"Beerfest" a guilty pleasure
March 18th 2010 15:36
Lately I have rewatched the film "Beerfest" a few times with and without commentary mainly because I recently bought it on DVD, but also because I am slowly learning to appreciate it for what it is even more.
I'll be the first to admit, it's not an amazing film. The screenplay is okay, some of the jokes are a bit lazy and the characters are somewhat flat. So why do I love it so much? I think it's because I can relate to the buddy comedy drinking movie so much. There is a lot of nostalgia for me (even though it was only like 3 years ago when I was in college) in the film. I think it also really helps the movie that the cast is made up of all really good friends. It makes the buddy comedy work so much better on screen, because it is natural since they are all friends in real life. This is an aspect that makes all of Broken Lizard's movies appealing. The chemistry between the actors is so much so that it draws you into their world.
And what is more fun than a drinking competition? The premise itself is worth a couple of stars. I can't deny that me and my friends have tried our own beer olympics and some of the games shown in the movie that we didn't know about.
"Beerfest" is certainly a guilty pleasure, mainly because I know it's not really a great movie, but I seem to love it anyway. It's a film I'll always defend because for all its stupudity, it really does have a heart for fun and friendship...and America.
I'll be the first to admit, it's not an amazing film. The screenplay is okay, some of the jokes are a bit lazy and the characters are somewhat flat. So why do I love it so much? I think it's because I can relate to the buddy comedy drinking movie so much. There is a lot of nostalgia for me (even though it was only like 3 years ago when I was in college) in the film. I think it also really helps the movie that the cast is made up of all really good friends. It makes the buddy comedy work so much better on screen, because it is natural since they are all friends in real life. This is an aspect that makes all of Broken Lizard's movies appealing. The chemistry between the actors is so much so that it draws you into their world.
And what is more fun than a drinking competition? The premise itself is worth a couple of stars. I can't deny that me and my friends have tried our own beer olympics and some of the games shown in the movie that we didn't know about.
"Beerfest" is certainly a guilty pleasure, mainly because I know it's not really a great movie, but I seem to love it anyway. It's a film I'll always defend because for all its stupudity, it really does have a heart for fun and friendship...and America.
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