All things considering, this movie could have been a lot worse!

A movie with a title such as "Garbage" should already raise a few eyebrows, especially when you read what its concept is all about. But in all fairness, the movie is a pretty decent and cute one within its genre.

it isn't the silly type of comedy that you perhaps expect this movie to be. Won't say that it's a subtle one as well but still, the movie never goes overboard with its comedy and doesn't go for the cheap, simple and predictable sort of laughs. It puts a bit more effort into it than, lets say, the average genre movie of this caliber.

It's simply an enjoyable and cute sort of movie, with some likable characters. The main premise of the movie isn't all that original but I have to say that it handles its concept well and does a good job with its storytelling. There are a few things in it that they could have explored a bit further and better but on the other hand, if it did, it could have potentially provided the movie with some needless and pointless distractions, so perhaps it's a positive thing that this movie remains mostly a simple and underdeveloped one.

I also liked the settings of the movie. It was a pretty good and clever move to let this movie take place in the middle of Hollywood, where tons of celebrities from the movie industry live. Some of them even appear in this movie, in some small cameos, as themselves (Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, William Baldwin, Steven Bauer, etcetera). Because the movie is set in Hollywood but the story is seen and told through the eyes of garbage men, the movie turns into a bit of a parody of Hollywood and some of its celebrities, without having to truly ridicule anything or anyone. Just some small references and quick pieces of dialog are enough for this movie and its comedy.

The acting was also pretty decent. The two main leads, Jed Rees and Jon Huck, aren't the best know actors but they simply did a good job with their roles and the comedy. Besides, they are convincing buddies, even though they have some very different personalities. Some of the other character remain a bit too much in the background but that's not a big issue, since its two main leads are perfectly capable of carrying this movie on their own.

Just go ahead and give this movie a shot. It's a pretty fun one overall!

6/10

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Yet another haunted house spoof, with as a twist it has some African-American characters, which means that the movie has an unique type of humor to it, filled not with only genre stereotypes but also with racial stereotypes.

It seems always weird and funny to me how some movies get accused of racism but when a 'black' movie features- or makes fun of some racial stereotypes, hardly anyone is complaining about it and it's all in good fun. Not that it matters, I don't really care and it's not really relevant but it's just an observation I keep making. As a matter of fact, movies made with an all African-American cast/crew often tend to feature way more negative racial stereotypes in it than any other movie. Just saying...

And the movie itself, well, it's far from a brilliant one. It's the type of comedy that keeps throwing jokes at you at a rapid pace, hoping that at least one out of every five jokes will hit. And it in fact does just that but that doesn't take away from the fact that the majority of stuff that's happening in this movie just isn't that good or funny.

I really liked the beginning and the end of the movie but all of the stuff that was happening in the middle, not so much! I think that the problem with the movie is that it's too often starting to repeat itself and there is not enough variety to its comedy.

It's still fun to watch the characters respond to- and deal with the ghostly events of the movie. Besides, the actors play well off each other and there is some good chemistry between them, which probably is the main thing that still keeps the movie going and somewhat amusing to watch.

But sometimes it really doesn't matter whether or not a movie is amusing to watch, when everything else gets handled poorly and is done in a not too creative or original way. Some Leslie Nielsen movies are a good example of this as well. Most of them can really make me laugh but I just can't call each of his movies good ones as well, just because of that. Same goes for this movie really. Chances are that it's still going to make you laugh but there just is no way you could call it a great movie as well.

Believe it or not but I prefer "30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" over this movie.

4/10

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