Beerfest

If you've seen Super Troopers, you've probably seen Beerfest, unless the film released between them, Club Dread, turned you off to the Broken Lizard guys. It did not deter me at all, and Beerfest if the greatest film dedicated to the art of competitive alcohol consumption ever made. It's true. Beerfest follows two brothers, Todd and Jan, (S.T's Rabbit and Foster) as they go to Germany after their Grandfather dies. They don't mind the trip back to the home country because it happens to be Oktoberfest. The greatest beer festival in the world. While they drink and get kicked out of the festival for being silly drunk Americans, they get escorted to the "real" festival. An underground tournament involving loads of countries competing to be #1. They are quickly shown the door after being humiliated by Ze Germans. They then make it their mission to do 3 things. Enter the next years fest as trained Americans. Prove they did not steal the family recipe from Ze Germans which are accusing their Gam Gam of doing. And lastly, to prove Gam Gam is not a whore. They assemble a team of their old buddies and the training begins. The training is some of the funniest stuff that makes you ponder if you could keep up. Their Preparation for the games pays off as they are able to compete in the games and do well. Its got all the Broken Lizard guys we love. Farva plays "Landfill" and Landfills twin brother who wants to be called "Landfill". Mac (Bulletproof Cup) is a Jewish scientist who gets mad which in turn gives him "the eye of the Jew". And last but not least is the first half of Car Ramrod, Rammathorne. We find him as a male prostitute trying to forget his past of destroying opponents on the beerpong table. I love this movie, and it may be the first "Play along as you watch" film ever made. I especially love the scene where Rammathorne is trashed at the bar and we see both perspectives. His perspective as a smooth operating playboy, who no matter how drunk he may be, he can still close the deal with a hot piece of A. Then we see how everyone sees him and it his absolutely classic. If you haven't seen this film, it has one scene in particular that makes it worth watching. They brew their own beer recipe and upon drinking it, the exclamations are absolutely brilliant. I can't go into the specifics here, because we are a family friendly site, but I urge you to watch this extremely underrated film. DAS BOOT!!!!!!!!!

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Date Night

Clever, Clever, Clever. This film blew me away the first time I saw it, but it really came together the second time around. I have seen 2 times in a week and it cracked me up both times. It, in my opinion, is the closest Hollywood has come to portraying married life as reality and not fairy tale. These married people, played by the awesomely comedic Steve Carell and Tina Fey, are worried about being in a rut so they go to the city for a nice dinner. Unable to get into the restaurant, they decide to steal someone else's reservation because they were no shows. This turns into a running gag throughout which is hysterical. Marky Mark doesn't "make" the movie, but he awesome as the private security specialist Holbrook Grant. he helps our power couple sort out the problems they are facing. The film revolves around mistaken identity which comes from the reservation they stole. It is a brilliant comedy acted to perfection. Tina Fey may be the funniest female on earth. Steve Carell basically plays the same character in every film he is in, but this one works extremely well for him. It is one of the funniest comedies I have seen in a while, and I may own this one. The comedy is definitely present, but what about other cinematic aspects? Action? Absolutely. When Curbs Your Enthusiasm's Leon shows up as a cabbie, we enter one of the funniest scenes in the entire film. You will have to watch it to understand. Too buzzed to explain. Do not neglect this film. If you are married, you will enjoy how it strikes the nail on the head. If you are not married, you will still probably enjoy it, but you will probably think that when you get married it will  not be this way. Think again. It turns out to be a good thing. Monotonous is really kind of awesome. 

NBM rates Date Night - Phenomenal

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