Wednesday, January 22, 2014

R.I.P.D--If only I could go back

We all know Red Box doesn't have the greatest choices, but have I really gone far enough down the line where I end up watching movies like R.I.P.D.?  Dave Kresge and I knew going into this movie that it wasn't going to be good.  However I thought, what the hell I'll give it a chance, I've been wrong before.  What transpired can barely be put into words.
We start with Ryan Reynolds dying...who would have guessed?  Zero character development on him or anyone else for that matter.  He is killed by Kevin Bacon, who we all wanted to be Sebastian Shaw, but ends up being more like Sebastian from the Little Mermaid.  Ryan Reynolds joins the RIPD or Rest In Peace Department, because some people can go to heaven, some to hell, some are in limbo, some fall from the sky, some habit the earth, some can shift form, all don't like Indian food, most of them are overweight but hide it, some come from the ground, some can fly, some can hide stuff in their stomachs, and they seem to like Boston.  Literally none of this is explained. 
We are then introduced to Jeff Bridges character.  What a piece of shit.  He was an 1800s law man, talked like he had cotton balls in his mouth, and literally said nothing of value....other than a Coyote had sex with his dead skull. 
The chemistry between Reynolds and Bridges was something out of a horror movie.  I asked Dave at one point, "Why are they being so mean to each other."  It was as though the dialog was written by two 4th graders fighting on the playground.  It was just snarky remark after snarky remark, neither character ever letting the other one in.  As if the shitty CGI, horrible writing, and lack of story weren't enough.  You have to make the main characters talk in fuckin #hashtags and  fight with each other the whole time.  Reynolds particularly is a complete asshole in this movie.  I don't know how Bridges and Reynolds could say their lines?  Is it only about the paycheck nowadays, because they had to know they were spewing feces all over the screen every time they opened their mouths.
The "Dead'os" as they called them were laughable and never explained.  The CGI looked straight out of Sharknado, infact Sharknado was better, and the parallels to a shittier Men In Black are quite realistic.  I would avoid this movie like the Plague, SARS, and AIDS combined.  I can go on and on about how bad this really was, but honestly this movie doesn't deserve the time or effort. 

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