DVD ~ Robert Downey Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unexpected triumph of two egocentric actors,
November 11, 2010
Getting Robert Downey and Zach Galifianaki
s to share a successful film was far beyond my expectation. Downey's past paranoid roles and Galifianakis' past silly acting out have always inconvenienced my joy of going to the movie theaters. Watching the previews of this movie did not help either. Yet, getting to see the real movie was quite a surprise.
In the early part of the movie, I got a taste of unease from the artificial and fake conversation of the two actors at the airport. Strange people would not indulge in such smooth chat and in-depth dialogue within seconds of their encounter. Of course, there were few other fake and artificial scenarios in the movie beside the bad start. Those were mitigated by the compromise made by Downey to behave as normal person, as opposed to his past egocentric mannerism, and by Galifianakis to pretend to be an absolute moron, which he fits in perfectly.
The extreme diversity of two characters; one immature, illiterate, doped low lifer, bordering insanity; the other objective, well mannered, and prospering, made the movie a great success. As the conflict unfolds between an insane, immature, hysterical, and dependent character and a realistic, objective, and focused adult, there come moments when the two strange folks needed each other in order to survive through many twists of fate.
The two extreme characters are well represented in society as were the circumstances that gathered them in one unlikely ordeal that ended in attending the birth of a newborn.
The comedy exposes the casual and prevalent social and intellectual decay in society. From state officials who could not perform the basic requirements of their duties that exposed an innocent citizen to life and death situations as he was assumed guilty on mere suspicion, to the wide spread addiction to marijuana and illicit drugs to transform its addicts to deviant actors.
s to share a successful film was far beyond my expectation. Downey's past paranoid roles and Galifianakis' past silly acting out have always inconvenienced my joy of going to the movie theaters. Watching the previews of this movie did not help either. Yet, getting to see the real movie was quite a surprise.In the early part of the movie, I got a taste of unease from the artificial and fake conversation of the two actors at the airport. Strange people would not indulge in such smooth chat and in-depth dialogue within seconds of their encounter. Of course, there were few other fake and artificial scenarios in the movie beside the bad start. Those were mitigated by the compromise made by Downey to behave as normal person, as opposed to his past egocentric mannerism, and by Galifianakis to pretend to be an absolute moron, which he fits in perfectly.
The extreme diversity of two characters; one immature, illiterate, doped low lifer, bordering insanity; the other objective, well mannered, and prospering, made the movie a great success. As the conflict unfolds between an insane, immature, hysterical, and dependent character and a realistic, objective, and focused adult, there come moments when the two strange folks needed each other in order to survive through many twists of fate.
The two extreme characters are well represented in society as were the circumstances that gathered them in one unlikely ordeal that ended in attending the birth of a newborn.
The comedy exposes the casual and prevalent social and intellectual decay in society. From state officials who could not perform the basic requirements of their duties that exposed an innocent citizen to life and death situations as he was assumed guilty on mere suspicion, to the wide spread addiction to marijuana and illicit drugs to transform its addicts to deviant actors.
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