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Originally Posted by davenotdead
agrees^^
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the whole mclovin/cops hanging out thing went on too long and kinda broke the whole real life/credibility thing the film had going...if they had somehow made that work a little better, this would be really really good i think. as it is, its just a very good/well-made comedy
EDIT-whoa atari...that whole police car thing is exactly what i was talking about. so i agree with you and sonicpark
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Yeah, the whole McLovin with the cops thing in general was stretching it, but hey, it's a dumb comedy, right? So, one watches and accepts that about the movie and it's no biggie. Then, we get to the parking lot scene towards the end when the action is switching back and forth between that and other scenes, and the editing lends some high energy...Van Halen's "Panama" begins to play..."gee, this is a really fun movie," one thinks to themselves. Immediately after, the cops (Rogen and Hader) tell Fogell/McLovin that they, of course, know he's really a kid and things start to coalesce.
But, then...out of fucking nowhere...McLovin asks about shooting at the police cruiser and it ends up blowing up and on fire.
When I was watching that part in the theater, it made me cringe, and I felt violated, even gypped to an extent. And I'm someone who has authority issues. The closing section of that particular scene manages to totally besmirch the feel of the entire movie in a matter of less than thirty seconds.