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It got rave reviews but otherwise a lot of people weren’t too excited to see it. I went to see it as my friend leaves town for university (boo school is starting already). Anyway the movie itself isn’t what you expect it, at least the concept is given away with the trailers adding an increased level of hilarity.

The movie does have stupid humor but it pulls it off well though it is very offensive. I heard quite a lot about CNN saying something about the racial matter of this movie which there is none. However it is quite offensive towards the mental challenged or “retards – such as Ben Stiller’s character Tugg Speedman in the fake film “Simple Jack”. Now I must say I laughed but it crossed the line… if there is one downside to the film, it’s that.

Tom Cruise’s role in the film is downright hilarious. I hadn’t known he was in the film as he didn’t do any of the promotion and my friend didn’t even notice him in the film. He pulls off the fat, balding movie executive. You don’t really know it’s him unless you notice his eyes even then I still had my doubts until the final credits were rolling.

Pineapple Express was admittedly not as good as this film by a big margin as this movie actually had you laughing out loud, whether or not you tried to hold it in during those offensive moments. That’s the real importance of it, it makes you laugh hysterically without being too ridiculous. The concept of the movie saves it from being just your average comedy.

Rating: 4.25/5

As for the soundtrack, it was a very mainstream soundtrack and I guess it wasn’t too bad, the use of Flo Rida’s Low was hilarious but I’m too lazy to download that track. Click for the soundtrack here.

The playlist is after the jump (I’m evil)
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There is just something weird about the style of this album…I don’t know much about the rest of the discography but are his other records similar? I mean I heard good things but Trouble in Dream is one random piece of work.

One way of being random is that it’s usually hit or miss with people. I think it’s a miss with me but I’ll do my best to examine it as it’s more of me just my own brain rejecting the sum to all the parts.

Boring is definitely not a word I could use to describe the album. There’s always something there that you can like whether it’s the intro, composition or guitar melody. On the other hand sometimes it just feels like there’s too much or the song doesn’t turn out the way you want to. Destroyer is barely pop….at least with my definition but I’ll slap it with the generic experimental rock tag. There’s a lot to like this album will probably be great for some or just average for some. I personally like it when it’s kept rather complex and really structured (though others would hate it).

I feel like stopping the review here. If I listen to it for another 100 hours I could probably end up saying this is the album of the year but my brain is finding it difficult for whatever reason. I would probably have nightmares if I continued listening to this album. The composition is extremely odd and while it’s none of that explicitly annoying stuff…it manages to strike a chord.

Lyrically/vocally it doesn’t do much for me and it’s really the musical composition that makes this album great. Bejar has a kind of talkative type vocals and lyrically it may be alright but after awhile my main focus is hearing all the different guitar variations, even if it gets to me…it stands out.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Take this with a grain of salt. You’ll have to decided for yourself on this album, pretty hit or miss and not much for me to discuss unfortunately. One of those, I can’t really explain why I don’t like it but just do kind of thing.

The State by Destroyer

Introducing Angels

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