Review of Long Shot (2019) by Wilwil — 08 Jun 2019

Actually liked Seth in ‘Green Hornet’ & ‘Pineapple Express’.  -In this latest flick ('Long Shot'), howbeit, I ‘ve relinquished any notion of Tom Cruise ‘reigning’ as Narcissism ‘s-top-dog --- what w/ Tom ‘s belaboured’, extended-scenes late-in-the-movie (MI #2, if I recall?) karate-moves ---  wherein the bad guy is merely employed (BY Cruise) as a punching-bag --- …so we viewers can go home + 'dwell' on Cruise ‘s purported prowess + overall 'awesomeness'; not-to-mention his climbing-skills w/one hand right-from-the-start!

(***Self-Indulgence masquerading as 'reverse' self-indulgence):

In ‘Long Shot’, Rogen avails himself of the ‘underdog’ pretext early-on AND thruout --- a ‘tried’ trait ever-prevalent in cinema since Chaplin --- yet re-sets-the-‘Me-Me-Me' bar by subtending the plot w/ the premise that ONLY ‘he’ (a rebel ugly-duckling) will ever prove a ‘fling-target’ of accomplished women (in politics or elsewise); …whereupon even Canada 's PM turns out merely a ‘contemptible’ up-close (in comparison); if not utterly incompetent vis-à-vis Rogen ‘s hooded-nerd-cum-Tuxedo-clad Alpha-Male --- …all the while incorporating peripheral garbage (an assistant ‘s furtive fling, a ‘brother’ hooked on religion) simply so as to remind us he ‘s SO cool + ‘down’-w/-the-scene that any accomplished female ‘d be a fool NOT to desire him!  –Likewise, introducing folks to cool drug-scenes & hangouts inasfar as only ‘he’ well-knows after-hour nooks & crannies, yet persisting on donning a cloak of 'meekness' withal!!  ---Having 'conned’ an accomplished actress like ‘Theron’ into playing the lovesick-for-Rogen-alone fool (seeing as she ‘s a ‘tried’ thespian who can actually pull-it-off) simply serves so as to have us all ‘fall’ for this 'zany' yarn entailing a ‘miser’ who turns out presidential ‘Boy-Toy’ (…w/ White-House 'politics'-per-se devolving into a mere sub-plot thruout)!  -Hey:  I too can write my own plot, else imbue it w/ my own script-scenario~!  -Yet I 'd wear the 'tuxedo' right-off-the-bat so 's folks can 'get over' any macho-ruggedness 'publicity' on-my-part;  ...