The Great New Wonderful

Watch the trailer here.

Finally, after his breakout role in RV, Will Arnett is in a serious movie – and what a fucking atrocious movie it seems, too. I pray, pray, pray that at some point "Job" does a magic trick, or else the movie is a complete waste of your time. And the movie has such potential with the star-studded cast: Tony Shaloub, Edie "Leprosy Lover" Falco, Stephen Colbert and Jim Gaffigan, one of my favorite comedians, all are in the roster. However, Edie Falco’s standup comedy is kinda crap – sorry Edie, but the whole, “You know what I hate about Whops…” lines are tired and frankly not very funny. I love your take on Puerto Ricans, however.

What I don’t understand about this movie is the association with September 11, 2001, besides that it was filmed in New York City. Otherwise it’s just boring and troubled people doing sometimes funny things, sometimes deeply sad. Existences are existences and I don’t need to pay $12 bucks to watch Maggie Gyllenhaal in a mid-life crisis (stick to roles like Secretary, which changed my sex life indelibly). “After everything that’s happened, I still cannot believe that nothing has changed,” says Falco. This seems to be the thesis of the film and the trailer.

You’re right, Director Danny Leiner, to some nothing has really changed. So what? Does it need to be the subject of two hours of film? And everything has changed, asshole. Look across the East River towards where those two giant towers full of many individuals used to stand and you’ll notice quite a tragic view. Oh and the whole war thing. I have an opinion that many, many Americans, Afghanis, and Iraqis would disagree with your assertion. So, stop being retarded and make a real movie. Here’s an idea, free of charge: a little-known blogger decides to marry an insecure Israeli model and start a rock band named “Smashboard Confessional.” They live a happy, highly sexually experimental existence until…his concert-death is tragic when a prank goes horribly awry – he swallows a pillow-full of milk. There you go – anything is better than The Great New Wonderful.