Step Brothers Opening Scene Review

'Step Brothers' is an american buddy slapstick comedy film. This film was directed by Adam McKay, produced by Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow, the screenplay was written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. This film stars Will Ferrell who also starred in 'Blades Of Glory', John C. Reilly who starred in 'Chicago', Richard Jenkins who also starred in 'The Cabin in the Woods', Mary Steenburgen who starred in 'Back to the Future Part III', Adam Scott who also starred in 'Friends With Kids' and finally Kathryn Hahn who starred in 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'. 
In the opening two minutes of this film a quote fades onto the screen reading 'Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream. actual quote from George W. Bush' This mere sentence would make the audience think of their family and how much they mean to them, however the fact that they have written underneath the quote 'actual quote from George W. Bush'  would automatically create a connection to the audience as he was a famous american president and it would possibly create a patriarchal atmosphere.
The titles in the opening scene aren't as 'professional looking' or 'sleek' as most other films, these titles are made to look as if a child has written them. This connects instantly with what the audience are about to watch. We first see a man placing cheese onto a plate of tortilla chips, the angle of the camera is a close-up but could also be a low angle shot. We're quite close to the floor but we're not a high angle shot, as you need  to be about five to six feet above ground to be a high angle shot and we aren't that high off the ground. The music starts as he presses the 'Go' button on the microwave and it's a happy song that would make the audience want to bop along with it, this indicates that this film is going to be a more upbeat film than a morbid one and that it's going to be fun to watch. The shot of the food in the microwave is another close-up shot, and as the character bends down to look at the food we're at eye level with him also so this shot is an Eye Level shot. As for sound in this opening scene the sound would be a Diagetic sound as the character could hear himself preparing the food, however when he does press the 'Go' button the sound within half a second goes from a Diagetic sound to a Non-Diagetic sound when the music starts. This music then continues to the next scene where the camera is at a high angle but also showing us a close-up of the contents inside another characters draw. We then see this character pick up an item of clothing and sniff it hinting to the audience that he's lazy and unhygienic. The shot then quickly returns back to the first character who has a big plate of melted cheese on tortilla chips, a big bowl of chocolate cereal and a bright blue drink. The contents of food in front of us prove to the audience that this character is just like the other one, as he clearly doesn't care about his health and is too lazy to make an actual healthy meal.
This character then proceeds to sit on his sofa and watch TV in his pyjamas eating all the junk food he just made, the audience will be observing his age, his attitude and his actions. The characters mother then walks into the room informing him that she's going to work to which he rudely responds, with a mouth full of food that he's trying to watch TV. When she does leave all he does is turn up the TV and watch an exercise video without doing any exercise, stereotypes of spoiled adult children.
After this scene we're then shown the other character playing Guitar Hero in his bedroom which is made for teens, just proving even further that these men act as if they're kids still. His father then comes into the shot also informing him that he has work and telling his son that he's left money for pizza while he's gone, the fact that a grown man is being left money by his dad for pizza instead of cooking it himself, shows the parent lacks trust in his son. The character then turns around and has a tantrum claiming that it's not enough for chicken wings, an immature petty argument that children would pull off instead of a grown adult.
This film has romance involved as well as the single parents of the two characters end up in the same convention and 'fall in love'. The audience can see where this entire scenario is going, as well as the title of the film being Step Brothers, it doesn't take much to figure it out.
There are major clichés in just the opening two minutes, the spoiled adult children who are set in their ways and the single older parents who are sick of their adult children acting the way they are and who are looking for love. The opening two minutes don't do this film justice.