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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2021 19:15:42 GMT -5
Happy Gilmore and Uncut Gems are the only Sandler movies I'll go out of my way to watch.
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Post by fw91 on Dec 7, 2021 19:18:57 GMT -5
I can watch any Adam Sandler movie (except Jack and Jill and Zohan) anytime. I'm not above them. I'm not a movie critic. They aren't Oscar worthy, but god damn you know what your getting, and sometimes that's all you really want. Plus I think we're related. Two non observant but cultural NYC Jews who's fashion wardrobe consists of nothing but NYC sport team t shirts.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2021 19:19:20 GMT -5
The guy definitely paid his dues. If things turned out differently, he'd have peaked as Theo's friend on the Cosby Show and one of the guys from MTV's Remote Control or he would've gone broke with his production company.
Personally, I get criticizing him or the MCU or other popular things that aren't necessarily critically acclaimed and I think the best criticism is just to write or produce or direct or otherwise make your own things.
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Post by fw91 on Dec 7, 2021 19:21:59 GMT -5
The guy definitely paid his dues. If things turned out differently, he'd have peaked as Theo's friend on the Cosby Show and one of the guys from MTV's Remote Control or he would've gone broke with his production company. And there's a charm to him. you don't get to do what he does for as long as he has by accident or luck. Pauly Shore flamed out.
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Post by Larryhausen on Dec 7, 2021 20:35:59 GMT -5
I just wish he would finally fart on a snare drum.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Dec 7, 2021 22:57:43 GMT -5
I love Sandler. His brand of comedy is right up my alley. All of it. Especially ADR gags.
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Post by Casey Jones on Dec 8, 2021 1:34:50 GMT -5
I love Sandler. His brand of comedy is right up my alley. All of it. Especially ADR gags. I agree. Hubie Halloween has me wanting more Sandlerverse crossover films.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Dec 8, 2021 2:47:47 GMT -5
I just wish he would finally fart on a snare drum. He ain't fartin on no snare drum.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 8, 2021 5:07:36 GMT -5
Thinking of it, as people point out, there are a lot of exceptions to him as a badass. I think maybe a bigger criticism is how often he plays exceptional athletes, which is a little bit of a stretch. I think that is less ego stroking, though, and more that it's an easy vehicle for him to wrap a plot around.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 8, 2021 7:44:44 GMT -5
I get that Sandler is not for everyone, but even his most passionate detractors have to respect the career he's had. As someone else said, he could have been Pauley Shore, or any of a number of guys of that ilk, but here he is 25+ years later with a fat bank account and a strong fanbase. Has he settle down into a niche as he's gotten older? Sure. But what exactly does he have left to do? He's clearly just having fun at this stage
And again, as someone else mentioned: He's got charm and he just seems like a *good* dude. I'm not sure I've ever heard of someone having a bad encounter with him. Hell, I know 4 different people who have met him and tell pretty much the exact same story: He's a regular guy who just "gets it", who understands where he came from and who got him here.
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Post by Kyle Butler on Dec 8, 2021 11:26:14 GMT -5
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Dec 8, 2021 16:55:27 GMT -5
The Hulk Hogan of the film world.
Get paid exorbitantly for lazy work, treat the entire shoot as a paid vacation, work only with your friends, and still remain at the top no matter how much shit you put out.
Have a good match/film once in awhile to remind people that you do have talent, you just don't want to work hard.
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Post by Casey Jones on Dec 8, 2021 20:04:42 GMT -5
The Hulk Hogan of the film world. Get paid exorbitantly for lazy work, treat the entire shoot as a paid vacation, work only with your friends, and still remain at the top no matter how much shit you put out. Have a good match/film once in awhile to remind people that you do have talent, you just don't want to work hard. I personally like every movie he does that is not drama. I understand the criticism. But I don't agree with it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 8, 2021 21:36:39 GMT -5
I get that Sandler is not for everyone, but even his most passionate detractors have to respect the career he's had. As someone else said, he could have been Pauley Shore, or any of a number of guys of that ilk, but here he is 25+ years later with a fat bank account and a strong fanbase. Has he settle down into a niche as he's gotten older? Sure. But what exactly does he have left to do? He's clearly just having fun at this stage And again, as someone else mentioned: He's got charm and he just seems like a *good* dude. I'm not sure I've ever heard of someone having a bad encounter with him. Hell, I know 4 different people who have met him and tell pretty much the exact same story: He's a regular guy who just "gets it", who understands where he came from and who got him here. He's definitely had staying power. It probably helps that he made a production company of his own and found a formula that works for him, along with changing it up sometimes by doing movies that step away from that, to demonstrate range and to alleviate people getting burned out on him. I think some of his movies like Jack and Jill are really cynically made, but show business is a business, and yeah, not every movie is someone's passion project or anything approaching it.
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Post by mystermystery on Dec 8, 2021 22:38:55 GMT -5
I recently found out that Michael Mann originally wanted Sandler for the role that eventually went to Jamie Foxx in Collateral.
We could've had a serious hitman Tom Cruise being driven around by serious cab driver Adam Sandler movie.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 9, 2021 8:50:36 GMT -5
I do like some of his comedies, but I am a big fan of his dramatic roles. I wish he had done that part in Ingluorious Basterds.
Also, I actually respect his hiring of all his buddies and getting a free holiday for them all. The Hollywood system is rigged, it doesn't deserve respect and if I could make it so that neither I nor my six or eight closest friends and their families had to work hard I would take the opportunity in an instant.
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Post by Totorob101 on Dec 9, 2021 10:30:24 GMT -5
I really like Adam,he's quite funny,a good actor and by all accounts a very nice down to earth guy,i enjoy all his movies,I loved Clicked but the Wedding Singer is one of my favorite movies of all time,he was so good in that!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2021 12:40:33 GMT -5
It's obviously different now but tbh comedy films by the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, shorts by the Three Stooges, etc were more vehicles for gags then anything else. Criticizing his comedy films for being redundant and lazy is missing the point a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2021 13:55:16 GMT -5
*raises hand* I like Adam Sandler. ...Okay, not everything he does. But Grown Ups 1 and 2 are fun "dudes just doin' stuff" movies and for all the shit Pixels got, I think it's alright. Eh. I don't really care for his movies, but he's made a handsome living out of goofing around in nice locations with his friends, and undeniably entertains his audience doing it. Can't knock that. Some people will. There's a lot of haters out there.
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