The Last Late Late Show episode, with Harry Styles - in full
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It’s Christmas time which means we all get to watch Ryan Reynolds become a better person through the power of gay sex
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On watching Strays I couldn't help but ask "How do these movies keep making money?" The answer to that is "they don't," as Strays has a reported box office ten million dollars under its budget. Even so, it wouldn't be a filmpost if I didn't subject you to several rambling paragraphs on a film you'll never see, so let's get started on a structural analysis of the talking dog movie where they get to say the F-Word.
The premise is basically "what if we took a children's movie like Disney's Bolt (remember Bolt?) or Homeward Bound and peppered in a bunch of sex jokes?" Not to fall into the same camp as people who get tattoos of innocent cartoon characters flipping you off, but I understand the novelty of the concept. Twisted hello kitty edits have been a thing for a long time on this site. And I'll grant you, it's funny! Just not in this execution.
The issue with Strays as a film is that despite the adult content within, it's still structured at the level of a children's movie. Which is to say that in spite of the mature content, the film itself is not set up to do more than passably amuse an adult audience any more than Madagascar 3's jokes that kids wouldn't get does. And that's fine for Madagascar 3, where the intent is for children to laugh at the penguins doing funny things as their parents appreciate being able to bring the whole family to the theater. I just can't see myself as an adult walking into my local cineplex and picking this one, even if I were the type to enjoy the humor within.
There are two target demographics for this film: 14-year-old boys having a sleepover at the friend with cool parent's house that are looking for an edgy film, and college age adults looking to get mildly high and have a pleasant experience that pairs nicely with their cold pizza. Which makes sense seeing that the Honest Trailers guy wrote the film. But there are better bro comedies with Will Ferrell in the leading role that you could put on instead. Heck, there are better bad Adam Sandler projects you could put on, and I say this as someone so snobby as to name all my pets after literary figures.
About ten years ago there was a puritan censorship video service (originally disc based, but has now transitioned to streaming and been joined by other services like Clearplay and Pureflix) called VidAngel that filtered your choice of objectionable content from popular films, sanitizing them. Were you to censor Strays like this you'd go from an edgy 90 minutes to a tight 45 that your 7 year old niece would love.
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I cannot help but celebrate that we have another episode out 🥳
But also this was me after Barbie
This was me after Oppenheimer
And this was me after the whole day in cinema
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|| Just watched the Barbie movie!!! 💖
👏🏻 Actually, it reminded me a bit of the Lego Movie… lol it even has Will Ferrell playing the same character🤣
Barbie movie : Barbie = the Lego movie : Lego
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Ryan Reynolds, will Farrell and Octavia Spencer on today, November 7th 2022
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I don't think I've seen it mentioned, but I can't stop thinking about it.
Will Ferrell's line in the trailer:
"No one rests until that doll is back in a box!"
Like you just knooooooow it's gonna be both literal, and metaphorical for 'she needs to get back to doing what everyone has come to expect of her. We cannot afford for her to change or evolve.'
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Does Will Farrell's presence, as head of Mattel toys, signify that this universe is shared with the Lego series?
Because the Lego Movie(s) show that there are dimensional rifts opening up in this man's home...
And suddenly barbie and ken are real.
And he's out to get them... Is he the same dude and is just fucking around with dimensional portals and shit in his basement?
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