Hard To Like

‘GET HARD’ TRAILER REVIEW BY METRO CREW

In Get Hard, Will Ferrell reprises his only role of incompetent man-child. This time, he’s James King, a businessman who’s on his way to jail for a white-collar crime. James enlists Darnell (Kevin Hart) to prep him for prison, based on the fact that Darnell is the only black person he knows — so he assumes he’s been to jail. The film seems to rely solely on crude humor, and it’s been drawing a lot of controversy for racist and homophobic jokes. Watching this trailer really just got us excited for the long-awaited Zoolander sequel, which will be released in 2016.

Get Hard plays in wide release starting March 27. >>

NICOLE: I am definitely watching this. I love Will Ferrell and I love Kevin Hart.

JAIMIE: Eh, I will probably only watch this if it ever appears on TV long after it’s been in theaters. I’m not a super huge Kevin Hart fan. His lip sync battle with Will Ferrell and Jimmy Fallon was super underwhelming and sad.

PAIGE: I am not a Will Ferrell fan, as I do not find his man-child shtick to be amusing. It’s getting old. When was the last time he had an honest-to-god major hit on his hands?

CHRISTINA: I don’t have strong feelings about Will Ferrell either way — he has done some pretty funny things in the past, but I agree that it seems like he is just recycling everything at this point.

JAMES: I liked it when Will Ferrell subverted his shtick in The Other Guys. That was a funny character and it showed some self-awareness. It seems he’s taken a step back here.

JAIMIE: (Ferrell) toes the edge of being too much for me. I prefer him in supporting roles, not lead roles — like Zoolander was hardly about Will Ferrell, and I was definitely OK with that — hello, Blue Steel.

NICOLE: Yes, it’s true, Will Ferrell does only do stupid movies. But who doesn’t love Zoolander or Talladega Nights?

PAIGE: Zoolander and this film are not in the same class. If I could, I’d carry around a small model building and throw it at people’s feet all day and demand how we are going to teach anyone to read good when they cannot even fit inside the building. Zoolander is a Ben Stiller vehicle, and Will Ferrell just happens to be there, thankfully in a relatively minor role.

CHRISTINA: Zoolander is basically the only good comedy to exist, ever.

JAMES: This movie is the perfect template for Will Ferrell’s style of humor — the man-child under duress. But I don’t know if I would watch this. Anchorman 2 is streaming on Netflix. Maybe I’ll just watch that. Or maybe I’ll just watch nothing, and stare off into space.

JAIMIE: He is funny in Anchorman. Then again, I would argue that me liking him in Anchorman had a lot to do with the supporting cast, not him. Because basically, he was a huge misogynistic baby in the film.

PAIGE: I was hopeful when the film acknowledged the institutionalized racism of a black guy teaching a white guy how to survive in jail, but then they kind of just let that one die. Like, nah, guys, let’s not take this anywhere.

CHRISTINA: That does seem like a missed opportunity. I admit, though, the sad-dogging thing is funny. That was probably the one funny part of the trailer for me.

NICOLE: I think we should make “sad dogging” a real thing. “Please don’t sexually assault me, I’m already too sad.” I think sad-dogging will catch on. I’m just going to sit back and wait for the memes.