Craig makes it clear that the movie has enough purity of spirit and simple intent to age well, and Will Ferrell will too. The wacky lunacy of Monty Python takes on the sheen of a museum quality treasure now that we’ve seen the genius of Gilliam, Cleese, Palin, et al, develop their full potential. Ferrell’s movies will achieve the same sort of retrospective patina, I feel sure.

Yesterday’s lowbrow is tomorrow’s PhD thesis.

But I’m equally sure that this is not the sort of humor that makes me laugh anymore, and that’s too bad — for me. I decided to become a snot too many years ago, and that easily-tickled part of me has shut down. :-( Once I went aloof, I forgot how to goof.

So I’m serious about wishing I had another shot at being a kid. I’ll try to hold onto my innocent openness longer in the next life. Lacking a time machine, coming back in another body is my only option. Movie reviews like this make me want to be a better Buddhist.

Armond White. Ha!

Joel: That’s true what you say about SPEED RACER, I was a rare disenting voice on that one here at LIC. But I will go in cautiously.

Ha Ryan!

Heck, you may have this called right!

I tend to like Ferrell, though I haven’t liked any of his recent movies. Still, I enjoy his manchild character. Your results may vary.

I deliberately avoided it, but now I will see it. I am more than skeptical that I will agree, knowing what i do of the film, but you are an extremely important voice that can’t be denied. In any case, it’s a celebration that you had such a good time laughing your ass off.

I won’t say this compares to a Three Stooges level of classic lunacy (that would just be asking for trouble), but it’s similar in its total commitment to it’s own childishness.

Just like the Three Stooges, its not for all tastes and will piss off as many people as it makes laugh, but there it is.

Bingo – it’s not trying to be something it’s not, namely clever, hip, relevant, and above all, smart. It’s an absolute circus, and anybody who enjoys seeing Will Ferrell try to play an earnest character in that setting should enjoy it.

Heck, you’ve almost made me want to see it again…

Know that my impression may have been enhanced by a pre-movie cocktail (I’d suggest you do the same) and the star rating might be a teeny bit inflated in reaction to the unfairly negative treatment this film is getting. Other than that, I hope I included sufficient warnings in the review to steer away people who I know will hate this movie.

Which brings me to Geoff. Thanks for stopping by! You’re also probably going to hate this movie. I can’t even say your daughter is going to like it, but then I understand little girls even less than I understand the big ones so anything is possible. But, I do know if she wants to see it, you’re locked in.

My suggestion: lots of booze or something harder. Good luck to you.

Kevin Nealon was so great in Saturday Night Live and HBO’s “Weeds”. Now his performance in this movie makes my choice to see this movie easy. With Andy Richter and Tim Meadows this movie has depth of seasoned actors. Then when I watched the trailer I saw the lady from “Everybody Loves Raymond”, her flips and kungfu was truly enjoyable. Then I see the kid from “Surface”, Carter Jenkins, Nim’s buddy, and my daughter loves the girl Ashley from High School Musical. I believe this movie will do very well. My kids have not stopped talking about it. We’re going. I even know the date it opens July 31st. My kids have made that quite clear. Just got back from seeing “Night at the Museum”, we saw the trailer to “Aliens in the Attic” along with about 6 other movies and it seemed like the crowd had more positive reaction to this movie than any of the others. Even my 9 year old stated the same thing after the movie in the car ride home. I think this could be a real big hit, See ya at the movies.