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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Dec 23, 2012 1:48:45 GMT -5
I'm sick-to-death of Judd Apatow's self-indulgent films and I hope this is finally the film that forces the industry to stop coddling him. Casting your wife and kids in a thinly-veiled version of your life? Please. Plus, his "slice of life sex and bathroom humor comedy" became stale years ago and has destroyed Hollywood comedy films with a perpetual sameness, both in style and in the talent pool. If I never see Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, or Jason Segel again in my life, I just might die a content man.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2012 7:41:00 GMT -5
Some of it was funny. I did walk out completely depressed though.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2012 13:48:53 GMT -5
I'm sick-to-death of Judd Apatow's self-indulgent films and I hope this is finally the film that forces the industry to stop coddling him. Casting your wife and kids in a thinly-veiled version of your life? Please. Plus, his "slice of life sex and bathroom humor comedy" became stale years ago and has destroyed Hollywood comedy films with a perpetual sameness, both in style and in the talent pool. If I never see Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, or Jason Segel again in my life, I just might die a content man. I feel the same way to an extent but I give Judd a little more credit than that. I think he's a genuinely funny guy, it's just the subject matter of most of his work doesn't really speak to me much, too much of a romantic comedy tinge to a lot of them that just aren't my thing. I recognize movies like the 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up are good for what they are but they just aren't my thing.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Dec 23, 2012 15:50:40 GMT -5
I'm sick-to-death of Judd Apatow's self-indulgent films and I hope this is finally the film that forces the industry to stop coddling him. Casting your wife and kids in a thinly-veiled version of your life? Please. Plus, his "slice of life sex and bathroom humor comedy" became stale years ago and has destroyed Hollywood comedy films with a perpetual sameness, both in style and in the talent pool. If I never see Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, or Jason Segel again in my life, I just might die a content man. Could be worse. He could be Tim Burton always using his ugly wife and Johnny Depp in all his movies, which has completely annoyed the hell out of me
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 23, 2012 16:00:36 GMT -5
but it's got Paul Rudd on the crapper.
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Post by HMARK Center on Dec 23, 2012 17:49:07 GMT -5
My patience with Apatow flicks is really nil at this point. Superbad was a lot of fun, 40 Year Old Virgin was decent, but as soon as he did Forgetting Sarah Marshall was when I had the "good Lord, these are all the same...and not terribly good" moment.
It'd be one thing if he was giving a somewhat realistic portrayal of the things the films claim to be realistic depictions of, but, well...he doesn't.
I don't care whether a director engages in some nepotism or if a director wants to do a film that mirrors his/her own life experiences...I mean, hell, I enjoy most Kevin Smith movie...but the slew of Apatow movies always coming out nowadays are just bleh.
The girl I was dating earlier this year wanted me to go with her to see The Five Year Engagement; I remember sitting through the beginning going "ok, not too bad", and then sitting there in the middle of the movie realizing that I had aged fifteen years since the film had begun. It finally ended once I had reached age 62. Good God that movie was interminable.
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Post by KofiMania on Dec 23, 2012 20:51:57 GMT -5
I thought this movie was very good. Saw it last night, theater was laughing the whole time and didn't see anyone walk out disappointed.
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Post by An Old Villain on Dec 24, 2012 0:08:33 GMT -5
{Spoiler}The husband argues with the wife. The wife argues with the husband. The wife and husband argue with the kids. The kids argue with each other. The wife argues with the kids classmate. The husband argues with said classmates mother. Said mother argues with the schools principal. The wife argues with her dad. The husband argues with his dad. The wife argues with people who work for her. the husband argues with people who work for him. People who work for the husband argue with each other. Noone is ever funny. Noone is ever happy. The tits are in a mamogram. By the time we get to the "big reveal" you want to headbutt a dump truck.
Annnnd thats when I walked out.
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