Funny People

Posted: 7/28/09 at 7:09pm

So I'm seeing the ads for this movie. They feature several "jokes" that just aren't funny. At all. Not one thing in the ad makes me laugh or think "Oooh, THAT I want to see!"

Is it some post-modern joke or is it an ironic title or what?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 8:47pm

Have you seen the clip with Carrot Top? Worth the price of admission alone.

[danmag]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 10:00pm

Meh. See The Hangover instead. Now THAT was a funny movie.

[TheatreDork2]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 10:08pm

^She is forcing that movie on everyone. Is it really THAT funny? It looked like a few good yucks but that's about it.

[Iluvlizlemon]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 10:21pm

So, apparently its 2.5 hours long and the studio wanted to cut 30 minutes but wasn't able to get it done.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 11:15pm

They can't cut the dying scene, that is what is gonna win Sandler the People's Choice Award.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:33am

Isn't it a Judd Apatow movie? Is it filled with shrill bitchy women and schlubby immature men?

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:49am

this movie looks a little more serious than Judds other stuff, but i have a feeling that i'm not going to like the change in pace.

in response to theaterdork about the hangover, YES it is that funny. one of the funniest movies i have ever seen. it's up there with anchorman and 40 year old virgin.

[TheatreDork2]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:53am

I was watching Funny People Live on Comedy Central & Adam Sandler said that this is his favorite movie that he has ever worked on.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:53am

The Hangover was funny as hell.

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:55am

i like the old adam sandler. the one who used to yell at mini golf clowns and beat the **** out of it with a golf club.

[TheatreDork2]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:57am

"GO HOME! ARE YOU TOO GOOD FOR YOUR HOME!?!?"

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 1:03am

yes! lmao that was the ultimate phrase between me and my friends in the late 90's.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 11:23am

It looks painfully unfunny, and it looks like it wants to be a "serious" comedy. I can't really stand Judd Apatow, especially his views on men and women (which Phyllis perfectly explained). I also think Adam Sandler's time has passed. I'll be skipping this one.

[lusciouslace]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 11:39am

I'm intrigued by this movie because I love most of the cast...so hopefully it's awesome. I actually love Adam Sandler when he plays a role with a lot of heart...this appears to maybe be that way. I LOVED him in Spanglish.

And yes...The Hangover is toooootally really that funny. It's ridiculous! :)

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 11:42am

I agree. THE HANGOVER is one of the FUNNIEST movies I have ever seen

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 11:45am

Ray, I saw "Knocked Up" on dvd and without an audience conditioned to laugh, it plays like a drama and about a bunch of nasty people who are really nasty to each other.

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:18pm

I was so-so on Knocked Up but laughed a couple of times. It was difficult to watch and I didn't like ANY of the characters in it.

"Are you mad you died at the end of Die Hard" is inexplicably un-funny. "Is Harry going for his Ph D in Wizardry?" is just flat out stupid- and those are the jokes they feature in the AD.

[Leia947]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:25pm

"Are you mad you died at the end of Die Hard" is inexplicably un-funny. "Is Harry going for his Ph D in Wizardry?" is just flat out stupid- and those are the jokes they feature in the AD.

I will admit, I like Seth Rogan and Adam Sandler (even though 95% of Adam Sandler movies are the same), but Jonah Hill is just annoying. I hate that Harry Potter line and the Die Hard one? that actor, Alexander Godunov, is actually dead, so I found that a bit offensive.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:27pm

Phyllis, I saw KNOCKED UP at the movies and then again on a bus ride. You're right that watching it with an audience is different. I didn't think it was hilarious by any means, but I did laugh at some of it. When I saw it on that bus, with most everyone asleep, I couldn't believe the kind of movie it is. Particularly the Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann storyline is insanely absurd, unlikable, and plain sexist. I also think that Seth Rogen plays the exact same part in every movie he does, and I don't think it's a funny part he plays. "A drama about a bunch of nasty people who are really nasty to each other" is a good way to describe it.
Joe, I couldn't agree more about the stupid lines they used for the trailer. I mean, the Jonah Hill line about Harry Potter is so so so dumb. When the previews are painfully unfunny, I can't imagine how the movie actually is.

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:34pm

i laughed pretty hard at the die hard line. harry potter one was a fail. i liked knocked up but it wasn't crazy hilarious. now 40 year old virgin was hilarious.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 12:42pm

I thought "Knocked Up" tried too hard and majority of it wasn't funny. "40 Year Old Virgin," to me, isn't as funny as everyone else thinks it is. It's funny but not HILARIOUS.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 1:21pm

"...that actor, Alexander Godunov, is actually dead, so I found that a bit offensive. "

Yeah! A throwaway line about an iconic movie is so offensive.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 1:33pm

At what point is it not offensive? Are Merman jokes still off limits?

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 7/29/09 at 2:22pm

I have a friend who saw a screening of this film last night. He considers himself a Judd Apatow fan but he really hated this movie.

His main complaints were:
-The length, 2 hours and 20 minutes for a story that could have been told in half that
-Most of the actors played essentially the same roles as they played in "Knocked Up"
-Horrible screenwriting