Here Comes the Boom

[Drunk Monk]

It's the Family-Friendly Feel-Good MMA flick! By Family-Friendly, I mean no ring girls.

It's formulaic and predictable, but the cast chemistry works well enough and Kevin James, who I usually detest, turns in a decent performance. Once you get past the absurd notion that you can get to the Octagon in just one semester (and it's a little disturbing as a message as we don't want kids to start jumping in the cage so unprepared), it hits all the marks it aims for. This is not an ambitious film. The fights are done well enough, in broad strokes so even the most naive audience can follow it, and the bloodiness is minimized. So bring the kiddies! Just like Warrior was all about TapouT, this is all about UFC. It reminds me of how Vegas tries to market to kids.

Bas Rutten has great comic timing. I can see him as a real star beyond being just a retired fighter. One scene really got me laughing, harder than I've laughed at a movie in a long time. That alone was worth the price of admission (which was nothing but making the time, as this was a press screener).

No sword fights. Surprisingly, this didn't need them.

P.S. Salma was on Letterman last night: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/2289593681/the-late-show-10-10-2012">http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/vide ... 10-10-2012</a><!-- m -->

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

I guess I'll put in the DVD queue for when tQ is out of town.

[Drunk Monk]

Not by me. By another brother.

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And amazingly, no mention of posters, platypi, or other planets.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

I suspect you are now using that as a new nom de plume. After reading the article, my mind still felt safe within it's borders so I suspect it was not a cranefly creation.

[cranefly]

I kept trying to work in the martial arts comedy They Call Me Bruce (1982) starring Johnny Yune. One scene from that movie is indelibly etched in my retinas. Johnny (as Bruce) is in a hot tub with this naked gorgeous gal. With eyes big, he says, "Wow! You're a ten!" And the gal is smiling at the compliment. Then Bruce adds, "You're a ten where you should be a thirty-six!" And the poor gal slinks down in the water in embarrassment.

I was thinking we could have tailored the Here Comes the Boom review to focus on this lost classic. Then DM's business could have stocked up on They Call Me Bruce DVDs and made a bundle.

Unfortunately, I ran out of time writing the review and the opportunity was lost.
But be aware I'm an entrepreneur just waiting to happen, and some day very soon I'm going to make one of you a bundle of money.

[Drunk Monk]

It's all on YouTube. Maybe you can tell us exactly where that alleged hot tub scene is.
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[cranefly]

Part 9 -- Start at the 5 minute mark.
Since it's youtube, it's a censored version.

[Drunk Monk]

Your memory serves you well. Of all the scenes in that film to get burned into your retinas.... :roll:

[cranefly]

There's also a sushi sequence in a tough western bar that is memorable. Bruce is telling how he likes sushi, and this tough guy thinks he's talking about his girlfriend Suzie. "You know Suzie?" the tough guy snarls, confronting Bruce. "Yeah, I like sushi," says Bruce. "I eat sushi morning, day and night. I eat sushi last night."

Heh-heh. Nothing but high-quality jokes throughout, let me tell ya.

[Drunk Monk]

I think I sheared those memory cells from my years of abuse.