It's not funny at all: the word "hilarious" peppers the reviews here for some reason, but I didn't laugh once at this mess. For those who found the movie so "hilarious", could you provide any examples of this supposed hilarity?
It's preachy: look, I agree with most of the main character's points about modern (North American) culture: it tends to be mean-spirited, vacuous, punishes rather than rewards intellectualism, etc. However, the personality flaws of the main character perfectly illustrate those of the movie: nobody wants to be preached at /lectured to. What's the point? I agree with your points already and those that don't won't be swayed by this movie (if they even see it at all).
It offers no solutions other than violence: the recent movie "Super" was eerily similar to this one in many ways (unattractive everyman vigilante killing those he finds morally objectionable, young, crazy female sidekick who is romantically interested in him, etc. However, that movie was braver than this in that it showed the true ugliness of violence and that violence is NOT the answer to life's complex problems. VIolence is the tool for those this movie professes to despise, yet the movie hypocritically offers violence as a solution. The true solution to ignorance is education, not a shotgun. Perhaps the filmmakers realized that yet another violent movie would be more entertaining than a movie about a person actually _communicating with_ and changing the lives of others. Violence certainly brings in the bucks and is easier to write...and appeals to the very people this movie claims to condemn.
See Idiocracy instead: Unfortunately, "Super" was ultimately just as unwatchable as this movie. The movie "Idiocracy" brings modern society's obsession with convenience, fast food, celebrity culture, soulless "Idol" music, etc. to its logical conclusion. Further, it's funny!
It's preachy: look, I agree with most of the main character's points about modern (North American) culture: it tends to be mean-spirited, vacuous, punishes rather than rewards intellectualism, etc. However, the personality flaws of the main character perfectly illustrate those of the movie: nobody wants to be preached at /lectured to. What's the point? I agree with your points already and those that don't won't be swayed by this movie (if they even see it at all).
It offers no solutions other than violence: the recent movie "Super" was eerily similar to this one in many ways (unattractive everyman vigilante killing those he finds morally objectionable, young, crazy female sidekick who is romantically interested in him, etc. However, that movie was braver than this in that it showed the true ugliness of violence and that violence is NOT the answer to life's complex problems. VIolence is the tool for those this movie professes to despise, yet the movie hypocritically offers violence as a solution. The true solution to ignorance is education, not a shotgun. Perhaps the filmmakers realized that yet another violent movie would be more entertaining than a movie about a person actually _communicating with_ and changing the lives of others. Violence certainly brings in the bucks and is easier to write...and appeals to the very people this movie claims to condemn.
See Idiocracy instead: Unfortunately, "Super" was ultimately just as unwatchable as this movie. The movie "Idiocracy" brings modern society's obsession with convenience, fast food, celebrity culture, soulless "Idol" music, etc. to its logical conclusion. Further, it's funny!