We can all agree that this looks exactly like Men in Black. Even if it's based on different source material (that I haven't read, so I'm not sure if that's the specific novel the movie is taking from), the movie looks just like the creature feature with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. But everyone liked Men in Black because it was new and different and fun!
Now, a big difference between MiB and R.I.P.D. is that the comedic force is coming primarily the mentor instead of the apprentice. I think this small change will be the key to a much funnier action/creature feature. On top of that, Bridges is basically just playing Rooster Cogburn from True Grit. He's an old cowboy and he's teaching the new guy the ropes in the most hilarious ways possible. Instead of getting hip jokes from a young guy, we're getting these ridiculous pieces of advice from a crazy old man.
Also: I realize it's a lazy joke, but I really loved that Bridges is a smoking hot girl and Reynolds is an old Asian man. It killed me.
I can't wait to see James "I just sucked on too man lemons" Franco make an ass of himself again. He started out with a fake gangsta emcee kind of accent, then switched to Southern? Also, giving yourself an accent takes more than just dropping one letter off of the word. He's so dumb. You know this, I know this, so let's just stop talking about it!
Secondly, there has got to be a better way for girls like Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez to make that scary shift from kids/family friendly to serious movies. I mean, take a note from Ryan Gosling (his shift was The Believer), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Mysterious Skin), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Beach), or Neil Patrick Harris (Harold and Kumar). Two of the above mentioned films are indie, to the point of near no one has seen them. One was about an American Nazi youth and the other was sexually depraved. NPH's choice was so over the top that he played himself (it helps that he had hit rock bottom and didn't have much to lose), and DiCaprio's was this strange movie that didn't really have a mass appeal. It wasn't necessarily trying to be cool, but weird.
These girls have instead picked a party movie for their transition. They are only painting themselves into a different corner at this point. Look at Thomas Mann:
You might recognize him from Project X. It's a very R-rated comedy about some kids throwing a house party. GROWN UP THEMES! And it looks like Spring Breakers will have a similar tone.
Speaking of Thomas Mann, though, you might also recognize him from Fun Size, the Nickelodeon produced party movie. That one I'm still trying figure out. He hasn't been in a lot and his two biggest movies are probably often mixed up.
Essentially, these "adults" are now typecasting themselves as the party crowd. Do you really think Sam Mendes is going to see one of these actors drinking a beer on screen and think that makes them more appealing for one of his movies? No, but Todd Phillips might (but Phillips is also too smart to cast one of these dip-shits). The audience they seem to be trying to get away from is only a few years behind these movies (or not at all. At this point they are just setting bad examples for their existing fan base).
Do something outside the box. Robert Pattinson made Cosmopolis, not fucking Let's Get Hammered on the Party Boat. You know, because he recognized the ramifications of his choices.
