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ReviewMark Kermode reviews Entourage: "consumerist hate-filled piece of propaganda" (youtube.com)

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[–]SharWark 1709ポイント1710ポイント  (219子コメント)

I think the most damning critique of Entourage is the fact that it is Michael Scott's favorite show.

Edit: Thanks for the gold!

[–]rightoldboy 428ポイント429ポイント  (1子コメント)

Entouraaaaaaaageee

[–]Markatansky 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Is this a "thing"? I sat through this film and heard some guy shout it like four times

[–]didyouwoof 350ポイント351ポイント  (19子コメント)

I remember a televised award ceremony a few years ago, when the guys from the show were about to present an award. Jane Lynch, who was the emcee, turned to the camera and said: "You know, people often ask me why I'm a lesbian. Ladies and gentlemen, the cast of Entourage!"

[–]macklemold 16ポイント17ポイント  (4子コメント)

wasn't she in Glee

[–]cmatute 56ポイント57ポイント  (8子コメント)

Hahaha. Why is it so hated? I found it to be supremely entertaining and a good show, even if the last episodes sucked bad.

[–]lurkerinreallife 14ポイント15ポイント  (3子コメント)

Aside from the absurdly male chauvinistic pov, I also found it entertaining. Mainly because of Ari and Lloyd. And Drama. I kinda disliked Vince and found his character a bit annoying. Eric as well. At first he was cool, kind of a underdog, but towards the end of the series I could stand him. Always loved Drama and Turtle.

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      [–]Newyauchcity 85ポイント86ポイント  (24子コメント)

      Yes, and it was named as such when Michael Scott was his most vapid and shallow. Eventually he grew up, found Holly, learned to love his staff with true and genuine emotion. But when he stumped for Entourage, he was a twat. A mindless, mostly innocuous and intensely funny twat, but a twat never-the-less.

      [–]A_monkey_is_sitting 149ポイント150ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Now let me first say, I could be wrong, lest I be internet crucified, but Michael Scott liking entourage makes perfect sense. Guy gets success and brings his friends along, two things Michael Scott longed for all along. Michael does the same stuff the whole series but it's only cast in a different light later because we know more about him.

      [–]ctrl_alt_karma 60ポイント61ポイント  (21子コメント)

      Even now, having seen The Office many times, the Michael of the first few seasons is so hard to watch sometimes, he's one of the few characters on television that has genuinely made me cringe at their behaviour. Steve Carrell deserves all the credit for his portrayal of Michael Garry Scott.

      [–]minisoooda 11ポイント12ポイント  (3子コメント)

      TIL Michael Scott's middle name is Garry. With 2 'r's, apparently.

      Note: Is, not was. Michael Scott lives on in my heart.

      [–]LSF604 69ポイント70ポイント  (7子コメント)

      Ricky gervais probably deserves a lil bit

      [–]Danny_the_Intern 21ポイント22ポイント  (5子コメント)

      Even in the later seasons, there were moments where he was horribly cringe-inducing. "Scott's Tots" is the cream of the crop here, no question.

      "Hold on! They're lithium!"

      [–]furrcoat 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Please. Nothing beats "Dinner Party" on the cringe scale. There are tons of great Michael moments across the whole series, but the way he and Jan make everyone else so uncomfortable in that episode is hilariously cringe-worthy.

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        [–]Thanos821 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

        That was the point. In Rickis version every scene made you cringe. That was the humor. The show came into its own after season two. I still think its one of the best sitcoms of all time.

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          [–]GCSThree 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

          learned to love his staff with true and genuine emotion

          That's quite a double entendre there.

          [–]Equalsthree95 34ポイント35ポイント  (12子コメント)

          Am I the only one around here who fucking loved Entourage the show and the movie?

          [–]Riderz_of_Brohan 35ポイント36ポイント  (8子コメント)

          No I loved it too

          Literally no one will watch it because of some grander message it's just fun TV and I like the characters

          [–]Pasty-torso 13ポイント14ポイント  (5子コメント)

          I've never sat down and watched it but my roommate loves it; so occasionally I would catch bits and pieces and less occasionally full episodes. But it just seemed like escapism. They're all hot, successful, driving nice cars, banging tons of gorgeous women. I dunno, who doesn't want to escape to that life for awhile? less than .005% of us will ever actually live that life. But I don't see why watching a show about it is such a bad thing.

          He's right that it's vapid and vacuous but I don't think it was ever pretending it wasn't. It was just; here have this fantasy about you and your friends being rich and famous for half an hour. He seems to think it should have been Orson Welles or something. It was just masturbation, and who doesn't like masturbation every once in awhile?

          [–]Ryugar 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

          Escapism is exactly what it is..... its the "larger then life" story where a kid makes it famous and brings his friends with him, and they all enjoy the celeb lifestyle of fancy cars, pretty girls, and exotic locations. Its supposed to be fun and doesn't have much depth to it... so no point in trying to overanalyze it.

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                [–]jonnyclueless 158ポイント159ポイント  (146子コメント)

                Entourage the show was pretty good though. It wasn't what is being described in this review.

                [–]oneDRTYrusn 669ポイント670ポイント  (41子コメント)

                I liked the season where Vince struggles with his acting career, and the boys get into some shenanigans.

                [–]Hashtagbarkeep 446ポイント447ポイント  (15子コメント)

                I prefer the season where it looks like Ari isn't going to come out on top, but then he shouts and comes out on top.

                [–]diphthing 111ポイント112ポイント  (8子コメント)

                It's almost as good as that U2 song where The Edge kicks in with all that reverb.

                [–]Placebo_Jesus 45ポイント46ポイント  (5子コメント)

                It's mostly stereo delay, with light reverb.

                [–]vjmurphy 39ポイント40ポイント  (3子コメント)

                That sounds like an actual U2 lyric.

                [–]IvanLyon 24ポイント25ポイント  (2子コメント)

                but I puuuuut/the delaaayyy/atfourhundredandthirtymilliseconds

                [–]EndlessOcean 17ポイント18ポイント  (1子コメント)

                Delay bloody delay

                [–]IvanLyon 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

                Where The Streets Have No Gain

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                  [–]mastermoge 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  or that Foo Fighters song with a really melodic opening followed by yelling

                  [–]spiderLAN 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhh

                  [–]oneDRTYrusn 66ポイント67ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  Ah yes, I too like that season. Probably one of the best seasons out of however many they made.

                  [–]NewdAccount 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Eight. You got to get that syndication baby! LLOOOOOYYYYYDDDDD!!

                  [–]ginger_vampire 15ポイント16ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  I liked the episodes where Ari yells at Lloyd.

                  [–]el_che_abides 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Like when he's all, "LLOYYYYYYD!!" haha

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                    [–]sandwichrage 157ポイント158ポイント  (13子コメント)

                    I also love the episode of How I Met Your Mother where Barney has some rule about girls that's viewed as misogynistic and horrible but turns out to be true.

                    [–]oneDRTYrusn 130ポイント131ポイント  (12子コメント)

                    Is that the same episode where Ted is an insufferable douche?

                    [–]ginger_vampire 71ポイント72ポイント  (10子コメント)

                    Nah, it's the one where Robin talks about Canada.

                    [–]sandwichrage 59ポイント60ポイント  (9子コメント)

                    Actually It's the one where you think something cool is about to happen, but he instead holds off on it for two seasons, only for it to be a huge letdown.

                    [–]sandwichrage 20ポイント21ポイント  (7子コメント)

                    Actually, it's the one where Mr. Roper see's something, and takes it out of context. Oh wait, that's Three's Company.

                    [–]5171984 9ポイント10ポイント  (3子コメント)

                    Actually, it's the episode of How I Met Your Mother where the mother has actually been dead the entire time he's been telling the story.

                    [–]excoriator 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    How about the episode where Jack has a girlfriend over and he goes through some comedic hijinks to prevent the landlord from seeing her? I can't remember whether the landlord was Mr. Roper or Mr. Furley, but it was a great episode.

                    [–]aalbis 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

                    You've read the martian

                    [–]sandwichrage 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                    I knew someone would get that reference!

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                        [–]butitdothough 15ポイント16ポイント  (0子コメント)

                        Is that the one where everything always works out for them?

                        [–]rondarouseyy 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

                        so edgy, you could say that about pretty much anything <<I liked that boxing match where the two guys punched each other in the face>>

                        [–]oneDRTYrusn 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                        True. It's very rare that you find a show that really breaks the mold, and even when they do, they still rely on generic tropes that have been run into the ground. I'm of the mind that everybody's favorite anything generally sucks. My favorite movies and music sucks, and so does yours. The World is a simpler place when you view everything with equal disdain.

                        [–]JoshSidekick 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                        Is that the one where everything ended up just fine with no real consequences for terrible behavior?

                        [–]Alfiesta 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                        We got the movie!!

                        [–]Saivo 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                        I liked the season where Getaway has the beehives in the trunk of the limo, and someone lets them inside the car.

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                          [–]Railboy 51ポイント52ポイント  (11子コメント)

                          I watched the whole thing and enjoyed it without shame, but I don't pretend it isn't disposable garbage. It's a low-stakes soap opera elevated to watchability by a handful of good performances. No one will remember it in another ten years.

                          [–]Tsegen 39ポイント40ポイント  (6子コメント)

                          Yes. Totally fair.

                          What is strange to me is when people go about making these massive moral arguments about these comments about hate.

                          Entourage is a show that doesn't really have the depth to be hated. What is there to hate? It's not as misogynistic as Californication, it's not filled with "despicable" characters (despite what people here say) like the average crime show now, it doesn't have high stakes to bungle.

                          Getting mad or making such strongly worded posts -as has happened since the movie was announced-seems weird. It's like getting mad at a niche, bland food.

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                            [–]Vhak 385ポイント386ポイント  (46子コメント)

                            Like Glee it forgot that it was satire and became the most awful example of what it once mocked.

                            [–]oryes 59ポイント60ポイント  (0子コメント)

                            It wasn't satire. It glorified that lifestyle but it was still funny and fun, it was really enjoyable to watch.

                            [–]CornOnTheHob 143ポイント144ポイント  (33子コメント)

                            It wasn't mocking anything, there was some satire about Hollywood and show business but it pretty much just exhibited a lifestyle. Just because the lifestyle doesn't appeal to you doesn't mean they must be making fun of something.

                            [–]BZenMojo 85ポイント86ポイント  (6子コメント)

                            Satire is the new defense for liking to watch people do shitty things.

                            [–]Tsegen 29ポイント30ポイント  (0子コメント)

                            Meh, wasn't that shitty. If I can watch the legions of gangster and crime shows (not to mention GoT) with all the shittiness I can watch a couple of guys get laid or drink and fail to make a good movie. I don't think anyone needs a defense.

                            I'm kinda bemused by the terms used here. I mean, none of them are saints but it isn't that crazy a show, relative to the sort of criticism it's getting.

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                                  [–]anosmiasucks 71ポイント72ポイント  (38子コメント)

                                  Good show until the last 2 seasons and then the final season was like wtf did I just watch, Sex and the City?

                                  [–]stroudwes 73ポイント74ポイント  (17子コメント)

                                  It literally gave everyone a perfect sendoff it felt like we were watching Turtle's dream of what their lives became.

                                  [–]jaykyew 88ポイント89ポイント  (16子コメント)

                                  "Hey you know the main character of the show who for 8 seasons has been a notorious womanizer and never able to commit? Yeah he's marrying the chick he met 2 episodes ago."

                                  [–]rabidmunks 25ポイント26ポイント  (11子コメント)

                                  the movie fixed that ending. it was obvious ellin knew that a film would be made eventually

                                  [–]flyingseel 11ポイント12ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                  Pretty sure they were planning to do a movie for a while, they were just having negotiation problems with the cast.

                                  [–]TheHandyman1 22ポイント23ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                  What was there to negotiate? What else were these actors doing in their spare time?

                                  [–]flyingseel 15ポイント16ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                  Iirc Piven was being paid more money than the rest of the cast and they all wanted to be paid equally, but the studio had a strict budget and wasn't budging.

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                                    [–]mr_popcorn 12ポイント13ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                    Yeah that was awful but I loved that Doug Ellin completely rectified it in the first five minutes of the movie, like he realized how shit it was when he shoe horned it into the show.

                                    [–]CanBeUsedAnywhere 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                    Haven't seen the movie yet, however, when i watched the end of the series. It always struck me that Vince never intended on getting married. When they're getting onto the plane Vince and Vince shows E that Sloan is waiting for him. His "fiancé" comes up behind him and says "you're amazing".

                                    I had no doubt that he liked the reporter and was going to try and have a relationship but I believed that the marriage was a ploy to help "E" and that nobody but he and the fiancé knew. To get the plan to work, everyone had to believe it was real and he had to commit full resources to it.

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                                      [–]robodrew 62ポイント63ポイント  (19子コメント)

                                      Sounds a lot like this Entourage movie is for men the same thing as Sex in the City 2 was for women. As in both movies are trash fulfilling the worst fantasies of terrible people.

                                      How is it that HBO can make such great television and then turn around and make such terrible movies? And the movies are based on HBO shows??? It boggles my mind.

                                      [–]masterdebater88 31ポイント32ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                      Stephan Merchant's Hello Ladies movies was great.

                                      [–]medicatedmonkey 5ポイント6ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                      Wait, when was that released? How can I watch it... The show was hilarious

                                      [–]mastershake04 10ポイント11ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                      It's on HBO Go under the Hello Ladies season. The last episode is the movie.

                                      [–]medicatedmonkey 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                      Damn they did not market that at all. I loved the first season and have been waiting for the movie. Thank you!!

                                      [–]renninninefive 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                      it's not that great. it's a nice alternative to a second season and finishes the show really nicely but it seems like they crammed a seasons worth of content into that movie, some of the major plot stuff seems really rushed.

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                                          [–]metatron5369 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                          Because the concept doesn't lend itself to a movie well?

                                          [–]anonymousracistIgues 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                          Sounds a lot like this Entourage movie is for men the same thing as Sex in the City 2 was for women.

                                          Entourage the TV show was Sex In The City for men. I told this to someone once, and he got upset at me for ruining a show he liked. (I liked the first seven seasons, eighth could have been better)

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                                              [–]Fantasy_Puck 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                              hug-it-out, bitch...

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                                                [–]walkerism 440ポイント441ポイント  (230子コメント)

                                                If anyone enjoyed this, check out his now infamous review of Sex And The City 2.

                                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHeQeHstrsc

                                                [–]KaliYugaz 164ポイント165ポイント  (24子コメント)

                                                Sex and the City 2: So bad, it makes you want to become a Communist.

                                                [–]Qking7 97ポイント98ポイント  (23子コメント)

                                                You should always want to be a communist comrade.

                                                [–]Nick357 55ポイント56ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                In a business meeting I said the quote from Austin Powers, "Now those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes. Eh, comrades. " Nobody laughed and they seemed pretty angry. I don't joke about communist much anymore.

                                                [–]Blunderbar 36ポイント37ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                Dude every time I've tried a communist joke in the workplace it has failed. I really do think most people assume communism is some sort of Satan (whom they confuse with Stalin) worshiping polygamy cult from Russia.

                                                [–]Sommern 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                There were only two people I could recall who really got a hoot at my communist jokes in school. One was a self proclaimed socialist, and the other was a fascist in denial. I'm not making this up.

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                                                    [–]astrath 73ポイント74ポイント  (19子コメント)

                                                    There's so many classics. In particular, this:

                                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e03SVZ_tz3o

                                                    [–]mrb2011 55ポイント56ポイント  (13子コメント)

                                                    My personal favourite is his review of Pirates of the Caribbean 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZMfe4qnoKU

                                                    So many great quotes!

                                                    [–]dvidsilva 13ポイント14ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    Her acting is wood you can build an IKEA table with it.

                                                    loved it

                                                    [–]lukeyflukey 12ポイント13ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    I think he said it himself, what were you thinking would happen in the third? It'd change its billion dollar formula? No one would be that suicidal

                                                    [–]Amitai45 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    He doesn't like Jack Sparrow? Well I never...

                                                    [–]memeship 9ポイント10ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                    The best review of Pirates 3 is from "Ask a Ninja":

                                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAf-idhAbyE

                                                    [–]diablo_man 15ポイント16ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    Man it has been a long time since i saw one of this guy's videos.

                                                    [–]mrb2011 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                    Absolutely hilarious, thanks for that!

                                                    [–]memeship 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    You're welcome, and I look forward to killing you soon!

                                                    [–]jcwood 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    Somehow, I enjoyed that just as much now as I did in 2007.

                                                    [–]Sate_Hen 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                    Normally I only podcast the show but this is worth a watch for Simon

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                                                      [–]Myrtimm 18ポイント19ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      The "Mamma mia" one is great as well.

                                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61UolzFTVPI

                                                      [–]britishchris 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Glorious. As a follower of the Church of Wittertainment for the last few years I missed this one.

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                                                        [–]phunter8 47ポイント48ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                                        Damn, this guy is my new favorite reviewer

                                                        [–]YoureASoldierBodie 17ポイント18ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        Subscribe to their film review podcast.

                                                        [–]Lucifers_Friend 12ポイント13ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                        He's great. And he's not some snob. His favorite film is The Exorcist.

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                                                          [–]Foxyfox- 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                          Well, there's a reviewer I'm gonna pay attention to now.

                                                          [–]blue_dice 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                          CORPULENT FILTHY LUCRE

                                                          [–]dingodjango 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                          Seems fitting that these are two of his most hated movies. From what little I've seen, Entourage seems like the male version of Sex and the City.

                                                          [–]Zapnozop 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                          I like how he starts with "You're not going to get a rant about this."

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                                                            [–]seieibob 385ポイント386ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                            "In terms of gender politics, Human Centipede is more sensitive."

                                                            Oh man

                                                            [–]mulls 55ポイント56ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                            I kind of loved "Compared to this, Sex and the City 2 is a call to arms for the dispossessed masses of the world to rise up."

                                                            [–]Firetrucker 17ポイント18ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                            Yeah, I choked at that too.

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                                                              [–]lulz 85ポイント86ポイント  (17子コメント)

                                                              In the middle of his rant he referenced The Player as a counterpoint to the Entourage film. It's a fucking fantastic film made in the 90s about someone (Tim Robbins) trying to become a Hollywood executive, by hook or by crook.

                                                              This is the opening scene. It's one of the most impressive single shots you're ever likely to see.

                                                              [–]brettmurf 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                              Hmm, I had to stop and see if the internet had anything to say about the "YOUR DEAD" newspaper cutout it zoomed in on.

                                                              I guess my inner grammer nazi just assumed there had to be some reason for it.

                                                              [–]joemama1333 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                              And Jeremy Piven even shows up about 4 minutes in as the tour guide for the Japanese executives!

                                                              [–]SawinBunda 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                              I like how that guy talks about the 6 minutes (4, anyways) tracking shot at the beginning of Touch Of Evil.

                                                              [–]lancashire_lad 10ポイント11ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                              Right. The Wolf of Wall Street was another movie that skewered the vacuity of the exorbitant wealthy lifestyle. It was hilarious that banker types weren't bright enough to see that and instead celebrated the movie as validation.

                                                              [–]jcwood 30ポイント31ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                              I teach at a relatively large private university and you'd be amazed at how many of my students sincerely wrote papers that called The Wolf of Wall Street an inspirational film that should galvanize poor people to try harder.

                                                              [–]lihprep 17ポイント18ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                              that's depressing.

                                                              [–]jbiresq 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                              Oliver Stone had the same problem with Wall Street. Gordon Gekko goes to prison at the end!

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                                                                [–]anonymousracistIgues 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                about someone (Tim Robbins) trying to become a Hollywood executive

                                                                I watched this again recently. I would say Robbins character was already a Hollywood player at the start of the film. He was in charge of what movies got greenlit, made a boatload of money, and rubbed elbows with a lot of hollywood elite.

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                                                                  [–]Sate_Hen 121ポイント122ポイント  (8子コメント)

                                                                  Hello to Jason Isaacs.

                                                                  Also if you liked this try SATC2

                                                                  [–]TriumphantGeorge 21ポイント22ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                  And for extra fun search for "Jason Isaacs" using Google UK.

                                                                  [–]GameKing505 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                  On mobile so maybe it's not working. What am I supposed to be seeing?

                                                                  [–]TriumphantGeorge 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                  Yeah, doesn't work on mobile (just realised). If you do that search on a desktop browser via UK site, a line of text appears before the results: "Hello to Jason Isaacs". Some Google programmer obviously enjoyed the Mayo-Kermode film podcast!

                                                                  [–]macdonaldhall 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                  And Fairport Convention

                                                                  [–]Eyezupguardian 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                  why does it say that?

                                                                  [–]Sate_Hen 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                  Jason Isaacs is a friend of the show and listens to all the podcasts so they say hello to him. They then added other celebrity listeners to the hello list but "Hello to Jason Isaacs" has become a sort of code that listeners can say to each other

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                                                                    [–]salmalight 245ポイント246ポイント  (51子コメント)

                                                                    ... not a fan then?

                                                                    [–]zzzapt 205ポイント206ポイント  (48子コメント)

                                                                    If only way anyone can enjoy this movies is by being a fan of the TV show, then it's not very well made.

                                                                    [–]waffuls1 128ポイント129ポイント  (17子コメント)

                                                                    Is it reasonable to think that it's not a good movie, but it's a good Entourage movie? I like the show but I haven't seen the movie yet, probably won't until it comes out on Netflix or whatever, but from what I've seen, opinions have an almost exact split down the line of "fan of the show" and "not a fan of the show."

                                                                    [–]jpropaganda 127ポイント128ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                                    Saw the movie last week. It's a long episode of entourage. If you want to see a longer episode of Entourage with more Mark Cuban poorly chanting then it's right up your alley.

                                                                    It's straight up the middle, exactly what you might and should expect.

                                                                    [–]Rfwill13 63ポイント64ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                    Exactly how I thought walking out. As a long time fan, I had a good time but I knew this movie was gonna get hate.

                                                                    [–]jpropaganda 6ポイント7ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                    Yea i was a freshman when entourage came out. Though i long ago outgrew it I still felt a responsibility to see the series through.

                                                                    Seriously though Mark Cuban is awkward as fuck in this movie

                                                                    [–]shazbottled 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                    Felt the exact same. I watched the show, loved it early but it was declining pretty bad by the end. When the movie was coming out I expected it to continue that trend. It was what I expected, not disappointed or particularly pleased with it, was a long ep of entourage as you said.

                                                                    [–]Tsegen 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                    That's exactly what I want.

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                                                                        [–]Imsickle 52ポイント53ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                        What if their goal was to appeal to their TV viewers? I wouldn't necessarily call it badly made just cause they're targeting a specific group of people.

                                                                        You gotta judge something based on what it's trying to do. You can't judge a drama with the same standards as a comedy.

                                                                        [–]NYRIMAOH 35ポイント36ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                        This x 1000 ... I love movies that are 100% what they are trying to be. Movies that are confident in what they are doing.

                                                                        I loved the show and I loved the movie. If they changed it to appeal to the masses, it wouldn't have been honest to the characters and story.

                                                                        [–]BasketeerOverHere 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                        Didn't the trailer mention that you don't have to have seen the show to like the movie?

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                                                                          [–]PiKappaFratta 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                          I never watched entourage for more than a few scattered episodes,mbut when I went to go see the movie with SO and her friend, I enjoyed it and even laughed. Sure, it was kinda campy if you haven't seen the show, but it was really just a two hour episode

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                                                                              [–]lycao 119ポイント120ポイント  (16子コメント)

                                                                              Well. It's literally just sex in the city with the cast gender reversed. So... Yeah, this sounds about right.

                                                                              [–]cc1263 60ポイント61ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                              The writing on sex and the city was actually considerably better than entourage. Entourage was a live action scooby doo with turtle and drama taking the shag and scoob roles. While entertaining, it eventually got old that they acted like idiots; drama in particular.

                                                                              It was a decent show, but the writing really tapered off towards the end. Vinnie Chase was actually the least interesting character with Eric a close second. Ari made the show for me.

                                                                              [–]apocalypsenowandthen 47ポイント48ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                              Entourage was a live action scooby doo with turtle and drama taking the shag and scoob roles.

                                                                              That's harsh, comparing Scooby Doo to Entourage like that. Scooby Doo is a cultural gem.

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                                                                                  [–]JackTrig 96ポイント97ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                                                  At first i was sure this guy was gonna be up his own ass, but all the points he made were completely valid. I didn't hate the movie because i did enjoy the show, but this movie was one of the most hollow things i have ever seen. I don't even see why they found it necessary for this movie to be made, apart from making money, and yes most movies are made to tell stories and making money is the byproduct of that. But there was no story in this movie, and there were no real motivations or emotional stakes or nothing. And that's fine when you wanna go see A big CG noise factory of a movie, (nothing at all wrong with watching) but this is just super models and celebrity cameos for the sake that it's there, and nothing more. This movie may not have been the worst ive ever seen, (i always love watching Piven as Ari Gold, and i think he is an amazing tv character) but the Entourage movie was one of the most aimless and pointless ones in recent memory. It's like a 2 hour long hip hop video from the early 2000's. I liked the tv show, but i don't think it translated to film well at all, and therefore i think it's a misfire. I cant remember who, but i liked what some critic said in that this movie would have been much better as another full season of the tv show had it been stretched out. I think then, I would have really enjoyed it, but as a movie I don't think it worked. Im about to watch more by this kermode dude because he seems to know what hes talkin about.

                                                                                  [–]macdonaldhall 21ポイント22ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                  Welcome to the church of wittertainment. Oh, and check out their podcast... Truly excellent.

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                                                                                    [–]jstohler 64ポイント65ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                    Nothing better than a Kermode rant.

                                                                                    [–]Lord_Ciar 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                    I wish Kermode would clearly state his feelings towards this movie.

                                                                                    [–]petzl20 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                    seriously, if he doesn't like it, he should just say so.

                                                                                    [–]MulderD 75ポイント76ポイント  (20子コメント)

                                                                                    This is why I stopped watching the show. It never developed beyond an escapist glorification of wealth and fame.

                                                                                    [–]FUSSY_PUCKER 13ポイント14ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                    Collegehumor made a perfect parody a few years back:

                                                                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0CdAKrTZ0A

                                                                                    [–]miicklol 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                    The days before pied piper, damn!

                                                                                    [–]metatron5369 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                    Actually, I think that's what brought it's downfall: Vince suddenly had a drug addiction and the last season was all over the place. That was counter to the premise of the show.

                                                                                    Entourage is lifestyle porn. It's like having Robin Leach show you around the day to day of three indolent males*, their bootstrapping friend, and an a maniac pit bull in a suit. It's the male dream of luxury and aggression. It's pure escapism. And you know what? For a lot of people it works. People want to see nice things, they want to live vicariously in sunny Southern California, and they want to feel like they can have these things.

                                                                                    But that itself is an oversimplification of the heart of the show: the group dynamics that revolves around Vince: fussy Eric, frothing Ari, or the human dumpslump that is Drama all bring a charm to the show and dominate the plot lines. Where would the show be without Eric's chasing after Sloan? Ari's recalcitrance? Drama's quests to be relevant (and the resulting shouts of VICTORY!)?

                                                                                     

                                                                                    *That's unfair. Drama and Vince work hard to be actors and Turtle is an entrepreneur. The show doesn't get into the details of this unless it's relevant to the plot or it's Turtle's turn to play "come out of Vince's shadow" for that season.

                                                                                    [–]Elderly_Gambino 27ポイント28ポイント  (11子コメント)

                                                                                    Lots of people enjoy living vicariously

                                                                                    [–]debaser11 35ポイント36ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                    Charlie Brooker on aspirational TV

                                                                                    [–]Skatinbrad 36ポイント37ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                                    People don't watch this show for some sort of personal fulfillment or eye opening discoveries, it's just a show about a couple of wealthy guys just living it up. It's not meant to pick at life's questions or touch on certain grand themes, it's pure entertainment and drama.

                                                                                    I like the show, and it's far from my favorite, but picking at it as if it's claiming to be something deeper is silly. It's just throwaway entertainment that can be fun/funny to certain people. Mind-numbing? Sure. Sometimes people want that, though. It appeals to the high school/college kids that don't mind bullshitting and dreaming of "man.. if I had a million dollars." It's stupid. It's not meant to be clever or deep. That's the purpose.

                                                                                    [–]tim916 12ポイント13ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                    It appeals to the high school/college kids that don't mind bullshitting and dreaming of "man.. if I had a million dollars.

                                                                                    Lots of people in their 30s, 40s and 50s saying the same thing.

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                                                                                          [–]BolshevismFTW[🍰] 104ポイント105ポイント  (41子コメント)

                                                                                          First off I've only seen the show but I could see Mark having a similar reaction to it so I'm guessing the film is more or less the same.

                                                                                          I'm a fan of entourage but I can totally see where critics of the show come from, there is no real emotional depth to it. However I wonder how much truth there is to its portrayal hollywood life. Is the show misogynistic or are the women in it only meant to represent socialites? Is the idea of women throwing themselves at movie stars that egregious? The show deals with the life of a male sex symbol, the type of person who in reality is fawned over by the media. I would argue the women in the show are seen indulging their sexual fantasies just as much as Vincent Chase. I'm not saying its empowering but it is there really any shame in wanting to fuck a movie star? This view may seem superficial but I believe everyone from every sex/culture/sexuality exercises this side of themselves to varying degrees at some stage in their life. Maybe I'm wrong and the show's portrayal is problematic but personally I find I am able to make the distinction between the women on screen and women in general and find it more sexualising than objectifying.

                                                                                          Controversy aside I still can't really picture the show working as a film. Part of the reason I like entourage is its quick pacing and how being divided into short 20 minutesegments leaves you hungry for more. I don't think the show has the substance to warrant being feature length, as Mark points out(kind of) it's more entertainment than comedy. There is humour but its more light drama so the longer the running time it become's more and more apparent how little you're left to think about and thus becomes less engaging.

                                                                                          [–]IamA_DrunkJedi 80ポイント81ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                                                                          If you actually liked the show, you'll like the movie. It's not grandiose in any way, its just a 90 minute episode. Fast pacing, all the characters are back, tons of cameos. It's just fun in the way that San Andreas is fun.

                                                                                          You're not meant to take it seriously. Just enjoy it.

                                                                                          [–]Gougaloupe 34ポイント35ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                          It sounds like its more of a fan-service piece than a continuation of the story, plot, or character development.

                                                                                          Presumably there is little expectation that this would create new fans for the franchise, so I suppose its good that the production company put this together for their fans?

                                                                                          [–]IamA_DrunkJedi 32ポイント33ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                          fan-service piece

                                                                                          You're not wrong.

                                                                                          The movie does go someplace for the characters, and wraps up their arcs better than the series finale did.

                                                                                          [–]lancashire_lad 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                          You can hardly continue the character development of the show, because there wasn't any character development.

                                                                                          [–]Fauster 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                          Watched the show, haven't seen the movie, but I would guess that this reviewer isn't far off. Entourage is about indulging in a fantasy, and not much else. The idea behind Entourage is that while you can't be a fantastically rich, good looking playboy like Vincent chase, you can be friends with someone like that, hitch a ride, and catch the tailwind.

                                                                                          Is there any redeeming social value to Entourage? I would argue that the wealthy culture in L.A. actually is a terrible culture, filled largely with terrible people. Many of those terrible people are desperate to have more material trappings of success and social status, and many of those people have some level of success and are ready to heap disdain on the plebs. But, in Entourage the show, there is no angst about this, the characters aren't that deep. Being rich and being friends with celebrities is its own reward and who needs more?

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                                                                                            [–]underwatr_cheestrain 10ポイント11ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                                            Don't forget the Soundtrack. They show had some amazing music.

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                                                                                              [–]AliceA 65ポイント66ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                                                              I love this man...seems truly a lover of film.

                                                                                              [–]jordan98198 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                              Best review ever!

                                                                                              [–]360walkaway 30ポイント31ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                              I'm pretty sure ISIS and other anti-American factions will be showing this movie as an example of western decadence and saying how this is how everyone lives there.

                                                                                              [–]J__P 29ポイント30ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                              Like Charlie Brooker describing "My Super Sweet Sixteen" as an Al-Qaeda recruitment film

                                                                                              [–]__seripha__ 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                              Charlie is my one true love

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                                                                                                [–]jonnyclueless 14ポイント15ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                Am I the only one who got the vibe that he was a bit turned off by this movie?

                                                                                                [–]adamunknown 20ポイント21ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                                Entrourage portrays the LA celeb lifestyle - shallow and full of douche bags

                                                                                                [–]wierdaaron 30ポイント31ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                                There's portraying and there's glamorizing, and to me Entourage always seemed to glamorize that lifestyle without showing any of the downsides or pathos or emptiness that comes with it. Like Sex in the City, it makes the audience think a lifestyle of conspicuous consumption and luxurious excess without any sort of human connections is the only thing worth aspiring to.

                                                                                                [–]zerocoolforschool 14ポイント15ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                                I first started watching Entourage in the mid-2000's because I knew some actual Hollywood agents and producers, and the show was just so genuine. It was a slice of life, and it was pretty true to form. The first few seasons were so good. Slowly the show lost its way, and I became bored with it, but the original concept was meant to be a glimpse into a real Hollywood entourage. It wasn't meant to have some great story arc, or a moral, or an 'AHA!" moment. It was just meant to entertain. Jeremy Piven was so incredibly spot on in his original portrayal of a Hollywood agent.

                                                                                                [–]JustHookItToMyVeins 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                Yeah, exactly. The show was actually good in the beginning.

                                                                                                The characters were unique, interesting, and they were evolving. In the beginning they weren't all big hot shots.

                                                                                                Turtle was an overweight stoner fuck up, who was trying to find some way to contribute. E was trying to learn how to manage with no experience and making mistakes. Johnny was struggling with being overshadowed by his younger brother. And Jeremy Piven was just amazing in the first few seasons, it was like the show was meant for him, but after a few seasons he becomes predictable and loses his charm.

                                                                                                Eventually the characters evolved into veterans of the industry. And once you're a veteran there aren't any mistakes to be made, and there is no room for growth. The plot instead becomes adding a random porn star into the mix. Or adding more drugs and women. There are some shows that need to be canceled for no fault of their own, but it's hard to value integrity of the show over money.

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                                                                                                  [–]abbzug 59ポイント60ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                                                                  It's not a comedy. It's not a drama. It's just four loathsome individuals who always get what they want without any stakes involved. It's pointless wish fulfillment.

                                                                                                  [–]blkout180 19ポイント20ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  Have you seen the movie? Because you pretty much nailed it. One of the lackeys is now a multi millionaire which serves no purpose whatsoever and the lone attempt at someone actually facing consequences for their actions ends up being a prank.

                                                                                                  [–]FUSSY_PUCKER 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  It does have Drama.

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                                                                                                    [–]astrath 18ポイント19ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                    One for the vault of Classic Kermode Rants. Nobody does them better.

                                                                                                    [–]TomJBeasley 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                    The most shocking thing about this was that the film made Simon Mayo angry. I'm not sure that man has ever been angry.

                                                                                                    [–]TomSachs 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                                    Is this the same guy that hated pain and gain?

                                                                                                    [–]StrangeSemiticLatin 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                    Yeah, there's good reasons to not like that film. I liked it though.

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                                                                                                      [–]trainsacrossthesea 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      Interesting review. But, I'm confused. Did he like the movie? Or not?

                                                                                                      [–]deville05 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      Man i wish i was that articulate while ranting

                                                                                                      [–]Tindiil 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      Why is he surprised about Mark Wally being there?

                                                                                                      Isn't he one of the creators? Like the show was based on his early days in HW?

                                                                                                      I'm sure the movie is shit. John Oliver keeps making fun of it. I haven't enjoyed that show since high school.... and then, barely.

                                                                                                      [–]OzisRight 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      "consumerist hate-filled piece of propaganda"

                                                                                                      Sums up every Mark Wahlberg movie

                                                                                                      [–]AhhDerkaDerka 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      So your saying don't see this movie, while your experiencing male menopause?

                                                                                                      [–]RestlessCreation 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      So, he didn't like it then?

                                                                                                      [–]_robhimself 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      Sounds like he needs some toasties for all that jelly he's producing.

                                                                                                      [–]DaftCinema 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      This movie is simply made for the fans. And I am completely okay with it, as a fan. I knew before it even came out that it would not bode well in the critics eyes because it would be a season of Entourage crammed into 104 minutes. Which is fine, I get why critics hated it, but I guarantee, no fan was left disappointed. It fulfilled it's goal of making their targeted audience, the people who actually watched and love the show, happy. I can't ask for much more.

                                                                                                      [–]Choopytrags 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                      Well I like to think of it this way: As you get older and you've seen everything, you expect a higher level of material, especially after having to review hundreds of movies a year. You want something that doesn't feel like a giant commercial but has some sort of substance to it. A film should be able to stand on it's own. In his eyes, it's crap and he was forced to watch it because it's his job. How many of us could stomach having to review children's plays day after day? As we all get older and discover that entertainment is only centered on youth culture, it's easy to feel discarded and dismissed. TL/DR: He's old, he's seen too much, the film is commercial youth crap.

                                                                                                      [–]marshmellowtesticles 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                      Have not seen movie yet. Have seen each episode 2-3 some 4-5 times. As the first person to turn off films and shows that only aim to glorify "money and bitches" I love this show. The writing is great and the banter between characters is hilarious. I never felt like Vince and his friends were being made out to be these cool awesome guys. Vince never tried to be cool he just was, he didn't brag about it, he didn't act better than anyone (until a rough patch for the character towards the end) and his 3 idiotic comrades are anything but cool. Entourage was never a "look at these awesome guys and how cool they are, how much money they can get, and how much they can get laid" kind of show. It was about the fun dialogue.

                                                                                                      [–]cryoclasm 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                      Was... was that not what they were going for?

                                                                                                      [–]Amitai45 10ポイント11ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                                      So it's like Wolf of Wall Street/Spring Breakers/American Psycho but without the self awareness. Gotcha.

                                                                                                      [–]feyrband 14ポイント15ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                                      i'm not sure how it's not self-aware, but i'm probably biased because of the TV show having a lot more examples of it. i'm surprised he didn't explore mark wahlberg's appearance more, because he is one of the consistent cameos that points out how big of clowns these guys are. that's actually the case with most of the celebrity cameos, they're the voice of reason a lot of the time.

                                                                                                      [–]HershelGibbs 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      Now tell us how you really feel.

                                                                                                      [–]asblue91 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      This man is my spirit animal.

                                                                                                      [–]looki_chuck 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      The Human Centpede is more sympathetic to the human condition.

                                                                                                      [–]yoghurtonthebed 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                      He acts like he's mad as hell!

                                                                                                      [–]EnemySoil 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      As some one who watches a lot of videos of radio shows, with producers constantly adjusting guests microphones to get closer to their mouth, I was impressed by that microphone.

                                                                                                      [–]HodorsGiantDick 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      THEBOYSAREBACK

                                                                                                      [–]Timeoffinlieu 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      Was lucky to see Mark Kermode give a lecture about film journalism a few years ago, he knows his stuff inside out.

                                                                                                      As an entourage watcher I look forward to seeing the film more now because of this, he's probably right but I want to see how right

                                                                                                      [–]brandorambo 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      It's seems everyone missed that the entire series and movie aren't about Vince or Eric or Ari or Turtle; it's all been about Drama, which is the joke. He's the one that got them all out there, that scrounged for work year after year, he's been in "everything" and all the while not getting any credit for it. Then you get this movie where everyone ends up more or less in the same boat they've always been except for Drama. Drama finally gets recognized for his craft, which is what he's always wanted while everyone else chased the lifestyle.

                                                                                                      [–]Circlejerkinc 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                      Dear God, don't anyone tell this guy about Keeping up with the Kardashians

                                                                                                      [–]NewdAccount 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                      This rant is why I now must see this movie.

                                                                                                      [–]GioMike 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                      people go way hard on this movie. it's quite enjoyable if u wanna chill and not take things seriously.

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