Another test screening review of BASEketball, sounds like it's a winner for those that love this sort of film. I really want to like it, there is nothing so miserable as watching people genuinely enjoying themselves and yourself feeling like a miserably unhappy soul staring in disbelief. I hope they are right..
Its the Incinerator again with a review of BASEketball ! This is David Zucker's new movie starring Trey Parker & Matt Stone. Everyone knows who these guys are so I'll skip the resume bit. The film is hysterical! Absolutely, rolling in the aisles, hysterical. It represents a new breed of comedy to me. I love the old Zucker films like Airplane, Naked Gun, etc. I also love the disturbingly modern and creative humor of South Park. This film is a damn near perfect synergy of the two elements. The story is this : two guys invent a game out of boredom combining elements of basketball and baseball. It becomes a national hit and they are made into stars. It makes important points of some issues in sports like the way money has corrupted athletes turning them into money-grubbing endorsement contract-seeking whiners with no loyalty to their team's home city. It also explores the fact of owners caring only about money and how to make more of it. The rest of the film is some of the most original comedy material I've seen in a film in years. Although not every single joke worked for me, I hardly minded because I was bombarded with them for the whole length of the movie. It doesn't allow you to breathe and that makes for an incredible moviegoing experience in a packed theater. The acting is good, even from Jenny McCarthy & Yasmine Bleeth. Many sports types play themselves in the movie and do an excellent job - Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Reggie Jackson. Robert Stack has a bit part and is absolutely hilarious! I will go see this movie again and will buy the DVD when it comes out. Audiences will love it and I predict that it will get more people in the theater from word of mouth than from TV ads. This will be tough as hell to market anyway. The worst thing that could happen is that people will think this film is similar to Jim Abraham's film "Jane Austen's Mafia". Which despite having a good trailer, is a piece of shit. Last but not least, the film is rated R for adult humor and foul language. Its a dream come true kids - Zucker humor with an R rating.
Until I infiltrate NRG again,
Incinerator
