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Ryan Reynolds Is Excellent. Captain Excellent

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (32)



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The independent whimsiquirkilcious Paper Man is due out in less than two weeks, and somehow, the damn thing has completely escaped my attention. A movie featuring a bleached-blonde, muscle-bound Ryan Reynolds as an imaginary super-hero named Captain Excellent shouldn’t be a movie that could escape my attention. But there you go: Our friends over at The Playlist unearthed this trailer, and I’m going to add it — along with The Kids Are All Right and Solitary Man — to my reasons to wake up in the morning.

The film comes from husband and wife Kieran and Michele Mulroney (Kieran is Dermot Mulroney’s brother), who are relative newcomers to the behind-the-camera machinations, although they are penning the sequel to Sherlock Holmes. The movie itself is about a washed-up writer (Jeff Daniels, who else) with an imaginary super-hero friend (R-Squared), who forms an (unlikely) friendship with a young woman (Emma Stone).










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Comments

Am I first? Let me first... I'm never first. FIRST!

HAHAHAHA.... ok.. too much coffee not enough sleep.

Posted by: tallulahc at April 12, 2010 5:49 PM

RyRey looks cute, but it quickly went into quirk overload.

Posted by: Drake at April 12, 2010 5:50 PM

Yeah...like cops wouldn't get involved in that plot at any point.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at April 12, 2010 5:56 PM

That looks like fun. Jeff Daniels is usually excellent in everything, Emma Stone has never done anything to offend me, and RyRey is doing a nice Captain Hammer up there.

Posted by: Jerce at April 12, 2010 6:03 PM

EW! At least Captain Hammer isn't wearing little yellow Spandex shorts and tights. Captain Hammer is wearing cargo pants with hammers in his pockets to let me know he's happy to see me.

Posted by: BWeaves at April 12, 2010 6:22 PM

Jeff Bridges is lovely. I like him in pretty much everything. This looks a little indie-quirk, but if the indie-quirk is Ryan Reynolds in Spandex, girl can't complain.

Posted by: linny at April 12, 2010 6:34 PM

...I have completely missed this. THIS! BUT HOW?

Posted by: Green Lantern at April 12, 2010 6:52 PM

RyRy is what Captain Hammer's shit shits out. It is fairly tough to pass that many Couric's, but give Hammer credit.

Posted by: D-Day at April 12, 2010 7:03 PM

This looks like it could be lovely and will make me cry at least once...but it also looks like a combination of Right Said Fred, My First Mister and some others... which puts me off...I know that's not fair but..ya know.

Posted by: Nadine at April 12, 2010 7:06 PM

OK for the first ten minutes there I was boggling at that preview picture because for some reason I thought Ryan Reynolds there was bald and had some kind of huge cranium. Not a great image.

Posted by: teacupnosaucer at April 12, 2010 7:22 PM

Confusing "Right Said Fred" with Drop Dead Fred might be my favorite pop-cultural mash-up of the week.

Posted by: coveredinbees at April 12, 2010 7:30 PM

Unless you're trying to imply that RyRy is too sexy for his spandex? In which case, I don't disagree.

Posted by: coveredinbees at April 12, 2010 7:32 PM

...'Drop Dead, Fred'? Unless maybe you were referring to Ryan's seemingly bald pate in the header pic...? (He looks totally creepy.)

Posted by: (...) at April 12, 2010 7:33 PM

Coveredinbees, Heeeeeeee!!!!!!!
My apologies, Drop Dead Fred.

To be honest, it took me ten minutes to think of Right Said Fred!! Total mind blank.

My painkillers are AWSE.

Posted by: Nadine at April 12, 2010 7:34 PM

The weird thing is, I typed it then stopped like 'Right said Fred'...yeah thats...thats a line from that film...yeah...' and carried on.

Part of me knew it...wasn't quite there but...not enough of me...like, me toe knew.

Posted by: Nadine at April 12, 2010 7:36 PM

(...) He DOES look like he could be a member in that picture. It's the dirty smile. Right Said Fred where nothing but dirty smiles and bald heads

Posted by: Nadine at April 12, 2010 7:38 PM

RT @coveredinbees Confusing "Right Said Fred" with Drop Dead Fred might be my favorite pop-cultural mash-up of the week.

Posted by: Dustin Rowles at April 12, 2010 7:52 PM

Ooops. I'm not on Twitter.

Posted by: Dustin Rowles at April 12, 2010 7:53 PM

Am I missing something? Does nobody else see that this is about an older crazy guy who convinces a teenage girl to come babysit for him when he doesn't even have children?

How am I getting the crazy creepy vibe from this and no one else is?

We're talking about me people...ME!

Posted by: DeistBrawler at April 12, 2010 8:00 PM

Oh hey! I'm fake re-twittable. That's totally a thing, shut up.

Posted by: coveredinbees at April 12, 2010 8:04 PM

I demand creative credit Coveredinbees and if i get it I'll totally endorse fake tweets!!!

Posted by: Nadine at April 12, 2010 8:06 PM

I'll share creative credit with you and whatever medication you are on. That's how magnanimous I am.

Posted by: coveredinbees at April 12, 2010 8:20 PM

Looks like your run-of-the-mill-indie-hipster- quirky borefest. I will pass.

Posted by: Kris at April 12, 2010 8:22 PM

Is EVERYBODY HERE stoned out of their gourds tonight except me?!

SHARE, you fuckers!

Posted by: Jerce at April 12, 2010 9:13 PM

Woooo boy do I love to watch Jeff Daniels do the dramatic. He is really good at it. This looks great! Why have I not heard of Emma Stone before now?

Posted by: grace b at April 12, 2010 10:00 PM

@grace b

because apparently you live under a rock

Posted by: blahblah at April 12, 2010 11:14 PM

Oh, grace b, get thyself to a video rental shoppe and watch thyself some Zombieland.

Posted by: linny at April 12, 2010 11:18 PM

That looks like a pretty decent flick. Kinda like a more serious Drop Dead Fred for the Hipster set.

Posted by: Julian at April 13, 2010 9:59 AM

I Like his hair!

Posted by: Magiel at April 13, 2010 10:09 AM

Quit twatting, you twats. Twatting is for twatwads who can't make normal conversation.

Posted by: BWeaves at April 13, 2010 10:21 AM

DeistBrawler: Yeah, older, crazy loser hires underage babysitter when he doesn't have a baby. I'd be calling the cops before I hit the door.

Posted by: BWeaves at April 13, 2010 10:23 AM

It does feel like the trailer doesn't show the wacky scene where he digs a pit in the basement.

Posted by: mrcreosote at April 13, 2010 11:05 AM