Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
View MoreGreat movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
View MoreYes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
View MoreThe tagline to this show is seriously f**ked up sketch comedy show. I call it seriously confusing and unfunny. Comedy Central always has to have some strange, unfunny show and this was one of them. After this it was Primetime Glick. Now its Mind of Mencia. At least Comedy Central doesn't show the re-runs that often. I am going say that if I worked at Comedy Central and I was put in charge of what show I had to put on as a re-run at 1:00 AM and I had to choose between Upright Citizens Brigrade and Primetime Glick, I would choose this because it isn't as annoying and screwed up as Jiminy Glick that jackass. At least its got Amy Poehler and Matt Walsh.
View MoreNo matter what people say, this show is truely a great one. It was seldom understood by the "real world". Only those in the right frame of mind could get this show. The Little Donny Episode was a benchmark in entertainment! The show should have went on for many more years.
View MoreI love sketch comedy. SNL and The Daily Show are two of my favourite shows ever, and I also like Monty Python and Kids in the Wall a lot. So I was willing to try out Upright Citizens Brigade. The commercials were right, this is some seriously ****ed up sketch comedy, but it's also pretty funny. The way they tie stuff together at the beginning is great, and hardly ever done in sketch comedy. The timing is great, the jokes are funny and the show is original. What more could you want. I also really like Amy Poehler, the cute, funny and talented comedienne who steals every scene she's in.
View MoreSome of the things people say about this show crack me up:"I have yet to laugh, or chuckle, or even smirk at this poorly-conceived, idiotic, dull television show."This from a guy who goes by the name "Tug." Hmm. Sure, okay. Love the big-word abuse. Unfortunately, it doesn't cover up the fact that you don't realize how much thought is required to understand this show. Hey, you tried.Indeed, this show is not for everybody, but as a writer/comic myself (only by leisure; I'm an engineer by trade,) I have to have a great deal of respect for the talents of Besser, Poehler, Roberts, and Walsh. I almost get the feeling that these are the heros of legend that are destined to succeed Monty Python (okay, there is no such legend, but we engineers like to think so.)While their style is not the most original ever (many writers have succeeded in the "outrageous" style of comedy in the past, "Kids in the Hall" and Weird Al come readily to mind,) they take this style to the next level.I think the first thing one will notice is the lack of a laugh-track, which gives the mission of UCB an ironic seriousness. Not only that, but laugh-tracks have a bad habit of pointing out with big signs where the jokes are, removing any and all need for complex thought on the veiwer's part. I'll never understand why Monty Python used it.The situations they come up with are ones of sheer beauty. Prime examples are the waiter training session at Bradwick's, the Bucket of Truth (already a classic to us fans,) and UCB's advice on how to break curfew ("You guys gotta kick my ass and take a crap on me!")Tying these all together at the end of the show is a nice touch. I think it's pretty obvious that they realized just how easy this is to do, and so they take an almost "Seinfeld"-like approach and have each of these situations have total consequence on each other.Then there's the great hidden camera scene during the end credits, where one of their characters takes a stroll through real life. Wonderful stuff.All-in-all, the show is hideously clever, and ridiculously well-executed. It's been ages since we had a sketch comedy that actually made us think in order to get the jokes, sometimes even requiring us to watch the episode a second time (some will rebuke with "Kids in the Hall," but keep in mind the laugh-track, not to put the show down in any way.)I only pray that Comedy Central doesn't threaten to cancel the show again like they did last Spring.One more thing: my apologies for trashing on Tug like that.
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