(thought the bro interest was going to be some kind of Diesel-wearing guy; was glad that he was more like Lebowski)
― can it compete with the wagon wheel (Eazy), Saturday, 6 March 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
this movie was kind of pointless. the conflict in the story was so minute it looked like it was there just because it had to be.
As far as humor, it was funny as hell for the first half but when they hit the height of the story arc it fell off.
2.5 stars out of 4 at best. Though I LOLed when Jason Segel yelled "Shut YOUR FUCKHOLE!"
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
"1) there is basically 1 joke in this movie, paul rudd trying to use breezy made-up slang/funny accents, luckily that joke is hilarious and i laughed a lot"
This joke is so good that even after watching the entire movie I laughed at every single one of the 30+ minutes of outtakes which were basically that joke ad infinitum.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 10 June 2010 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
ha!
it was a good joke. maybe i'll watch those outtakes.
― oɔsıqɐɔs (s1ocki), Thursday, 10 June 2010 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
slappa de bess
― goole, Thursday, 10 June 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
There is also a long sequence of Rudd attempting to say "citttty shlackerrr" without laughing which ends with him in tears.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 10 June 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I was going to ask if this is worth a viewing this afternoon but considering this quote I might not
this was the exact same problem that Forgetting Sarah Marshall movie had. Some alright jokes and moments but it wasn't really building to anything and so it felt very episodic -- it was like watching a tv show on DVD and hitting "play all episodes" for two hours.
This better or worse than "Sarah Marshall"?
― Cunga, Saturday, 10 July 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
worse, but i liked fsm
― max, Saturday, 10 July 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
It wasn't bad. These Apatow & Friends kind of movies are better seen with a group, and not alone...on a laptop.
― Cunga, Saturday, 10 July 2010 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxIH1zcm7ws
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 July 2010 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
fsm was great
― young werther's originals (s1ocki), Sunday, 11 July 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Get Him to the Greek any good? figure I'll rent it
― dmr, Sunday, 11 July 2010 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
eh so-so
― young werther's originals (s1ocki), Sunday, 11 July 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i didnt like the bad accents jokes but this was pleasant i guess
def prefer role models & adventureland
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
and fsm
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
what's the point of comparison w/ Adventureland?
― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, 17 January 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
same reason it was compared numerous times upthread? post freaksngeeks apatow diaspora
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I watched this a couple weeks ago. It was watchable but Max is right - FSM was much better.
― ENBB, Monday, 17 January 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
all the slappa-the-bass stuff got on my nerves i guess, but everything else was decently funny, really liked the running jon favreau stuff
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
This movie was mediocre - Segel was great in individual scenes, but the central story was threadbare and "who cares", which insinuates they wrote the story around the jokes, which is never a good idea.
Also getting tired of films/shows thinks using Lou Ferrigno as himself is the Everest of comedy
― five deadly venoms (San Te), Monday, 17 January 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Apatow connection in Adventureland is pretty tenuous, both in terms of cast and tone
― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, 17 January 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
ok. who cares? it was brought up in this thread as a point of comparison
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
before it was released and people had any idea how off the comparison was, yeah. now we know better.
― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, 17 January 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks for wasting both of our time w/ this
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
surely an important & necessary conversation
:)
― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
"apatow diaspora" lol
― jaymc, Friday, 12 September 2014 06:37 (nine years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/books/review/jason-segel-by-the-book.html
What classic novel did you recently read for the first time?The last book I read that legitimately qualifies as a classic is “Infinite Jest,” by David Foster Wallace. It is a difficult read, and intentionally so I think. I did it with a book club where we budgeted 100 pages per week over 10 weeks or so. It was truly one of the most gratifying experiences of my life. A group of four grown men sitting around talking about dissatisfaction and loneliness was far more comfortable than I would have imagined. I highly recommend it, with or without a book.
The last book I read that legitimately qualifies as a classic is “Infinite Jest,” by David Foster Wallace. It is a difficult read, and intentionally so I think. I did it with a book club where we budgeted 100 pages per week over 10 weeks or so. It was truly one of the most gratifying experiences of my life. A group of four grown men sitting around talking about dissatisfaction and loneliness was far more comfortable than I would have imagined. I highly recommend it, with or without a book.
― infinity (∞), Thursday, 14 December 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
You aren't going to leave us hanging with just one random, context-free Jason Segel pullquote, now, are you?
― Oiled Launch (Old Lunch), Thursday, 14 December 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
u gonna hav to read the whole thing frend
― infinity (∞), Thursday, 14 December 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link