- Low expectations going in = finding the movie surprisingly funny. Humour based mostly on non sequiturs rarely fits this cohesively together.
- The over-the-top spoofiness of the opening sequence was laid on a little thick but since it featured Samuel L. Jackson and The Rock, i’m not sure that’s a bad thing. There were lots of little things in that scene that made it fun but the reveal that they caused $12 million in damage to catch some guys with a tiny amount of marijuana in their possession was possibly the best part.
- Pro-tip, Gamble: you are not allowed to edit three minutes out of Goodfellas for your own personal enjoyment. Some things are sacred.
- Wrecking balls are surprisingly lacking in movies. They appear in lots of cartoons, but not so often in live action movies. Hmm.
- Michael Keaton was displaying the physical mannerisms of Beetlejuice in his first scene. Totally weird.
- During the therapy for cops who have discharged their weapons in the line of duty scene, I could not get Leonardo DiCaprio’s voice saying “They signed up to use their weapons…” out of my head.
- I do enjoy “The Yankee Clipper” nickname for someone who shot Derek Jeter. I also loved the “Couldn’t you have shot ARod instead?” joke as well.
- Enjoyed the silent fight at the funeral.
- This being a buddy cop comedy, you can expect to hear any and all jokes based on strict gender binaries, homophobia, the general hilarity of rape, and references to women as being shorthand for all manner of insults. Can someone explain to me how driving a Prius is like being inside a vagina? Or how it’s a tampon on wheels? Like, I’m not even understanding the function of the joke in and of itself. Although speaking of the Prius, it proves itself to be an efficient and lethal car for an action sequence, so I guess it’s proved that it’s not what you drive but how you drive it.
- While I didn’t like how Hoitz said he learned ballet to make fun of the “fairies down the street” who did ballet as kids, I did love Gamble’s response. “You learned to dance sarcastically?” Ha.
- Did not love Gamble’s inexplicable verbally abusive behaviour towards his wife. This was necessary why? This was topped only by Hoitz inexplicably marrying the ex-girlfriend who had taken out a restraining order on him years previously. Um…?
- Anne Heche shows up as Steve Coogan’s co-conspirator, completely uncredited and looking like Morgan Fairchild.
- So, the administrative stooge who was looking to invest the NYPD pension funds in the Ponzi scheme: is he actively working with Ershon and is a bad guy or is he just unknowing and in the wrong place at the wrong time? Because no one seems to really question his involvement past the scene where we discover he’s trying to invest in Ershon’s company.
- I did rather enjoy the infographics on Ponzi schemes during the closing credits. It was a little disjointed in relation to the film, since the central plot of the movie revolving around the financial scheme isn’t really that relevant, but maybe at the end of a movie like this is exactly where you need to put these kinds of stats? I don’t know.
Also, I appreciated the shade of grey they used for the background. It would have been all too easy to use black.
The Other Guys
I want Mark Wahlberg to do more comedy.
IMDB Plot Synopsis Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops whom they idolize -- only things don't quite go as planned.