21 Jump Street

Two things...

1) I never saw the original 21 Jump Street TV show.

2) I think Johnny Depp is one of the greatest living actors and thanks to Jon Thompson, who I follow on Twitter, I know that he makes a cameo in this film.

21 Jump Street stars people with first names such as Channing, Brie, DeRay, Ice and Dax.  I'm not sure why I noted this because it has nothing to do with anything.

While there is nothing really interesting or even funny about the trailer for 21 Jump Street - except that I felt sorry for Jonah Hill because he seems to get hit by cars in everything he does.  I wonder if he does his own stunts.  I know that Jackie Chan does (or did) his own stunts.  I used to love watching the bloopers and out-takes of Jackie Chan movies.  His bloopers and out-takes were often better than his films, but it was always entertaining and worth waiting for.  I wonder how old Jackie Chan is, now?  IMDB says 58.  I bet he can still kick ass.

I wonder if Channing Tatum does his own stunts.  I never find him to be that interesting, but he's getting cast a lot these days.  He kind of reminds of a cross between Sam Worthington and Josh Hartnett.  Whatever happened to Hartnett?  I think I reviewed Bunraku and then tried to watch it.  I say "tried" because I couldn't sit through it.  Despite liking the cast very much (Demi looks pretty awesome for a woman of 50ish), it took me four days to watch an hour of the DVD.  I had to return it and pay a late fee.

I do like Jonah Hill.  He's funny and, up until the trailer for Moneyball (I still haven't seen it, but almost did - please see my review for Dream House to find out why), I thought he was one-dimensional.  He's not.  He's a pretty decent comedic actor.

While I didn't find the trailer for 21 Jump Street interesting or amusing, I kind of think that the actual film will be at least mildly entertaining.  I hope Depp's cameo is worth the cost of admission.