A new trailer for Russell Brand?s probably eagerly awaited latest film, a remake of Steve Gordon?s 1981 film Arthur, has been released, so we here at hecklerspray thought we?d take some time to take a peek and try to figure out what we can expect from the latest in a long line of Hollywood remakes of films and TV shows from the 80s.
Brand is playing cheeky cockney chappy Arthur Bach, who spends all his time drinking, having a right ol? knees up and wearing silly clothes that make him look like an 18th century dandy that's been dressed by a cravat wearing Covent Garden boutique owner.
Hmmm.
The premise alone indicates that maybe this film was made purely by having a film crew follow Brand as he gallivants around New York City, then just shoehorning in a plot and having actors show up to point Brand in the right direction.
Sort of like The Only Way is Essex, only marginally less annoying and considerably less orange.
Anyway, Brand is swanning around with one of his showbiz pals when Helen Mirren suddenly turns up and threatens to bite Evander Holyfield?s ear off (seriously, we're not making this up).
The main conflict of the piece is then presented to us. Brand is told by his Mum that he has to marry some woman or risk losing his billion-dollar fortune.
Faced with the prospect of financial ruin Brand decides that maybe marrying said woman is for the best? until a chance encounter with one of those quirky but somewhat attractive girls that always turns up in this sort of tripe has him questioning whether or not he should marry the woman dear old Mumsy told him to.
Cue scenes of Brand trying to act as if he's growing emotionally and learning something, which aren't too convincing as every time Brand appears on screen you get the feeling he's about 10 seconds from cracking an awkward joke in that shrill, mockney voice of his and… a scene of him racing around New York in the Batmobile, which is actually pretty awesome, although it doesn't make Brand appear any less of a tit.
The whole, ?let's try and disguise a chick flick by casting a wacky former heroin addict and throwing in a shot of the batmobile,? shtick isn't really working though.
The trailer clearly shows this film is just an excuse for women to fawn over Brand, his stupid hair and his unfathomably tight trousers.
If you liked Brand?s performances in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek then maybe there's something wrong with you? but if you're still eager to see this then head over to Apple trailers.
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