What is not to love about an overweight soon-to-be freshman who loves to talk like he’s from the hood, or how about his friend who clenches his biceps with a 60 pound body? With the release of Drillbit Taylor on March 21st, there came many expectations since it was produced by Judd Apatow and co-wrote by Seth Rogen, the same pair who created 40-Year-Old Virgin, Superbad, and Knocked Up. But one reaction by The Daily Iowan reporter Anna Wiegenstein in particular, didn’t find is rated up to par (Link to article).
According to Wiegenstein, the movie’s rating of PG-13 put it at a disadvantage, compared to other movies like Knocked Up, which according from the live labor scene had no limits. However, the story of Drillbit Taylor involves three boys who are stepping into the jungle of high school with bullies, which prompts them to hire a bodyguard. I’m pretty sure that the freshman boys in high school won’t be divulging themselves in illicit drugs or meeting girls at bars. The characters from the Drillbit Taylor are at a different age level than the boys of Superbad. And therefore, the movie needs to fit to the characters.
Even when the movie does fit to the boys’ immature outlook on life, it does well in creating comedy in what boys could come up with during dangerous situations. There is no need for topics like sex, drugs, or alcohol. It is enough when you see a young, overweight, smart-talking boy try to have a rap-off like Eminem in 8 Mile. Or how about when bodyguard Owen Wilson teaches the three boys his special techniques like the “hold me back” method, which in the end only gives the scrawny boy a black eye. Even when two of the boys end up wearing the same shirt on the first day of school on accident, I had to laugh when the bus driver asked them if there was a sale of “2 for 1 at Hot Topic.”
Ultimately, I haven’t seen too many movies come up with the idea of a low-price, homeless, and careless bodyguard for three scared and naive teenage boys.
According to Wiegenstein, the movie’s rating of PG-13 put it at a disadvantage, compared to other movies like Knocked Up, which according from the live labor scene had no limits. However, the story of Drillbit Taylor involves three boys who are stepping into the jungle of high school with bullies, which prompts them to hire a bodyguard. I’m pretty sure that the freshman boys in high school won’t be divulging themselves in illicit drugs or meeting girls at bars. The characters from the Drillbit Taylor are at a different age level than the boys of Superbad. And therefore, the movie needs to fit to the characters.
Even when the movie does fit to the boys’ immature outlook on life, it does well in creating comedy in what boys could come up with during dangerous situations. There is no need for topics like sex, drugs, or alcohol. It is enough when you see a young, overweight, smart-talking boy try to have a rap-off like Eminem in 8 Mile. Or how about when bodyguard Owen Wilson teaches the three boys his special techniques like the “hold me back” method, which in the end only gives the scrawny boy a black eye. Even when two of the boys end up wearing the same shirt on the first day of school on accident, I had to laugh when the bus driver asked them if there was a sale of “2 for 1 at Hot Topic.”
Ultimately, I haven’t seen too many movies come up with the idea of a low-price, homeless, and careless bodyguard for three scared and naive teenage boys.
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