The New Guy

Rating:
Summary: A good movie.... for certain people
Review: Anyone looking for teen melodrama, standard comedy, or normal people needs to mosey on away from this DVD. Yes you, shoo. This movie isn't for you. You'll probably hate it.

Now that those weirdos are gone, let me tell you why I love The New Guy. This movie isn't very good, and that is its strongest point. It exists to make fun of teen melodramas with a great assembly of random guest stars, completely mediocre cinematography, some movie mocking moments, and general randomness. This movie doesn't take itself seriously for a second, and neither should you. The whole thing is like a litany of "When really odd people do odd things and more odd random things happen to them". If this sounds like you, someone you know, or someone you used to be, then you'll enjoy this movie. If you can relax, have no expectations, and just let it flow I garentee you'll spend the film doubled over. It features over the top geeks like a midget tuba player, a couple ugly-pretty girls, a fat black kid, and a greasy haired Asian guy. The soundtrack adds to every humorous moment by sounding like an Oscar winner meeting a NOW thats what I call music CD. Most of the guest stars are not big names, but that one guy from that one 80's band or that one tv show. And they pop up in the most random places, like Lyle Loveitt with a marshmellow burning in his face and Jermiane Dupri's excellent delivery of "whose the [...] now?". DJ Qualls does a wonderful job in the title role although you're probably going "who the heck is DJ Qualls?". Eliza Dushku is hot hot hot.

So if you're an interesting and random person looking for an easy going and random DVD to pop in one day, I would reccomend picking up The New Guy.

Rating:
Summary: Pleasant Surprise
Review: I went into this movie thinking it was going to be another stupid kid flick. I was actually pleasantly surprised. I laughed several times during the flick, and although it was completely unrealistic, it was funny. I couldn't believe how many big name stars popped into the flick... and at the end of the movie, they showed the out-takes... which were a riot.

Rating:
Summary: hillarious and warped
Review: This was a very well made comdedy. It followed the plot of a road of discovery, where a geek finds that he can be cool and a powerful person, but doesn't follow the traditional pathway, and not that pc.

Gil Harris is a not so typical High School geek. He plays funk music with a band of fellow outcasts calling themselves blips, as in radar blips. When he is humiliated at school the first day of his senior year, he flips at a mall, and is put in jail for the night. Where he meets his anti-hero mentor, the hillarious Eddie Griffith. There he has an epiphanie, high school is a lot like prison. So if he treats it like prison, he will survive. So he gets kicked out of High School, and creates a bad boy persona. Not only does he survive, but he thrives, becoming the most popular kid in high school.

The story isn't anything new, a nerd learns he is strong and becomes popular, but it doesn't follow lame pc and sensitive story ideas. The humor is twisted and warped, but not overly crude or mean spirited. The casting was near perfect, and the acting good all around. The jokes have a higher ratio of hit and miss than most, with few falling flat. This is a movie most of my friends not only love, but ask to see the next week.