, but it was far from one of the better ones.
I did not emphazise with the lead character, or even the supporting characters - and kept asking myself why this exec guy McCallister and his wife got so much attention. What was the point? The only one I felt for to some degree was Alice, you could literally feel the stress she's under for having to negotiate between the writer and the network guys, always pretending it's not all that bad and everything is hunky-dory.
The story line seemed to go nowhere. From the beginning I expected the things to happen that did happen, but I kept waiting for a twist, a punchline, SOMETHING. No need to say, it did not come.
What really bugged me, though: I did not think that Mike's original material was all that good. It tried to be really deep, I guess, what with the brother's suicide, but from what I saw in the movie, it would have been just as lame. So I just couldn't feel any regret for the producer's walking all over the writer and the pilot. If at some point I would have seen something really good, I probably would have felt differently.
If you want to spend time with an unoffensive so-called comedy that will not really surprise you or make you laugh, go see this movie. On the other hand, there are lots of funnier, more powerful movies out there...
The Moguls (2005)
Interesting premise, but unfunny and predictable
This movie is disappointing. Not really funny, totally predictable and even boring at times.
It is a comedy supposedly, but I never caught myself laughing or even chuckling. Even worse, I was bored to the point that I left the movie running while I went get myself another drink. Sorry, but that is a death penalty for any movie! (by the way, I like slow movies, and I don't usually lose patience easily.)
What really got on my nerves however, was the pretentiousness of the film. Ostensibly playing with the well-worn plot twists in other movies ("I'll tell you right now that xyz is going to happen, because I won't pretend you don't see it coming"), it does the same thing, seemingly without noticing. Who could miss the little guy filming everything ALL the time? Who could miss the symbolic nature of the unmade bed RIGHT from the start? By the time it became clear those laboriously stressed points were actually turning out as plot twist, I lost interest completely and had to force myself to watch the end, which proved to be as lame and predictable as expected.
On the plus side, the acting was not so bad, considering the lame, clichéd and uninteresting characters the actors had to portrait. Some scenes were borderline funny (such as the opening scene in the basketball store).
1 for acting 1 for premise 1 for the occasional highlight
Rating: 3 out of 10