Admittedly, I've wasted my money in the past on frivolous things.
Here's another waste of money to add to the list.
I've always been a fan of crazy, weird, and often downright stupid comedy movies... everything from Kevin Smith movies and South Park to SNL.
I don't even believe that this movie could be called a comedy. Perhaps something on the line of horror?
The plot had potential, unfortunately, the potential was lost in an attempt to use supposedly witty connections to ethnic minority groups, cults, and other groups... which seems to have become the easy method of making a comedy without a plot.
The movie fails miserably in its attempt at humor. There are ways to use humor, even pick on various groups as the movie attempts to do, and challenge social norms, without blatant disregard for accuracy (i.e. South Park). As a Hindu, the example which stands out is its absolute butchery of Hindu theology..=] In my opinion, there are plenty of things that are humorous enough within the religion that can be used as material for a comedy by maintaining at least the guise of accuracy. This has been done before... the Simpsons, while definitely not a cross-section of the Asian-Indian culture in the U.S., is still funny, while maintaining a needed bit of sensitivity for accuracy. Even South Park, while routinely abrasive, has maintained at least a slight bit of accuracy (i.e. the "Super Friends" episode). You see, when accuracy is maintained, the level of humor is increased, which the storywriters of the movie seemed to simply forget. There are countless other examples of idiocy within the movie... but if I keep going, hey, I'll be here all morning.
Do yourself a favor and watch a good comedy...=] The plot had potential, and a few parts of the movie even had me thinking that all hope wasn't lost. All in all, disappointing.
Here's another waste of money to add to the list.
I've always been a fan of crazy, weird, and often downright stupid comedy movies... everything from Kevin Smith movies and South Park to SNL.
I don't even believe that this movie could be called a comedy. Perhaps something on the line of horror?
The plot had potential, unfortunately, the potential was lost in an attempt to use supposedly witty connections to ethnic minority groups, cults, and other groups... which seems to have become the easy method of making a comedy without a plot.
The movie fails miserably in its attempt at humor. There are ways to use humor, even pick on various groups as the movie attempts to do, and challenge social norms, without blatant disregard for accuracy (i.e. South Park). As a Hindu, the example which stands out is its absolute butchery of Hindu theology..=] In my opinion, there are plenty of things that are humorous enough within the religion that can be used as material for a comedy by maintaining at least the guise of accuracy. This has been done before... the Simpsons, while definitely not a cross-section of the Asian-Indian culture in the U.S., is still funny, while maintaining a needed bit of sensitivity for accuracy. Even South Park, while routinely abrasive, has maintained at least a slight bit of accuracy (i.e. the "Super Friends" episode). You see, when accuracy is maintained, the level of humor is increased, which the storywriters of the movie seemed to simply forget. There are countless other examples of idiocy within the movie... but if I keep going, hey, I'll be here all morning.
Do yourself a favor and watch a good comedy...=] The plot had potential, and a few parts of the movie even had me thinking that all hope wasn't lost. All in all, disappointing.