Guaranteed to make English teachers weep
I know that’s how I feel. Take a look, at this trailer for the latest version of Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” featuring Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, just don’t expect to laugh.
I honestly wish I could tell you that this new trailer for the latest version of Jonathan Swift’s classic has something, anything going for it. However, based on the evidence of this trailer, I really can’t. Nothing funny here. Nothing good here. Nothing.
I’m a bit shocked to learn that this was actually cowritten by Nicholas Stoller of the really fun “Get Him to the Greek” and the outstanding “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” How could it have gone this wrong? Could it be there’s actually something worthwhile in the movie and this is just the worst trailer ever? I don’t remember the last one being much better, but still. Man, between him and the cast, what a waste of real talent.
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Posted in: Actors, Actresses, Movie Comedies, Movies, Trailers
Tags: Amanda Peet, Emily Blunt, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, Gulliver's Travels, Jack Black, Jason Segel, Jonathan Swift, Nicholas Stoller
Awful on multiple levels…which, given the overall track record of Jack Black and Amanda Peet, shouldn’t be that surprising. It’s still depressing, though. I’m better that Chris O’Dowd’s comments to me about having to ride a horse during the film will be funnier than just about anything in it:
“I’m fucking shitting myself. And I’m a big guy; I’m, like, 6′ 4″, so I have no idea what size this fucking horse is going to be. So I’ve decided on day one, I’m just going to let him know who’s boss. Which will consist of me quietly whispering into his ear, ‘Mr. Horse, you are the boss.’”