Morgan Bell
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REVIEW: Good Luck Chuck
March 18th 2008 13:26
Directed: Mark Helfrich (debut)
Written: Josh Stolberg (screenplay from story by Steve Glenn)
Starring: Dane Cook (Employee Of The Month, MySpace comedian), Jessica Alba (Into The Blue, Fantastic Four, Sin City), Lonny Ross
OK firstly this is a pretty stupid movie . . . similar mentality to Shallow Hal, Deuce Bigalo, or American Pie . . . and secondly there is an outrageous amount of tits in this movie with an extremely gratuitous movie montage fuck-a-thon showing Dane Cook acting out the karma sutra simultaneously with multiple women each in their own separate brady bunch multiscreen. This film (and I use the term loosely) is clearly aimed at 14 year old boys who have ambitions of becoming rohypnol toting keg-party frat boys at an American college, and it really isn't that funny . . . but I guess when a film features a Myspace comedian, Dane Cook, who has 2.1 million friends but isn't actually all that funny himself we know the appeal is going to be mostly looks . . . Dane Cook is handsome, it just seems hes based his whole career on getting by on his looks and the occassional lame joke. Apart from Dane Cook playing the title role of Chuck we also have another typically goodlooking but moderately talented actor as the female lead, the gorgeous Ms Alba as Cam. Basically the story goes: when Chuck was a little boy he refused to kiss a scary gothic witch girl during a round of spin the bottle at a party, she put a hex on him that he would never find anyone to love him and that anyone who has sex with him will find their true love in the person they date immediately after him. Somehow Chuck and his grotesque short fat randy little best friend go through medical school together, Chuck becoming a dentist and the grotty blob becoming . . . u guessed it . . . a cosmetic surgeon specializing in breast implants! Haha! This is where half of the tit shots come in . . . the other half come from Chuck becoming an urban legend as a lucky charm and hundreds of barbie-esque women ripping their shirts off and revealing their perky cleave (no doubt installed by mr disgusto the best friend) in a desperate attempt to convince Chuck to shag them so they can find happiness (which as we all know can only be found in a husband). I obviously don't have a lot of respect for this movie but at least it worked through the convoluted plot at a fast pace a wrapped up nice and neatly. There were some genuinely funny moments provided by comments from Cams stoner brother Joe (Ross) in the penguin enclosure they worked in, and there was a lot of slapstick comedy some of which worked and provided a laugh . . . I particularly liked seeing the dangerously clumsy Cam slip in the dental surgery flicking up a tray of medical instruments causing three sharp scalpels to be lodged in Chucks back . . . apt revenge for all the breast implants I was made to watch while Dane Cook falls unexplainably in love with Jessica Alba and tries to break his curse so she will be able to love him back . . . Chuck stalking Cam and acting like a deranged mental patient is funny because it is absurd and there are a few quotable quotes and unique physical comedy that im sure will be talked about, its just a shame u have to wade through a million bare breasts and revolting sex jokes to get to it.
Written: Josh Stolberg (screenplay from story by Steve Glenn)
Starring: Dane Cook (Employee Of The Month, MySpace comedian), Jessica Alba (Into The Blue, Fantastic Four, Sin City), Lonny Ross
OK firstly this is a pretty stupid movie . . . similar mentality to Shallow Hal, Deuce Bigalo, or American Pie . . . and secondly there is an outrageous amount of tits in this movie with an extremely gratuitous movie montage fuck-a-thon showing Dane Cook acting out the karma sutra simultaneously with multiple women each in their own separate brady bunch multiscreen. This film (and I use the term loosely) is clearly aimed at 14 year old boys who have ambitions of becoming rohypnol toting keg-party frat boys at an American college, and it really isn't that funny . . . but I guess when a film features a Myspace comedian, Dane Cook, who has 2.1 million friends but isn't actually all that funny himself we know the appeal is going to be mostly looks . . . Dane Cook is handsome, it just seems hes based his whole career on getting by on his looks and the occassional lame joke. Apart from Dane Cook playing the title role of Chuck we also have another typically goodlooking but moderately talented actor as the female lead, the gorgeous Ms Alba as Cam. Basically the story goes: when Chuck was a little boy he refused to kiss a scary gothic witch girl during a round of spin the bottle at a party, she put a hex on him that he would never find anyone to love him and that anyone who has sex with him will find their true love in the person they date immediately after him. Somehow Chuck and his grotesque short fat randy little best friend go through medical school together, Chuck becoming a dentist and the grotty blob becoming . . . u guessed it . . . a cosmetic surgeon specializing in breast implants! Haha! This is where half of the tit shots come in . . . the other half come from Chuck becoming an urban legend as a lucky charm and hundreds of barbie-esque women ripping their shirts off and revealing their perky cleave (no doubt installed by mr disgusto the best friend) in a desperate attempt to convince Chuck to shag them so they can find happiness (which as we all know can only be found in a husband). I obviously don't have a lot of respect for this movie but at least it worked through the convoluted plot at a fast pace a wrapped up nice and neatly. There were some genuinely funny moments provided by comments from Cams stoner brother Joe (Ross) in the penguin enclosure they worked in, and there was a lot of slapstick comedy some of which worked and provided a laugh . . . I particularly liked seeing the dangerously clumsy Cam slip in the dental surgery flicking up a tray of medical instruments causing three sharp scalpels to be lodged in Chucks back . . . apt revenge for all the breast implants I was made to watch while Dane Cook falls unexplainably in love with Jessica Alba and tries to break his curse so she will be able to love him back . . . Chuck stalking Cam and acting like a deranged mental patient is funny because it is absurd and there are a few quotable quotes and unique physical comedy that im sure will be talked about, its just a shame u have to wade through a million bare breasts and revolting sex jokes to get to it.
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Comment by Cibbuano
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I think his popularity stems from the fact that he's better looking than most comics and he acts all 'crazy' on stage. That way, his fans can go 'I saw Dane Cook! He's crazy! Whaaaaasup!'
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