Originally written July 29th, 2016 for Tumblr
This may be the most overrated movie I’ve seen all year.
Everybody Wants Some is a movie concept that at first, is almost
impossible to fuck up. It’s Dazed and Confused, the classic music-filled
comedy about the lives of adolescents on one night of partying in the
70s, brought forward to the 80s with all the glam metal glory.
Instead, Everybody Wants Some takes that concept and turns it into one
of the most boring comedies I’ve ever seen. Not just “boring for 2016”
boring period. The humor is the hi-jinks of Dazed and Confused as our
protagonist Jake enters college and meets his new friends on the
baseball team, but in between are just large chunks of nothing. Nothing
happens, nothing is accomplished, the characters talk about nothing, and
when it does feel like things start to move, they come to a screeching
halt. Not to mention any punchline that does occur is just par for the
course college-dude-bro stuff that happens in every college film since
Animal House, with the occasional weird look or catchphrase from Jake’s
quirky teammates.
The music is the most insulting thing. You think “Dazed and Confused in
the 80s” and I think, Van Halen, The Cars, Yes, Journey, Def Leapoard,
etc. Hell, the movie’s namesake is from a Van Halen track! But what do
we get? Mostly 70s pop/disco/funk, 70s country in 1 scene, some early
80s hardcore punk in 1 scene, Van Halen’s “Everybody Wants Some!!” in 1
scene for no reason, and The Cars “Let The Good Times Roll” closing out
the credits. It’s fucking baffling how a movie that is called the “80s
Dazed and Confused” couldn’t even muster up a soundtrack with any good
80s music. As if the pickings were slim.
Skip Everybody Wants Some. It’s a 2 hr waste of time.
3/10.
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