Josh Way -- "Fun with Shorts Vol. 4" -- In this block of short features, we're invited to tackle challenges facing today's teens (specifically, teens of this day in 1958 or so) in features such as "Cindy Goes to a Party," "Beginning to Date," and "Shy Guy." And because tackling isn't really a safe thing to do, we learn remedial safety in "Magic in the Air" and "Safety: Harm Hides at Home." And since at this point we're so safe there's pretty much nothing else to do, we're forced to resort to pondering "The Fun of Being Thoughtful" and how to grow some "Good Table Manners." By then, we're dead, so we finally "Leave it to ROLL-OH."
With the fourth of these blocks of shorts riffed by Josh Way, I'm beginning to detect a pattern. Namely, these are
shorts, and he's having
fun with them! Yeah, I think I'm running out of ways to say Josh is very funny in riffing shorts, and that this block is no exception. Fortunately, this is the sixth block I've riffed, which means there's only... um... (looks at website)... twenty to go. Wow. (No, seriously, wow!)
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Drawback Productions -- "Fast Five" -- At the end of the previous installment, a bald, sweaty, muscular guy was going to jail. But wait! Paul Walker rescues him! So that he can travel down to Brazil and be hunted by an even balder, even sweatier, even muscularier guy! There's only one solution... one of them has to get pregnant! (checks notes) I mean, they have to pull off One Last Job to steal all the money of a Brazilian crimelord, who is in no way pregnant! (checks notes) Dammit, someone was pregnant in this one, I'm almost certain...
Drawback Productions is great as always in this riff of this bloated bit of bald, sweaty, muscular silliness. It's one of those movies that I know aren't good, but are still cheesy fun, and the commentary sends it up well, adding to the hilarity already on the screen. Consistently funny and entertaining, worth watching back to back with their "Furious 7" riff. (If you think you might need to put the 6th movie in there somewhere, because you might miss out on the many plot twists you have to keep up on in order to enjoy the series... no, you don't.)
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