The Other Guys Research Paper

Being a fan of comedic movies, it is tough to pick just one as my favorite. When it comes down to it, though, I would have to pick the one that I find the most hilarious: The Other Guys. This movie could be watched countless times and still be funny. The Other Guys really represents the type of humor that I like being as it is more of a goofy, immature type of comedy. One reason why I find this movie so amusing is because of the actors that were cast to carry out the story line. The two main characters are played by my favorite actors, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell. On their own the actors are both very funny, so putting them together made for some even better jokes and more laughs. Along with them, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson also made random appearances in the movie. Anyone that likes those three actors would definitely enjoy the movie. The way Wahlberg, Ferrell, and “The Rock” portray their characters with such great enthusiasm and chemistry between each other really sets the mood for a remarkable comedy. Both Mark Wahlberg and “The Rock” usually tend to play more serious characters in …show more content…
In the movie, Will Farrell plays a detective named Allen Gamble and Mark Wahlberg plays another detective by the name of Terry Hoitz. Together they go on a series of goofy missions and adventures. Everything they do never seems to go as planned. An example of things going awry is when “The Rock”, who plays the character Christopher Danson, and another character look at each other and they say “Aim for the Bushes!” and then they both jump off a twenty story high building straight to the concrete below. The catch to the scene which makes it so funny is that there aren’t even bushes or anything waiting below to catch them after they jump; there was only concrete waiting down below for them. The movie is full of the actors doing dumb things like in the scene described which is why I find it so