Retlaw's Movie Review: Your Highness

Post by **Retlaw83** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:09 am

Watch it. I give it four out of five Megatrons.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:21 pm

The trailer's were pretty superb. Might give it a try.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:27 pm

I've only heard good things about it. That and it seems like "every game of Dungeons and Dragons, the movie."

Post by **Retlaw83** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:24 pm

SenisterDenister wrote:"every game of Dungeons and Dragons, the movie."

That about sums it up. It seems most characters who aren't living in a town are in the process of "questing" and the dialog is so down to Earth most of it seems like something someone would say.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:22 pm

It's good?

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:28 pm

It looked pretty bad and none of the stuff in the previews was really funny which is usually a very bad sign. Perhaps I will rent it on DVD when it comes out.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:43 pm

With comedies its really hard to trust any paid reviewers.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:14 am

S4ur0n27 wrote:It's good?

It's fantastic. Keep in mind Austin Powers and movies like it got slaughtered in reviews - as Denister said, you can't trust paid reviewers about comedies because they treat them like normal movies.

In addition to the humor, the action scenes were absurdly well-done. Imagine Princess Bride if it were written by the people who made Old School.

Stalagmite · Post by **Stalagmite** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:48 am

Looks kinda funny actually. I think Natalie Portman is the first movie actress ever that I see improve with age as far as hotness goes. When she's not bald that is.

If I can pull myself off Arcania for a minute perhaps I'll go see it.

Gimp Mask · Post by **Gimp Mask** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:57 am

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:It looked pretty bad and none of the stuff in the previews was really funny which is usually a very bad sign. Perhaps I will rent it on DVD when it comes out.

agreed, either the movie is as shit as it seems (man in armor falling down the stairs heh heh what is this the 1920s?) or the trailer people should be fired so they could blog about it. i liked some of their earlier movies that had similarly bad trailers though so it could go either way

Stalagmite · Post by **Stalagmite** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:37 am

What's wrong with the 1920's?

Gimp Mask · Post by **Gimp Mask** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:21 am

comedy films

Tofu Man · Post by **Tofu Man** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:31 pm

SenisterDenister wrote:With comedies its really hard to trust any <strike>paid reviewers</strike> one.

There.

Stalagmite wrote:I think Natalie Portman is the first movie actress ever that I see improve with age as far as hotness goes. When she's not bald that is.

Well, there had to be something right with the kid. Taste in women it is.

I'm still not paying (not that much anyway) to see her bony (timid? absent?) arse on a big screen. Plus risquÃ©, Ms Portman, if you will.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:55 pm

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:It looked pretty bad and none of the stuff in the previews was really funny which is usually a very bad sign. Perhaps I will rent it on DVD when it comes out.

I feel like alot of these movies have been infected with an unfunny 'seth rogen and will ferrel' type of improvised comedy that relies greatly on simple randomness or on pointing out cliches of whatever genre they are mocking. Comedy-wise the newest thing i found funny was Rango, and before that it was... god, new movies aren't funny at all. I saw The Other Guys, which actually got pretty good reviews but it was largely meh.

Also the inclusion of Portman's thonged ass is insulting to men, I think. It's indicative of the issue I have with Hollywood sexuality, which centers less on true sexual freedom, and more on titilation for marketing purposes. Like I can just imagine these grown individuals talking about what to put in the trailer and they were all like "put that 2 second thonged ass scene in the trailer. That way the american males' hard dicks can lead them to the theater."

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:44 pm

I heard bad reviews and to be honest, I can't take Danny McBride for more than 15 minutes. He plays the same clueless, arrogant jerk-off character in everything he does. It's funny for a while, but it gets old fast.

Same character from the Foot Fist Way every fucking movie.

I can take Will Farrel and this dude, but only in 10 minute sketch comedy stuff. 90 minutes of them is asking too much of me.

Also the inclusion of Portman's thonged ass is insulting to men

It's pretty bald-faced pandering and not really necessary given how 'meh' her ass is. My issue was that they keep promoting that scene ad nauseum, and I have to say as an ass-man, I'm underwhelmed. She's got the ass of who she is now - a Long Island soccer mom.

I'm still not paying (not that much anyway) to see her bony (timid? absent?) arse on a big screen. Plus risquÃ©, Ms Portman, if you will.

This is what I mean, I'm not a fan of hers or anything, but her ass is so...pedestrian, it makes me think less of someone who is a damn fine actress otherwise to have to flash her lackluster ass for .... what?

Retlaw83 wrote: Keep in mind Austin Powers and movies like it got slaughtered in reviews

The third one wasn't a derivative piece of shit? That movie was a kick in the nuts. Myers' career has been circling the drain ever since that movie.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:52 pm

Cimmerian Nights wrote: The third one wasn't a derivative piece of shit? That movie was a kick in the nuts. Myers' career has been circling the drain ever since that movie.

I was talking about the first Austin Powers.

Gunman · Post by **Gunman** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:34 am

I won't bother seeing Your Highness. Not even for ...

Stalagmite · Post by **Stalagmite** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:30 am

Fuck u dreadnought.
I see what u did thar.
(:ROFL:)

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:16 am

I agree with Cimmerian Nights that it isn't even a special ass. Like I probably wouldn't have said anything if it was an extremely memorable asset, but it just looks like a skinny girl's ass (pretty meh). The only people that get a rise out of seeing that in a trailer are like 13-16 year old boys.

I, meanwhile, can google better ass than that in a nanosecond.

Stalagmite · Post by **Stalagmite** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:24 am

Meh, I'd hit it. :Duke: