Movie Review: Talladega Nights, Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Seventh Seal

Ok, ok. This is as disparate as it gets. But this is what we watched in the last 3 days.

First up:
Talladega Nights: Torgo approves

This movie is like hot chocolate. It's comforting and nice but not inspiring. It's funny. John C. Reilly is great. Sacha Baron Cohen is funny. Will Ferrell is good as usual. There are a couple of clever cameos (Mos Def, best of all). The outtake reel is perhaps funnier than anything in the movie.

That got me thinking that what's most funny about Will Ferrell comedy is what SNL did: those moments when everybody's having trouble staying in character from laughing. His movies lack that, except in the outtake reels. But they make it worthwhile.

Then, this:
Breakfast at Tiffany's: Torgo approves

But barely. Mostly for Audrey Hepburn. She's great. It followed the book closely until I fell asleep. Oh, yeah, well, we started it kind of late. So I haven't actually seen the last 45 minutes or so.

One complaint is Mickey Rooney doing the buck-toothed, horribly offensive Chinese caricature. What the hell? I remember the racism from the book, but this adds something different and wholly unnecessary.

Finally:
The Seventh Seal: Torgo approves

We actually haven't finished this. I fell asleep again. But I wanted to see this for a long time, not realizing it's entirely in Swedish. Swedish! Who knew?

It's a wacky movie about the plague, the Crusades, a chess match with Death, good stuff for comedy. And it's in Swedish!

Maybe I'll add more when I've seen the end.