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Sunday, April 4, 2010

How to Hot Tub Your Train Dragon Time Machine

So, over Spring Break I saw two movies, Train Dragon, and Hot Tub Time Machine. Due to a combination of drama, binge drinking, and havign a crappy memory, I only remember about 50 percent of each movie, so I have decided to review them together! This should turn out fun!
So this movies stars King Leonidas, Darryl from The Office, Craig Ferguson, The kid from Tropic Thunder, John Cusack, McLovin, and Rob Corddry. The movie begins with three vikings, who used to be best friends, all dealing with the shity hand that life has dealt them. One of the Vikings, played by Rob Corddry, appears to have attempted suicide by locking himself in the garage with a flaming dragon. So the his two viking friends, and a young viking named Hiccup for some reason, decide to go train to fight dragons at a ski resort. The trouble is, the ski resort hasd fallen on hard times, because dragons keep coming and stealing their livestock. Luckily Hiccup manages to capture one of the dragons, and when he can't bring himself to kill it, it takes him to a magical Hot Tub that takes the four friends back in time so they can stop the Train Dragon and get Back... TO THE FUTURE!
No, but seriously, these are both great movies, and I definitely reccomend them both. Hot Tub Time Machine is like a combination of the Hangover and Back to the Future and that alone should be enough to make you want to see it. Rob Corddry gives a really great performance as Lou, and really steals the show for me. Craig Robinson, from The Office, does not disappoint either, and he shows why he has been in so many fucking movies lately. Seriously, it seems like he's the new go-to guy for funny black actors. Not that I'm complaining, because he's awesome. John Cusack, gives a very John Cusack like performance. I've never really had an opinion about him as an actor, and I don't really have an opinion about his character either. I will say he made me completely forget that he was in 2012, which is definitely a good thing. Also, Chevy Chase is i nthsi movie! So yeah! See it. There was also the fourth guy, John Cusack's character's nephew, played by Clark Duke, who some of you may remember from Sexdrive. His character is sort of the straight man to the antics of the three friends, and the one who is most focussed on not upsetting the time stream, because he has the most to lose. Like his character in Sexdrive, Duke's portrays Jacob as sort of a Non-socially awkward nerd. I like this, I'm glad Hollywood is moving away from the stereotypical nerd character. Those of you who are shying away from this move because you think it's going to be some ultra-cheesy Snakes On A Plane affair, well, it's really not, so go see it.
As for How to Train Your Dragon, I am going to say it is a cross between Avatar, Beowulf, and a movie that was actually good. Those of you who miss the days when Gerard Butler was a badass action movie star instead fo a semi-badass Romantic Comedy star, you probably won't be disappointed by this movie. He plays the king of a tribe of huge, muscular Vikings, who inexplicably have Scottish accents. Because everything is better with Scottish accents. Speaking of which, Craig Ferguson is hilarious in this movie. He actually plays a pretty important character for someone who isn't actually a film actor. Jay Baruchel, from Tropic Thunder and She's Out of My League, plays Hiccup, the main character. For those of you familiar with his other roles, it's pretty much just that, except he's a Viking. Well, a nerdy, MacGyvery Viking. The flying scenes in this movie are pretty amazing and for a detail-obsessed overthinker like me, it was really nice to see the whole process of trial-and-error that Hiccup goes through before he can actually competently ride the dragon. The ending battle is also totally awesome, when our hero finally faces down the Legendary Train Dragon. I don't want to give anything away, so that is all I will say about that.
So in conclusion, get a job, whore yourself out, somehow raise the roughly 20 bucks you will need and then go see both of these movies.