Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The Style Boyz.
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The entire film is like one big amazing Lonely Island song - the greatest one they ever did. It never stops being funny. It actually hurts, how brilliant this film is. The star cameos are wonderful and the songs are hysterical. Andy Samberg is now my favourite comedian.
If you're into spoofs, satires and mockumentaries that are funny as he*#, then it's time you threw on Pop Star: Never Stop Never Stopping. Anyone I've texted about this movie has replied with the same answer of, "It looked so stupid." But, that my friends, is why this movie is so smart. It mocks real life events in the music industry, pop culture, celebrity culture, the news and so much more. It's perfect. Just like Naked Gun, Airplane, and Scary Movie, Pop Star is the perfect mix of satire, realism and just flat out comedy. Of course it's dumb. So are humans and the real world we exist in. That's why it works so well. The best (my favorite) stand-up comics are always the ones commenting on the real world and how they fit into it. Andy Samberg knows how to create a character that seems completely absurd, but in reality, isn't that far off from reality at all. It's amazing to see and this movie is laugh out loud, cry tears type funny. Embrace it and let the good times roll.
A boy band/ pop hip-hop band breaks up. The headliner goes alone and flops, coming to terms with life.The film spoofs modern society's preoccupation with "reality" TV. It also spoofs inane song lyrics that make rhymes for the sake of rhymes, songs that are pretend heavy with deep thoughts, but are actual trash (Not you Tori Amos.) As someone who is not a fan of realty TV or hip-hop, I found the film refreshing good. It also boast cameos from top stars with film clips from MTV audiences featuring stars such as Steve Tyler and Paul McCartney not included in the credits.Guide: F-word and nudity.
The film is an honest attempt to make mockumentary and stuff it with as many clichés and nudges as possible about the entertainment world. Several guest stars playing themselves did help a bit to create the atmosphere.It leads us through patches in the career of a pop rap musician in his plight for a place in the spotlight after he had fall out with his boy band members. Think of Robbie Williams going solo or something like that but without heavy drugs or drinking. Mine favourite is from Mariah Carrey, who probably _is_ the most humble person she knows : ) The plot is quite predictable from the start, there were some nice twists though. The most of the songs are really politically incorrect, (even reminded a bit of Borat franchise). The last song is actually a hoot, no pun intended : ) ..Final thought: If you into this kind of films the documentary about Heath Ledger if definitely worth watching.