In the Army Now
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Movie Reviews of In the Army Now
Movie Review: funny , funny ,funny
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is funny if your a fan of Pualy Shore if he bugz you then leave this and all of his movies behind cause he ain't gonna change he acts the same in all his movies. I like it you got adventure a little action and comedy. But if you are a Pauly Shore fan be sure to get this dvd.Movie Review: Son in Law
Summary: 4 Stars
Enjoyed the video on cable and I was impressed with it so I bought it.Movie Review: "Kind Of Like An Emotional Enema"
Summary: 3 Stars
This film is typical of the Pauly Shore screwup comedy, but is definitely better than Bio-Dome. Pauly is the definite star of the film with the much less talented Andy Dick playing the sidekick. They join the Army reserve because it's easy money and they choose water purification as their army specialty as that is the least likely in their pea-sized brains to see combat (I bet you can't guess where this is going.)
Before long they are on a mission to Chad and off to war. Now let's ponder this for a moment...this is a Pauly Shore slapstick comedy about making potable water in Chad. As improbable as that sounds for a movie project, that's the bottom line, and before it's over Pauly becomes a war hero and gets the pretty girl with the crew cut.
While most of the movie was pretty lowbrow, there were a couple of things I really liked. My favorite character was Fred Ostroff, played by David Alan Grier, who is a paranoid dental student, and who has the consistently best lines (like the "emotional enema" line from which I took the title of my review) and humorous vignettes, most of which feature dental flossing technique demonstrations.
Far and away, though, my favorite bit in the movie is an ultra-obscure reference the writers slipped in to a very bad movie from 1980, "The Pumaman." Pauly Shore apes the brutish Vadinho when he seductively says to a starlet "I couldn't have done it without the inspirational guidance of my brother the Pumaman." This line won't make sense if you haven't seen "The Pumaman," but for those that have it is pure gold.
The movie is silly and will please fans of Shore and the brain-dead-stoner comedy genre. Three stars for the dentistry and Pumaman references.
Movie Review: Funny, and surprisingly realistic... Kind of.
Summary: 3 Stars
After I graduated from Basic Training (I went to Ft. Leonard Wood, not Fort Sill) I was in this "Army movie kick". I watched all sorts of military movies, from funny, to serious, to ridiculous. I was surprised to find that the basic training scenes in this film are very realistic (to extents). I was shocked to see cattle cars, gig lines, "drop the pin, throw the grenade", and the way Pauly Shore says "Drill Sergeant" is perfect. It is lacking in a few areas. First of all, flirting with a drill sergeant is the absolute last thing you would ever do. In the real Army, Pauly Shore would have probably been chaptered out of the Army for such fraternization.
The rest of this movie is just silly. The broad variety of characters keeps the movie interesting, but unfortunately, the plot thins out in the middle and I found myself wishing it would get to the point. There are some funny one liners in the film, such as, "Son, I'm your First Sergeant". "I'm sorry, but I've already had a few."
It's worth the time to watch it, especially if you've gone through basic training in the past 12 years. Give it a try.
Movie Review: Is Pauley Shore Dead? Hopefully Not
Summary: 3 Stars
Whatever happened to Pauley Shore? I guess he's still around but you didn't hear much from him after this movie, which was a decent success. It was a surprisingly-good lightweight comedy with a bunch of likable goofs and weirdos from Glendale, California, and their adventures after they join the Army Reserves.
The language was pretty tame in here but there were a lot of sexual innuendos, too many for a PG rating but not surprising in a modern-day comedy. That comedy overall is good with some laugh-out-loud scenes.
Also, as with many films, the ending gets carried away. It was really dumb, but for most of this movie it was entertaining enough to certainly recommend if you need a laugh.