The Watch .... Lazy writing or .... Nope, just lazy writing.
With a all star cast including our very own Richard Ayoade I expected this to be a very good film. I didn't know much about the film in general just that it was about a guy who gets neighbourhood watch together, I didn't know why or how but thats all I knew.
When this film first started I had gone in with a open mind because I had read reviews on this and let me tell you, there were NOT good, not good at all, but I digress.
When the film started I sat there thinking 'ok, sure I can do this! It's just like any other Ben Stiller Movie' always the guy wanting to make a difference, he starts all these clubs, he's nice to everyone and everyone loves him' ok great, the opening scene fine, and then he goes home and we find out his wife and himself can't conceive a baby which is fine.
The thing that got me most about this film was the amount of sexual references in this film, I'm not a pude, far from it, but I think, when I sit down to watch a film there there should be a certain amount of sexual stuff in there, it was all they spoke about, even when they were speaking about the aliens, (which this film is really about and totally got me), it was still based around sex, there were times when I was sitting there wondering what the hell I was doing! It felt to me like the writers had given up. Now for somewhere like Boston, (lets take Ted for example) swearing all the time and some slight sexual innuendoes are fine because it would happen but for people who are living in the suburbs, living in a nice part of town, speech like this wouldn't happen.
I have put this picture up here for a reason! The Neighbourhood watch team were driving and hit something, just so happens to be outside some creepy old farmers house who comes out screaming and ranting, again with the swearing. So this is pretty much when you find out about the aliens, and theres this ball thing, I'm still unsure of what it is but I know it's used for the end of the film. To activate it you have to put your fingers in the holes ..... que more sex jokes.
This is a short review because I don't feel that I should be spending my time writing about it when the writers couldn't be bothered to write a script! Ben Still, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn and Richard Ayoade are great actors, they do comedy at its best but this film was more of a swearing/sex showcase for them.
This film has the opportunity to be something fantastic, something amazing but instead they've turned it into a listening porn movie. I thank god I did not see this at the cinema but payed £2.99 from on demand, even that was too much.
I'm not telling you not to watch this film, because the ending is very good and it does have somewhat of a twist 3/4's in, I'm just saying, if you can watch it for free, do it! And drink while you watch it!
1/5 I'm giving this film. Not good boys. Not good!
