I mostly agree with you, but I think you should leave Oprah out of it. Those are fighting words. I tried to watch it but lost interest after about 20 minutes. I found it very difficult to enjoy it. In my opinion Vince Vaughn was just reading out the lines. I like a character that has substence, so that I feel like they are real and I can see the actor as the character not just as themselves. It is late so excuse me if this doesn't make sense. Now give me my prize.
Paul, I couldn't disagree more. Wedding Crashers is the funniest movie I've seen this year. What a bit the the bit when Will Farrell is screaming at his mum for the meat loaf? That bit was jsut too funny. And the reference to "turning left into negative town". I guess I just lcan't get enough stupid humor ...
Wedding Crashers was alright for a date movie. I laughed out loud a few times.
If anyone tells you to see Dukes Of Hazzard because it was great, then kick their ass on the spot and still skip the movie. Sucked.
I highly reccomend Murderball. I loved it.
Cass is right about The Dukes of Hazzard. That movie was even worse than I expected -- which is saying a lot. I went only because a friend of mine's 13-year-old son was dying to see it. He loved it, so the night was a success.
I totally disagree with you Paul. Wedding Crashers was hysterical. Its the best comedy I've seen since Old School.
But, then again I didnt want to rip out my eye balls duing Dukes of Hazzard. I went in thinking I would fall asleep and actually enjoyed it. Especially the Super Troopers in it. Hysterical.
So, are you saying that seeing 'Bewitched' is out of the question? Dang.
And the best post about 'Dukes of Hazzard' was yesterday on http://freshpepper.blogspot.com/ when he said Jessica is so hot, he'd fuck her sister.
What is the thinking process by which someone concludes that spending time and money on an obvious hack re-make like Dukes is a good idea?
Telling me to not see that movie is like telling me to not to eat yellow snow. Anyone over 3 years old should be able to figure that one out immediately.
I hated the Dukes of Hazzard when it was on television-- why would I want to go see a Dukes of Hazzard movie? Eeeewww.
I was thinking of going to see Wedding Crashers, but I guess I won't, now. Maybe the boys and I will go see the penguin movie..
$10.75???? Man those NYC prices are ludicrous
Yeah I got pulled into seeing Dukes... and hated it. Here's my lame review.
But, when it comes to Wedding Crashers, I thought it was very funny. The football scene was great. But, then again, you hated Anchorman, too.
heh. I thought the movie's best humor was wasted in the trailer. I hate it when they do that. I agree with Cass that it's a good date movie.
Those are some of the crappiest and oldest lines in the book that those guys use. I found humor in the fact they showed them actually getting laid using trite shitty pick-up lines.
But I did do a little remake of the trailer and that was fun...
href="http://www.weddingcrashersmovie.com/crashthistrailer/index.htm?id=134502">PK and Shumpy as the Wedding Crashers.
sorry had to shop it real quick.
Well, it's no "Hamburger: The Motion Picture", Paul, but Wedding Crashers had its moments.
If you can't laugh at Vince Vaughn getting tied up in bed while various members of the crazy girl's family walk in on him, you can just skip paying money to see comedies - wait 'til they're on cable in a year.
True, the director needed to lop off about 20 mins of girl-sappiness that looked like one, long J.Crew ad; but that was nicely counter-balanced by an opening montage of chicks falling topless into bed that was quite spank-tacular.
Right, the part with the "homo" brother creating a painting for Vince was one of the few things I laughed at.
Crotch-grabbing under the table? Been there ... in about 1,435 movies.
Family-friendly touch football? Gee, wonder if anyone will take it too seriously! Stevie Wonder could see that coming.
But I just couldn't get past the seriousness of the courtship. Just flat-out embarrassing, and it wrecked whatever redeeming qualities this thing had. I can only imagine what was really going on in Owen Wilson's head after the director yelled cut. My guess: "I can't believe I'm reading this bullshit." So why should I think any different?
I feel the need to redeem myself. I don't pay for movies, so the only thing I'm wasting is maybe $5 on Sweedish Fish and two hours of my time. I can live with that. Unless the movie is that bad (see: Hustle & Flow or The Island), and then I just walk out angry.
Obviously I dont go into Wedding Crashers expecting it to be funnier than Dumb & Dumber, Tommy Boy, or Office Space. It won't. Not many do. That doesnt mean it was a bad movie.
I can see why spending $10.50 to see a remake of a horrible tv show redone sounds bad. If I paid $10.50, I'd definitely be pissed.
Lucy, I don't mean to spoil the Peguin movie for you or anyone else who hasn't seen it, but all of it isn't pretty. Let's just say seals are a part of the movie too.
I thought March of the Penguins was great technically and a little kid-ified narratively. I give it a thumbs sideways, but you kinda gotta see it in a theater to be able to appreciate the awesome camerawork.
Paul,
I must have seen this movie the same day you did, and I agree. Not that funny.
I am trying to remember a single line from the movie, and I can't. A good comedy is quotable.
It could have been a lot funnier. They wasted Christopher Walken's talent, since they didn't give him one decent line.
You could condense the laughs in Wedding Crashers to about a 30 minute TV sitcom. The other 90 minutes was just painful to watch. Bike rides and falling down, romantic sappy stuff on the beach, about to kill himself over a chick. come on either be a funny movie, or be a drama, or be a romantic comedy, dont try to throw all of those together...
So PK will you be first in line this weekend for Duece Bigalow: European Gigalo!! hehehe
I mostly agree with you, but I think you should leave Oprah out of it. Those are fighting words. I tried to watch it but lost interest after about 20 minutes. I found it very difficult to enjoy it. In my opinion Vince Vaughn was just reading out the lines. I like a character that has substence, so that I feel like they are real and I can see the actor as the character not just as themselves. It is late so excuse me if this doesn't make sense. Now give me my prize.
Posted by Shopper Girl at August 8, 2005 1:35 AM