I have absolutely no idea where to begin with reviewing this movie. Not because it's so terrible than I am floundered; rather, there are multiple layers and things worth talking about.
For a start, Kevin Smith has a significant cameo in this. He really proves his ability to act pretty well. Perhaps he should stop making bad movies and get into acting! Bottoms Up will never achieve the acclaim of even the worst of Kevin Smith's movies - and that is absurd to me. The worst of Kevin Smith's movies are utterly dreadful. It is absurd that he is still riding on the success of his early couple of smashes. Even though this was a low-key movie, it seems nonsensical to me that he would risk his career and inflated acclaim on a flop. Evidently he is impervious to critical flops.
Jason Mewes' performance is pretty weak and he is unable to cease his stoner drawl. But his character I don't think is explicitly "a stoner" per se (I think he takes one bong hit in the movie and puffs on a blunt). If he was meant to be then it doesn't add anything to the story. He comes from a friendship group of wasters - including Kevin Smith's character - but he is a bartender with talent and ambition. He is therefore the hero who seeks his fortune in LA and eventually succeeds in his goal.
Like the later Paris Hilton vehicle, The Hottie and the Nottie, this was grossly poorly received. I think that both are essentially okay. That's right, Bottoms Up is pretty alright - especially for a straight-to-DVD movie. Certainly not terrible. Paris' delivery and acting is underdeveloped here, but it is just as "fun" a movie, if not more so. It's certainly the more glamorous, if you're into the allure of wild LA parties, high society and Hollywood hotties.
Paris Hilton's acting may have been better in The Hottie and the Nottie, but that also had a more predictable and formulaic story. I think on balance they're both more-or-less as good as each other. Though Bottoms Up is more fun, interesting and amusing I think.
But to summarize ... just read the title of this review.
For a start, Kevin Smith has a significant cameo in this. He really proves his ability to act pretty well. Perhaps he should stop making bad movies and get into acting! Bottoms Up will never achieve the acclaim of even the worst of Kevin Smith's movies - and that is absurd to me. The worst of Kevin Smith's movies are utterly dreadful. It is absurd that he is still riding on the success of his early couple of smashes. Even though this was a low-key movie, it seems nonsensical to me that he would risk his career and inflated acclaim on a flop. Evidently he is impervious to critical flops.
Jason Mewes' performance is pretty weak and he is unable to cease his stoner drawl. But his character I don't think is explicitly "a stoner" per se (I think he takes one bong hit in the movie and puffs on a blunt). If he was meant to be then it doesn't add anything to the story. He comes from a friendship group of wasters - including Kevin Smith's character - but he is a bartender with talent and ambition. He is therefore the hero who seeks his fortune in LA and eventually succeeds in his goal.
Like the later Paris Hilton vehicle, The Hottie and the Nottie, this was grossly poorly received. I think that both are essentially okay. That's right, Bottoms Up is pretty alright - especially for a straight-to-DVD movie. Certainly not terrible. Paris' delivery and acting is underdeveloped here, but it is just as "fun" a movie, if not more so. It's certainly the more glamorous, if you're into the allure of wild LA parties, high society and Hollywood hotties.
Paris Hilton's acting may have been better in The Hottie and the Nottie, but that also had a more predictable and formulaic story. I think on balance they're both more-or-less as good as each other. Though Bottoms Up is more fun, interesting and amusing I think.
But to summarize ... just read the title of this review.