Save for a few odd sketches and short films and the occasional Weekend Update zinger, I basically gave up on SNL years ago. It’s not that the performers aren’t good, it’s the quality of the writing that has pretty much gone into the toilet and I don’t think I’m alone in that perspective. As for the MacGruber character, I think Will Forte is an inherently funny guy — but to me the sketches were a moderately fun idea marred by poor follow-through.
Still, life can be full of surprises, and so I must agree with the assembled movie geeks at Christopher Campbell’s place (though not Campbell himself), that this red band trailer, which features some very silly rough language, for the upcoming cinematic spectacular, “MacGruber” is pretty funny stuff . I’ve had a rough day and a bit of harmless silliness like this was just what I needed, even though I’ve never watched a single episode of “MacGyver.” As usual, the trick is playing things as straight as possible and having both Kilmer and the great Powers Boothe in the ensemble seems to help.
