I had a hard time deciding what today’s comic should be about. I weighed my options and considered doing a comic either about Your Highness or Arthur. I also tried to decide if I would do a comic about the four minutes of footage from Green Lantern that was shown at Wondercon this weekend…
…but it didn’t really elicit a strong reaction from me one way or the other.
Even though I had somewhat swam in these waters before, I decided to do a comic about Your Highness only because it’s the only film even peripherally on my radar.
That said, the fact that Natalie Portman wearing a thong is the only thing from the marketing of this movie that I can remember doesn’t speak well of it’s overall entertainment value.
It’s kind of easy to make a joke at the expense of fanboys that are interested in seeing Queen Amidala’s butt. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized, “Y’know, guys. There are MUCH better opportunities to see this kind of thing and in MUCH better movies.” Both Closer and Hotel Chevalier came to mind.
Of course Hotel Chevalier is a short film, not a feature. But I’m willing to be it’s about four times as sexy as Your Highness. Danny McBride’s involvement in ANY film cuts it’s potential for sexiness by half.
Then again… Zooey Deschanel is in Your Highness. Ooo! Conflicted!
While conversationally honest, I am aware that today’s comic lacks the pizazz of my last few efforts. I was also a little worried that references to Mike Nichols and Wes Anderson might go over the heads of some. I was feeling bad about that.
But every time I underestimate you guys, I always end up surprised. So let’s all pretend that this is the funniest comic I’ve ever written and laugh heartily together as brothers and sisters!
Or not.
Let’s talk about Your Highness. Are you making plans to see it this weekend? How do you feel about Danny McBride? Is his cocky loser persona starting to wear thin, or is it just me? Leave your comments below!
Jared and I are going to see Your Highness.
Is that the one where Natalie Portman shows her butt in a thong for three seconds?
I seriously don't understand why fanboys are getting so worked up about that...
...especially when she shows so much more in Closer and Hotel Chevalier!
Of course.
Because fans of stoner comedies are TOTALLY up on what Mike Nichols and Wes Anderson are doing.
That was a heckuva long tangent about Natalie Portman there… haha.
Um… Your Highness looks stupid. It’s probably about as funny as Pineapple Express was, so, depending on your feelings about that movie, judge for yourself.
I used to be caught up on all of my Wes Anderson movies a while back, but… then I jumped ship after Life Aquatic. Maybe I should give it another watch…?
I was in the same boat as you, bman. I totally let The Darjeeling Limited fly under my radar, but went back and watched it recently and enjoyed it. It’s not quite as “precious” as Anderson’s other films. Although, if you haven’t seen The Fantastic Mr. Fox, I highly recommend it.
Cool. Will do! š
I think that it’s not so much a thong, but a chastity belt and a set up for gags we probably first saw in BLACKADDER 20 years ago.
YOUR HIGHNESS has been a bit off my radar for a number of reasons. I couldn’t escape the nearly omnipresent television advertising this past week or so, though, so I’ve become familiar with the shot of Portman standing by the water’s edge. back towards the camera, in what looked like a brown bikini bottom. I was surprised to realize that that was just a bit of CGI obfuscation when I saw the trailer for YOUR HIGHNESS on Saturday.
Do you think anyone is really going to split the difference between “thong” and “chastity belt” given the results?
Didn’t it come out that she used a butt double for that shot?
A lot of people are claiming their Portman’s double lately. It’s hard to keep them straight.
I’m planing on seeing Your Highness mostly because it looks a lot like some of the D&D games I’ve played in. Natalie Portman is just a bonus.
Might see Your Highness… but there are so many better movies out this month to watch, and as I’m in NYC, I have the Tribeca Film Festival to run amok in.
Source Code is on my must see this weekend list, as I was unable to make it this past Saturday. I’ve been wanting to see it for quite some time, and Mondo’s poster for it (that I wasn’t able to get!!) made me more excited for it.
I do recommend “Rubber” if you want something to watch that is completely different and makes no sense, but gives a good ride and some fun.
I was kind of surprised by the good reviews Source Code has been getting. It looked completely generic to me. Like Unstoppable mixed with Time Cop.
From the description that I read of “Source Code” it sounds like “Quantum Leap”.
“…To put right what once went wrong!”
Awww, crap. I wish I had figured out that similarity earlier. It would have made for a great comic!
There is a Scott Bakula cameo in Source Code…well a voice cameo
Watched ‘Source Code’ this weekend. A decent little chunk of science fiction. Has some very similar themes to ‘Moon’ and what I felt was a very interesting ending (though most people seem to not like the ending).
I recommend it just a a sci-fi fan.
Also watched Wes Craven’s “Deadly Friend”. It is the closest thing we will ever get to getting a true ‘Fear Street’ movie. A bit goofy, but worth the watch.
I saw the preview for “Your Highness” as a trailer before “Paul” and found it to be uninteresting. I have never found stoner humor funny though. But it is Ye Olde Stoner Humor so there is a nichce not totally beaten to death yet.
I saw Source Code as well and it was watchable but it was more of a strange romance than a working science fiction story. I found the ending to be a bit much but that is just me.
It’s not her butt. Sorry but she had a double stand in for her butt as the water was near freezing and she didn’t want to get cold.
Sorry, it’s not Natalies butt.
Sorry, that last post was useless without a link š
http://www.moviefill.com/Natalie-Portman-used-a-butt-double-UPDATE-24534/
Well, I’m pretty sure there wasn’t an orbiting space station capable of destroying planets in a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, either.
MOVIE MAGIKS! š
I have every intention of seeing Your Highness. Maybe not this weekend, but I am certainly going to see it because it looks awesome. I don’t expect a whole lot of sexy from James Franco and Danny McBride. They should be funny. But Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel? Mmmmm.
I also saw Sucker Punch and Rango this past weekend. Sucker Punch impressed me, if only because I was going in with an expectation of “this is going to be visually amazing!” and there was a lot more substance than I expected. I also really liked Rango.
I know this is off topic but I figured that if anyone knows something they probably visit this site also. What is going on at the Digital Pimp site? I tried visiting today and a message came up saying it has been reported as an attack page.
Forget it. It looks like it’s been fixed.
Elicit a reaction. Illicit is something else entirely.
I’m sorry.
Your Highness doesn’t look like it will appeal to me, and while I will see Green Lantern, I fully expect it to suck.
Clearly writing late-night blogs and relying heavily on my spellchecker to suggest the word I mean is not working out for me lately…