Your Highness

Starring Danny McBride, James Franco, Zooey Deschanel, and Natalie Portman, Your Highness tells the story of Prince Fabious (Franco) who goes on a quest to rescue his bride (Deschanel) after she is captured by a wizard (Justin Theroux) and his lazy brother Thadeous (McBride) is forced to come along.

Every thing I heard about this movie was negative, but I figured it couldn't be THAT bad, and I like comedies and medieval stuff, so I gave it a shot. I was pleasantly surprised actually, the movie wasn't really anything special, but it wasn't particularly bad either. The plot is pretty standard, the twists and betrayals and ending wasn't anything unexpected, there weren't many laugh out loud moments, but it was funny enough. As I have mentioned before, I am not a big fan of James Franco in real life, but I seem to like him in movies, and I really didn't mind him in Your Highness, he was pretty good-looking with the long hair, and his character was likeable. Danny McBride from Pineapple Express (which I never finished) is largely unknown to me - I keep confusing him for Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury, Take me Home Tonight) who is also a curly-haired, stoner type. McBride isn't as likeable to me as Fogler, but as the main guy behind this movie he gives the character what it needs. I was happy to see Justin Theroux's name come up in the opening credits, he's Jennifer Aniston's new person, and I really had no idea who he was until I watched this movie. Marteetee and the Great Wize Wizard were really creepy, but I guess they were supposed to be, but I was uncomfortable nonetheless.

I think what makes this movie watchable though is that it seems like everyone is having fun, they recognize the cheese and silliness and play it up. The setting, costumes, and graphics are well done, I am a sucker for princes and quests but if I had paid money to see this, I would have probably liked it less.

If you go into this movie with low expectations, you might almost enjoy it.