RE: Central Intelligence (film) review
"Hart and Johnson work very well together. Plus the fact that Hart is not a big dude, and Johnson is the biggest dude - make them a funny combo"
They work so well together that I felt that the next movie they did, "Jumanji" was even better!
If this one was good (mixing some great comedy with some tiresome, as well as some decent, action), Jumanji was flat out great in every way. But hey, that's probably just me lol.
I completely agree that the sizes of the men are important, as size disparity sets the men apart in a way that makes Hart look smaller, and Johnson bigger, and mismatch in sizes is so surprising in a duo that the laughs multiply.
I was reminded of that classic double act, Laurel and Hardy, and whats so interesting about Hart and Johnson is that their characters are flipped. Laurel, the little guy would do crazy things, then Hardy, the big guy would complain "Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"
But with Hart and Johnson, it's the big guy who creates the mess, and the little guy who has to clean it up. It's actually even funnier for the little guy to have to clean up a big guy's mess, cos it's obviously so much harder!
Hart is the highest paid movie comedian in the world. He inherits that mantle from a long line of comedians, from Charlie Chaplin to Bob Hope to Jerry Lewis to John Belushi to Eddie Murphy to Robin Williams to Bill Murray to Jim Carrey and now to Kevin Hart.
When I think about what makes him the "funniest" guy in movies, I guess it's his reactions: frenzied and hysterical, squealing and high-pitched, indignant yet vulnerable, spewing verbal diarrhea, while his character is always on the backfoot, tripping over himself.
When it comes to the reaction shot, there's nobody like Kevin Hart. But when it's The Rock he's reacting to, it's even funnier. I hope they team up again! :)