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Family Guy: It's A Trap!

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1 star:		(18)

 

 

I am reviewing this, like I did with Partial Terms of Endearment, from a free rental I received before street date through my employer. Perhaps the lone perk of working in a video store!

'It's a Trap' opens with your typical Star Wars style scroll in which Seth admits that he really didn't want to do this one, but with the success of the previous two Fox had demanded it. He does ask for viewers to suspend their expectations and promises a better product on their next venture, however I think this is largely tongue-in-cheek because this one was every bit as enjoyable as Blue Harvest, and in my opinion better than Something, Something. A few gags do drag a bit too long, and seem like they are just filler, but the laughs more than make up for the lags.

Return of the Jedi is arguably the easiest of the Star Wars films to pick apart, and they do a great job with it. I didn't feel that the material was tired. It actually had some great moments. True fans of the show will enjoy it.

Not worth it.
The running joke of the show is "Fox made us do it". I'm sorry (Seth Mcfarline) you made a successful show ripping off another successful show and you have to carry the network. It's odvious the jokes are steal old Seth only does half the commentary no real extra to speak of. not worth buying wait for it to be on Adult Swim.

Maybe we could've enjoyed this, as we did the first two.

But when the producer himself is telling you, beforehand and during the episode, not to bother, well it's hard to fall for the tyranny of low expectations. Stick with the first one. Don't bother with this one.

Anything that starts with an apology really should get you worried.
Like text messages a sprawling movie message is observed without context,
So whether it was sarcastic or implied it reads like an actual apology.
Which then puts the viewer into a worried non-funny state of mind, which the rest of the production keeps you in for an hour.

Pros:
- Star Wars characters and settings.
- About two funny jokes.

Cons:
- CONWAY TWITTY, including this characters was slightly funny the first episode they did it in.It stopped being funny when they put in 2 FULL MINUTES of him into a later episode. Now its just padding, obviously unfunny padding.
- American Dad and Cleveland characters.
Nothing wrong with these characters being in the show, but they don't do anything funny, so they only give you a giggle if you're familiar with them. And its alot to expect Star Wars fans to have seen the Cleveland show.
- Another 2 minutes where nothing happens.
Dragging that instant where Luke was about to jump into the sarlacc was awful. The first few seconds were original, the next two minutes weren't. And throwing it in later for another ten seconds wasn't.
- Boba Fett is dealt with off-screen.
Hey why not have one of the favorite characters just vanish and have someone say what happened to him. Because its not funny
- Follows each scene without much imagination at all.
- Tired puns instead of jokes.
- Too much time between jokes and too short anyway.

Conclusion:
Don't bother, just don't, the first two were had originality and humour.
This one just makes you wish you could have that almost hour of your life back.
With all that potential and so much to make fun of.... all you get is a complete mess with some free advertising for American Dad and Cleveland Show characters.

The crawl at the beginning has MacFarlane explaining that he didn't care about this and he let the assistants write it. Then the characters joke about how bad it is during the film. I loved the first two, but I didn't laugh more than about 3 times during this thing. Family Guy is great because it combines intelligent and low brow humor, which was severely lacking in this installment. Besides, Fox just likes to sell this on DVD first so they can make some cash, so just wait until Dec. 2011 and watch it for free on TV. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!

Wow, I rarely write reviews but I had to for this waste of time. The first one was funny (I had a few drinks to make sure of that), the second ok, and the third was just boring. I actually paused in the middle to call my bank and didn't regret it. I know I laughed a couple of times, but a couple of hours later, I couldn't remember what they were about.

Some points:

- Ha ha making fun of Seth Green. Yeah, we get that he works for both Robot Chicken AND Family Guy. Get over it.

- What about Boba Fett? He's there, you drag out everything else, and then he's gone. I was expecting some epic Peter as Han vs Chicken as Fett scene. Instead... nothing.

- Special Features: more boring. I did enjoy the Trivial Pursuit feature because it reminded me of parties with my other nerdy friends. However, could you have found a woman who's seen the movies more than once? Thanks for perpetuating the idea that woman don't like Star Wars or if they do it's only casual and they're stupid.

Overall, just BLAH. I'd sell it but I'm a completest who will only keep it so I have them all.

PS - Robot Chicken DID do it better.

I don't understand the negative reviews to this movie. It is every single bit as good as the first two, people are just being analytical for the sake of trying to stand apart.

I won't get into lengthy reviews, because I'm sure people already have.
Just watch it. It stays true to the feeling of the first two, and is consistently funny. American Dad fans will be in for a treat, as will people who remember the Ostrich and Angela. Great points are made, and Quag-3PO will make you laugh your *** off.

4/5 only because the Sarlaac Pit staring scene went on for way too long.

This is a bit hard to write because there are just no words to describe how pathetic and lazy this effort was. Jedi should have been awesome. I didn't think part two captured the hilarious charm of part one, but it was still OK. This should never have been made. The ball was dropped so many times it wasn't funny.

OK, I have been waiting to write this up. I HOPE FOX READS THIS. THE RELEASE DATE FOR THIS DVD. TUESDAY 12-21-10. Sure, I really wanted to go out in the Christmas shopping for the 2cd year in a row to buy this, like the Empire version 12-22-09. Poor judgment Fox.

Of the original trilogy Jedi is the least popular & the same goes here. They even cover this in the beginning story telling words on the screen.

For us Star Wars fans we will appreciate Carrie who already does a character in the show does the voice of Mon Mothma.

We see a bit from "Caddyshack" & you will laugh at Conway Twitty in the Darth helmet.

It is funny BUT not laughs do not come as often as the first two installments.

Extras on this, it is a 1 disc DVD. The digital copy is on the same DVD disc.

NO CHAPTER SEARCH LIST & OF COURSE THE OTHER THING I HATE. THEY RELEASED THIS WITH ONE OF THOSE CHEAP DVD CASES WITH THE INTENTIONAL HOLES IN IT. THESE THINGS ARE CHEAP & CAN DAMAGE YOUR DVD, JUST SO YOU WILL BE FORCED TO BUY ANOTHER. HANDS UP WHO HATES THESE CASES?

"Star Wars" & "Family Guy" fans should enjoy this but Seth Green may not.

Blue Harvest was good. SSDS was a disappointment. This one was equally if not more disappointing. Not funny. Lots of time dragged out to the max. Clearly the Family Guy brand is dying.