Trailer Trash: Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?
Giving Morgan Spurlock money to make a movie is like giving me money to make a spaceship. I can give you a rough idea of what a spaceship looks like, because I’ve seen a picture of one. But that’s about it.
I’m not sure Morgan Spurlock has ever seen a movie. Maybe he’s heard about a movie, or read an article about what a movie is like. Maybe he’s seen a TV episode where the characters go to the movies. Spurlock’s films are so bad, so banal, so completely inconsequential, that you have to wonder, “Who gives this guy money to make movies?” followed by, “Where do I get in line?”
The trailer for where in the world is Osama bin Laden consists primarily of Spurlock dressing up in an A-rab outfit, flying to A-rab countries, and asking people where Osama Bin Laden is.
Spurlock is a poor man’s Michael Moore. Moore, of course, is also a total hack. His films are simplistic and intellectually dishonest. But at least Moore has something to say. The bin Laden trailer plays like a bad sketch on the Daily Show, minus John Oliver's cute accent.
The most telling line of the trailer is about a minute in, where he tells a man, “I’m looking for Osama bin Laden.”
The man laughs.
Spurlock asks, “Why is that funny?”
Exactly.
I’m not sure Morgan Spurlock has ever seen a movie. Maybe he’s heard about a movie, or read an article about what a movie is like. Maybe he’s seen a TV episode where the characters go to the movies. Spurlock’s films are so bad, so banal, so completely inconsequential, that you have to wonder, “Who gives this guy money to make movies?” followed by, “Where do I get in line?”
The trailer for where in the world is Osama bin Laden consists primarily of Spurlock dressing up in an A-rab outfit, flying to A-rab countries, and asking people where Osama Bin Laden is.
Spurlock is a poor man’s Michael Moore. Moore, of course, is also a total hack. His films are simplistic and intellectually dishonest. But at least Moore has something to say. The bin Laden trailer plays like a bad sketch on the Daily Show, minus John Oliver's cute accent.
The most telling line of the trailer is about a minute in, where he tells a man, “I’m looking for Osama bin Laden.”
The man laughs.
Spurlock asks, “Why is that funny?”
Exactly.
Labels: trailer trash
posted by Hillel Aron at
Monday, March 24, 2008
2 Comments:
speaking of where in the world i think it's probably getting to the point when someone in hollywood will finally greenlight "Carmen, San Diego." of course Rockapella will be replaced with Joey Fatone and the other fat faced guy from n'sync nobody gives a shit about trying to make a comeback with 2 even pudgier guys backing them up. thank god they'll be done in CG by robert zemeckis's lame crew of animators and no one will try to actually teach us anything.
Amazing last line /word.
I laughed my ass off.
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