The Nice Guys (2016)

Too much of everything

Purely Joyful Movie!

one of my absolute favorites!

Excellent, smart action film.

One of the best, and most memorable films released in the paste few years. Outstanding performances from everyone, and spectacular writing and directing from Shane Black.

I was cracking up just watching the trailer plus it's not one of those movies where they put all the good parts in the trailer and the rest sucks (though they do put a lot of the good parts in the trailer)

In this age where every modern movie is a sequel or based on something else, it's great that we have a look at something brand new. This is one of the best comedies in recent years and everyone seems to agree with me. I'm reminded of what made films like "Hot Shots: Part Deux" so funny was because the main characters play the goofy series straight. That's exactly what Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling do here. We get our first great joke of the movie when a car crashes through a house. What's great is that there's so much going on in this movie.You just have no idea what will show up next. The one moment that really made me jump in my seat was when a giant bee appeared in the backseat! It's a dream, by the way. There's all sorts of jokes used here, although slapstick comes off as the most prominent. The weird thing is that I saw the first half of this movie on an airplane. I was watching this weird edited version for some reason. Why would a movie shown on an airplane screen be edited? You're the only one who hears it! The few moments where the characters yell are especially funny because they're usually so calm. It's hard to make a good comedy two hours long, but they have enough jokes to support the whole running time. I wish this movie had become as popular as something like "Borat". It might just be the funniest film of this entire decade. ****

I like to write reviews so I can go back and see what I thought of the movie, a little visit to past me. Lately I have noticed that I am giving high marks - a 7 for me is a decent movie maybe worth rewatching in the future. I definitely need to write down what I thought of this movie because it wasn't really worth remembering and I am sure I will forget. There was nothing really special about this buddy cop movie (or buddy detective whatever). Comparing it to ones I really like, like Lethal Weapon this one falls flat, but gets a 7 because its better than what goes for a 6 these days. It has it's entertaining moments, but found the villian was flat, the ending was meh. The only thing that really carried it was the backdrop (the 70's) and the Crowe and Gossling. That was about it. I found my attention waning after about halfway through.Lethal Weapon - way better.