Hamlet 2 Review and Mini-Playlist
Hamlet 2 came out this weekend, to some semi-positive reviews. For a comedy that looked, incredibly student and irreverent that at least was a decent score and I decided to check it out last night.
The movie isn’t really all that funny. The premise is simple, the drama program is going to be shutdown after less then stellar reviews and puts on a offensive musical filled with sex etc while the main protagonist struggles with his own personal life.
At best it provided a few chuckles out of me but they were few and far between. For a movie to supposedly be quite offensive it had a lot of unfunny racist jokes and no real character development which felt cheesy at best.
It failed to be offensive or evenly comedically stupid and choose the “middle” ground and ended up as a movie that is quite forgettable and probably wishing that I saw Tropic Thunder again. There just isn’t much to the film that I could talk to you about. The storyline is predictable from the outset with no real shocks or surprises. Involving race and sexuality was minimal or poorly done.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5
Here’s a mini-playlist somewhat related to movie but I’ll keep it short:
Play Your Part (Part 1) by Girl Talk
Let’s Call It Off by Peter, Bjorn and John
Sober by Muse
Stars and Sons by Broken Social Scene
Totem On The Timeline by The Klaxons
