Goon review

You may or may not have heard of Goon. But the above image says a lot.

I remember hearing about Goon MONTHS ago. It sounded like a great flick. Sean William Scott plays a lovable tough guy who's bouncing at a bar and is fairly happy with his simple station in life. He ends up being recruited by a minor league Hockey team as an Enforcer and finds something to be proud of. He's a Hockey player...but to the most of the world, he's a glorified thug...or a GOON, hence the title.

There were a lot of ways this movie could have gone. Let's check out the trailer as an example:

According to this trailer the movie is a straight up comedy. This is false.

We are uncovering more and more that the advertisement companies that Hollywood as a whole relies on have abso-fucking-lutely ZERO clue what they are doing. Between the mishandling of John Carter and a SIMPLE fucking movie like this, I wonder what the fuck those advertisement degrees are for? Wiping Executives' asses? Must be.

Goon is NOT just your standard comedy. It's a fun movie for sure, but it's a movie about Hockey and a nice guy trying to find his place in the world. Sure the comedy is there...big time. However, this movie has heart for days. It's a spaghetti Western set on an ice rink with a sure fire showdown waiting in the wings while the long heartfelt hero's journey quests upon the celluloid screen. There is blood and violence, but Hamlet has blood and violence!

Is it fair to compare Goon to Shakespeare?

YES.

For one thing Shakespeare is overrated. Yep, I said that shit.

Secondly, based on viewing Goon in comparison with a Shakespeare story through the eyes of an advertising MORON - than yes, I see tons of similarities because they would not be able to assess the value and depth of story from the material presented and would therefore present a good story with the same blunt idiocy that they portray Goon as.

I immensely enjoyed Goon. It's a comedy. Yet a drama. While being a romance. Still retaining bromance qualities while kind of being a buddy flick in an almost buddy-cop flick kind of way. It's simple yet complicated. It's High Noon on the ice. It's fun, but touching. Simple, yet deep.

In other words...

FUCK ADVERTISING!!!

8 / 10