Superbad (2 Viewers)

[Mitchum]

Dude, the reason you were getting infantile comments is because it's funny to see you go on about art and tergavision and all this shite, only to be replied to with "u r gay".

Can you type that in English please? It doesn't make much sense.

 

[classic seanc]

Gorillas mot as scare now.

 

[cephalopod]

I'm going to see Superbad this evening if its out..it's out this week I think? And I am hoping that it will do exactly what it says on the tin:

Infantile

Crude

Formulaic

but FUNNY...FUNNY HA HA.....

It better be an improvement on Knocked Up which I am now reckoning to be one of the most sycophantically over-rated movies of recent years...

 

[cephalopod]

Am I an infantile philistine if I enjoy this movie for what it is?

 

[Mitchum]

It better be an improvement on Knocked Up which I am now reckoning to be one of the most sycophantically over-rated movies of recent years...

Private Eye magazine has recently intimated that Apatow (& the studio) have perhaps bribed a number of critics with large wads of $$$ in exchange for favourable reviews.

It makes sense.

BTW for those who have seen 'Knocked Up' do you not think it's more than a little sinister that such a 'cool', 'funny', 'hip' film about an ill-suited pair of adults having a baby can't even mention the very word 'abortion' and goes to unsubtle lengths to make it obvious that it's a 'dirty' word?

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Hey Mitchum coming from a legal background as you do what sentence do you predict Chris Langham is going to recieve?

 

[RSJ]

BTW for those who have seen 'Knocked Up' do you not think it's more than a little sinister that such a 'cool', 'funny', 'hip' film about an ill-suited pair of adults having a baby can't even mention the very word 'abortion' and goes to unsubtle lengths to make it obvious that it's a 'dirty' word?

"Hilarious comedy where two people pull together through an unplanned preganacy and subsequent abortion".

 

[Mormon Nailer]

"Hilarious comedy where two people pull together through an unplanned preganacy and subsequent abortion".

Yes I see it now lets get Sturges to direct!

 

[Franco]

I like Mitchum.

He makes me feel stupid.

 

[Mitchum]

Hey Mitchum coming from a legal background as you do what sentence do you predict Chris Langham is going to recieve?

Max. 10 years but he was found not guilty of assault & I think his barrister has done a decent job of elliciting sympathy from the jury. I'd say he'll get four years.

Re: Superbad
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Originally Posted by RSJ
"Hilarious comedy where two people pull together through an unplanned preganacy and subsequent abortion".
Yes I see it now lets get Sturges to direct!

...or how about Billy Wilder or Woody Allen?

But RSJ misses the point.

A pitch for KU could be:
"Stereotype career woman gets poled by stereotype slacker. They WILL find a good Christian way to make it work!"

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

abortion is comedy gold

 

[Yurn!]

Private Eye magazine has recently intimated that Apatow (& the studio) have perhaps bribed a number of critics with large wads of $$$ in exchange for favourable reviews.

It makes sense.

BTW for those who have seen 'Knocked Up' do you not think it's more than a little sinister that such a 'cool', 'funny', 'hip' film about an ill-suited pair of adults having a baby can't even mention the very word 'abortion' and goes to unsubtle lengths to make it obvious that it's a 'dirty' word?

what did you think of Knocked Up Mitchum? i doubt you'd engage in such fevered debate on this subject without a frame of reference.

so let's get your review.

 

[Lili Marlene]

A pitch for KU could be:
"Stereotype career woman gets poled by stereotype slacker. They WILL find a good Christian way to make it work!"

Sure but why are you incapable of enjoying it for what it is then?

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Mormon Mailer: "Your problem is not that films aren't art enough for you it's that aren't arty enough . Different thing altogether."

This is patent nonsense. I'm saying that the films of Apatow etc are *NOT* Art but they are as formulaic as a processed burger from McDonalds & I don't find them funny, I find them offensive...

How do you know whether or not a film you've never seen is formulaic?

I've heard the exact opposite. Most of the reviews I've read have remarked on how the girls are fully developed characters in themselves and not just a blank canvass to hang fratboy humour on.

I don't care whether you like this film or not and it none of my business what you find funny or don't (even if I do think its a pose!) The problem I have with your attitude is that it's dismissive and prejudiced and that even if 90% of the films in this genre are pretty poor there are still lots of really great films you are unfairly dismissing.

*OK*

 

[Mitchum]

what did you think of Knocked Up Mitchum? i doubt you'd engage in such fevered debate on this subject without a frame of reference.

so let's get your review.

What do I think of 'Knocked Up'? *lol*

Go back to bed, fella.

 

[RSJ]

Eh, i think it's you're missing the point, going on about subtext in a comedy where half the lines end with "my balls in your mouth".

 

[Mitchum]

How do you know whether or not a film you've never seen is formulaic?

I've heard the exact opposite. Most of the reviews I've read have remarked on how the girls are fully developed characters in themselves and not just a blank canvass to hang fratboy humour on.

I don't care whether you like this film or not and it none of my business what you find funny or don't (even if I do think its a pose!) The problem I have with your attitude is that it's dismissive and prejudiced and that even if 90% of the films in this genre are pretty poor there are still lots of really great films you are unfairly dismissing.

*OK*

Erm...first of all I repeatedly said that I'm judging SB on it's trailer & the previous output of Apatow *WHICH I HAVE SEEN*

Curious too that you're basing your opinion on reviews of a film that *YOU* have not seen either. As for this slice of hypocricy: "even if 90% of the films in this genre are pretty poor there are still lots of really great films you are unfairly dismissing." words. fail.

Plus...I don't care what YOU think of anything to do with art when you dismiss WB Yates[sic] as 'sh1t', think the flimsy (in plot, style and yes, weight!) 'On Chesil Beach' is 'well worth e20 and have consistently made crude, unthinking homophobic and xenophobic remarks on other threads.
*OK?*

 

[Mormon Nailer]

A pitch for KU could be:
"Stereotype career woman gets poled by stereotype slacker. They WILL find a good Christian way to make it work!"

Yeah and by the same token a pitch for His Girl Friday could be:
Errant wife returns to the sanctity of Christian marriage

KU is a film about a mis-matced couple having a baby - it succeeds or fails on these terms - not because you would prefer it were another film.

 

[Mitchum]

Eh, i think it's you're missing the point, going on about subtext in a comedy where half the lines end with "my balls in your mouth".

I disagree & have stated so above. I really do think you're missing the point if you think these films are *ONLY* about slap-stick & scat-jokes.

Read ANY interview with Rogen or Apatow where they discuss their work with an unfawning film critic.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Erm...first of all I repeatedly said that I'm judging SB on it's trailer & the previous output of Apatow *WHICH I HAVE SEEN*

Curious too that you're basing your opinion on reviews of a film that *YOU* have not seen either.

I don't know whether it's going to be funny or not but the point is I haven't decided yet you have.

As for this slice of hypocricy: "even if 90% of the films in this genre are pretty poor there are still lots of really great films you are unfairly dismissing." words. fail.

I wish they'd fail you more!

Plus...I don't care what YOU think of anything to do with art when you dismiss WB Yates[sic] as 'sh1t', think the flimsy (in plot, style and yes, weight!) 'On Chesil Beach' is 'well worth e20 and have consistently made crude, unthinking homophobic and xenophobic remarks on other threads.
*OK?*

Is ickle Mitchum a bit rattled?