Release Date:
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The Skinny: Mike Myers assaults the world with a piece of crap movie about a self-help guru tasked with getting a hockey player back to superstar form. It's truly shocking how so many jokes, often in rapid succession, fall so flat. For all the humor Myers created in the past (Wayne's World, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Austin Powers, and Dr. Evil), this should put him back to square one. Epic fail!
We Really Gave This a Shot: Since we were fully aware that it tanked at the box office, and the few who saw it had nothing good to say, we still kept an open mind. After about 90 seconds in, we couldn't believe our fucking eyes.
Our Unauthorized Love Guru Conspiracy Theory: Mike Myers wanted to break his contract with the film studio, so he set out to make the worst movie he possibly could. That's the only explanation we're willing to accept.
The Good: It's only 86 minutes long; Stephen Colbert and Jim Gaffigan as hockey announcers have the movie's only few laughs; toward the end it gets a little better because they stop firing out horrible jokes every .02 seconds Or maybe we just became numb to it all.
The Bad: The Love Guru.
Blu-ray and Digital Copy: We watched this on Blu-ray because we had it on Blu-ray. Made no difference. They also include a digital copy, probably as an insult. If the movie studios could track these we'll bet that no one utilizes this disc. It'd be like carrying around a pocketful of syphilitic ticks where your portable media player used to be.
Best Extra: We were so ashamed and embarrassed for Myers that we only watched the gag reel, which had a few unexpected laughs. Everything else just made us way too sad.
We Really Gave This a Shot: Since we were fully aware that it tanked at the box office, and the few who saw it had nothing good to say, we still kept an open mind. After about 90 seconds in, we couldn't believe our fucking eyes.
Our Unauthorized Love Guru Conspiracy Theory: Mike Myers wanted to break his contract with the film studio, so he set out to make the worst movie he possibly could. That's the only explanation we're willing to accept.
The Good: It's only 86 minutes long; Stephen Colbert and Jim Gaffigan as hockey announcers have the movie's only few laughs; toward the end it gets a little better because they stop firing out horrible jokes every .02 seconds Or maybe we just became numb to it all.
The Bad: The Love Guru.
Blu-ray and Digital Copy: We watched this on Blu-ray because we had it on Blu-ray. Made no difference. They also include a digital copy, probably as an insult. If the movie studios could track these we'll bet that no one utilizes this disc. It'd be like carrying around a pocketful of syphilitic ticks where your portable media player used to be.
Best Extra: We were so ashamed and embarrassed for Myers that we only watched the gag reel, which had a few unexpected laughs. Everything else just made us way too sad.