July 14-20  Vanity Project Week: “…it might be said that the specific remedy for vanity is laughter, and that the one failing that is essentially laughter is vanity.” Are these products of passionate and industrious independent filmmakers OR outrageous glimpses into the inner workings of self-obsessed maniacs??

I wrote about the story of Yahoo Serious when I mentioned Mr. Accident. I enjoyed that movie so much that I’m here again, watching another Yahoo movie.

Directed, written and produced by its star — Serious — this takes the Australian language of Ned Kelly, who may have died in 1880 when he was lynched, and moves it to today. Or some strange world that only exists in the films of Yahoo Serious.

Bank CEO Sir John (Hugo Weaving) is sick of the Kelly family, so he forecloses on their house. This sends Ned to Hollywood to try and make money in a more honest way, as he can’t rob banks when the money can benefit himself.

Our bulletproof hero with homemade armor ends up getting a part in the movie The Christian Cowboy, which gives him a motorcycle with a neon crucifix on it.

Variety said, “Comic’s second outing, produced on a far larger budget and with the backing of Warners, is full of ideas and nonsense but short on genuine laughs and zest.”

I disagree, but I can admit that Yahoo’s movies exist in a world that none of us live in. And Alexei Sayle and John Pinette are in it? Man, this is a lot of fun despite being one of the goofier and dumber films I’ve watched lately. Like Jerry Lewis, it feels like Serious wants to throw everything he has at you to keep you laughing.