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Re: FUN SIZE: Nickelodeon can't differentiate adult + family humor, which is why it's failing
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TMC
Nov 1, 2012, 2:15:32 AM11/1/12
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On Oct 29, 12:48 am, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663143/board/thread/205435028
>
> Chicken humping a car and "sexy kitten" is Nick's take on "well the
> whole family will like it because the parents are invested!", a policy
> that has been repeated on shows like iCarly and Victorious (both of
> which are on their way out).
>
> Disney has managed to put actual family humor into stuff like Gravity
> Falls, managing to be funny for adults while still appropriate and
> most of all understandable for children.
>
> Now don't think I think Nick is being immoral or whatever, I don't
> care about that. However they're not comedy central or even Teen Nick,
> they have a viewer base that they're not reaching with their new shows
> in their vain attempt to be edgy and appealing to teenagers who at
> school would mock each other for openly watching Nickelodeon.
>
> And this is why Nickelodeon is failing alongside being unable to
> understand the singing-and-dancing teenagers in high school fad has
> ended.
>
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1604099/board/flat/206255687?p=1
'FUN SIZE' REVIEW: TRASHY, RAUNCHY COMEDY EASILY OFFENDS:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/28/Fun-Size-Review-Trashy-and-Raunchy-Comedy-that-easily-offends
by JOHN P. HANLON 29 Oct 2012 5 POST A COMMENT
The new movie “Fun Size” is one of the strangest film concoctions I’ve
ever seen. Like candy corn eaten with ketchup, the film attempts to
combine two disparate genres—family drama and raunchy comedy-- and
comes up short in both areas.
At one moment it feels like a kid’s film but in the next, it's like a
junior version of the hard-R comedy Project X.” It’s hard to figure
out who the PG-13 rated movie wishes to appeal to, but it comes up
short whomever that targeted demographic is.
The movie arrives with certain family-family credentials. It’s a
Nickelodeon movie packed with teenage actors, and its star is Victoria
Justice, best known for the kid-friendly "Zoey 101” and “Victorious.”
The film's plot sounds like something that parents could take their
children to see.
The movie focuses on a young teen named Wren (Justice), whose
Halloween plans get ruined when she is forced to babysit her
mischievous younger brother, Albert (Jackson Nicoll). Wren had been
planning to attend a party hosted by her high school crush Aaron
(Thomas McDonell) but instead finds herself driving around town
looking for Albert, who always finds a way to sneak off and get
himself into trouble.
Wren teams up with an eclectic mix of friends in her journey. Her best
friend April (Jane Levy) tags along with Wren, constantly complaining
about missing the “cool” party, while buddies Peng (Osric Chau) and
Roosevelt (Thomas Mann) are recruited into the mission as well. In the
meantime, Wren and Albert’s widowed mother (Chelsea Handler) spends
her evening drinking and hanging out with directionless losers and
Albert finds his way into bizarre situations.
But this movie is not what it seems from the plot outline.
The comedy is laced with crude and obnoxious jokes. From a fake
shooting that could scare little kids to a robotic chicken humping a
car, the plot finds ample opportunities to escape the family genre and
find ways to offend. There are disgusting jokes about a creepy old man
who dresses up for Halloween to spend time with children and there are
situations involving the kidnapping of a kid and the destruction of
personal property that would be hard to explain to a child who just
wants to have a good time in the theater.
Admittedly, there are some funny situations, but a pitcher who gets
throws a strike one time in a hundred is not a good pitcher, and a
comedy that makes a person laugh one time in a hundred tries is not a
good comedy.
The movie is blatantly offensive in addition to its lackluster punch
lines. It tries to be too many things at the same time and ends up
being close to nothing. At the end, there are a few nice moments
showing Handler dealing with the emptiness she feels as a young widow
trying to put her life together.
Such a moment of poignancy doesn’t belong in this undeserving
adventure which was written by one of the writers of "The Colbert
Report" and directed by one of the producers of "Gossip Girl."
“Fun Size” is neither fun or enjoyable. It’s a Nickelodeon movie that
the studio should be ashamed of.
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663143/board/thread/205435028
>
> Chicken humping a car and "sexy kitten" is Nick's take on "well the
> whole family will like it because the parents are invested!", a policy
> that has been repeated on shows like iCarly and Victorious (both of
> which are on their way out).
>
> Disney has managed to put actual family humor into stuff like Gravity
> Falls, managing to be funny for adults while still appropriate and
> most of all understandable for children.
>
> Now don't think I think Nick is being immoral or whatever, I don't
> care about that. However they're not comedy central or even Teen Nick,
> they have a viewer base that they're not reaching with their new shows
> in their vain attempt to be edgy and appealing to teenagers who at
> school would mock each other for openly watching Nickelodeon.
>
> And this is why Nickelodeon is failing alongside being unable to
> understand the singing-and-dancing teenagers in high school fad has
> ended.
>
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1604099/board/flat/206255687?p=1
'FUN SIZE' REVIEW: TRASHY, RAUNCHY COMEDY EASILY OFFENDS:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/28/Fun-Size-Review-Trashy-and-Raunchy-Comedy-that-easily-offends
by JOHN P. HANLON 29 Oct 2012 5 POST A COMMENT
The new movie “Fun Size” is one of the strangest film concoctions I’ve
ever seen. Like candy corn eaten with ketchup, the film attempts to
combine two disparate genres—family drama and raunchy comedy-- and
comes up short in both areas.
At one moment it feels like a kid’s film but in the next, it's like a
junior version of the hard-R comedy Project X.” It’s hard to figure
out who the PG-13 rated movie wishes to appeal to, but it comes up
short whomever that targeted demographic is.
The movie arrives with certain family-family credentials. It’s a
Nickelodeon movie packed with teenage actors, and its star is Victoria
Justice, best known for the kid-friendly "Zoey 101” and “Victorious.”
The film's plot sounds like something that parents could take their
children to see.
The movie focuses on a young teen named Wren (Justice), whose
Halloween plans get ruined when she is forced to babysit her
mischievous younger brother, Albert (Jackson Nicoll). Wren had been
planning to attend a party hosted by her high school crush Aaron
(Thomas McDonell) but instead finds herself driving around town
looking for Albert, who always finds a way to sneak off and get
himself into trouble.
Wren teams up with an eclectic mix of friends in her journey. Her best
friend April (Jane Levy) tags along with Wren, constantly complaining
about missing the “cool” party, while buddies Peng (Osric Chau) and
Roosevelt (Thomas Mann) are recruited into the mission as well. In the
meantime, Wren and Albert’s widowed mother (Chelsea Handler) spends
her evening drinking and hanging out with directionless losers and
Albert finds his way into bizarre situations.
But this movie is not what it seems from the plot outline.
The comedy is laced with crude and obnoxious jokes. From a fake
shooting that could scare little kids to a robotic chicken humping a
car, the plot finds ample opportunities to escape the family genre and
find ways to offend. There are disgusting jokes about a creepy old man
who dresses up for Halloween to spend time with children and there are
situations involving the kidnapping of a kid and the destruction of
personal property that would be hard to explain to a child who just
wants to have a good time in the theater.
Admittedly, there are some funny situations, but a pitcher who gets
throws a strike one time in a hundred is not a good pitcher, and a
comedy that makes a person laugh one time in a hundred tries is not a
good comedy.
The movie is blatantly offensive in addition to its lackluster punch
lines. It tries to be too many things at the same time and ends up
being close to nothing. At the end, there are a few nice moments
showing Handler dealing with the emptiness she feels as a young widow
trying to put her life together.
Such a moment of poignancy doesn’t belong in this undeserving
adventure which was written by one of the writers of "The Colbert
Report" and directed by one of the producers of "Gossip Girl."
“Fun Size” is neither fun or enjoyable. It’s a Nickelodeon movie that
the studio should be ashamed of.
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