Get Him To The Greek is fun throughout with some gutbustingly funny moments. Sean Combs, Russell Brand and Jonah Hill deliver the laughs and some genuine warmth. A welcome diversion from the oil spill and Israel flotilla massacre.

I am definitely checking this one out even though I find Russell Brand off screen to be one of the most distasteful human beings imaginable.

Brand is very funny on talk shows. I loved his description of trying to ride an elephant in India on New Year's Eve--"To an elephant, fireworks are indistinguishable from the Apocalypse."

Nuff said

about what? Are you offended by Brand's sense of humor, prank calls...what exactly?

For the most part I really liked Splice - very strange, entertaining (& suprisingly funny) and messed up.

I have a real problem with prank calls in general. Sometimes they can be hysterically funny, but even then I find them sadistic, sophomoric, mean-spirited, and adolescent in the bad way. In Brand's case, the prank calls were all of the above and more. I find the incident unforgivable.

And this passage from the article sounds like a mini-Polanski deal:

"In the days following the suspensions, a number of celebrities, particularly from television and radio, came out in support of Brand and Ross. Many felt that, whilst the incident was unacceptable, it was not deserving of the strong criticism it received, especially when there were other issues troubling the United Kingdom."

You might as well say, "In view of the fact that we have a horrific oil spill going on as well as a record unemployment rate, what does it really matter if Michael Richards screams 'nigger' on a cabaret stage?"

That said, I assume Brand creates comic mayhem in Get Me to the Greek, and I will definitely be seeing the movie. (I also happen to be a huge Jonah Hill fan.)

Another new release I will be seeing.