Comedy Central Roast of James Franco (2013)

A lot of fun.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

James Franco is interesting, in an oddball sort of way, but not necessarily the first person I'd think of to roast. He's certainly done a lot, but the usual honorees have the bulk of their career behind them. Not this guy, which kind of makes it a little more interesting. I thought that the featured roasters were all well-picked, even if not all of them were funny. Basically, the dais was filled with a bunch of his friends, which made it more intimate. I also liked that they didn't go so heavy on the vulgarity, making the subjects a little more diverse than usual. Still...So. Many. Jew. Jokes (Bill Hader's turn as an old Jew in a tracksuit was probably the best instance of this). My personal favorites were Sarah Silverman and Jeff Ross, who have done well in other roasts. Jonah Hill and Andy Samberg were bombs in my opinion. Jonah Hill seemed like he was trying too hard (or couldn't keep his game face on), and Andy Samberg's ironic performance just wasn't funny to me. James Franco's rebuttal wasn't necessarily the best or the worst I've seen, but it was alright. Taken in context of Comedy Central's other roasts, this is certainly one of the more creative ones, even if the end result is rather tame.

Let's start by acknowledging the unfortunately large grey mammal in the room ... these things are usually horribly bad. Lots of unfunny people given a green light to tell "offensive" jokes that are made OK because someone from the demeaned group is there laughing and OK'ing it.Thing is, jokes can be funny, and when it's owned, and has ... no ... I think I'm going to lose this thread of conversation. I'm so annoyingly not rabidly against anything open and funny against any given target, and also so annoyingly not hating "SJWs" for actually being totally right and fighting for the progression of society. It's a shame that life is 1's and 0's these days, but that's 01101100011010010110011001100101.This show is actually phenomenal. I don't really want to ruin the comic beats, but I'll say that it's a massive crescendo that actually peaks slightly early ... however the last //indefinite number// were still fantastic.I can't recommend this hard enough.What I'm trying to say is that ... even though I tried not to single the comedians out and completely ruin the whole thing for you, I kinda did a little, and I'm a bit sorry. But that's still ... it's a bit of a ... well ... it's a certain kind of move. Without the ones that aren't as funny, the ones that are funnier wouldn't be as funny as they were.I'll shut up. This is blinking great.

hosted by that rogen whit his "hohohoh im stoned hohoho" material. That dude what got kicked out from deadbeat show snl, and bunch of other jews I have never heard of. That one horse mouth was on that *beep* American pie comedies I guess. Didn't even crack a smile during the whole thing. Are these lame jews supposed to funny? Are they the next generation (Im around their age) of comedy? Feel like dying knowing I wont miss anything. This wasn't even a roast. More like a circle jerk. God I miss the old school guys who were smart enough to overdose and die while being genially funny. Unlike this bunch of these pretentious a holes. Even Jeff Ross looks bummed out whit these kids and nobody bothered to write him good lines this time. Just sad overall.

It is James Franco's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast...I just have one question: why James Franco? Has Comedy Central run out of cultural icons like Hasselhoff and Shatner that they now have to turn to still-relevant figures like Franco? So wrong...Of the comedians, Jonah Hill was the best, which was unexpected, though Bill Hader was decent, too. The rest were okay... Andy Samberg delivered roughly the same sort of style as Kevin Nealon has... it is a strange humor, but more tasteful than the profanity from everyone else. And Sarah Silverman is somehow hanging on to her brief stardom...