I've been a fan of Steve Martin since The Jerk. I also dig Jack Black. But this movie was a huge flop. A comedy should be funny, and this movie had zero funny moments. None. And the plot? Try to spot as many birds as you can to be the champion bird watcher? Sound dull? It's even duller than you'd imagine. And all you have to do to win is simply report back to the other competitors, who are spread out around the country, and tell them which bird you saw. That's it. No judges, no validating, no proof. Just "I saw a red necked dingleberry today". "Oh, damn! Jerry spotted a Dingleberry. That puts me behind my 14 birds!" Better book a flight to Alaska to hurry up and find a "yellow billed snow hawk". The sheer time and money it would take to jet off to every possible habitat to play this dumb game is absurd. And again.....just tell them you saw it, and it counts. And most of them manage to play this ridiculous game every year? Beyond the silly plot, none of the 3 comedians were funny. No funny lines, no hysterical moments, nothing. How anyone gave this 6, 7, 8, or 9 stars is baffling. And I understand, tastes are different. I just can't imagine someone watching it and feeling it's a 9.....similar to Forrest Gump, The Godfather, Raiders of rhe Last Ark. Seriously? I suspect some fans of the actors were determined to give them a good rating.
Review of The Big Year
