21 May 2012

Surprisingly entertaining

This review is from: Your Highness (Amazon Instant Video) When I first watched this, I was mentally prepared for another bomb like the Dungeons & Dragons film. However, I was pleasantly surprised by Your Highness. The humor may be a bit "low brow" but it definitely hits the target for the niche market fantasy crew. Two thumbs and a Minotaur "horn" up I say!

Rob Taylor

20 May 2012

This would have been hilarious......when I was nine years old.

Sorry folks, but it just doesn't work. Maybe I'm not the targetaudience, being over forty, but I struggle to understand what thattarget audience was. The movie was given a 15 rating in the UK. Now,I'd expect a fifteen year old to have enough emotional maturity thatthey'd find most of the (mainly) sexual jokes on display here to bepitiful and not at all funny. Anyone older than that really should be ashamed of themselves if theyfind it remotely amusing. It's not offensive, but the puerile humourshouldn't work on anyone with a brain stem. Looking at the movie as a whole, what idiot thought that Danny McBride(a thirty five year old man) would be funny if he acted like a retardedchild? And Natalie Portman? What the hell convinced her that this wouldbe a good movie to take? Anyway, it tanked at the box office and for good reason. It's not verygood! No amount of titties on display could save this film from itswell deserved, early grave.SUMMARY: Childish, puerile humour. A grown man acting like an idiotchild. Halfway decent plot and effects ruined by what is considered"funny" these days.Avoid it like the clap!

20 May 2012

Good Quality.

This review is from: Your Highness (DVD) It look a little longer then i had expected to recieve it but over all the movie is in great condition and we received it in a timely manner.

gareth-91

20 May 2012

really enjoyed this film

very funny. It had loads of stuff packed into one movie. I went with acynical friend who also enjoyed it. It looked like a blast to make. Ifancied seeing some of the out-takes when folk fell about laughing, orjust exploded, snorting. Serious brother, F was so sweet & naive, withtotal blind love for his little brother. Thad was a lecher who saw thesexual in everything - which was hilarious. The baddies were sodelightfully yukky, & still managed to be funny. they even created anew word - the fuckening - like a reckoning (I've just had to enlightenthe computer that fuckening is a word), but much funnier.I felt kind of sorry for the minotaur, he only wanted a friend. At onepoint Courtney tells Thaddeus what is going on for his brother, whichworks. Sometimes techniques like that spoil things, but it worked here.Everything in this movie worked for me. It was quite seamless, burstingwith energy & the right length too. Some movies suddenly stop & I feelcheated - but I felt satisfied with the end of this.

18 May 2012

Has its moments but watch out for the vulgar humor

This film is essentially the story of two brothers and their companions going on a quest to rescue a damsel in distress and all the mishaps and encounters that go along with it. The sets, special effects and cinematography are quite good however it's the corny, moronic and utterly crude script that totally ruins this movie. Why do producers today feel they have to use excessive profanity, vulgar themes and depravity to make a film funny ? Are we as a society that dumbed-down that we need filth in a movie in order to enjoy it ? I think not. I'm no prude but there were scenes in this film that were disturbing and utterly disgusting. Child molestation, rape and sodomy are just a few of the themes that rear (no pun) their ugly head in this film. What sick mind of a screenwriter would think this would be funny ? As for the actors, well they do the job and are capable if not uninspiring. Natalie Portman looks bored and appears to be phoning in her role. It's a wonder she would actually agree to appear in such a low-brow film. Integrity doesn't seem to matter with some actors I guess. Other than the above, this film has a few good points. The issues of self sacrifice and determination are key themes in this film together with companionship. These are the only "good" elements of the film which are ruined by the distasteful (and unnecessary) foul language. Worth a watch but is not a film for kids or adults with a low tolerance for moral depravity.

Tracy Allard

18 May 2012

BEST, crudest, grossest, silliest, stupidest, foulest movie of the past few years

Crudest, grossest, silliest, stupidest, foulest movie of the past fewyears. This is what a comedy should be: irreverent, insulting, lazy,crass, insulting, rude, nasty, vile, dirty, unsexy. The movie industryproduces 100s of unfunny comedies every year, insipid, boring, cheesy,politically correct comedies which the mainstream movie goers gobble upunknowingly. But in the end they are almost all boring. Comedy is thehardest cinema form. Comedy works best in live theatre, but there issomething about the glossiness and "perfectionism" of the movie mediumthat generally kills any comedic sense. Through the years, I've likedvery few comedies, Something about Mary, Eddie Murphy's Raw, RockyHorror Picture Show, Mama Mia come to mind, but I'm generally bored todeath in comedies, especially crap like Arthur, which had not a funnyoriginal line in it. As the years go by, I am more and moredisappointed by Oscar tastes, and 2010 was one of the worst Oscarsevents in history for me. The more I see of Portman and Franco, themore I dislike them, and it's in that vein that they were perfect forthis movie. They were delectably horrible, each playing their own verystereotypical one-dimensional characters, Franco with his goofy smileand walk, and Portman with her strained "I am so serious" look fromBlack Swan.Your Highness is not for anyone who dislikes sex jokes and foullanguage. Religious folks and puritans keep clear. But I enjoyed myselfthoroughly and was not bored for a more than a second here and there.

idoitonwheels

17 May 2012

Overall an enjoyable film

I had really high expectations going in and well those expectationswere not met it is a enjoyable film. There are plenty of funny jokesand a few "oh my god" moments. Not the single best acting from the casthowever you can tell they had a lot of fun making it. Most of the bestjokes were revealed in the trailer but for the record comedy movies arethe hardest to make trailers for.Lots of great action scenes and some good cameos add to the greatcombination of the genres. Well this movie is no pineapple express itis still worth watching. Overall a good movie but won't stand the testof time of becoming one of the great comedies of the decade.

moviexclusive

16 May 2012

If you like your knights in shining armour coated with vulgarities, ride on sir!

Let's talk about characters in film, the stereotypical cookie cut-outswhich all make a film familiar and some to relate to. And then comesthe antagonist, the evil doer that foils all good in the world. Thencomes the people in between. The fillers that leads the protagonist toits goal who may or may not be thanked for or some worse fate do befallonto them as scape goats or even valid to death at the mercy of try tobe a hero. Sad isn't it? I do feel for them underdogs. working theirbutts off just to help. Oh wait i feel for all but of one kind. Theannoying funny guy that lightens the mood of a serious scenario. Muchlike Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars or the fat dude (Zach Galifianakis)from the Hang Over, these are the people who you just wanna smash theirteeth in but you can't because you're a good guy and people don'texpect you to do these kind of violent nature but if there was achance, I'll jump at the moment. But, Your Highness stepped it up evenfurther. helming in the steps of films like Step Brothers, PineappleExpress and such, the annoyance just got the lead role. And that leadrole goes to Danny McBride.I'll have to admit, while watching the most anticipated film i havebeen waiting for ages, seating with my friend in the darkened hall,this trailer of medieval times came on and spewed profanity in my earswith the vision of Danny, I was totally put off. I whispered to myright and said, "This looks terrible. It's filthy and stupid, I'llnever pay to watch this." A reply returned and said, "It's funny wat. Ithink it looks interesting". I dissed in disgust and began wide eyed asthe reel exploded coming in terms to my anticipation. Forward 1 weeklater, a message rang on my mobile and there rolled across the screenof my certain demise. But, harsh was i to be judging a character bymere thought as superficial assumption instead of seeing it for my selfand judging thee as it presents.There i was, min by min passed, what i assumed to be the confirmationof my forth hatred towards a character, the darken room among theviewers slowly warmed up to me. My statement of it being filthy andstupid still remain true but, i have to admit, it is rather charminglyfunny. No, i'm not a total convert but alas my dear readers, i havelearnt that one must not judge another by mere assumption and only byunderstanding and seeing with my own eyes will i discover it's trueintent and prospect of such value. In another words, it's a prettyfunny show.In a nutshell, Your Highness is modern take of a fairy tale withwitches and goblins and whatnot which will incredibly throw you offbalance with the dialog script which sounds like a college dorm hall.Let's do a quick story setup. Danny McBride (Thadeous) and James Franco(Fabious) are sons of the king. Fabious met and fell in love with afair young maiden (Zooey Deschanel) while on a quest and was about tomarry her when the evil sorcerer, Leezar (Justin Theroux) takes her –setting the foundation for the driving story arc: A quest to re-rescuethe fair maiden. They both go on the quest, finds and team up withwarrior-babe Isabel (Natalie Portman) who has her own quest tocomplete.Character acting all around are tremendous as expected from the levelof what the film has to offer. All were played out to that degree ofawkwardness which had to be pitch perfect in comedic timing. Zooey theever-ethereal fair maiden with a quirky twist was good as expected.Franco the knight in shining armour is as stoned much as one candeliver. Danny as mentioned as annoying as ever BUT i must say, he keptthe annoyance under controlled and when i thought he was going to goover the top, he pulled back and was, dare i say, rather charming attimes. and oh how can we forget wonderful Natalie Portman, whose asskicking and warrior demure had us at hello.The story, simple. Nothing complicated. It's pretty straight forward.One can say this film is a cross between Pineapple Express and AKnights Tale who grew up and are in college, drinking beer and smokingpot and tons of dick and fart jokes. Comedy, depending on what yourdegree of low brow you can go, the lamest and crude are the specials ofthe day. Some might be offensive at times but its offensive enough thatit's actually quite funny. I went in with very low expectation andexpected to be offended and bored till the end but i was wrong. In theend, Your Highness is rather an entertaining slapstick fest that notfor everyone. I mean where else can you find a wise old creature whowill show them the way that happens to be a pervert and smokes pot?Smoking pot. Wait- a-min, the title of the film is...ah, i see what youdid there.- www.moviexclusive.com

Richard Haven

14 May 2012

A waste of time and space

Crassness can have a charm of its own; this movie does not. It isagonizingly, embarrassingly slow and unfocused. It uses foul language,not as the poetry of Deadwood, but as adolescent boys shoutingobscenities in the dark, sniggering and daring each other to try andsay "doo-doo head" in more graphic terms.The Trivia section says that all lines were extemporaneous; I believeit. besides the dreadful pacing and self-conscious (but not at allfunny) vulgarity, the dialog is horrible and the editing, notsurprisingly, is full of half-lines and dead-end conversations. If youare Michael McKeen, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer, then you canwing it; these guys ain't them.James Franco, for all his James Dean prettiness, is the only one whocommits to this disaster. He really tries to fulfill a character whichis as poorly defined and unfocused as the rest. At least in the first40 minutes, after which I walked out. Watching golf would have been abetter use of my time. I'm glad that I did not see Ms. Portman'sperformance as it would have been tragically wasted or equally bad.Don't. See. This. Movie.

shahab78

13 May 2012

Admit it! you enjoyed this movie didn't you?!

I know many of you like to argue about how cheap this movie is and howshallow and undone the writing was but I bet all of you laughed at manyof jokes of the movie, admit it!! maybe it is not the best comedy inthe world, but it sure did it's job in it's very own way. I reallydidn't expect to see these stars in this kind of movie, and I reallywas not ready to laugh, but surprisingly I did, a lot!! I don't thinkanyone cares that much about the plot of the story or the camera anglesor professional aspects because that's not what these movies are about!if you want to see some serious and deep kind of movie then just bywatching the trailer you know you have to go for something else, but ifyou just wanna hang out and have a good time with your friends, it isexactly what you wanna watch.

ESPEN

10 May 2012

Better than expected

I went to the movie only because a group of my friends were going so I went with few expectations. It was entertaining though certainly not going to be up for any Oscar awards.

10 May 2012

could have been worse, but not by much

This review is from: Your Highness (DVD) This movie was an incredible waste of an hour and a half of my life. The only thing worth watching was the 15-20 seconds of seeing Natalie Portman in a skimpy outfit. The only way this movie could have been worse is if Uwe Boll directed it and Will Ferrell starred in it (although as bad as it was I had to check and make sure Uwe Boll didn't direct it). Do yourself a favor and pass this one by. Save your money.

PennyDread

09 May 2012

Full of action, mythology, and adventure!...Oh, and also there's laughs

Possible alternate summary: "Pleasantly surprising" I am a fan of allof these main actors, but somehow just didn't see McBride and Francopulling off the medieval theme. Sufficed to say, being an avid fan ofMonty Python, Mel Brooks, and The princess Bride, I was able to findYour Highness quite entertaining. The film includes so much more storythan is let on in the trailers. Yes, there is raunchy humor and thestandard bumbling idiot, but I was surprised at how often I was takenin by the actual plot and adventure. During the more serious and evenwhimsical moments, the stoner humor is at the back of the mind and theviewer feels as if they're watching a legit adventure film full ofmythology and magic. Then, just at the right times, we're brought backto smiles with some dumb-witted comment or situation. The balance ofthe two was great.Think of Your Highness as more serious than Robin Hood: Men In Tights,with more over-the-top comedy than Stardust or Princess Bride.HAZZAH!

khan2705

09 May 2012

few laughs and action with very loud and vulgar comedy.

Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends ofbrave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons andconquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing youngerbrother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil andtrouble in general. Danny McBride and James Franco team up for an epiccomedy adventure set in a fantastical world--Your Highness. As twoprinces on a daring mission to save their land, they must rescue theheir apparent's fiancée before their kingdom is destroyed. Thadeous(McBride) has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious(Franco) embark upon valiant journeys and win the hearts of his people.Tired of being passed over for adventure, adoration and the throne,he's settled for a life of wizard's weed, hard booze and easy maidens.But when Fabious' bride-to-be, Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel), getskidnapped by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), the king giveshis deadbeat son an ultimatum: Man up and help rescue her or get cutoff. Half- assedly embarking upon his first quest, Thadeous joinsFabious to trek across the perilous outlands and free the princess.Joined by Isabel (Natalie Portman)--an elusive warrior with a dangerousagenda of her own--the brothers must vanquish horrific creatures andtraitorous knights before they can reach Belladonna. If Thadeous canfind his inner hero, he can help his brother prevent the destruction ofhis land. Stay a slacker, and not only does he die a coward, he getsfront row seats to the dawn of an all-new Dark Ages.i knew exactly how this movie will turn out, Critics gave it very badreviews. it isn't the best R rated comedy you will ever see honestlybut it still has few laughs and some minor entertainment value butunlike me if you are into adult silly comedies with lots and lots ofvulgarity and vulgar jokes than this one is for you.this movie has this very fantasy adventure and those prince who savesprincess from evil feel to it but they made it R rated loud sillycomedy making it a very different movie, i like the idea but stillmovie is not that good. i was to some extent entertained but notoverall. Screenplay of this movie is below average and it has some dulland many empty places and it doesn't maintains the enjoyableadventurous comic feel of it. and as the movie goes on it feels flat.story is okay but not told that well. plot is average. this movie starsJames Franco as the masculine brave prince and his brother is a verylazy fat staying inside caring nothing for the battles and all kind ofprince played by Danny Mcbride. other actors are Rasmus Hardiker,Natalie Portman, Justin Theroux , Toby Jones , Zooey Deschanel ,Charles Dance and others.Natalie is a fearless warrior they meet on their journey but she isn'tin the movie that much, which shocked me. she is okay and looks good inher character. comic timings of Danny McBride feels flat in this movieand there isn't a good performance from anyone. characters aren'twritten or shown well. action is good some pretty average old stylespecial effects.art direction, cinematography and costumes are good. movie has somecool action fighting sequences that you will like but not anythingelse, i did entertained me a little bit for which i will thanks it butit isn't a good movie. Recommended to the fans but not to others.

Thomas Morgan

05 May 2012

Not worth spending a dime to see

This movie is crude, rude and not funny. There was one exception. Ithought the actor Rasmus Hardiker as the character Courtney had theonly funny lines in the movie, but there were only a few of them. I sawno purpose for the foul language or for the crude humor throughout thefilm.I have no idea why Natalie Portman or James Franco would debasethemselves in such a movie. With a total rewrite of the script in anattempt to make it more of a family friendly movie, it might havepotential, but the script would need a complete overhaul. I could neverimagine this movie ever being shown on network TV or even on anairplane.If I had paid any money to see this movie, I probably would havedemanded my money back after the first 15 minutes. It was that bad.

Rob

05 May 2012

The acting is supposed to be campy.

This movie will go right over your head if you're looking for a traditional type of acting (the acting was great if you understand the genre). All of the people complaining about the writing and the acting must not realize that the ridiculous language and drama are a part of the fantasy genre. Acting it out the way they did was hilarious. Remember Monty Python's The Holy Grail? Not necessarily making a comparison here but watch it with that type of mindset.

05 May 2012

Very Pleased

This review is from: Your Highness [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Item was received quick and prompt. The item was exactly what the merchant described it to be. I would definately buy from this merchant again.

Boris Kostadinov

04 May 2012

Worst parody I ever saw

I was actually very excited about the film after watching the trailersfew months ago. So, when I finally convinced my wife to watch the film,I lived up to a huge disappointment. The jokes are mostly clichés andeven the "fresh" ones, few as they are, are not really fun or verycreative. The over-done sexual context in every aspect of the movie notonly disrupts the already weak atmosphere, but is actually very farfrom funny. Some monologues were so full of it that I told myself "Ok,that's enough! I don't want to hear this crap anymore.". The overallidea is actually not bad and I liked the concept of the villain, butthe story felt attached with white threads to the heavily enforcedparody. There are rare moments which can be enjoyed but mostly themovie was pure torture.

lewiskendell

03 May 2012

A great cast in a raunchy homage that's funny more often than not.

"No, no, don't suck that! That's dead!"A crude, silly and occasionally hilarious homage to the sword andsorcery movies of the 80's. You've got your beautiful damsels indistress, hideous monsters, evil wizards, magical swords and dashingprinces, all given a vulgar spin courtesy of Danny McBride's sense ofhumor. How well your own syncs up with his will largely decide whetheryou like Your Highness. I thought the movie could have been funnier, but it never dragged orbecame boring, and the missed jokes were usually followed in shortorder by one that made me laugh-out-loud. There's tons of bare breastsand endless penis jokes (and actual penises), so if that kind of stuffisn't up your alley, don't even bother. But if you like the idea of agreat cast including Natalie Portman, James Franco, Zooey Deschanel,and the previously mentioned McBride traipsing about in medievalvillages, castles and forests having a foul-mouthed and very bloodyadventure, I suggest you give Your Highness a viewing. 

03 May 2012

Great fun!

I'm giving this three stars, but I would like to give it four. I'm giving it three, because I think this film could be a bit hit or miss. I watched it once with my wife and thought "Yeah that was fun," then watched it with all our friends and a few bottles of wine and we all laughed till the tears rolled down our faces. What was different? Enjoyment was contagious.There are a lot of pure gold moments in this film. The funny thing is, it is a better fantasy adventure flick than some 'real' adventure fantasy flicks, such as Eragon (nice but a bit dull). In other words, you kind of have to 'get' this movie. I'm not saying that it's clever or an intellectual exercise, it isn't. If you've ever hung out with a bunch of geeks and played Dungeons & Dragons and enjoyed it, you will probably 'get' this movie. This isn't essential, but it will enhance your experience. I would recommend it, but if you are not in the mood, or expecting something else, well you probably won't enjoy it. I would recommend the trailer before you start.