Drillbit Taylor

Chad says...

Hey remember when I thought Owen Wilson was funny?

This movie was terrible. Basically it was these three kids - yeah I said three...I know the trailer only showed two but that's because the other kid was so annoying that they left him out of the trailer to trick you into seeing this movie. So three kids, one really skinny kid - we'll call him 'over actor', one fat kid who acted like Steven Segal with the squinty eyes and throaty voice and Brooklyn accent. Then there was a third kid that had me so fed up with this movie halfway thru that I couldn't even enjoy the one funny part. I'll get to that later.

Quick observation - way too many people had thick NY accents in this movie for it to be set somewhere in California.

Now - Owen Wilson. Let's just say that after making this movie he didn't think to himself, "life isn't that bad, I mean you just made Drillbit Taylor which will be a huge hit so stop thinking about killing yourself!" He's supposed to be homeless in this movie, yet he dresses really cool and has awesome hair. I imagine he was too distracted by that really annoying kid to step up his game and save this movie.

The one funny part was the kids taking turns punching each other. I'm not sure if it was the punching in the back, kicking in the nuts, etc that made me chuckle or just the fact that I was sitting next to TJ and he was crying at this part. So I might have been more entertained at him laughing at the movie rather than the movie itself.

Chad's rating - I did waste $7 on this movie but the only saving grace was that I didn't spend an extra $4 on popcorn.

TJ says...
I expected this movie to be funnier...that being said, it had it's moments and overall I enjoyed it. There were some funny parts. Of course, Hollywood way oversold the fact that there's an out of control bully in High School. They did a good job of making the bully over the top, because I hated that guy.

The kids were funny. I liked all 3 of them. Sure the smallest one was annoying, but he was SUPPOSED to be annoying. At one point, the fat kid from Brooklyn had a rap off with the bully. This was funny on a few levels. First, the "over actor" suggested the fat kid had to do it, because it was like 8-Mile (of Eminem fame). Second, the fat kid dropped some good rhymes with cutting humor. Good enough for me.

As per Owen Wilson...at one point I wondered...is this Rush Hour 4? EXACT same character. Let's branch out a little. This is probably why Kate Hudson broke up with you and forced the afore mentioned Suicide attempt (quite dark chad).

Could the movie have been funnier? Yes. But it did make me cry laugh (crotch shots will do that), and the previews were funny (Mike Myers' new movie..let me just say...go see it...even if it does look like all the Austin Powers movies rolled into a Middle Easter Guru movie).

Rating: "Don't go see it as a guys movie at 10:30 on a Sunday night, but it's worth checking out. You can decide if it's a rental or matinee though."