Hyperbole, Academia, Date Rape and The Dark Knight: The Internet’s Response to Observe and Report

It seems as though everybody who’s anybody in the movie blog-o-sphere is talking about Jody Hill’s new ‘edgy’ comedy hit(?) Observe & Report. Hot off the heels of a successful first season of HBO’s Eastbound & Down, Hill and his crew of regulars (Danny McBride, Ben Best and Tim Orr (longtime cinematographer of David Gordon Green)) are now pushing their unlikeable, unredeemable characters into the mainstream and the results are definitely interesting. On one hand, the internet is abuzz with hyperbolic expressions of praise; reminding me of the debate surrounding The Dark Knight’s worth as a cinematic ‘classic’. On the other hand, some folks just aren’t laughing. Is that really surprising though?