The Watch stars a big name cast - Ben Stiller as Evan, Vince Vaughn as Bob, Jonah Hill as Franklin and finally Richard Ayoade as Jamarcus. It is about a group of 4 guys who create a neighborhood watch because of a recent killing in their town. But when they find the killer they must overcome an alien force to save Earth from an alien invasion.
Good concept, great actors and Seth Rogen involved in the screenplay. What could possibly be bad about it? Well, a few things. First off, Ben Stiller isn't funny anymore. The script felt lazily written, and it seemed like they thought - "Oh well, it's a comedy so people won't really mind if we do this." - I didn't, but that still doesn't justify having a lazily written script. There was only a few funny bits throughout, and they were mostly from Jonah Hill. A lot of the jokes were overused and very basic. I just didn't find it funny, a few of the jokes were also a bit of obvious. I also thought, with a storyline like that, it would stray away from the usual sex jokes which have plagiarized modern comedies. But no, they were still there and plentiful and as always unfunny.
However, the film moves along at a nice pace and has my interest throughout. I liked the fact that it has a twist on the usual alien clichés we have becomes used to. Jonah Hill, as always, delivers nearly every time he's on-screen and I have to say, Vince Vaughn was actually good too, and I don't usually like him that much. Richard Ayoade wasn't the best in it, and I think they should have gotten Seth Rogan or someone more capable to play the fourth-person. As I heard a lot of it was improvisation.
It isn't the best film, but does provide laughs, however rare and mildly amusing they are. I felt they could have done a lot more with the film but as I said, it felt extremely lazy, like they thought they would make money with that cast, so there's no point in putting much effort into it.
A poor 6/10
Good concept, great actors and Seth Rogen involved in the screenplay. What could possibly be bad about it? Well, a few things. First off, Ben Stiller isn't funny anymore. The script felt lazily written, and it seemed like they thought - "Oh well, it's a comedy so people won't really mind if we do this." - I didn't, but that still doesn't justify having a lazily written script. There was only a few funny bits throughout, and they were mostly from Jonah Hill. A lot of the jokes were overused and very basic. I just didn't find it funny, a few of the jokes were also a bit of obvious. I also thought, with a storyline like that, it would stray away from the usual sex jokes which have plagiarized modern comedies. But no, they were still there and plentiful and as always unfunny.
However, the film moves along at a nice pace and has my interest throughout. I liked the fact that it has a twist on the usual alien clichés we have becomes used to. Jonah Hill, as always, delivers nearly every time he's on-screen and I have to say, Vince Vaughn was actually good too, and I don't usually like him that much. Richard Ayoade wasn't the best in it, and I think they should have gotten Seth Rogan or someone more capable to play the fourth-person. As I heard a lot of it was improvisation.
It isn't the best film, but does provide laughs, however rare and mildly amusing they are. I felt they could have done a lot more with the film but as I said, it felt extremely lazy, like they thought they would make money with that cast, so there's no point in putting much effort into it.
A poor 6/10