I caught Starksy & Hutch tonight after rehearsal tonight. I was expecting some mindless fluff and empty distraction — and that's pretty much exactly what I got. The flick was entertaining enough; don't think too hard about what you're watching, and you'll have a good time.
The acting was, well, average, the script perfunctory. The sets and production values were pretty good, though — the entire movie is set in the 70's, and everything has that kind of look and feel. The soundtrack, though, was superb. Lots of great memories there (even if most of the high school kids had never heard any of the songs).
The cameo at the end was priceless. Watch time 1:03
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1 - Roland
I saw it saturday... i was expecting better. it was truly mindless fluff. teh only reason i went to see it was that the reviews were okay and i like todd philips. i kinda felt that there were whole scenes cut out last minute and a b-story that was implied but never addressed. what was it with juliet lewis and jason bateman. every time they were together they had this odd stare going on and i thought they were gonna double cross feldman at the end!
2 - visualsimplicity
I went in not expecting much and came out satisfied. I thought it was hilarious. Of course I also liked Zoolander, which was very much the same as this (and which the majority of Americans didn't seem to like). There's also a lesson too, it is highly unlikely that you can jump a car onto a yacht.