Had run out of 30 Rock episodes recently so decided to see what the cast had been up to before or during this show.
Watched
Mean Girls (2004, written by Tina Fey, aslo starring by the way) and Kevin Smith's
Cop Out (2010, starring Tracy Morgan)
Mean Girls: saw this one years ago already but didn't really pay it any attention back then. Was cool seeing it again with added background knowledge. It's no Clueless, but it's a cool, sweet and slightly left-field take on a pretty rigid genre. And never really got the whole Lindsey Lohan deal, but here I must admit, I kind of get it. She's cute. Some nice Saturday Night Live sideline parts as well (Tina Fey, Amy Poehler) and even the janitor from Scrubs turns up.
Cop Out: Skip it. Bad, bad Kevin Smith! It's the first Smith movie he hasn't written himself and boy it shows. What a mess of a movie. Basically tries to emulate Beverly Hills Cop via a 48 Hours type of set-up, without the humor. It's constantly just on the verge of funny, but can't quite reach it. It had it's moments, but for me it's the first Smith-fail. Oh, hmm, but I haven't seen Jersey Girl yet.
This Cop Out was apparently his first director-for-hire gig but they should've just let him write it as well. There was humor in there somewhere but the current writers sure as hell couldn't find it, or something.
Basically the changing of the first title "A Couple Of Dicks" to "Cop Out" says it all.