Calum Gilchrist
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Review: Just Go With It
11 Feb
Adam Sandler, I used to find pretty funny. I used to like his monotone delivery of jokes and the back and fourths between him and his co-stars. I am done with this though. Grown Ups had the same back and fourths that go on for about 5 minutes and have nothing to do with the plot and serve very very few laughs. Sadly half of Just go With It was FILLED with these back and fourths which didn’t even feel like both parts of the conversation were filmed at the same time. I am sure that Adam Sandler was in front of a green screen in one dialogue on a beach.
I laughed about two times during this film and even then, I’ve seen funnier serious films. There just wasn’t anything to like about this film. My cousin made the good point that Adam Sandler continually spins HUGE lies and receives no consequences for doing so. His entire relationship with his “girlfriend” in the show was all based on a lie and he NEVER revealed that it was. It makes seem OKAY to just go out and lie to people as everything turns out just right.
After the first ten minutes of the film, I was finished with it. I wanted Adam Sandler to just give up the lie and admit his feelings for Jennifer Aniston. I knew that he’d up with Anniston the first time I learned about the film.
The film is a continuing joke with more and more “funny” situations being tacked on to one another. Everything just feels strained and I spent most of the film sighing or with my face covered so that I needn’t watch any more of the film.
Orchestral soundtracks wfor all RomComs consist of uplifting themes in every scene and they’re always shot in the same super vibrant and super clear way to show just how great everyone’s life is in the film. Three of the tracks were mash-ups of Police songs that were completely pointless and I really didn’t like them just like the rest of the film.
Just Go With It 1/5
