{"id":4004,"date":"2006-12-03T19:30:43","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T00:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=4004"},"modified":"2006-12-03T18:35:29","modified_gmt":"2006-12-03T23:35:29","slug":"the_flop_of_taj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/03\/the_flop_of_taj\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flop of Taj"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kal Penn’s latest film, Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Raj<\/em>, has opened poorly, at #10 on the U.S. box office. More than that, as of now it’s running an astonishing 0% approval<\/strong><\/a> at Rotten Tomatoes — the worst of the worst! (Even that Maha-Flop, Gigli<\/em>, came in higher, at 6%<\/a>). The original Van Wilder<\/em> didn’t do that much box office, but became a hit when it went to DVD. But reviewers here aren’t saying things to the effect of “This was really sexist and adolescent, but kind of funny” the way they often do with gross-out comedies. Here, it seems most are basically saying “I wish I could forget the 90 minutes I wasted watching this piece of crap.” That spells no cult status and no DVD after-life: The Rise of Taj<\/em> will probably just disappear without a trace.<\/p>\n\n

Has anyone seen it? Is it as “bad as Badalandabad”<\/a>? Is it as bad as “a day without sunshine”<\/a>? Does it “not even compare three cup sizes to the half-assed original from 2002”<\/a>? (Not quite sure what that means, but you get the idea.) The juiciest, ragingest five lines of snark I could find were the following:<\/p>\n\n

Flavorlessly directed by Mort Nathan (2003’s “Boat Trip”) and seemingly penned on a napkin by David Drew Gallagher, “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj” has direct-to-DVD written all over it. There is unequivocally no reason why such an asinine, energy-deprived waste of time has reached theaters. I have had knee-shaking, ass-skewering hemorrhoids that were funnier than this so-called comedy, which doesn’t inspire a single laugh, smirk or smile in all of its running time.<\/strong> (link<\/a>)<\/blockquote>\n\n

Go MovieBoy. (Oh, and sorry to hear about the hemorrhoids! Ouch!)<\/p>\n\n

Personally, I’m not going to go see The Rise of Taj<\/em>, even though I do admire what Kal Penn has been able to do in Hollywood. Neither the reviews nor the trailers suggest anything redeeming to be found here. And no, one doesn’t go to movies just to “support” aspiring Indian American actors. Really, the best support anyone can give Kal Penn at this point is an email along the lines of “make less crap, ‘kay?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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