This movie looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun. I’m always a sucker for R rated comedies. In this movie we get Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and the soon-to-be-everyone’s-favorite Richard Ayoade. The other ingredients are there too. It’s directed by Akiva Schaffer and was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. That’s a comedy all-star team for those keeping track at home. There are plenty of other familiar faces in the trailer as well. The story is about a group of slacker men who form a “neighborhood watch” in order to hang out and get away for a while. This leads to them uncovering some alien shit and a plot to destroy the world. They rally together and have to fight off the bad guys. I like it because it makes me think it’s like Old School meets Ghostbusters. Vince Vaughn needs to be in more comedies like this. I look forward to him and Jonah Hill bantering. Richard Ayoade is awesome in “The IT Crowd”, a UK show that you should already know about. He has great reactions and is hilarious in his own right. I’m not looking at this to be “this year’s Hangover” or anything, but it should surely live up to the big R-rated summer comedy standard. You can tell this is one of those movies that basic cable will be showing on a loop. That’s not a bad thing at all.
