Fired Up
Published May 24, 2014
Film info
- Title Fired Up
- Director Will Gluck
- Year 2009
- Run time 1hr 30m
- Genre Comedy
- Tagline 2 guys, 300 girls, you do the math
Two guys, Nick and Shawn, decide a two week stint at a Cheerleaders' Camp is the perfect opportunity to score tons of meaningless romantic liaisons with lonely girls in tight-tops and short-short skirts. But their lusty plan to caress as many pom-poms as possible goes awry when one of the dudes falls in love.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:51 | You can’t get in a car like that without breaking a rib, surely! |
| 4:09 | Cheerleaders falling down has to be a bad omen. |
| 6:27 | Coaches have anger management issues in films a lot, but I’m surprised at the language! |
| 10:26 | “We’re athletes, we can do anything.” |
| 14:43 | Love the girl who says “I’m just saying” to everything. I do that. |
| 18:30 | Cheering the whole way there is more annoying than ‘are we there yet?’ |
| 22:56 | Interestingly, this film is very good at introducing an awful lot of characters in a short amount of time. |
| 26:47 | “Prohibidado.” |
| 30:23 | The family pom poms! I bet they get threadbare after a couple of generations. |
| 31:56 | Day moon! |
| 36:37 | “Not that funny a story, not even a story really. Just a fact.” |
| 40:20 | The mascots are funny. They couldn’t really spend all time in mascot-wear. |
| 45:35 | Ew, the cheerleaders reciting the lines from a cheerleading film. |
| 48:31 | His moon knowledge impresses me. |
| 57:39 | “That’s right, I’m awesome.” I like his style. |
| 1:02:10 | He might be trying to make a point, but reading someone’s diary out loud is the worst act ever. |
| 1:09:56 | Panda on a tricycle! |
| 1:14:00 | How old is she? |
| 1:22:00 | Carly fries. |
Thoughts
There’s a sort of unwritten Film Watch rule that I don’t really bother making notes on the rubbishy movies - you know the type, teen cheerleader and beer films. Just like Fired Up.
It turns out that Mr C had watched this at some point, and when I was feeling run down and exhausted after a morning of studying, I said I was ready for a nap. He countered with a new-fangled theory that instead of napping, an afternoon non-taxing Film Watch would do the trick, and this was just the title to test it out.
It worked! I felt refreshed after watching, and also got to enjoy this along the way. I thought it was going to be awful, but it was really funny and not too predictable either. The main pair worked really well together, it felt like they were a new generation of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.
It’s not ground-breaking, and it won’t win any awards, but it was a fab pick-me-up during a stressful day, full of snappy dialogue and a character journey that worked!
Rating: 5 / 5