Review: Making a Sketch Movie in 2010

The Sketch Movie might be the greatest movie genre of all time. Why? Because it died out at its peak, left to be immortalized and never touched as a sacred sacrament. The Groove Tube, Tunnel Vision, and Kentucky Fried Movie were all remarkable accomplishments, and to a lesser extent Amazon Women on the Moon. These movies encapsulated the fact that- just being funny is dangerous ground and the more successful parts of these movies disregards audience and expectations and allows itself to be pure art. David Wain tried this in 2007, but he did it his way, with al his inside jokes, with all his attention to detail, and with all his comedic actors. And Jessica Alba. And you know what? It was amazing. The consensus on "The Ten" is not as good, but I feel that The Ten is one of the "funniest" movies of all time. Funny being a subjective term, in this case, meaning The Ten could be the opus of Wain's movies. But I digress because I can talk about how The Groove Tube should be studied by anyone trying to understand how to amuse people. But the point I am making is that these sketch movies tried new things and weren't afraid to fail. They probably did fail, because many people haven't seen them, actually. But the path had been blazed, and their are footsteps followed here. The spirit of these movies can be seen from The Simpsons to The Hangover to Barney in How I Met Your Mother. So: Peter Farrelly, making a sketch movie in 2010 means making a movie that will likely fail in 2010. Get the fuck out there and try something that will probably fail. I wasn't even born in the 70s and I found these movies. You've got Bob Odenkirk involved. Also Matt Walsh, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Putty, McLovin, Monk, The Bounty Hunter (in theaters now!), and a Culkin. So why am I so afraid? Maybe because I know a sketch comedy movie should succeed by now and am afraid the on-slaught of future sketch movies will ruin the integrity of The Groove Tube or even American Raspberry. To me those movies represent a mindset of doing funny because you think its funny, thereby quantifying that 'anything can be funny'... so, actually, there is nothing to be scared of. Unless its a bad movie. See 2008's Extreme Movie, the same joke being water boarded to make it appealing to teens. Also if you haven't seen The Groove Tube or any sketch movie ever before, do not start at Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different. I'm being your friend here.