Author Topic: Funny People - who's going to see the 2 1/2 hour comedy? (Read 2182 times)

ManaByte · « **on:** August 01, 2009, 03:01:08 AM »

Reviews are mixed. Sone say it's like two movies edited together, others call it the Lawrence of Arabia of summer comedies.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #1 on:** August 01, 2009, 03:15:42 AM »

Funny People was AWESOME. Unfortunately a completely different, totally boring film started playing over it about an hour and a half in. I'm not sure if this was just an issue with the projector at my cinema or what.

EvilBoris · « **Reply #2 on:** August 01, 2009, 03:16:32 AM »

Eric Bana is only in this for the last 30 or so minutes I hear

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #3 on:** August 01, 2009, 09:30:59 AM »

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Lawrence of Arabia of summer comedies.

the fuck does that even mean

My opinion: Liked it a whole lot, but way too long. Apatow showing he can't get a good editor yet again. Also, some moments didn't feel very genuine. Sandler and Rogen were great, as well as the supporting cast other than Leslie Mann, I felt.

Not as laugh out loud funny as his other movies, but overall probably a much better movie. Probably Apatow's best.

Powerslave · « **Reply #4 on:** August 01, 2009, 09:35:26 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on August 01, 2009, 09:30:59 AM

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Lawrence of Arabia of summer comedies.

the fuck does that even mean

It's long?

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #5 on:** August 01, 2009, 10:35:12 AM »

Looks like shit, will pirate. I mean, I'm not exactly an Apatow hater or anything, but if it's even half as unfunny as the trailer I don't want to bother.

Plus, I hear it turns into a drama halfway through.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #6 on:** August 01, 2009, 10:36:03 AM »

Quote from: Powerslave on August 01, 2009, 09:35:26 AM

Quote from: BrandNew on August 01, 2009, 09:30:59 AM
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Lawrence of Arabia of summer comedies.

the fuck does that even mean

It's long?

oh

Tucah · « **Reply #7 on:** August 01, 2009, 04:49:14 PM »

Saw it last night. It was good, but definitely too long and the last hourish was much weaker than the previous 90 minutes. Eric Bana was great, the random cameos were great, and Adam Sandler was fantastic. Not as funny as his previous films, but I definitely liked it just as much as both of Apatow's previous movies.

border · « **Reply #8 on:** August 01, 2009, 04:55:46 PM »

New crush

I wish she was a real comedian, like her character in the movie.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #9 on:** August 01, 2009, 04:56:58 PM »

Adam Sandler was amazing in this. I can't get over how their have now been two amazingly rich Sandler performances based on the deconstruction of the Sandler-persona, and how much both of those performances diverge despite being takes on the same core concept. How can the "character" Billy Madison result in both Punch Drunk Love and Funny People. How!?!

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #10 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:00:52 PM »

I usually hate on complaints of movies being too long (like internet dorks have anything better to do with that extra 45 minutes that have been stolen from them), but if you're Judd Apatow suddenly finding yourself in the middle of a 2-1/2 hour Judd Apatow movie, you probably made a wrong turn somewhere along the way.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #11 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:04:22 PM »

Quote from: Chipopo on August 01, 2009, 04:56:58 PM

Adam Sandler was amazing in this. I can't get over how their have now been two amazingly rich Sandler performances based on the deconstruction of the Sandler-persona, and how much both of those performances diverge despite being takes on the same core concept. How can the "character" Billy Madison result in both Punch Drunk Love and Funny People. How!?!

I always love when they play against type (or at least dig in deeper) like Sandler did in this and PDL.

I was about to mention Robin Williams in this comment then I remembered Patch Adams is the worst film ever made so I stopped myself.

Reb · « **Reply #12 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:05:29 PM »

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine and Man on the Moon.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #13 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:29:20 PM »

Quote from: Rebiak on August 01, 2009, 05:05:29 PM

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine and Man on the Moon.

Eternal Sunshine especially. Dude fucking deserved an Oscar for the movie.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #14 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:32:08 PM »

I've never completely been feeling Carrey in serious movies, but I recognize he has more to offer than doing ventriloquism out of his bumhole.

Reb · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:35:10 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on August 01, 2009, 05:29:20 PM

Quote from: Rebiak on August 01, 2009, 05:05:29 PM
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine and Man on the Moon.

Eternal Sunshine especially. Dude fucking deserved an Oscar for the movie.

I fuken love Man on the Moon, I like characters, and Andy Kaufman is the ultimate character.

Himu · « **Reply #16 on:** August 01, 2009, 09:13:53 PM »

SO this is like every other Apatow film where it's good for the first hour or so but then become some stupid ass chick flick in the last half?

He should go back to tv.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #17 on:** August 01, 2009, 09:19:13 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on August 01, 2009, 09:13:53 PM

SO this is like every other Apatow film where it's good for the first hour or so but then become some stupid ass chick flick in the last half?

yes, only more of both. The most finely tuned comedy and the worst inane drama he's ever made.

Himu · « **Reply #18 on:** August 01, 2009, 09:24:30 PM »

Oh gosh.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #19 on:** August 02, 2009, 01:28:48 AM »

I didn't think it was as glaring as some people make it out to be.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #20 on:** August 02, 2009, 01:30:01 AM »

yea but you like literally everything. It wasn't the worst drama ever put to film, but it was the most overwrought drama in an Apatow movie.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #21 on:** August 02, 2009, 01:44:40 AM »

I do like a lot of things, yeah. But yeah "overwrought" works here. I thought the whole Leslie Mann's house part was weak but everything before and after was fucking great.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #22 on:** August 02, 2009, 03:44:50 AM »

Quote from: Rebiak on August 01, 2009, 05:05:29 PM

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine and Man on the Moon.

I remember enjoying the Majestic. Man on the Moon made me angry. I'm glad I was after Kaufman's time because I may have tried to assassinate him back then for being an unfunny manipulative douchebag.

ManaByte · « **Reply #23 on:** August 02, 2009, 04:08:45 AM »

Quote from: EmCeeGrammar on August 02, 2009, 03:44:50 AM

Quote from: Rebiak on August 01, 2009, 05:05:29 PM
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine and Man on the Moon.

I remember enjoying the Majestic. Man on the Moon made me angry. I'm glad I was after Kaufman's time because I may have tried to assassinate him back then for being an unfunny manipulative douchebag.

You mean genius.

And you can kill him if you can find him since he faked his death.

Himu · « **Reply #24 on:** August 02, 2009, 04:56:31 PM »

What does final fantasy have to do with Apatow's films being completely average while his television series' Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared are considerably higher in quality?

That is fact.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #25 on:** August 02, 2009, 06:26:46 PM »

Knocked Up is the best thing that man has done...along with Freaks and Geeks.

Stop being a prick himumumu

Himu · « **Reply #26 on:** August 02, 2009, 07:19:18 PM »

What?

Bloodwake · « **Reply #27 on:** August 02, 2009, 07:52:52 PM »

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine = fucking WIN.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 02, 2009, 10:53:07 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on August 02, 2009, 06:26:46 PM

Knocked Up is the best thing that man has done...along with Freaks and Geeks.

Stop being a prick himumumu

Knocked Up is great and all, but it's not in the same Ballpark as Freaks & Geeks or Undeclared

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #29 on:** August 02, 2009, 11:52:05 PM »

Knocked Up sucked, this was worse.

Judd Apatow keeps wanting to make melodramas pretending to be comedies for hipsters. At least John Hughes knew how to cut a film.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #30 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:55:10 AM »

you hate everything

Himu · « **Reply #31 on:** August 03, 2009, 01:14:29 AM »

john hughes

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Weird Science

cool breeze · « **Reply #32 on:** August 03, 2009, 11:36:14 AM »

Movie was ok. It's weird because it didn't seem like a comedy at all outside of comedians telling jokes. It felt more like that was a by-product of the subject matter rather than genre. Overall I didn't think the movie was too long, but some scenes dragged on.

and Seth Rogan looks really weird in this movie. I liked how Wilco constantly acknowledged this by making fun of him in the movie.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #33 on:** August 03, 2009, 11:42:53 AM »

Quote from: Willco on August 02, 2009, 11:52:05 PM

Knocked Up sucked

I thought I was the only one

I probably liked 40-year old virgin the best out of apatow flicks

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #34 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:34:15 PM »

40-Year-Old Virgin was good. It's been a pretty rapid decline since.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #35 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:37:20 PM »

Damn, I thought Knocked Up was pretty much universally loved. Rogen at his least offensive + Paul Rudd makes the last 25 minutes of melodrama almost bearable

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #36 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:43:05 PM »

Knocked Up was boring and the last half blew. Not even Paul Rudd could save that melodrama. It was Halloween 6 all over again. Poor Rudd.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #37 on:** August 03, 2009, 12:58:46 PM »

I just watched Knocked Up the other day and I couldn't believe how sexist it was in some ways. The whole movie is summed up with Heigl's line "it's okay for me to be wrong right now!!!!" The women in that movie are irrational and catty and burdensome (Heigl chooses to keep the baby after all, and Apatow's wife is a fucking bitch), Rudd and Rogen are charming and funny and the way for them to grow up is to learn to accept that that's just how woman are.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #38 on:** August 03, 2009, 01:01:32 PM »

Katherine Heigl's tits are the only thing that would have made Knocked Up worth it for me, and even that is a stretch. I just didn't find it funny (the only part I remember is Paul Rudd's "Mr. Skin" smile/reference

)

Barry Egan · « **Reply #39 on:** August 03, 2009, 01:04:18 PM »

all of the scenes with Rudd and Rogen riffing off each other were pretty hysterical imo.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #40 on:** August 03, 2009, 01:09:03 PM »

I thought Rudd was humorous in Knocked Up, but that is a fraction of the film. I personally think Apatow gets more and more disconnected with reality with each successive film. He originally made comedies with a dramatic slant, but they always felt real.

I can't relate to anything he writes nowadays, though.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #41 on:** August 03, 2009, 01:17:49 PM »

Quote from: Rebiak on August 01, 2009, 05:05:29 PM

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine and Man on the Moon.

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Himu · « **Reply #42 on:** August 03, 2009, 03:07:21 PM »

I can't remember a thing from Knocked Up aside from the fact it's about a stoner deadbeat who ends up being a dad and doesn't read his "how to be a good daddy" books. Or something. Really forgettable film.

Superbad is way better than any film Apatow has done. He's better off as a producer than a director.

Robo · « **Reply #43 on:** August 03, 2009, 03:29:11 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on August 03, 2009, 03:07:21 PM

He's better off as a producer than a director.

Let's not forget that he also produced Drillbit Taylor, Walk Hard, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Year One.

cool breeze · « **Reply #44 on:** August 03, 2009, 07:04:06 PM »

best part about Knocked Up was the BTTF conversation

Barry Egan · « **Reply #45 on:** August 03, 2009, 07:40:33 PM »

Himu · « **Reply #46 on:** August 03, 2009, 09:38:08 PM »

Quote from: RoboJ on August 03, 2009, 03:29:11 PM

Quote from: Himuro on August 03, 2009, 03:07:21 PM
He's better off as a producer than a director.

Let's not forget that he also produced Drillbit Taylor, Walk Hard, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Year One.

Oh God.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #47 on:** August 03, 2009, 09:40:38 PM »

The man is by far a better director than a producer, but he's obviously one of the most powerful producers in the business right now. Jew Force times a billion

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #48 on:** August 03, 2009, 10:46:17 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on August 03, 2009, 09:40:38 PM

The man is by far a better director than a producer, but he's obviously one of the most powerful producers in the business right now. Jew Force times a billion

Funny People should have been called Jewish People. Just sayin'.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #49 on:** August 03, 2009, 11:06:02 PM »

I wanted to love Walk Hard...it seemed to have everything going for it but came out so second rate $:-\$

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #50 on:** August 04, 2009, 11:23:15 AM »

TV Apatow >>>>>> movie Apatow

Akala · « **Reply #51 on:** August 04, 2009, 12:17:34 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on August 03, 2009, 11:06:02 PM

I wanted to love Walk Hard...it seemed to have everything going for it but came out so second rate $:-\$

I'm with you. I was kind of looking forward to it, but didn't make it through cause I was so bored.

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Author Topic: Funny People - who's going to see the 2 1/2 hour comedy? (Read 2182 times)