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Jonah
Hill and Russell
Brand star in
Get
Him to the Greek.
It’s the tale of a
young music
executive given the
task of getting
rock’s most
unpredictable and
dangerous man-
Aldous Snow to the
Greek Theatre for a
10th
Anniversary concert.
The
music business is
failing and in
Get
Him to the Greek,
the label where
Aaron Green (Jonah
Hill) works is
failing too. In a
big staff meeting
where everyone is
coming up with ideas
to increase revenue,
Green throws out the
idea of working with
Aldous Snow (Russell
Brand) and the 10th
Anniversary of an
epic show he did at
the Greek Theatre.
Things fall into
place and Aldous
agrees to do the
show, his in three
years after a
downward spiral into
booze and pills.
So Aaron has to take
his idea to
fruition. He gets to
fly to London to get
Snow and take him to
the Greek Theatre in
L.A... It sounds
like an easy job,
but Snow is a
booze-hounding, drug
hording,
self-destructive
rock star whose
compulsive stupidity
will go no bounds to
make Aaron’s job of
delivering the
talent to the venue
one of his most
difficult tasks
ever.
Jonah
Hill and Russell
Brand are great in
the two main roles
of the film. We’ve
seen both in
supporting roles
through most of
their careers, so
it’s great when they
both get assigned to
the front and are
given the
opportunity to
shine. Both of them
do in
Get
Him to the Greek.
Hill’s talent really
shines through in
the movie with the
constant drubbing he
has to take from
Aldous Snow. Aaron
knows what’s at
stake with his job,
so he goes to no
bounds to get Snow
to the Greek
Theatre. Being
tortured with
ridiculous task
after ridiculous
task, Hill plays
Aaron perfectly
while Brand delivers
Snow as an innocent
devil who makes bad
choices in an
innocent way. Both
characters are great
and it’s hard to
think that the idea
for this movie came
from another movie (Forgetting
Sarah Marshall.)
The Blu-ray version
of this disc is
loaded with extras
too. You get some
good documentaries,
the original music
videos for all of
the songs on the
movie. You also get
one of the funniest
gag scenes ever, and
TONS of deleted and
alternate scenes.
You even get the
ability to stream
one of three
different movies for
free on your
internet connected
Blu-ray player. The
Blu-ray also comes
with a digital copy
of the movie.
There’s not much to
gripe about with
Get
Him to the Greek.
It’s a fun buddy
comedy that you’ll
watch over and over
again throughout the
years. It’s loaded
with extras and
great performances
by Brand and Jonah
Hill make it fun to
watch again and
again.
Get
Him to the Greek
is highly
recommended.
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