Review of A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) by Mason B — 27 Oct 2014

Review:

I really had high hopes for this movie, after enjoying Ted so much, but I didn't find it that funny. The storyline was ridiculous and Seth MacFarlane's geeky face and terrible one liners got on my nerves after a while. Liam Neeson seemed a bit uncomfortable in his role as the baddie but Charlize Theron played her part well. It seems like MacFarlane was trying to use cleaner jokes so he would get a wider audience, which was a bad choice, but at least they left in the bad language. Basically, the movie just wasn't that funny and I found it hard to stay interested throughout the whole 2 hours. There are a couple of funny scenes, like when he's drunk, but there not really that amazing. Disappointing!

Round-Up:

Seth MacFarlane might have peaked to early with Ted because I honestly think that he got a majority of his audience for this film, based on its success. Obviously he had a big audience from The Family Guy and the Cleveland Show, so he was bound to make money from the movie, but if he doesn't come back with the original type of humour in Ted 2, he might have a short lived career on the big screen. He was lucky to get Liam Neeson to play a comedic character, which is out of his comfort zone, and the addition of Jamie Foxx near the end was a great touch, but it still wasn't enough to make the movie enjoyable. Charlize Theron has proved that she is a versatile actor that can take on any project that is put in front of her, but it was the bad script that really let the movie down. .

Budget: $40million.

Worldwide Gross: $86million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into there comedy/western movies about a sheep farmer who falls in love with the wife of a harden criminal. 4/10.