I remember when I first heard about this movie. A lot of people were up in arms over Jonah Hill being involved with it. I really didn’t care. This show aired riiiight before television shows took consciousness in my small child brain. I knew it from syndication, but it wasn’t for me. So a action-comedy based on the show isn’t going to irk me too much. I enjoy Jonah Hill’s past work enough to give pretty much anything he’s in a chance. I do notice this is his first notable release since his insane weight loss. I’m happy for him and hope he’s good, but something seems weird about how fast he lost it. I think if we were exposed more to the loss process it would be different, but it was like “BAM! Look! He’s skinny and he has a douchey hair style!”. Whatever. I was still curious. Then people shat hard on the idea of Channing Tatum being involved, but he seems a lot cooler than the “pretty boy action movie and car movie” type of dude. He was good in “Date Night” so I’m a little more open-minded. The trailer made the movie look a lot better than you’d want to imagine. So many of these TV reimaginings and old school remakes are just complete shit. This looks different and fun. Rob Riggle showing up to work on any project is cool in my book. I’m also a big fan of Ellie Kemper from her work on “The Office”. It looks edgy, funny, and enjoyable enough. In the least, I mildy anticipate this movie. It’s not going to make or break my winter, but I’d imagine it’d be a decent movie. The only thing I worry about is the actual “student” characters being too annoying. I’m going to watch this for sure though…
