It Follows

It Follows, it may, but you won't want to. I was so very excited to go see this movie and I was terrified because it was supposed to be, "One of the scariest horror films in years." But instead, it felt like a movie I would have been shown in school or church to try to steer me away from having sex, but of course minus the nudity.

Speaking of nudity, GROSS! That's all I have to say, the scariest part of this movie would have to be the old naked people that are the "curse." When my niece and I left the theater we both were super confused by why they didn't explain where the curse came from. Instead you are left to just wonder, which didn't really make things scarier by any means, it just made it odd.

Does anyone remember this guy from Mean Girls? Of course you do, because when you saw the movie and he said his ridiculous sayings they stuck with you and they were funny. Well, in It Follows, it's not funny, but it's not really scary either. Maybe if someone would have shown these kids Mean Girls there wouldn't even be a movie to make. Okay let's get back on track, so instead of you get chlamydia and die, you get a creepy (only because they are nasty naked) person following you around trying to kill you. I think there was maybe one part where I jumped, and it was only because something hits a window.
Now, I can't totally discredit the whole movie because I thought the acting was pretty good. I love Keir Gilchrist, he has been one of my favorites since United States of Tara. And despite the plot being, interesting, and the actors doing a great job, it just doesn't leave much to be scared about. Last but not least, I do have to say the main actor, Maika Monroe, has some serious "ride or die" friends, if you will. I won't tell you why but if you watch you'll find out.

So, if you can get around the nasty nudity, which it does say graphic nudity for why it is rated R, but some nudity is good, some is bad, and this is definitely categorized as bad, but if you can get past it then I would say watch it, at least RENT IT, because it is pretty weird. If nudity is not your thing, skip it.

Get Hard

Get Hard, oh how I wanted you to be funny. At times, you were funny, I had a few chuckles here and there, but overall, pretty bad. Obviously I knew going into this movie that there would be a lot of what I refer to as "stupid humor." I have been a diehard fan of Will Ferrell's since SNL, but his last few movies have made me sad. As for Kevin Hart, he is so funny and I thought, no way can you put two funny dudes together and have it not be spectacular, even on a dumb level. I was wrong.

I know there are people out there who will disagree with me and say, this movie was hilarious. I heard several rolling from laughter in the theater, but it just didn't do it for me. The homophobic prison rape jokes get to be too much. While it is funny to see Will Ferrell join a gang, because we all understand it is something that could never actually happen, it couldn't carry the movie. I don't usually agree with RottenTomatoes.com but despite disagreeing, I always check to see how they rated movies. On the Tomatometer it was given a 33% with fans saying 65% liked it, unfortunately, I think that is about where it will stand. I lean more towards the Tomatometer in this case though, it was funny but not enough that I would ever pay for it again. I won't buy it, but I would maybe give it a second chance if it's on TV some day.

In my personal opinion, if you love Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, you might enjoy it, so it's worth a rent. However, if you don't like either of them, or you don't like Will Ferrell, which seems to include a number of people nowadays, probably SKIP IT.