Bruce Campbell, the man is a god in the horror fan base. A lot of people just adore this man, he's Ash from The Evil Dead trilogy! How could you not love this guy? But even though he has a huge fan base, he isn't known by everyone. Also he is kind of a has been, it's sad how his career never really took off. So through the indie film called My Name is Bruce, we are given an unoriginal plot with some goofy jokes on the world of Bruce Campbell and what it would have been like if he really did have to face a monster.
In the mining town of Goldlick, Jeff, a young fan of Bruce Campbell, and his friend Clayton go out to a cemetery to meet two girls. Jeff removes a medallion off the mausoleum, unleashing the Chinese god of the dead, Guan-Di, who kills Clayton and the girls while Jeff flees. Meanwhile, famed B movie actor Bruce Campbell is promised a birthday surprise from his agent, Mills Toddner. Bruce meets Jeff, who kidnaps Campbell and takes him to Goldlick in hopes that his hero can save the town from Guan-Di. Upon arrival, Bruce assumes it's his birthday surprise from Mills, and thinks it's all a movie, despite a lack of cameras and a script, and agrees to "help". After gearing up at Goldlick's gun shop, Bruce and many citizens of Goldlick go out into the woods to take on Guan-Di, which Bruce still thinks is part of a movie. Bruce then finds out that it's all real and flees Goldlick, angering the townspeople, upsetting Jeff who will now take on the monster himself.
This movie I think was made more for the fans as there are a lot of inside jokes. I like the little inside cameos and references, but I've seen Bruce Campbell movies. I don't think if my friends saw this that they would get a lot of the movie. There are some genuine laugh out loud moments, like when Bruce sees his fans right outside his studio and he has the war veteran fan who's just being a jerk to him so Bruce just kicks the fans wheel chair down the hill. Sounds mean, but I can understand what some of these stars would like to do to the fans who have over analyzed their films or have a sick obsession with them. The jokes do get very goofy at times and there are some moments that fall flat, mostly with the side characters who fall flat.
There's a love story that just feels so contrived and unreal. I know the whole film is meant to be that way, but Bruce and his number one fan's mom who hates Bruce at first randomly falls for him out of no where. I would've preferred if she stayed consistent and just gave Bruce the rejection to show that he doesn't always get the girl. Also the plot isn't exactly original as we've seen comedies before where an actor thinks that something is a movie but it's real life. It can still be funny if written well. I'm sure that the writers were looking for this movie to be a cult classic and they really put their love and effort into it, it just didn't hit that right spot. It's a good movie, but again it's more for the fans as they will understand the jokes better than the average movie buff.
Personally, I still liked the movie, I got what I wanted from it. Bruce seemed to have fun with it and it's important when it looks like at least the crew had fun because the love you put into a film is what the audience could feel. I give the crew credit for trying this out, maybe Bruce will never be a huge superstar, but I think he should be grateful for some of the fan base that he has, because when you lose the stalkers, that's when you're career is really going down the drain.
7/10
In the mining town of Goldlick, Jeff, a young fan of Bruce Campbell, and his friend Clayton go out to a cemetery to meet two girls. Jeff removes a medallion off the mausoleum, unleashing the Chinese god of the dead, Guan-Di, who kills Clayton and the girls while Jeff flees. Meanwhile, famed B movie actor Bruce Campbell is promised a birthday surprise from his agent, Mills Toddner. Bruce meets Jeff, who kidnaps Campbell and takes him to Goldlick in hopes that his hero can save the town from Guan-Di. Upon arrival, Bruce assumes it's his birthday surprise from Mills, and thinks it's all a movie, despite a lack of cameras and a script, and agrees to "help". After gearing up at Goldlick's gun shop, Bruce and many citizens of Goldlick go out into the woods to take on Guan-Di, which Bruce still thinks is part of a movie. Bruce then finds out that it's all real and flees Goldlick, angering the townspeople, upsetting Jeff who will now take on the monster himself.
This movie I think was made more for the fans as there are a lot of inside jokes. I like the little inside cameos and references, but I've seen Bruce Campbell movies. I don't think if my friends saw this that they would get a lot of the movie. There are some genuine laugh out loud moments, like when Bruce sees his fans right outside his studio and he has the war veteran fan who's just being a jerk to him so Bruce just kicks the fans wheel chair down the hill. Sounds mean, but I can understand what some of these stars would like to do to the fans who have over analyzed their films or have a sick obsession with them. The jokes do get very goofy at times and there are some moments that fall flat, mostly with the side characters who fall flat.
There's a love story that just feels so contrived and unreal. I know the whole film is meant to be that way, but Bruce and his number one fan's mom who hates Bruce at first randomly falls for him out of no where. I would've preferred if she stayed consistent and just gave Bruce the rejection to show that he doesn't always get the girl. Also the plot isn't exactly original as we've seen comedies before where an actor thinks that something is a movie but it's real life. It can still be funny if written well. I'm sure that the writers were looking for this movie to be a cult classic and they really put their love and effort into it, it just didn't hit that right spot. It's a good movie, but again it's more for the fans as they will understand the jokes better than the average movie buff.
Personally, I still liked the movie, I got what I wanted from it. Bruce seemed to have fun with it and it's important when it looks like at least the crew had fun because the love you put into a film is what the audience could feel. I give the crew credit for trying this out, maybe Bruce will never be a huge superstar, but I think he should be grateful for some of the fan base that he has, because when you lose the stalkers, that's when you're career is really going down the drain.
7/10