Come anticipate Observe and Report (note: could be dark and disturbing sez IFC)

I was hoping to love it and only liked it; the "happy" ending (queasy or not) felt forced and the "real" love interest should not have been there. Also, Patton Oswalt is wasted. Still, I admire Hill's chutzpah.

Both psyched and bummed that the trailer uses Patto - The Man, because it's a favorite of mine but also sort of a pet "deep cut" I like to play for people, put on mixes to surprise friends, etc.

I loved the Ronnie character. don't really see him as this Bickle-esque tortured monster. he was not unsympathetic at all!

absolutely loved the soundtrack, but there was definitely an over-reliance on hpstr iPod action going on. one song isn't even over and homie is cutting right to the next.

as for the movie, I definitely didn't hate it, but there parts that were surprisingly draggy for a film so gonzo in so many respects. I thought Rogen did an admirable job, even if I thought some of Ronnie's more unsavory characteristics were a bit of a hard sell for him. the careening tone (e.g. the "real" love interest, redemption, etc.) bothered my girlfriend a lot more than me. umm lol bipolar??

ehhhhh didn't quite work, but glad i saw it.

is this funnier than I Love You Man?

no.

some stuff just really fell flat, like anything involving his mother.

+ there are some non-narrative movies i like just fine, eg anchorman, but this film was meant to have an arc one way or another, so having it so thrown-together didn't work.

perhaps it fell between two stools: either do a 'redemption arc' thing or just have loads of random shit like his buddy getting into heroin.

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This movie depressed the shit out of me

Seth Rogen is still pretty hot in bad outfits with extra poundage

has this already been and gone in the UK? imdb claims it came out on 24 april.

awful film

worth it 4 drug montage w/ mike pena & mcbride cameo

kinda reminded me of bad santa but yeah the hipster bs needs to go

(note: could be dark and disturbing sez IFC)

WHY WOULD I BLOW UP A CHIC-FIL-A, THAT SHIT IS FUCKIN DELICIOUS

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:45 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark

this film isn't dark or disturbing

weird, weird movie but i liked it.

this was great. a few too many musical montages but otherwise, wow what a weird movie, great that Rogen put his fleeting fame behind getting something this odd made.

This movie was like Taxi Driver written and directed by a semi-literate Everybody Loves Raymond fan or something. Honestly I have no idea what to make of it. Just a weird and fairly pointless film.

I just saw this and didn't care for it at all. I wanted to laugh harder at the parts that actually were funny, but even the best scenes had annoying elements (usually music-related... god damn was it overbearing) that kind of made my laughter stick in my throat.

It felt to me like Hill couldn't decide if he wanted to make a comedy or a pointless Taxi Driver knock-off. It came out like Punch Drunk Love 2. After this movie, I think I have decided that Hill is a juvenile hack who is really lucky to be surrounded by talented people.

he's a pretty sharp motherfucker

the word "juvenile" came to mind strictly because of how he writes female characters. they are either helpless and innocent with hearts of gold, shallow sluts, or shrews. none of them ever have big parts - they are just there as an end-zone mechanism for the fat anti-hero.

i would not subject my girl to any of his stuff.

aren't you nice

my wife loved Observe and Report

Shakey, how could you? That poor woman, you should have protected her.

i wouldn't let my girl watch pretty woman because everyone in that movie was either helpless and innocent with hearts of gold, shallow sluts, or shrews

I wouldn't let me girl watch pretty woman because I wouldn't want her to get the impression that horse-faced whores make lots of money

I wouldn't subject my wife to "Pretty Woman" because she'd make me watch it with her and srsly fuck that.

my girl was down w/this film

I wouldn't let me girl watch pretty woman because I wouldn't want her to get the impression that horse-faced whores make lots of money

ok you do realize it sounds like you're saying you're worried pretty woman would give your horse-faced wife ideas or something

aw, you're ruining it

hahaha er uh oh no that isn't what I meant

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cx22bAOuyVg/Rl9bGM_1RzI/AAAAAAAAAP8/mQnphkM4zCY/s400/Corey+Arnold+Horse+Face.jpg

"HOW MUCH?????"

I wouldn't let me girl watch pretty woman because I wouldn't want her to get the impression that horse-faced whores make lots of money

actual lol

guys, i wasn't saying i kept her from Hill's stuff - just didn't recommend it.

do you judge all movies you subject her to on the strength of the female roles?

cuz you never know, she might think anna faris plays a pretty funny shallow slut in this

That's doubtful.

well, i wouldn't recommend this particular movie to anyone... but in general i doubt there would be much for her to enjoy in any of Hill's stuff. possibly Eastbound & Down if she could stick it through to the last few episodes. we have watched and enjoyed some manchild-with-crush-on-one-dimensional-female comedies together in the past, but Hill's stuff is mean enough in other aspects that i doubt she would enjoy.

i chose the word "subject", because she wasn't interested in the first place, so i would have had to talk her into it.

Watching this right now. I don't think I like it very much. This is bumming me out. :(

this movie was pretty mediocre to bad. had no consistent tone and didn't know what it wanted to be, was like a three-headed Cerberos film that didn't stick to anything long enough.

after seeing all of Eastbound and Down, it feels like this part must have been written for Danny McBride, right...? Feel like it would have been an immensely better film with him in the lead.

I think about this movie at least a couple times a year, it's due a proper re-evaluation (even if the infamous sex scene is awful + not funny and it would have been better with McBride in the lead)