I don’t like the story that they’re trying to tell.
I mean, yes, THE ADDAMS FAMILY aesthetic looks back to the original cartoons, and while I am not thrilled to see that aesthetic in motion I can probably get over it. But it’s the plot. It feels like an ‘Accept these odd people for who they are’ plot, which is a lovely sentiment while being simultaneous completely inappropriate for the Addams family. They don’t care if you accept them! The humor is in that you don’t, and can’t, and never will! It would be cosmic horror, except that the Addams aren’t mean.
Anyway, this trailer did not wow me. It un-wowed me, in fact. I don’t know if this is going to work. I take no joy in writing that, by the way: I mind less than most when people go back to the well. I mean, it worked for them the last time.
The genius of Gomez and Morticia is .. they’ve *accepted* not being accepted.
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They don’t *need* acceptance .. they’ve learned simply to accept themselves.
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That, by the way, is a worthwhile lesson for kids that’s .. apparently been deep-sixed back in the ’80s or something.
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Mew
1. Comedies pretty much always put their funniest jokes in the trailer
2. There were no funny jokes in the trailer
Conclusion: this movie will be a tedious grind to sit through.
Snoop Dogg is good casting. Gomez saying “Deep down we’re all the same” is anathema to me. They’re proud of their differences.
Rest In Peace Raul Julia, I fear we’ll never see your like again.
After that first film came out in 1991, there was a time when my nieces and nephews called ME “Uncle Fester”.
(sniff) How I miss those days.
The Addams don’t even realize that they’re different, they just live their life.