Seth MacFarlane wants you to know he isn’t a believer of God or anything associated with God. He has a particular grudge against Christians, perhaps indicating that he was ostracized as a child by someone claiming, whether truthfully or not, to be a follower of Christ. His latest movie, A Million Ways to Die in the West, can be best summarized as a few laughs mixed with more cursing than any movie I’ve seen in history and of course, lots of anti-Christianity material.
The movie starts out with Seth MacFarlane making it clear that he is the star of this. I wouldn’t be shocked if he actually had to be listed as the star of the movie multiple times, since he has more dialogue in this movie than every other character combined. He is ALWAYS talking and folks, this guy gets on my nerves if you can’t tell. He uses his “fast-talking” persona to bombard the audience with joke-after-joke, many of which are indeed hilarious. However, the movie makes it pretty difficult to enjoy because if you aren’t laughing at every single joke, you get very bored.
The story is insignificant. Girl breaks up with guy, guy gets another girl who is married to the baddest man in the West and somehow, defeats that man. Oh, did I spoil the movie for you? Sorry.
Along the way, we get the exact same formula as a Family Guy episode, with cut-aways and obvious set-ups for jokes. I felt very unengaged by the quality of the material.
If you like hearing “fuck” then you will simply love this movie. I believe he used it four times in one sentence, at one point. I’m all about an F word here or there if it adds to the humor but this got to the point of being really overdone.
No matter how much you try to spin it as MacFarlane being humorous, he clearly has a vendetta against Christianity. It isn’t entirely shoved down your throat here but you feel bits and pieces of it coming at you throughout the script.
Unfortunately, Sarah Silverman is in this movie. She’s probably the most annoying person I’ve ever listened to and folks, she’s not funny. But even worse….
BILL MAHER IS IN THIS. And he’s not being killed. So get ready for that. He’s the least funny comedian I’ve ever beared witness to, perhaps excluding Billy Crystal or George Carlin.
I laughed a few times and enjoyed it at times but it became a chore to watch by the time I got through it all.