Apparently the new Naked Gun movie is quite good

Isn't it usually a bad sign when the embargo is so close to the premiere? I'm hoping it's good, the trailer and all those posters have been excellent, in my opinion.

I don't think one rando's comment on "X" is an indication that the movie is universally adored.

She writes for Variety you freaking dumbass.

I Have "The Naked Gun Trilogy" DVD sign by Mr Leslie Nielsen. Thanks CHILLER!

R3 So....some rando on "X." Thanks for confirming!

I love the originals so I am always afraid of reboots.

R1 The premiere is still 2+ weeks out. Your theory applies when the embargo is lifted a day or two before release. This is actually a positive sign.

Most film reviews are posted at noon Pacific on the Wednesday before. Social media reactions are usually allowed the week of.

92% fresh with 90 reviews, including some calling it the funniest movie in years

The Kardashians are now "respectable". It's a low bar.

I liked in the preview when Neeson said some guy had been in jail for "man's laughter" and his colleague corrected him and said: "That's manslaughter....."

Thank god it’s good because I needed this.

I wish they would have cast someone somewhat younger.

Well Pam hit bottom with that showgirl movie that was "generating Oscar buzz". I guess John Peters wasn't as generous as reported.

Liam is in that weird sexy category with Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley and all are passed their prime

If it's a hit, the movie could save both careers. I've always had a soft spot for Pam.

I’m going Saturday. I’m excited!

r11 That kind of dumb joke is perfect for this movie, but translators in other countries are going to struggle mightily with wordplay like that. I know the French translator just gave up for the "surely/Shirley" joke in Airplane!

I saw a preview a few nights ago and it's very funny. I was skeptical about Liam Neeson as Drebin but he does a good job and the tone is very much the same as the original trilogy. Pamela Anderson is very funny as well. I wish the trailer hadn't given away so many of the jokes but there's still enough gags throughout that I'll need to watch a couple more times to catch everything I missed the first time. Sure the originals are probably better but it felt great to just laugh for 90 minutes.

The first trailer with the little girl was unfunny, but the second was much more promising and I will give it a chance.

R18 Thank you! Thank you for giving it a chance!

The preview made it look like it has a lot of toilet humor.

I saw an early preview. Really bad. It’s corny. The original films are classics and came during a time when political correctness wasn’t smothering everybody. You can really tell that with this film. I get what they were trying to do with the casting but this is mid at best. I’m sure with everything going on in the world people may seek it out for a laugh no matter how lame it ends up being.

[quote] I liked in the preview when Neeson said some guy had been in jail for "man's laughter" and his colleague corrected him and said: "That's manslaughter....."

Seriously? You liked that? Man, comedy is truly in the toilet.

The rampant trolls who try to sink every movie premiere are so fucking tiresome at this point. You're all so laughably transparent with your bullshit, everyone sees right through you.

I fucking want toilet humor and aimlessly funny movies again. I don’t want every movie to be fucking cerebral.

I admit I laughed at the "take a seat" bit.

So Liam and Pam are a thing in real life?

That's quite an unlikely pair. But good on Pam, gettin' another dude with a big ol' cock.

You are welcome Liam, R18!

Variety gives it a poor review.

He’s too old. I don’t care. I know there were generational differences in the 80s but Lesley Nielsen was still middle aged when the films started. He just was older middle aged and much better looking than Liam Neeson.

So this is the 34th Naked Gun film? Aren’t people tired of this shit yet?

I'm in.

So far, "Sinners", "Superman" and, based on the reviews "The Naked Gun" all have provided me another good excuse to pay too much for a Cherry Pepsi and a tub of popcorn slathered in that delicious chemical industrial product so generously termed "butter".

But you’re not going to see Fantastic Flop?

Did they cast Liam Neeson because his name sounds similar to Leslie Nielsen?

r32, I know. That's sort of weird to me, too, given my taste for big budget schlock.

I haven't yet put my finger on why, but for some reason, I'm not motivated to go to the theatre to see Fantastic 4.

Maybe one Marvel run of movies is enough for me- "Iron Man" to "Avengers: Endgame"- that I just don't want to invest time and money into another 10 year plot line.

We’re going Saturday morning.

Too much CGI, lame jokes, rehashes of the original films. Hollywood is desperate.

Even the long legs poster is a rip-off.

Enjoy it as much as I did, Pam.

Watching a Kazakhstani cam version as I type and I had no idea Kevin Durand was in this, he's not a very good actor. Hopefully he's not the main villain.

I think I'll wait for an American print because the audience isn't laughing in this one and I can't with that.

New York Times likes it.

Who cares what The NY Times thinks?

Pamela Anderson definitely has a radar for huge cocks.

I just saw it. Laughed pretty consistently throughout. There are some joke set pieces that are totally off the wall (the snowman sequence is something else), and they all work. The dialog sounded like the ZAZ guys could have written it (there's a Cosby joke that made my jaw drop). I'm shocked they pulled off continuing the Naked Gun franchise.

Poor thing bombed at the box office. Didn’t even break even.

It is incredibly stupid and I liked it. Some of the humor got oddly raunchy, which surprised me. It’s an odd turn for LN but he made the screwball work with PA’s dumb blond femme fatale. Sometimes you’re just in the mood for potty jokes, I guess.