And Hit and Run, a movie he also wrote and directed (like this one), was positively underrated. He's not my favorite comedic actor by any stretch, but he's been solid in everything I've seen him in. And, you know what, I also like Dax Shepard. Michael is a funny fucking dude and I'll vehemently disagree with anyone who says otherwise. Watch movies like 30 Minutes or Less, The War On Everyone (which is darker) and the Ant-Man movies. I think he's a really talented actor overall, but I feel that he really, truly, shines at comedy. I think Michael Pena (I can't type it the way it is on this goddamn laptop) is a really funny man. Look, I'll say this right out of the gate. You need more than that and that's where movies like this are made. I suppose that's neither here nor there, so I get the point that you can't rely on pure nostalgia to carry you across. And when you force it, it just doesn't work. I think people were more nostalgic, in the case of Fuller House, for how the show USED to be, not that they necessarily wanted an updated version of it, since they're just trying to forcefully recapture the cheese factor that was essential to a show like Full House. Because nostalgia can only get you so far. And that's why you see these broader attempts at comedy. And, honestly, if you're playing into nostalgia, I think what people who are nostalgic for these shows want is completely different than what the rest of the masses want. I think part of the idea, at least in these very specific cases of 70s show, is that they're trying to capture the aesthetic (at least Starsky and Hutch did) of the original series while modernizing the comedy. It's just that these films aren't exactly known for their quality and I don't really know why. They made a sequel to Charlie's Angels and the Starsky and Hutch movie was fairly successful as well. ![]() That's not saying that some of these films haven't been successful. You could make the argument that the first Brady Bunch movie might have been fairly good given that it followed a tone similar to the original series. The Dukes of Hazzard was pretty terrible, Charlie's Angels weren't good, Starsky and Hutch wasn't great (though probably the best of the bunch) and then there's this movie. This movie has me thinking, has there ever been a truly good movie based on a 70s TV series. Looks like my streak of following up incredible movies with substandard ones continues with this movie, which followed up The Shape of Water which was just a lovely and beautiful movie.
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