In case you needed any convincing that Friends with Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, and No Strings Attached, starring Ludacris, were basically the same movie, here’s a mash-up from the team at Blind Film Critic that makes a fairly strong case.   What’s that?  You didn’t need any convincing? Well I suppose I should’ve guessed that.  Even IMDB knows it:

Okay, so it’s not exactly “news.”  In fact, the mash-up is more boring than it should be, because if you zone out for a second, you forget that it’s actually made up of two different movies.  I probably should’ve just called this post “a split-second glimpse of Mila Kunis in a bra.”

"Get out of the way, lady, my Corvette is dirty."

After the jump, it’s the red-band trailer for Bad Teacher, starring Cam’ron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.  I read this script a while back and really liked it, but then Sony hired Cameron Diaz to play the lead and her then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake to play her love interest, the kind of decision that only makes sense if you’re a studio exec.  On the plus side, Jake Kasdan is directing (of Orange County and the criminally underrated Walk Hard) and Jason Segel has a supporting role.  Maybe I can still pretend to buy Cameron Diaz in this role long enough to enjoy it?  It’s going to be hard, but if I can get Burnsy to stop feeding me popcorn with his big man paws like he usually does, I might be able to manage.

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If you thought that the brilliant Twitter campaign launched by Tim Heidecker and Neil Hamburger was a masterpiece of destroying what looks to be a terrible film, then make some more room in your Louvre because animator Edmund Earle has put together an alternate ending to the live action Yogi Bear film, which opens this Friday. Starring that guy from the TV show Ed and Anna Faris’ fine self and featuring the voices of Dan Aykroyd as the titular picnic basket thief and Justin Timberlake as his furry twink Boo Boo, this movie is 20 years too late and should only be viewed by death row inmates. However, Earle’s contribution – that he claims he put together with his coworker in their spare time and inspired by The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford in the 21st and a Half Century – is almost enough to make me want to watch it if I knew that this was the real ending.

Video after the jump…

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For months, comedians Neil Hamburger and Tim Heidecker (of Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job) have been trying to raise awareness about the Yogi Bear movie, and the threat it poses to our society.  They recently compiled a series of tweets into an informational pamphlet.  Since this is such an important cause, I’ve included some of the best of them here.

timheidecker: AP reporting #yogibear Movie contains subliminal messages encouraging children to commit suicide!

Neil_Hamburger: Justin Timberlake drew on his experience as a human urinal for his portrayal of beloved Boo Boo. #f*ckyouyogibear

Neil_Hamburger: Tom Bosley’s dying final words: “Please don’t let Aykroyd voice Yogi Bear.” Died 1 min later. #f*ckyouyogibear

timheidecker: Long John Silvers stunner: “although we are aware that this means losing thousands of dollars a week, we will now refuse to serve dan aykroyd after hearing his embarrassing and disrespectful impersonation of #yogibear

timheidecker: Why is @burgerking offering free temporary swastika tattoos with purchase of #yogibear kids value meal?

Neil_Hamburger: “Yogi Bear” becomes first film to be banned in Poland since “Hitler’s Giant C*ck And Great Ideas Also” was banned from theaters in 1967

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Hot on the heels of the No Strings Attached trailer (which was itself hot on the heels of Hall Pass) comes the red-band trailer for Friends with Benefits.  Jeez, Hollywood, trying tell us something much?  Christ, I’ll fornicate already, leave me alone.  So is Friends With Benefits the Volcano to No Strings Attached‘s Dante’s Peak?  The Armageddon to No Strings Attached‘s Deep Impact?  I realize that it has an unfair advantage, this being a red-band trailer of Friends With Benefits vs. the safe-for-network TV trailer for No Strings Attached (whose script, to be fair, is said to be delightfully vulgar), but so far, it looks like Friends With Benefits is the Pixar to No Strings Attached‘s Dreamworks.  i.e., not even close.  Aside from Timberlake being far superior to Ashton Kutcher in pretty much every way, Friends With Benefits has Justin Timberlake singing Semi Sonic to Mila Kunis’ vagina.  Advantage: Friends With Benefits.

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