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Bridesmaids (the next comedy from Judd Apatow)
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Robobandit
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Looks like I'll have to see it.
AbsoluteZero
Banned
Tempted to see just for Ellie. Such a cutie.
Saw the movie today with the GF and I'd have to say that it was pretty good. There is one scene where I completely lost it. One of the funniest scenes I've seen in a movie in a long time, at least for the pure shock value.
It's the perfect date movie. It's got enough raunchy stuff for guys, but it still has all the lovey dovey stuff for the ladies as well.
It's the perfect date movie. It's got enough raunchy stuff for guys, but it still has all the lovey dovey stuff for the ladies as well.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
It was pretty great. Kirsten Wiig deserves to be a star, she's fucking hilarious.
Harry Potter
Banned
Just got back from this. Really fucking great. I was a little worried at the beginning but then it really came on strong. Great performances from all the ladies.
Harry Potter
Banned
There is one scene like that. Really small part of the movie.
canadian crowe
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joeposh said:
There is only one gross out bit, and it was kind of gross (not so much graphic as unsettling). I have a weak stomach for this kind of thing though.
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
this movie was amazing best movie I was dragged to all year.
ZephyrFate
Banned
Funniest movie all year. Find it even funnier that some critics cite the gross out humor as a detraction from the film because it features women, whereas if it was done with men it would be just a-okay because males and grossness are totally synonymous. What the fuck ever.
Expendable.
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RT @ERCboxoffice Universal's BRIDESMAIDS official tally: $26,247,410. That's nearly $2 mil than originally estimated on Sunday.
Dr.Horrible
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Damn funny movie, loved it. The more Kristen Wiig I can get, the better.
wormstrangler
Banned
Just got back from seeing it. Was completely sober and still laughed more than I can remember for any film over the last couple of years.
Cinema was packed with hot girls too...
I could easily watch this again right now...tomorrow and the next day.
Cinema was packed with hot girls too...
I could easily watch this again right now...tomorrow and the next day.
This is one of the funniest movies I've seen in years. The cast was tops all around--I seriously loved every character. That lady from Mike and Molly was a riot, as was Wiig.
Took my parents to see it and my mom absolutely lost it laughing at the gross-out scene. It was a great time.
Took my parents to see it and my mom absolutely lost it laughing at the gross-out scene. It was a great time.
I've never seen Kristen Wiig before but she was great in this movie. I almost never like SNL skits but that's no reason to hate an actor.
A lot of the appeal of this movie is that the cast aren't Hollywood/model types. Only the frenemy/antagonist and John Hamm are, but they're both antagonists. The characters you're supposed to like are mostly average looking.
A lot of the appeal of this movie is that the cast aren't Hollywood/model types. Only the frenemy/antagonist and John Hamm are, but they're both antagonists. The characters you're supposed to like are mostly average looking.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Cannot get over how great this was. It's marketed pretty inaccurately, but I'm glad it's a much subtler, hilarious character study of Wiig.
Just fantastic. Even the over the top food poisoning bit is so worth it for Rudolph and Wiig's separate recitations of "I shit my pants."
Amazing, amazing movie.
Just fantastic. Even the over the top food poisoning bit is so worth it for Rudolph and Wiig's separate recitations of "I shit my pants."
Amazing, amazing movie.
Dahellisdat
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Saw this last night with my girlfriend. It was better than I was expecting.
Singlehandedly one of the best puke/diarrhea scenes I've ever seen.
Singlehandedly one of the best puke/diarrhea scenes I've ever seen.
brandonh83
Banned
Previews made me groan but all the positive impressions! Is it one of those comedies that's pretty funny up until it tries to teach you a life lesson in a cringe-worthy fashion like most comedies? I like stuff like Superbad where it doesn't really give a fuck about anything else than being spontaneously hilarious. Sure it had a couple of small "serious" moments but they were generally interrupted by Jonah Hill getting plowed by a car.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
brandonh83 said:
No. Wiig's Annie actually fucks up repeatedly, resists most attempts at help and improvement, and hits like twelve bottoms before the end.
brandonh83
Banned
Just as long as it's mostly funny without any melodrama, I'm on board. I liked Easy A because it was very light on the drama; virtually non-existential.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Saw this over the weekend with my gf. Went in thinking it was one kind of movie, thanks to bad trailers, and came out blown away. Funniest thing I've seen in years, and way better than The Hangover for me. Glad to see at least some GAF love for the film. Really, really enjoyed it and we've already talked about seeing it again.
And I agree with the comments on character building in a comedy. So well done here, and Wiig is awesome as the glue that holds it all together. Great stuff, and I hope it is a runaway success at the box office. Word of mouth could give this thing legs for weeks.
And I agree with the comments on character building in a comedy. So well done here, and Wiig is awesome as the glue that holds it all together. Great stuff, and I hope it is a runaway success at the box office. Word of mouth could give this thing legs for weeks.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
brandonh83 said:
It's very "mostly funny". Even the seriouser bits are really funny in the subtle comedy execution.
brandonh83
Banned
BenjaminBirdie said:
Good to know. Looks like I'll... very unexpectedly be watching this. Is there a lot of Ellie Kemper? That could go a really long way toward my overall enjoyment.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
brandonh83 said:
Not as much as the trailers would have you believe, but she's still great in what she's in.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Solo said:
"Guys...what movie theater are we in?"
BRIDESMAIDS.
cubicle47b
Member
This is almost certainly the funniest movie that will be released this year.
Expendable.
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cubicle47b said:
I saw Horrible Bosses and it is also hilarious. I have hope for Crazy, Stupid, Love., The Change-Up, Friends With Benefits, 30 Minutes or Less, Our Idiot Brother, and Bad Teacher. And then some tiny hope left over for The Hangover Part II. Great summer for R-rated comedy.
Really enjoyed it, although the trademark apatow "serious" final act stretched on waaaay too long. I don't mind them usually but it just went on and on in this one. Still, lots of a very funny moments, a very likable cast, tons of great supporting roles (the british brother and sister were hilarious) and despite my complaint, there were also some moments I enjoyed when the movie got serious.
The food poisoning scene had me rolling. Some people in the audience were visibly displeased and looked like they wanted to leave during that scene, I couldn't stop laughing. And the plane scene was amazing as well.
edit: Also, Wiig is hot. Never noticed it before because she spends so much time making goofy faces.
The food poisoning scene had me rolling. Some people in the audience were visibly displeased and looked like they wanted to leave during that scene, I couldn't stop laughing. And the plane scene was amazing as well.
edit: Also, Wiig is hot. Never noticed it before because she spends so much time making goofy faces.
BenjaminBirdie said:
Good to hear. If there's one thing I hate in (mostly) American comedies is how you can predict close to the minute when the protagonist(s) will hit a really low point, saunter around depressed for a minute of 15, after which everything turns out a-okay again. That formulaic system almost managed to shit up Zack & Miri for me, amongst other movies.
It's almost rare these days for comedies to not do this and I really hope either Bridesmaids, Super, Horrible Bosses or Crazy, Stupid, Love manages to avoid it.
Kung Fu Jedi
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siddx said:
Did Apatow have anything to do with this other than producing? He didn't direct and he certainly didn't write it.
I also didn't feel like the film ever got all that "serious." Sure, it has a different turn, but the comedic elements were never far away at any time, and even the moments that were meant to be serious, weren't all that serious.
Kung Fu Jedi said:
I have no idea but it certainly had that apatow feel in it's sudden shift. I certainly felt it was a drastic change, as I was laughing consistently the entire movie and suddenly found myself silent for long periods of time. I suppose it's a fairly common way to write a comedy, or a movie in general, so I can't pin it on apatow (who I'm a fan of anyways).
siddx said:
You are spot on with your assessment. The other scene that I felt was really good was at the start of the movie, during the engagement party and the Maid of Honor speech. The end to that scene was awesome.
If you think that she is attractive in Bridesmaids, check out Extract. She looks awesome there as well.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Kung Fu Jedi said:
He actually added the food poisoning scene to Wiig's original script, probably/possibly others.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Just saw this. I gotta say, I think you guys are crazy. I love a good raunchy comedy as much as the next guy, but I found all of the characters in the movie just obnoxious and infantile. I actually really LIKED all of the actors in the movie, like Chris O'Dowd (good to see that he's getting roles, as I think he's quite charming and likable), and Wiig especially - she has some serious chops, I think, but the script I thought was just very predictable. I actually agree that some of the dramatic bits really worked, but considering that several bits turned the characters into over-the-top caricatures - seriously, are we really to buy that an adult woman like Wiig, even an emotionally immature one, would throw a huge temper tantrum in a public setting and destroy a bunch of stuff? - their impact was severely lessened. The movie was a mish-mash of styles and tones and just didn't really work, in my humblest of opinions.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Solo said:
That's the thing, though! The dramatic parts clashed with the raunchy sex parts and diluted both! I felt like the film would have been better if it had picked one or the other. Heck, part of the reason why I think Step Brothers works, for example, is that it creates a universe where all of the weird, caricature-ish behavior makes sense because it bears no relationship to our own. This is a movie where the adults all behave like children, but we're expected to sympathize with their adult problems. Wiig owned a business, for God's sake, but she doesn't act anything like an adult a lot of the time. I think The 40 Year Old Virgin is still the movie that struck the best balance of all of the Apatow films, produced or directed.
Edit: Actually, I'd go as far as to say this was my least favorite film of all of the films that Apatow or his stable of actors have made.
Double Edit: to put it a different way - I think the character writing was inconsistent within the diegetic universe of the film.
ZephyrFate
Banned
I've begun to expect him to hate every popular film on GAF.Solo said:
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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ZephyrFate said:
There are few films that I truly hate, come on. And I don't just criticize things because they're popular, if that's what you're implying.
Edit: And I did laugh at parts of this film, so it's not as though it was just pure hatred all the way through. I think I'm a pretty fair critic, for the most part.
talisayNon
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got dragged by the GF to see this. Came out pleasantly surprised. Didn't know eznark's sister was going to be in it.
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