stang-creativitree

25 May 2012

Greek - love this movie

In a sense this is a typical Apatow movie, comedy, humor, and heart.The movie is so much more than the trailers suggest. Some peopleapparently are put off by that; while I, on other hand, found it agreat rock and roll story, a look behind the industry, and a feel goodmovie at the end. The two main characters slowly help each other tosort out their respective lives. I thought it felt similar to adocumentary about a favorite rock star; and ultimately a feel goodmovie. I liked the flow; and I especially liked the music and also thedramatic side to this movie. If you are expecting gross out humor forthe entire movie, you will be disappointed. However, if you want agreat story, acting, and incredible music, go for it.

Terrell Howell

25 May 2012

Surprisingly great film

Finally! A comedy that doesn't bank of copious amounts of stupidity andoverused jokes to "entertain" its audience. Get Him to the Greekactually managed to entertain me enough to be considered not justanother silly comedy. It's not to say that the film isn't silly, orraunchy, or over the top, but it's all done in a fashionable manner. Ithad me laughing practically through the entire film. In Get Him to theGreek Russell Brand reprises his role as Aldous Snow, a selfdestructive rock star whose first appearance was in Forgetting SarahMarshall in 2008. At this point in time, however, Aldous is a has-beenrocker after the utter failure of his last studio album. Jonah Hillplays Aaron Green who is a record company intern who is in charge ofsetting up Aldous Snow's reunion concert at the Greek Theater in L.A.Aldous proves to be absolutely uncontrollable and completely insane. Hefits all the criteria of a true rock star. He's got a big personalityand attitude, he's addicted to booze and women, and he's also on drugs.Lots of drugs. The ensuing journey is full of shocking hilarity andscandalous behavior.The great thing about Get Him to the Greek is that it is just a comedythat pulls out all the ridiculous stops, but I can actually go as farto say that it is a well made film and slightly more credibility thanjust some good laughs. Russell Brand is hilarious as the overzealousdrugged up rock star and Jonah Hill, while I do tire of his typecastrole, does a great job here, stepping up his game to a slightly highermaturity level while still retaining his quirkiness. And Brand and Hilltogether as a pair do fantastic. Their chemistry is completely thereand provides for some great character interaction with increasinglyfunny results. The supporting cast do a great job as well with peoplelike Rose Byrn playing Aldous' ex-girlfriend Jackie Q who sports anadorably hilarious Australian/British hybrid accent. There is also P.Diddy Combs who plays the manager of the record company Aaron worksfor. He impressed me with some of the most twisted and monumentallyfunny moments of the whole movie. The whole cast has fun with this oneand they don't refrain from going as far into the insane world of rockand roll as they can.The other great thing about this movie is that it is a movie about rockand roll. It's a comedy first but it actually has legitimately rockingscenes that are so fun and exciting that you can't help but enjoy therocking grandeur of this comedy. It's also helpful that the filmsucceeds on these levels so that some of the issues can be forgiven.There are definitely some plot holes and odd moments that make you do adouble take as to how reasonable this plot really is. The film alsodoes seem to get lost in itself towards the end. It randomly squeezesin a bit of philosophical intrigue towards the end that breaks the flowof the film to an extent. Problems like these are excusable against thefunny and entertaining backdrop of this film.In the long line of Apatow Production films Get Him to the Greek standsout as one of the funnier films. Its a great no holds bars comedy thatyou can find humor in somewhere. And despite the issues and the gettinglost in itself, the film indeed has a heart. It's one of the fewcomedies that has come out in recent years that I would consider goingback to re watch.

ronnay_barkay

21 May 2012

Ughh!

I haven't reviewed any movies on IMDb in the last few years, but I justhad to return and warn the world after spending just under an hour ofmy life watching "Get Him To The Greek". Yes. I walked out halfwaythrough. Does that entitle me to write a review, considering I haven'tseen the entire movie? I think it does.I normally give a movie 10-15 minutes to "get going", and usually theydo. "Superbad" started out looking like a bore, but suddenly got veryfunny and eventually got hilarious.This didn't.The plot is simple. Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) has 72 hours to getRussell Brand's character, "Aldus Snow" a hard-drinking, self-absorbed,washed-up rock star, from London to L.A. so he can play a comeback gigand revive his career and make millions for the record company. Afterflying to London and making contact with Aldus, Aaron suddenly realizesthis is going to be tougher than expected. Aldus Snow seems moreinterested in showing Aaron the "best night of his life", so off theygo on an almighty all-day bender. After this intense night of partyingand missing about 4 flights, he finally gets him on to the plane and hecan finally relax, mission accomplished.This was the end of the movie, for me. Nobody laughed. I walked intothe cinema expecting to have a bit of a chuckle but this was just apoor, weak, desperate attempt to make Russell Brand into a huge moviestar, which I now hope he never ever becomes, having starred in thisunfunny joke.

20 May 2012

sides hurt from laughter!

Only movie i have reviewed on amazon. I was completely surprised at how funny this flick was. I was literally doubled over laughing my ass off for a good deal of this movie. Great performances all around, and i'd have to say this is the definitely one of the funniest Apatow movies to date. Strongly disagree with the amazon review, which is rare for me. Plenty of puking and potty humor in this one, to satisfy our low-brow needs, although there is an undercurrent of heart-felt emotion from Hill to tie it all together nicely. However this movie never takes itself too seriously, even the soundtrack pokes fun at bone-headed rock/ pop lyrics. Loved it, although in my mind it sets the bar for this genre & the apatow crew; this movie would be hard to top. 10 out of 10

16 May 2012

SEE IT !!!!

This review is from: Get Him to the Greek (2-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Funniest comedy of the year!! Clever dialogue and excellent acting. Intelligent. Great message about fame and drug use. Destined to beccome a classic !!!Eric

edwardrevans

16 May 2012

Wooden

Get him to the Greek I felt got funny towards the end an certainlypicked up with the Jeffery Taking and stroking the fur walls scene.Till that point it was Wooden the lead "Jonah Hill" just seemed out ofplace and not fit in this film. He seemed to have the same vacantexpression all the time on camera, and Russell Brand we know howcomedic he can be yet he seemed to be rambling at times was this thescript or was it improv ?.Too many bit characters as well that didn't add to the story OK theywere part of it but hardly used i.e "Daphne Binks" and Puff Daddyhimself, Jonathan Snow "Aldous Snow" Father I could list more. It waslike they were filming and remember to include them in Post production.Who was the Big African Guy ? Was he Puffs minder he had Dialogue thatseemed to serve no purpose. Now I have given this movie 5 stars becauseI did laugh in parts but it did seem like cobbled gags together from aSketch show.

Dan Franzen

16 May 2012

A laugh riot in spots

Get Him to the Greek has moments of riotous hilarity, pockmarked withonly a few scenes that try a little too hard to be effectivelysentimental. The yin/yang chemistry between Russell Brand as a druggierock star and Jonah Hill is believable and entertaining, and aside fromthe typical awkward nonslapstick scenes from writer Judd Apatow, themovie generally works.Aldous Snow (Brand), introduced in 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall, isnow a washed-up rocker. He's been on the wagon, then off it. His band,Infant Sadness, hasn't played in ten years. Then a young record-companyintern named Aaron Green (Hill) gets the idea of having the bandreunite for a tenth anniversary show at the famed Greek Theater in LosAngeles. Aaron's high-octane boss Sergio (P. Diddy) instructs hischarge to jet to London, gather up Snow and fly him to New York to beon the Today Show, then fly him to LA for the reunion show. Hilarityensues.It actually does, too. Naturally, Aaron and Aldous are completeopposites – one a party-hardy hedonist and one more of a button-down,take-no-chances drip, one who has many brief encounters with the femalekind and one who is just coming out of a long-term relationship. Or sohe thinks, anyway. And as much as Aaron wants to get things movingalong, Aldous wants to tarry and enjoy life a bit longer, sort of amicrocosm of their individual lives up to that point.It's no surprise that each does a little bit of growing up along theway. But we're not meant to focus on that. Instead, Aaron and Aldousexperience wacky escapades along the lines of Bachelor Party, withechoes of Pulp Fiction and The Hangover. What makes it all work is thatit's not just one zany scene after another; director Nicholas Stollertosses in some serious moments that are meant to humanize Aldous a bitmore and take the edge off a little.The movie as a whole is effective in part because Brand is such agifted comic who's made the Aldous Snow character his own. Brand asSnow electrifies the room when he walks in, sort of what you'd expectfrom a glamorous rocker. Even one who has some deep-seated issues ofhis own. See, the movie moves along pretty damn well when it'sconcentrating on the wackiness, with a smidge of seriousness thrown in,but when too much focus is diverted to those serious psychologicalissues, then it sort of crumbles. And it's not just issues with AldousSnow, either; there are a few that try to work out Aaron's own problems(although for most of the movie he's befuddled and along for the ride,a well-meaning patsy).In particular, there is one scene near the end in which Aldous attemptsto help Aaron and his girlfriend Daphne resolve their differences. Likewith the more serious scenes in Forgetting Sarah Marshall – alsodirected by Stoller, and the movie to which this is sort of a sequel –the scene seems pointless and jarring. It's the opposite of what you,as viewer, want to see, as it's neither sexy nor funny norilluminating.Another slight debit is P. Diddy. The man can play unhinged well, buthe's not always funny here – sometimes he just comes off as a meanjerk. And not in the Mr. Dithers (boss of Dagwood Bumstead) way,either, not in the comically inept gangster way, just sort of sour andbitter. A little more work might help him, since I believe this was hisfirst comedic attempt. And for a first attempt, it ain't bad.The bottom line is that Get Him to the Greek is really funny for a goodportion of the film, with only a few dips into ill-advisedsentimentality that just isn't effective and even helps kill the mood.Both Brand and Hill are well cast and are hysterical.

15 May 2012

Get Him to the Greek

Sergio (Sean Combs) is looking for the next big thing to bring in revenue for Pinnacle Records. Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) suggests that they bring Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles for the tenth anniversary of his last live concert there, which was the highest selling live album of all time. As a result Sergio sets up the concert and gives Aaron the task of escorting Aldous from London to Los Angeles in 72 hours. But since Aldous is off the wagon getting him there might be a little harder than Aaron imagined.The character of Aldous Snow was first conjured up by Jason Segel and brought to life by Russell Brand in the 2008 movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Not too long after the release of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, director Nick Stoller announced they would be doing a spin off movie based on Aldous Snow falling off the wagon, and that movie would star Russell Brand and Jonah Hill, albeit, in a different role than Hill played Marshall. While the idea seemed intriguing, and the character of Aldous was brilliant in Marshall, I have to admit I had some reservations about the idea of a spinoff focusing on Aldous as a main character. So how did the movie turn out?It turns out I had nothing to worry about. While the premise might sound a bit contrived at first (and the trailers don't help that feeling when you see Combs's character bring it up) the plotting feels nothing less than organic. While at times over the top, it never truly feels over the top, making the world these characters live in feel real. Part of the reason for that is the characters have been perfectly rounded out. One of the things that I was worried about, was in Sarah Marshall Snow wasn't completely fleshed out nor did he need to be, he was a blissed out rock star, and you really didn't need to know more about him for his role in the plot. For Greek writer/director Nick Stoller gives the character a soul, and Russell Brand does a great job of breathing life into that soul.Speaking of Russell Brand, he might have stolen every scene he was in during Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but here he's upstaged, not by Jonah Hill, but (dare I say it) Sean Combs. I never would have expected that I would be saying anything of the sort, but Sean Combs truly steals the movie playing a music executive who's the spiritual brother of Tom Cruise's Les Grossman from Tropic Thunder. Everyone does a great job in their roles, but it's Combs and Brand that really make the movie.Of course not everything comes up roses, the movie suffers from a nearly cliché third act that stops nearly dead in it's tracks as it gets overly serious. It's understood that in a movie where they show excessive drug use and debauchery things are eventually going to have to come to a head for the characters, at the same time this probably could have been handled in a more entertaining manner. About half way through the third act though things pick up, but it feels like a long way through the third act before they bring back the funny.Overall I highly recommend this movie, and I wouldn't be surprised if when all is said and done at year's end this remains the funniest movie of the year. If you like other movies produced by Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, and most definitely Forgetting Sarah Marshall) you'll most likely, almost definitely love this movie. Come for the brilliant performances of Russell Brand and Sean Combs, stay for the Vegas scene with the Jeffrey, trust me!4/5

15 May 2012

Slow, boring and not funny.

Such a let down. Forgetting Sarah Marshall was funny, Get him to the Greek was cheesy and lame. If you have to see it, rent it or borrow it from one of your poor friends who wasted their hard earned money on the dvd.

14 May 2012

A Good Comedy Film In Its Own Right

This review is from: Get Him to the Greek (2-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Although I'm not a big Russell Brand fan, "Get Him To The Greek" was definitely an enjoyable film from beginning to end - it has its moments of sarcastic humor and plain 'ol goofiness, however, it wasn't to the point that I considered it to be a boring comedy film, etc. If you don't mind Russell Brand nor Jonah Hill, then this movie is definitely worthy of your attention.

garyvanhorn

14 May 2012

A great modern comedy.

As a spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the movie uses many of thesame characters, even if some of them appear only briefly, and thestory focuses on one of the most interesting and entertaining of thosecharacters, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). Aldous Snow returns as theeccentric British rock star that is at times very wise and likable andat other times a complete douche.Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) works for Sergio Roma (Sean Combs), asoulless, money hungry music producer that gives Aaron the unenviabletask of getting Aldous Snow sober enough to perform an anniversaryconcert that will revitalize his defunct music career. Aldous Snow isvery uncooperative and his antics lead to a series of funnymisadventures for both himself and poor Aaron Green. You really want tonot like Aldous but there is something about him that is too charmingto resist and you end up rooting for him to crawl out from thebottle/needle/pipe/pill bottle/etc. and get his life back on track.While Jonah Hill and Russel Brand are the stars of the movie, thesupporting cast is also very entertaining and funny. Sean Combs isparticularly amusing, as is the dysfunctional relationship betweenAaron Green and his girlfriend Daphne Binks (Elisabeth Moss). Get Himto the Greek is a very lighthearted and entertaining comedy that I soonhope to own on DVD. If you liked Forgetting Sarah Marshal you will lovethis film.

midtra52

13 May 2012

So little laughs made it seem so long

The main problem is the main character, he's just not funny at all. Ihad seen him in other movies as a random sideshow and sometimes he'sslightly funny in those cases but still more corny than anything.Oddly enough Kanye West or P diddy or whoever that was did provide somelaughs. I can't tell them apart because they both do the same dumbthings to try and act cool (like wearing sunglasses indoors at night).But he was funny and did a good job acting hypertensive and crazy.Jonah Hill is normally a really funny guy when given the right role,but in this case he has to try to make something off his interactionswith the main character which is hard to do when Russel Brand justbrings nothing to the movie for him to work with. It wasn't a good rolefor Jonah Hill.The movie does have quite a few cameos that I guess they hoped wouldengage the viewers more, but I was so annoyed and disappointed by thelack of comedy that I just didn't care.

George Mainwaring

11 May 2012

The Fury Wall

A very funny film starring Russell Brand and Jonah Hill.Aldous Snow (Brand) was a sober and highly popular rock star. He becameconcerned by poverty to African children, so went to Africa to try andhelp the problems with starving children there. He released a singletitled 'African Child' and according to critics, it was the worst thingto happen to Africa since the apartheid. So he loses his greatreputation, his girlfriend Jackie (Rose Byrne) leaves him so he startsto use drugs and alcohol to the excess. He goes off the radar. Howeverthough, head of Pinnacle records Sergio Roma (P Diddy) needs new ideasas his company is in dire straits. One of his employees Aaron Green(Jonah Hill) suggests that his one time hero Aldous Snow should play atthe Greek theatre in LA to commemorate a highly famous performancethere ten years previously. This could earn a load of money due to therelease of a CD, DVD etc. and great commercial interest from sponsors.Sergio agrees to this and Aldous agrees. Aaron is given the task ofgoing to London and taking Aldous to LA and making sure he is ready toperform at the Greek Theatre on the given day. Aaron is also told toagree and do everything Aldous says. Yet with Aldious living thisexcessive Sex, Drugs, Alcohol and Rock & Roll lifestyle, will Aaronreally do everything Aldous tells him and will he get him to the Greekon time...This is a good film, with some great comic performances. Russell Brandwas great as Aldous really living the excessive rock stars lifestyle tothe hill and P Diddy was great as Sergio, how I laughed when he haseveryone in his household singing 'Daddy's favourite TV show' (even hiswife) when his TV show comes on. Yet the greatest performance in itcame from Jonas Hill as Aaron. He was the one you had to identify with.He was the man whose own welfare didn't matter and he had to puthimself last all the time, being exploited to the limit by Aldous andPedro. How much exploitation could he handle. Being forced to drinkexcessively (absinthe) and take drugs (Jeff) was one thing. Being madeto smuggle Aldous's drugs out of an airport (heroin) and being raped bya woman in a nightclub at Sergio's request was another thing and what'smore being made to have a threesome with his girlfriendDaphne(Elisabeth Moss) and Aldous was a different thing all together.He was excellently exploited.'Get him to the Greek' is not one of the 'classics'. I have seen betterfilms and I will see better films, yet it succeeds in being very funnyand when I say very funny, I mean belly laughs. If you want to beentertained and you want to find yourself laughing, then I stronglyrecommend this picture.

10 May 2012

Too Foul, not funny

Aaron Green (Hill) has 72-hrs to get a fading rock star Aldous Snow(Brand) to the comeback concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.I thought this movie would be a complete disaster. In the beginning allI heard was obscene language, watched obscene sight gags, watchedbarfing as though the whole world thought that was funny, and listenedto sexually explicit songs and also listened to fouled mouthed peoplewho had no fear of using sexual body parts as part of their normalconversations. I wanted to shut this down, but I took a chance andwaited until all the ugliness was out and eventually most of it wasout, not entirely, mind you, but the worst parts were over. Then thestory started. Oh, there were still foul mouthed people spewing theirstuff, but it became no different than any other movie with badlanguage. Good God, am I getting used to this stuff?To continue a little bit with the story, Aaron has a very hard timegetting a difficult out-of-control drugged up rock star to do what hemust do to get back his rock-star career back. But, in order to get thejob done and appease this rock star, Aaron ends up doing things hedoesn't want to do, drink a lot, do drugs and have sex with otherwomen. Have to admit some of those scenes were only funny when he wasout of it via drink, and drugs and was not very graceful on his feet.There should have been more of those scenes because some slapstick wasdefinitely called for. Otherwise nothing else was funny. What held me was the performance of Russell Brand. He was in hiselement or zone and although he also spewed foul language as called forin the script, he sometimes mumbled but you got the gist of what he wassaying and that was sort of a reprieve for me not to hear the words.Jonah Hill was kind of miscast as he brought nothing to the tablebecause his character was too low-keyed and he was not given anymemorable lines. He was only funny when he was knocking things over inhis drunken druggy stupors. Surprisingly that worked. Cameos: Mario Lopez, Billy Bush, Pink, Christine Aguilera, MeredithVieria and others of lesser notoriety. Why these foul mouthed comedies appeal to the populace is beyond me,but they continue to try to outdo the previous same kind of foulmouthed sexual misadventure "comedic" movies. Comedy in America isdead. Now, all we have is bathroom humor. Sad. Soooo, not a completedisaster, but real close. Violence: No Sex Yes. Nudity: Yes. Drug usage: Yes. Sexual content:Yes, throughout Language: Yes, throughout

intelearts

09 May 2012

My 340th Review Its only rocknroll - hit miss comedy that tries to sum up the madness of the music industry

GHTTG is in no way the funniest film I've seen this year or thesmartest - it's crude, rude, filled with sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll,but it does have a couple of good performances that grow on you as thefilm progresses - however, it is saved by the fact that it is one of ahandful of films that actually tries to be about the music industry andit's complete madness.Solidly made there's lots to both and like and dislike here, it'spretty hit and miss, but if you've ever moshed in a pit, been coveredin mud at a festival, been stoned and laughed like a drain then you'llunderstand this film 100%. If you're idea of rock'n'roll is that you'retoo old to like new music then you're not going to ever enjoy this.A tale of excess and excessive excess at that all wrapped in memorableoneliners it's just way too lightweight to score more than a 6 but itis offensive, crude, funny, self-deprecating, and by the end there issomething of a journey - and that's what 's it all about. If you like Apatow comedies and a genuine satire on rock'n'roll thenGHTTG will fascinate - just don't expect it to hit more than 50% of thetime - it's a weird film with OTT performances that makes goodmainstream comedy - go figure....

09 May 2012

Awful movie

I am a fan of various comedies, but this movie was simply awful. I kept waiting for the movie to get better, but it simply never happened. I really don't mind raunchy movies either, but they need to be funny and this one was not. The plot was thin and the various "funny" parts were predictable and simply not funny. I would rate this movie worse than "Stepbrothers" with Will Ferrell, which wasn't good either, but at least it was funny.

07 May 2012

My review For Get him to the Greek

This review is from: Get Him to the Greek (2-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) I only went to the Movie Theather to see this because the previews for this particular film looked very promising. So,when it was released I plunked down my hard earned $10.00 dollars to see this movie hoping not to be disappointed yet gain but to my surprise it turned out to be very funny indeed. It made me laugh from beginning to end as a good comedy should do!! I really enjoyed this movie!! I loved Russell brandt and Jonah Hill was very funny as well. They both equally cracked me up. I definitely recommend buying this movie and I was glad to added to my collection!!

06 May 2012

Movie DVD

This review is from: Get Him to the Greek (2-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) The DVD is not formated correctly so it will not play on my Blue Ray player. It will probably be a pain to return.

Neil Welch

04 May 2012

One in the eye for Daily Mail reader

Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) works for a record company and is tasked withgetting hard living but has-been rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand,playing the character first seen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall) fromLondon to Los Angeles in time for a comeback concert, despite Snow'sconcentrated efforts to indulge in sex and drug fuelled rock'n'rollchaos instead.As a Daily Mail reader of mature years I hate Russell Brand, of course,and I deplore the vast amount of recreational drug use and the constantbad language in this movie, of course, and I have hated Jonah Hill eversince I first loathed the character he played in Superbad. So there wasno way I was going to enjoy this movie. Of course. How could I? Thing is, this is a very funny movie. The humour ranges widely fromcharacter based, to verbal, to situational (and, yes, to unmentionablebody parts, sexual matters and drugs) and is often laugh out loudfunny. The mostly young audience I watched with laughed a lot, and sodid I. Brand is a very talented man - he sings well, has an engagingscreen presence, and knows how to use his face and body to excellentdramatic and comedic effect. I even warmed to Jonah Hill, playing amuch more sympathetic character than usual. And Rose Byrne, usually soserious, was an absolute revelation, playing Snow's gorgeous (and moresuccessful) ex, Jackie Q, with earthy and very funny gusto, and anoccasionally dodgy gawd luv us cockerny accent.The music is quite good, too, being peppered with songs in the samevein as Snow's videos in Sarah Marshall, ie. effective and enjoyablespoofs of their particular genres, with lyrics which are justoverstated enough to be effective parodies of something which you oftenwouldn't think couldn't be parodied.I enjoyed this film a LOT more than I expected to.

Jack W

04 May 2012

Whats All the Fuss About?

I got gypped..... I saw all the reviews on this site this morning, and decided to go see it during lunch. It was DEFINITELY not all that. (It's very stupid to compare it to "Hangover"; "Hangover" was much, much, much better.)There were seven funny moments in the movie; believe me, I counted them (since someone here stated that he/she laughed from the beginning all the way to the end..... Yeah, right!)Formulaic, forced humor, bodily function humor, sophomoric humor, "them Brits are funny" humor, "rock stars are crazy, dude!" humor; these are just a few responses I had after the movie. It's the same old, same old, without any twist.Since Jonah Hill had a few rather humorous roles recently, the producers of this movie thought they could just make him stand in front of a camera and just say something, anything.