Day 29: My Name Is Bruce (2007)

His name is Bruce. Bruce Campbell. That is all.

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Grace Thorsen, Ted Raimi
Directed by: Bruce Campbell

The Positives:

- Bruce Campbell is playing himself. As it should be.
- Ted Raimi in a dual role! I love Ted Rami.
- Cheap shots at Sam Raimi and other flicks of Bruce Campbell's career.
- Gotta love happy endings.
- The musical chapter markers are kind of neat.
- Considering this film is based on Bruce Campbell's less successful films, no mention is made of his appearance in the 'Spider-Man' franchise. It is referenced subtly however with quips like, 'My hero-sense is tingling'.

The Negatives:

- The 'monster' was stupid. I would've much rather seen him fight that cave-monster-fly-guy-in-a rubber suit thing.
- Bruce Campbell's style is based on a badass hero fighting crappy B-movies and getting the sexy leading lady. While Campbell brings the badass, the leading lady isn't too attractive. That'd be like (to a lesser extinct) casting Amy Pohler as a Bond girl.
- Nobody takes a cheap shot at 'Bubba Ho-Tep/'. Nobody.
- I know the acting a dialogue were supposed to be a reference to the crappy quality of Bruce's films, but it wasn't clever enough to be good. They were just crappy parodies of already crappy qualities. What makes other films in this genre more successful is being intelligent, not just caving to the tropes.

Grade: D+

I believe the perfect way to describe this film is to think of a time someone you care about dearly has let you down. For the most part, you still love and respect them but you can't help but to think, "What the hell?". That's how I feel about Bruce Campbell and this movie.