Dallas Fisher

    Tag: comedy

    • Eternity


      Why yes, I would like to put my name in the running to spend eternity with Elizabeth Olsen.

      I don’t love to complain, but I’ll get those out of the way first. This movie feels like an eternity and a half. It’s a little complicated, uncomfortable, and sometimes the humor doesn’t quite land. Miles Teller is playing the perfect role of annoying option guy and it’s really hard to tell if it’s acting or not. There always needs to be that more annoying guy, but at points it was a little frustrating to sit through his screen time. So those things made it hard to fully buy in when I felt the choice was so easy from the jump.

      Now, there are a lot of positives here so lets get into those. Eternity is so creative! I couldn’t believe something like this hadn’t been put to screen before. Even though I wish the worlds would have been explored a touch more, it was exciting getting to see the behind the scenes of this eternal after life. It asks so many questions. How do you compete with a memory? Who is the best for you? Is it okay to be selfish without regrets? These things have been asked countless times in romcoms, but not in a setting like this.

      Now I will say, this movie isn’t the most romantic (probably because I didn’t love either of the male leads), but it has its moments. Elizabeth Olsen in the middle of it all really helps propel the romance forward. Her attendance here is the dreamy glue that holds everything together and she is just so lovely as always. I wish we got more of her and less of the overly comedic and sitcomy style comedy from the rest of the cast. If you didn’t know, this is so much more a comedy than anything else. At times the dark comedy really works, especially since this is technically a dark time in everyone’s life.

      It was cathartic, relieving sweet moments of these character’s lives. I’m sure some people will bawl their eyes out at times here, but for me I couldn’t bury myself in some of these characters or the overall comedy. I will say the colors are the most pleasing thing to the eyes here, well, if you don’t count Olsen.  Eternity proves that comedy and romance can be both enough and not enough.

      I forgot to mention Callum Turner, he’s there too. Hot and there. 

      3.3/5

    • Is This Thing On?

      I have been on the Bradely Cooper director train (very short train)since the beginning, but people seem to dislike his attempts. With Is This Thing On? I was once again hooked and entranced with the story he was telling. This follows a man, Will Arnett, in the beginning of a midlife crisis and his turn towards stand up comedy as a form of therapy. First off, I think Bardley cast Will as the lead because he looks exactly like him now, or like if you were to draw him from memory. Arnett doesn’t quite have what it takes to be a leading man in this type of role, but it works 75% of the time. I’m glad Cooper did not cast himself as the lead this time around, because his presence as the friend stole the show and made for one of, if not the best, comedic performances of the year.

      I was impressed with the abundant handheld long shots that solely focus on Arnett’s face as he worked through every line of his routine. Justice was brought to the New York comedy scene through many facets and utilizing the real Comedy Cellar and the comics that hang out there was such a nice touch that I applaud the realism. I have been to that club a few times and it was so cool to see it on the big screen as a character of its own. It’s a complicated and insane movie that also pursues the awkwardness of breakups in a graceful way. I love the idea of working through pain with comedy and it leads to my favorite transition shot of the last year or two, you’ll know when you see it.

      Looking back on my time with this film, I noticed it worked as a personal form of therapy. This taught me that life happens to us, which is something I really need right now. Cooper crafts another adult film that will hopefully work for the masses. It’s filled with cameos that are let off the leash and situations that are justified and hilarious stories about life. It inspired me to look at relationships and life choices differently. There’s just something so real within the way Cooper chooses to tell stories about larger than life people in a smaller world.

      3.8/5