Finally, the perfect roommate.Finally, the perfect roommate.Finally, the perfect roommate.
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Well, I can't deny this one made the audience behind me laugh in the theater, but I only cracked a smile once or twice, and most of the jokes seemed to fall in the "boy this is a ridiculous premise" mode. The actors seem like high school students learning how to say their lines for the first time. Some of the individual jokes were so absurd that thinking about them makes you realize they CAN'T be funny (someone dying because they had a grapefruit sprayed in their eye, a ninja wearing a towel over their robe to come back from the shower), while all of the cliches regarding how SWEET ninjas are and what antics they could develop if they were your roommate bring up mild chuckles at best. That all of the scenes are told in flashback setting makes the story seem even more trivial, although the tone of the short was very well defined. It was smart to allow the main character to have such a disenchanted, bored view of the ninja's household behavior.
Overall, though, this film seems like the product of someone making a film based around a minimum of resources than an inspired idea. Still, it's better than 75% of all short independent comedy films I've ever seen. But it would be advised for the filmmakers to view some more Mr. Show, The State, Upright Citizens Brigade, Kids in the Hall, Monty Python, SCTV, Ben Stiller Show, etc., if they are interested in making more short sketch based comedy films.
Overall, though, this film seems like the product of someone making a film based around a minimum of resources than an inspired idea. Still, it's better than 75% of all short independent comedy films I've ever seen. But it would be advised for the filmmakers to view some more Mr. Show, The State, Upright Citizens Brigade, Kids in the Hall, Monty Python, SCTV, Ben Stiller Show, etc., if they are interested in making more short sketch based comedy films.
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- duandsku
- Dec 8, 2003
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