hachedt Reviews

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)

Watch the stars!

[6/10 · 1 April 2005]

You certainly have to be a huge fan of Martin Short's ridiculous character Glick -if not a Hollywood-philic moviegoer instead- to really appreciate this hangin' around-at-the-Toronto Film Festival, full-of-cameos, Hollywood-inner-joke comedy.

And of course forget the plot, cause it doesn't matter at all when you dig this kind of film. In fact, because of its chaotic structure, "Jiminy Glick on La La Wood" doesn't make it as a cool movie.

But it's loaded with self-deprecating glimpses, movie industry sarcasms and art-house parody (specially the David Lynch one), which makes it fairly enjoyable by film junkies.

6.5 out of 10 if with a couple of beers.

Team America: World Police (2004)

Smart but not good

[5 November 2004]

Hey, this is not a satire! Come on, the mere use of non-deleted-strings puppets doesn't make of this film a sociological exercise. It is just another Bruckheimer-style flick, only with puppets. The rest is no more than the regular suite of clichés we're used to. Not much to do with South Park, the movie. In stead, Trey Parker has smartly concocted here a movie that works fine in both senses (well, maybe not that well at the box office). As we can read on most of these comments, it clearly opens a debate between those who consider it a satire and those who think it is crap. Good for business. On the other hand, for those ones supposedly satirized by the film Team America: World Police could actually be fair entertainment. That is good for business too.