wow jason segel is one tall motherfucker.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 09:10 (fifteen years ago) link
almost distractingly so.
felt the same with FSM though veronica mars is herself disconcertingly tiny. so is the rashida jones up to a point.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 09:11 (fifteen years ago) link
morbius why did you go see this, why, you are contributing to the problem
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 09:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Seriously. Support art!!! Not things with "trivia answers" in supporting roles and unfunny, "cancer"-esque gags and djkrg g;rj;kgj r ; erkj .g..//// .rg. /
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
this wasn't as funny as I'd hoped, a nice enough distraction but probalby would have worked better on DVD. I actually think Role Models was funnier. It seemed really kind of stilted at times. But parts of it were pretty good. Adventureland is a much, much better movie though. And it had a Rush reference too!
― akm, Saturday, 25 April 2009 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i am so depressed that i still have not seen this, maybe tomorrow.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 1 May 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
sooo disappointing. The first hour was okay, and Segal probably more charming than this second-string Ben Affleck has ever been, but the rest just fizzled.
― Anatomy of a Morbius (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 16 August 2009 03:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I enjoyed it. About halfway through, I was worried that the movie was going to take the position of "Peter needs Sydney to teach him what being a real man is all about" -- but I'm glad that it eventually skirted that notion and made it seem OK for dudes to hang out with their girlfriends and watch Chocolat. (Both my girlfriend and I, weirdly, related to Paul Rudd's character in this movie.) Also Max's #1 point, above, is OTM.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 August 2009 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty good but role models smokes this movie
― the people vs peer gynt (goole), Friday, 21 August 2009 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i liked that jon favreau's character does not participate in the ending love-up, he just doesn't like paul rudd and he never does. and it even ends with a wedding! this is like rennaissance comedy writing 101, good job
― the people vs peer gynt (goole), Friday, 21 August 2009 15:46 (fourteen years ago) link
totally unfunny gobbitch of a retarded cultcha
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 August 2009 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, the people that can spell are the retarded ones
― some dude, Friday, 21 August 2009 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
lolz I saw this last night too - it was okay, but definitely had some basic writing 101 problems structurally. nowhere near as good as Role Models (or Step Brothers)
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 August 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
also Jon Favreau has a freakishly large head.
I mean he practically looks like Modoc in this movie
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 August 2009 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
and while on the one hand i cd use fewer 'take yr tampax out' jokes i dont think these are as regressive w/r/t gender as movies like this were 10 yrs ago
I was just thinking, I think the main reason I avoid a lot of mainstream Hollywood comedies is precisely b/c I fear that a majority of the humor comes from trafficking in gender stereotypes. So many of these movies seem like they're going to be all "this is what dudes are all about" or "women be shoppin'" or whatever.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 August 2009 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah this was better than i thought it would be - mostly due to segel imo.
rudds character could not be that socially awk and drippy and still land rashida jones and be a generally normal functioning dude but w/e
rush stuff was TERRIBLE
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 August 2009 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think he was meant to be generally socially awkward, just when trying to be a "bro," since it's outside his experience.
― jaymc, Friday, 21 August 2009 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"this is what dudes are all about" or "women be shoppin'" or whatever.
This is gold, jaymc. Also, the shoes. Ladies love shoes.
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 21 August 2009 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Watched this last night too, v funny. The "improvised" bits mentioned above were grebt and I second all the Rashida Jones crush-love.
― 3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 August 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
how many of you were high when you laughed at this?
Rashida Jones played an airhead w/ no interesting qualities
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 August 2009 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
lol i'm never high!
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 22 August 2009 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
all of Tarantino's films are funnier than this.
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 August 2009 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
who cares?
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 22 August 2009 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
yr too good to pull some armond white shit :)
I should've said all of Fassbinder's.
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 August 2009 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
lol now we're talking
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 22 August 2009 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Way less funny and more sappy than I hoped but I'm still glad it happened? Also, I kind of liked that the guys bonded over playing music rather than, I dunno, watching sports or drinking beer or something.
― Sundar, Saturday, 22 August 2009 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
The Anwar Sadat thing was kind of funny.
― Sundar, Saturday, 22 August 2009 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Friday, August 21, 2009 8:01 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol @ u
― fleetwood (max), Saturday, 22 August 2009 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
this was pretty funny, I liked it fine. alfred saying segel is a second rate affleck doesn't really make any sense to me tho
― 'steen suicide (don't drive it) (s1ocki), Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
and morbs really is this the movie worth having the stroke about
― 'steen suicide (don't drive it) (s1ocki), Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Cuddling? Crooning? Carousing?
― chronicles of paranoimia (sic), Saturday, 22 August 2009 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
'slapping the bass' thing was super unfunny
― wilter, Saturday, 22 August 2009 04:18 (fourteen years ago) link
agreee^
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 22 August 2009 04:18 (fourteen years ago) link
c.r.a.z.y. is great is there a thread?
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 22 August 2009 12:20 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=4157
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 August 2009 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
If Rudd's character is supposed to be the same age as Segel's character, who was in Gr 9 in 1993, there's no way he saw Rush on the Signals tour. Otherwise, I don't think the Rush thing is anachronistic. AFAICT it's still pretty common for guys who play instruments to bond over Rush, even among my students. The band still packed stadiums whenever they toured this decade.
― Sundar, Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:14 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is sortof a solid gold argument for film guys to all be banned from film threads
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:21 (fourteen years ago) link
"film guys"
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
you know who you are
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
lol, ppl w/ standards in comedy apparently
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess the makers get points for making the gay guy a total bro and not a swish, but his acting and the scenes he got were ridiculous: that dinner table exchange with J.K. Simmons, ugh.
― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:47 (fourteen years ago) link
It was a total sop to the straights in the audience: "See? You can work out with gay dudes and they won't grab your ass, and your dad can befriend your gay brother."
― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Film guys and (more broadly) those who state their dislike towards a film in a succinct initial post and then endlessly troll the thread to the exhaustion of all.
― KEEP CALM+++THRILL FACTOR OVERLOAD+++KEEP CALM (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
who did you think I was talking about?
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Saturday, 22 August 2009 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Riiiiight. Because in a discussion you state your points once and then keep quiet even after everyone else has made points and new people have joined in.
― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 22 August 2009 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
morbs what ARE yr standards in comedy? all I can remember you liking is borat and that horrible simpsons movie (speaking of "widescreen tv")
― 'steen suicide (don't drive it) (s1ocki), Saturday, 22 August 2009 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost
That's discourse, not trolling. Some people have difficulties with that distinction.
― KEEP CALM+++THRILL FACTOR OVERLOAD+++KEEP CALM (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 22 August 2009 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda think threads about midsized popcorn lightweight comedies aren't really the place for high minded opinions tho.
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Saturday, 22 August 2009 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
surely an important & necessary conversation
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
― 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