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For a second I thought op title got changed.

 

[NomarTyme]

Look really generic and having Lebron as a black comedic sidekick? really?

 

[J10]

LOL Is there a YouTube clip of this moment?

 

[Messofanego]

Is that Tilda Swinton with an Australian accent? Even got the tourist tan.

Red-Band trailer features Cena Fuckin

I mean, if you're in for that sort of thing.

"Alright, you're just describing yourself."

*He cums*

HAHA

 

[ryseing]

Look really generic and having Lebron as a black comedic sidekick? really?

I fail to see the problem with that?

 

[Blader]

This is actually Amy Schumer's autobiography. Cena is in the movie because Schumer was in a relationship with WWE's Dolph Zigler for a while. She said he was the most athletic and fit guy she ever had sex with

So, stealth brag movie?

 

[jmood88]

Wait, Amy isn't attractive?
Damn, guess my standards are off

They must be. I can't imagine anyone thinking that she looks good.

 

[Sapiens]

Thank god I didn't see that wife of his.

Amy is hot.

 

[Hasney]

Is that why Ziggler wants to do standup comedy?

He thought it looked easy when he was with her.

 

[Auctopus]

I just watched this trailer and I cannot understand what it wants to be. It's a Rom-Com but the trailer has been made in a way to separating the romantic parts and comedic parts in to separate sections.

Tilda Swinton as that character is incredibly surprising as well.

 

[Frodo]

You had me when you mentioned Tilda Swinton. Will give it a try.

It also looks funny. Hope it isn't just another rom-com, though.

 

[acheron_xl]

They must be. I can't imagine anyone thinking that she looks good.

This shit is tiresome.

 

[Jag]

You had me when you mentioned Tilda Swinton. Will give it a try.

It also looks funny. Hope it isn't just another rom-com, though.

It is clearly a rom-com, but more edgy and naughty than your typical Barrymore/Sandler snoozefest.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

It is clearly a rom-com, but more edgy and naughty than your typical Barrymore/Sandler snoozefest.

That's pretty much Apatow's thing, so it makes sense.

 

[Wreav]

This kills the Wreav.

 

[pants]

wow that looked awful

 

[scabro]

that woman's face is peculiar

her body tho

 

[Wreav]

her body tho

 

[Terrell]

Apparently Cena has a nude scene in this movie. Instant watch.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Apparently Cena has a nude scene in this movie. Instant watch.

There's a lot of guys naked in this movie it seems
Watch the RedBand trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_yfdk_jSN8

 

[True Savior]

Lebron's hair is the funniest thing in the trailer.

 

[StoOgE]

Oh man, I can't wait for this to be really funny for an hour, mildy amusing for an hour and then I want to jump off a ledge for the final 2 hours of the movie.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Oh man, I can't wait for this to be really funny for an hour, mildy amusing for an hour and then I want to jump off a ledge for the final 2 hours of the movie.

I for one appreciate Apatow's efforts to extend comedy flicks more than 1hr20mins.

It used to be only drama's and action films that would brake the 2 hour threshold.

Comedy's were way to short.

 

[Perspicacity]

Look really generic and having Lebron as a black comedic sidekick? really?

Black is really the only way Lebron could've played it pal

 

[Tesseract]

looks fun, day 1, lol

 

[Beerman462]

Nailed it. I think she's cute, but her face definitely looks like she's having an allergic reaction at times. Will watch.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Seems surprisingly banal but I will watch because Apatow and Schumer.

 

[kirblar]

You had me when you mentioned Tilda Swinton. Will give it a try.

It also looks funny. Hope it isn't just another rom-com, though.

Tilda going feminine fits with the whole "gender swapped rom-com" thing- it seems like it's being trope-y here for a reason.

 

[StoOgE]

Tilda going feminine fits with the whole "gender swapped rom-com" thing- it seems like it's being trope-y here for a reason.

Yeah,

Amy Schumer is basically playing the man-baby that won't grow up and settle down and loves his awesome lifestyle that exists in every Apatow movie.

I actually really appreciate the gender swap, and it tells me that Apatow knows what his reputation is at this point.

 

[Deleted member 309291]

What's so funny about LeBron's hair?

 

[Serpentine]

hold the fuck on, i did not know Tilda Swinton is in this, and i had already seen the trailer. and christ, Cena's scene in the red band trailer made me legit lol

Otherwise, it looks fairly aight

 

[ChosenPredator]

The faster John Cena becomes a movie star the better it is for us (people who watch WWE)

 

[maquiladora]

Tilda Swinton totally fucking unrecognizable.

 

[ElTopo]

Looks good. I hate RomComs but I trust Apatow.

 

[GringoSuave89]

Looks good. I hate RomComs but I trust Apatow.

Aren't pretty much all Apatow movies a RomCom on some level?

 

[Anton Sugar]

Just saw Trainwreck last night.

It's a return to form for Apatow. I didn't really care for This is 40 or Funny People, but this was great. I still don't know how I feel about Apatow's "having a family is sooooo much better than being single" spiel that always come across in his movies. This one even has the trademark "I'm going to get rid of my booze and drugs to get my life straight!" scene.

It also has some hallmark Apatowisms--too long, odd pacing, awkward cameos--but Schumer kills it. The writing is pretty great and even if the emotional core is sappy, it works.

John Cena is shockingly good in his few scenes. He's come a long way since Marine, lolololol.

 

[adamsappel]

Just saw Trainwreck last night.

It's a return to form for Apatow. I didn't really care for This is 40 or Funny People, but this was great. I still don't know how I feel about Apatow's "having a family is sooooo much better than being single" spiel that always come across in his movies. This one even has the trademark "I'm going to get rid of my booze and drugs to get my life straight!" scene.

It also has some hallmark Apatowisms--too long, odd pacing, awkward cameos--but Schumer kills it. The writing is pretty great and even if the emotional core is sappy, it works.

John Cena is shockingly good in his few scenes. He's come a long way since Marine, lolololol.

This was the post I came to write (though I did like This is 40 and Funny People, with the same caveats). I thought it was a very nice movie, a clever rom-com variant. Complaints would be that it's 20 minutes too long (I would have cut

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the intervention scene (not particularly funny and just an excuse to get famous faces), the baby shower (too much from Schumer's stand-up), and the underage scene (too creepy and by-now-out-of-character)

; I had little idea of how much time was passing (I kept wondering when the magazine story was due); like so many movies with narration, they just end up dropping it; and I didn't really buy the elaborate ending. But, I laughed a lot, I thought the acting was surprisingly good (Schumer held her own, Cena was quite good, Dave Attell and Mike Birbiglia had neat cameo roles, Lebron did a nice job, Tilda Swinton is unrecognizable and the audience really responded to her, Colin "Mush Mouth" Quinn didn't look at the camera once! (I kid, he's good in this) and Hader has a very natural charisma and chemistry).

There were a couple of funny jokes in the trailers that weren't in the movie. Do you suppose there was a missing scene where they explained how Amy was getting stoned? Was that a one-hitter? I kept initially assuming she was smoking a cigarette (I wonder if that's a workaround for tv-friendlier version).

Edit: Go watch that trailer from the OP again. Barely any of those scenes are in the movie. I guess this is proof that Apatow doesn't put every frame of film he shoots into his movies. And they looked like good scenes, too.