Still Waters Run Deep

Jackass 3D (2010)
directed by Jeff Tremaine
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
seen on the screen at Loews Waterfront 22

With Jackass 3D, the Mouse Trap approach to the single take has been supplanted by slow motion photography shot by multiple cameras as the best use of a crowded room. Tremaine's opening credits and final act would be beautiful even without the technology that James Cameron re-introduced to the world; as it is, Mr. Avatar has been beat at his own stupid, stupid game. Why go to Pandora when you can bask in the sun outside of Los Angeles? And yes, there are many things happening every time a cast member takes a boxing glove to the face or hoof to the groin - socially, psychologically, and emotionally - but because the onscreen/real-life buddies who gather around the victim in sympathy can laugh it off and move to the next gag, I can too. Well worth the 3D surcharge because this is exactly how much fun going to the movies is supposed to be.