'Superstar' good for laugh
By Tom Linek
Special to the Daily Forty-Niner
There are very few movies in which a three-minute
television skit could become an hour and a half movie. It has been tried
before and most attempts have flopped miserably. That movie was called
ìA Night at the Roxbury.î
"Superstar" followed the same idea where a
Saturday Night Live skit attempted for movie status. But this one worked.
I did not want to get up and walk out like I did at "A Night at the Roxbury."
In fact, I laughed.
In the movie, some of the jokes were so
stupid that they were funny. Many movies that try really hard to be funny
with slapstick comedy, are really not and look even more stupid than they
already are.
"Superstar" had slapstick comedy and was
greatly influenced by the acting ability of Molly Shannon. Shannon, who
was educated at New York University Theater School, has some of the most
animated facial expressions. She is quickly becoming a female version
of Jim Carrey, but with a more subtle and quiet approach.
The premise of the movie was about a girl
who throughout her entire life dreamed of her first real kiss with a boy.
Once she got to high school, Mary Katherine
Gallagher (Shannon) set her sights on the high school heartthrob, Sky,
played by Will Ferrell. All she thought about was kissing him and getting
him to notice her. She hoped that he would be the one who would send
her temperature rising.
Throughout the movie, she tries hard to
win his attention and she knows the only way to achieve that, is to become
a superstar.
On her way to stardom, Mary Katherine Gallagher
is put into special education because of her wild and crazy antics.
Some of the antics include making out with
trees and stop signs, becoming a rewind girl at the local video store and
fighting with the girl who has already won the attention of everybody.
The reason for the fight stems from the
fact that people do not take her seriously, and she saw too many Jackie
Chan movies at the video store.
The movie also provided intelligent product
placement for Volkswagen. Every car that was seen on the big screen was
either a green or black VW bug. It was not overdone but was noticeable.
If you were awake, you would pick up on it by the end of the movie.
Although disappointed, she got her big-time
Hollywood kiss, but getting it was half the fun. It provided good slapstick
comedy and successfully survived becoming a poorly extended skit from Saturday
Night Live. |
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