Grandmas Boy vs Superbad

Hey whats up guys? Danny Again! In the past two years I have seen two very similar movies in Superbad and Grandmas Boy. Both movies featured a lot of immaturity and a high school sense of humor. They showed smoking, drinking, and partying with a crude sense of humor that appealed to me. With such similar structures of cheap comedies, I don't get how film critics rated Superbad so highly (as the comedy of the year) and Grandmas Boy so poorly. As Scott Weinberg of efilmcritic said about Grandmas Boy,

I won't even bore you with the horrendous way this project was shot, cut, or
scrawled with crayon onto a roll of toilet paper.

Furthermore, the critics tomatometer on rottentomatoes.com rated Grandmas Boy a 16% and Superbad 87%. To me, all this is is a band wagon effect of a few critics degrading Grandmas Boy and everyone jumping on, and vice versa for Superbad. Allen Covert and Nick Swardson are hilarious throughout Grandmas Boy. I am interested in seeing if any other people that have seen both Grandmas Boy and Superbad agree with more, or if the critics prevail again.

Reviewing the review of Shawshank Redemption

I am reviewing this review of the Shawshank Redemption critiqued by Roger Ebert. I watched Shawshank Redemption for the first time this previous summer and fell in love with it immediately. I have since watched it several more times and enjoy it just as much each time. I believe Roger did well in hitting the main points on why this is such a popular movie, but i strongly disagree in his statement that it is slow at times, and possibly depressing. In my viewing, I thought it showed the life of a man falsely in prison who instead of dwelling on the injustice showed that you are who you make yourself to be no matter what the circumstances. Though, Robert can't help but agree with me a little bit.

"The
Shawshank Redemption" is not a depressing story, although I may have made it
sound that way. There is a lot of life and humor in it, and warmth in the
friendship that builds up between Andy and Red. There is even excitement and
suspense, although not when we expect it.

One reason I enjoyed this film so much is the great friendship shown between the two main characters - Andy and Red. It is rare to find a movie that is not any way romantically involved but rather pure loyal friendship. In this same regard why I enjoyed it so much, I believe Roger Ebert hit the nail on the head when he said:

"The
Shawshank Redemption" is a movie about time, patience and loyalty -- not
sexy qualities, perhaps, but they grow on you during the subterranean progress
of this story, which is about how two men serving life sentences in prison
become friends and find a way to fight off despair.

In summary, I believe Roger Ebert did a more than adequate job in setting up what you could expect from the movie, and possibly even more than you wanted in information regarding to the plot. He correctly gave credit to the director who did a brilliant job of making us feel like we were acutally in the prison with the guys. Roger says,

The director, Frank
Darabont, paints the prison in drab grays and shadows, so that when key
events do occur, they seem to have a life of their own.

Last, I believe Ebert could have even painted The Shawshank Redemption to be even more inspiring that he says. It isn't another "good feel" movie, it is a genuine movie that motivates and teaches us strong life lessons.

Wait, What?

I just got on blogspot and I think I'm a little bit late to do so, but that's fine. My name is Danny and I am in first hour Art of Film. My favorite T.V. shows are The Office and Lost, while some of my favorite movies are Shawshawk Redemption and Good Will Hunting. You'll hear more soon.