Seth MacFarlane is arguably one of the more controversial celebrities of the past 10 years or so. Best known for TV show Family Guy, he delights in making jokes about religion, race, homosexuality (even though he’s a large supporter), politics. Basically, there isn’t a taboo subject he won’t touch. You either love Family Guy or you hate it, and the show definitely has its haters. So when Seth MacFarlane released his first feature film back in 2012, it was time to see if they could be swayed in his favour. Ted, starring Mark Wahlberg as a man in his 30's who lives with a sleazy drug taking teddy bear that magically came to life, received generally positive reviews, even from a lot of MacFarlane’s detractors. So, how will his next film A Million Ways to Die in the West hold up?
The trailer starts as Seth and his friend, played Giovannia Ribisi, witness the death of a man being crushed by a giant block of ice. Soon, he meets the quirky Charlize Theron, who learns that many people die at the annual county fair. Soon, he finds himself facing a duel with a well known gunslinger (Liam Neeson), and it’s time for Theron to teach this timid farmer just how to shoot a gun.
This film looks to be a lot of fun. Seeming to take a different approach from Ted and any of his animated shows, Seth MacFarlane seems more grounded with this film and unlike Ted, appears to be using more than just crude jokes to attract audiences. There are some genuinely hilarious parts of this trailer, including MacFarlane being unable to shoot a bottle at point blank range, and him speaking with a tribe of Native Indians using their language, where we discover the word for “Fine, fine” is “Mila Kunis, Mila Kunis”. However, one of the trailer’s problems seems to be Seth himself. Not his humour though, his acting. Whilst he may have talent in his writing and directing, he just feels out of place as a leading man. Not to mention this is his first live action role, as opposed to his voice acting in Ted and all of his TV shows. Still, the film has a great cast to boot, as Neeson, Theron and Ribisi are joined by Amanda Seyfried, who plays MacFarlane’s ex girlfriend, Neil Patrick Harris as the man who stole her from him and Sarah Silverman as Ribisi’s prostitute wife.
It definitely won’t be for everyone, but A Million Ways to Die in the West looks to be an enjoyable comedy.
The trailer starts as Seth and his friend, played Giovannia Ribisi, witness the death of a man being crushed by a giant block of ice. Soon, he meets the quirky Charlize Theron, who learns that many people die at the annual county fair. Soon, he finds himself facing a duel with a well known gunslinger (Liam Neeson), and it’s time for Theron to teach this timid farmer just how to shoot a gun.
This film looks to be a lot of fun. Seeming to take a different approach from Ted and any of his animated shows, Seth MacFarlane seems more grounded with this film and unlike Ted, appears to be using more than just crude jokes to attract audiences. There are some genuinely hilarious parts of this trailer, including MacFarlane being unable to shoot a bottle at point blank range, and him speaking with a tribe of Native Indians using their language, where we discover the word for “Fine, fine” is “Mila Kunis, Mila Kunis”. However, one of the trailer’s problems seems to be Seth himself. Not his humour though, his acting. Whilst he may have talent in his writing and directing, he just feels out of place as a leading man. Not to mention this is his first live action role, as opposed to his voice acting in Ted and all of his TV shows. Still, the film has a great cast to boot, as Neeson, Theron and Ribisi are joined by Amanda Seyfried, who plays MacFarlane’s ex girlfriend, Neil Patrick Harris as the man who stole her from him and Sarah Silverman as Ribisi’s prostitute wife.
It definitely won’t be for everyone, but A Million Ways to Die in the West looks to be an enjoyable comedy.
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