Boxx Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Sorry Boxx, hope I didn't offend you... No.... just having some fun.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Jim, I never thought Adam Sandler was funny, even though the whole world laughed at him. I will say some of his movies are funny, he seems to surround himself with funny people. Me either,although I did like 50 1st Dates and wedding singer was also OK. I saw The Neighbors and Zack and Miri movie. They had a few good laughs in them, but not nearly as many as Super Bad. I also at one time knew Kevin Smith as he grew up in the same neighborhood I did in Jersey City. I do like Elizabeth Banks and Traci Lords and of the 2 films Zack and Miri was definitely the funnier one. But Zack and Miri is a Kevin Smith movie if I'm not mistaken, so the humor is slightly different. I think the others were written by Seth Rogan. I may be wrong, but I thought The Neighbors was written by Rogan.Movies like Pineapple Express did nothing for me. Don't get me wrong, he does have his moments, but few and far in between in my opinion. I just think he "tries" to hard to be funny and it comes across to me as he's saying I'm funny so you have to laugh at my jokes.It's almost like someone put a laugh track in the wrong spot on a show or movie to me.I just think that whole entourage he hangs out with is trying to hard to be the new "Frank Sinatra Crew". Regarding "The Interview" this movie is not a movie that I had planned to see in the theatre; however, I will probably watch it when the DVD or streaming options are available. I suppose it could have been written with 'fictional characters and country;' however, that's Hollywood. I'm just wondering if Dennis Rodman went to the premier or plans to watch the movie..... While I liked the "40 Year-old Virgin" I believe that Super Bad (from a single-day movie structure) may be more of 'generational' type of movie with certain pop-cultural references of that time-period that may resonate with certain people more so than with others. For example, while I found aspects of Super Bad funny and enjoyed the movie with the kids (to me, Rogan's part seemed to be inspired by a Police Academy movie), I found "American Graffiti" (set in the 60s) and "Dazed and Confused" (set in the 70s) to have more deeply nuanced parodies and spoofs of a period that represented my teen years that I found funny. Other movies that are similar to Super Bad that I did not necessarily relate to were "House Party (1990)" and "Can't Hardly Wait (1998)." I believe "generational" humor in some respects because in looking at the generations immediately around me, the oldest daughter loves Dazed and Confused and the youngest is a Super Bad fan (and somewhat of a Dazed and Confused fan); however, neither found much interesting or funny in American Graffiti and both were quickly bored. While I realize slightly different, I was grouping the Kevin Smith movie into a category of "Apatow-esque" type of humor with the Zack and Miri movie in relation to the crass sex-talk in detail and having Rogan star in the movie probably gave the movie more of an "Apatow feel" as opposed to casting someone else. While Rogan doesn't break any new ground as an actor or comedian, his insecurity (a trait he plays from in many of his movies) in his portrayal of a 'wanna-be' porn star seemed to fit the film and the chemistry with Elizabeth Banks seemed to work. Having watched the Linda Lovelace movie 'Deep Throat' in the 70s, among others; burlesque dancers move to porn; and watching a few of the 1970s adult theatre live shows such as adult entertainer Honeysuckle Divine, some of the silliness of the porn during that time-period seemed to come through in this movie as a parody of the porn in the 1970s that I found funny. I found the picking the name of their film "Star Whores" along with the raunchy rejected variations of popular films to be funny. Overall, I thought it was a smart comedy with good insight into certain parodies I saw in the movie; however, I realize I'm in the minority here in this respect as the movie tanked at the box office. I agree 100%. I was going to put something like that in my comment originally,but didn't. Having been born in 1968,even though I was not around for the 60's can say I did relate to a lot of the comedy movies that focused on the time frame for teens, as well as the 70's on up into the 90's as I can remember doing similar things as in the movies. In guess that's where some of the humor hits home for us. Also, for teh above with Howard Stern, I've never been a big fan of his comedy either, met him a few times on work he did for charities. He is a good guy when outside his "character" on the radio. I actually used to work with "Sal the Stockbroker" who is on his show and used to call in daily.One of the good things living in NJ and working in NYC was getting the chance to meet a bunch of different celebrities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Although Sony had a perfect right to make this movie, they should not have. The premise is in poor taste. But, as Americans, we have the right to be stupid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 But, as Americans, we have the right to be stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Although Sony had a perfect right to make this movie, they should not have. The premise is in poor taste. But, as Americans, we have the right to be stupid.Yes indeed, terrible that a brutal dictator, who starves, imprisons and forces his subjects to worship him, should be made a mockery of by a rag-tag bunch of liberty loving Americans....Shameful, what were they thinking? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I dislike most of the movies mentioned (or would if I had actually watched any of them). Just watching the previews makes me feel like my I.Q. has dropped a few points. As a nation, we seem to be getting dumber and dumber. Reminds me of the story that there is a finite amount of intelligence in the universe, and the population is constantly expanding. I just don't get what's funny about them, and I really do like good humor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Reminds me of the story that there is a finite amount of intelligence in the universeInteresting...I guess there is a finite amount of anything, I could understand the concept of a finite amount of "knowledge", but having a hard time with finite intelligence, after all even when we get to the point where we know all there is to know, will we know it, and just stop looking?....I think we will have managed to kill ourselves off before then, but the thought is interesting to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Reminds me of the story that there is a finite amount of intelligence in the universeInteresting...I guess there is a finite amount of anything, I could understand the concept of a finite amount of "knowledge", but having a hard time with finite intelligence, after all even when we get to the point where we know all there is to know, will we know it, and just stop looking?....I think we will have managed to kill ourselves off before then, but the thought is interesting to me... the only way we could know that we’ve learnt everything is to have already known everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Reminds me of the story that there is a finite amount of intelligence in the universeInteresting...I guess there is a finite amount of anything, I could understand the concept of a finite amount of "knowledge", but having a hard time with finite intelligence, after all even when we get to the point where we know all there is to know, will we know it, and just stop looking?....I think we will have managed to kill ourselves off before then, but the thought is interesting to me... the only way we could know that we’ve learnt everything is to have already known everything.Exactly my point....I think!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Reminds me of the story that there is a finite amount of intelligence in the universeInteresting...I guess there is a finite amount of anything, I could understand the concept of a finite amount of "knowledge", but having a hard time with finite intelligence, after all even when we get to the point where we know all there is to know, will we know it, and just stop looking?....I think we will have managed to kill ourselves off before then, but the thought is interesting to me... the only way we could know that we’ve learnt everything is to have already known everything. Exactly my point....I think!! maybe i already knew what you meant 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hmmmm... it's a joke... but I'm sure you figured that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Just watched this last night. Not as funny as some of their other movies but I thought it was entertaining. I watched the new "Hobbit" movie in the theater a few hours before and honestly was about equally entertained. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) I don't like most popular current comedians. zach galifianakis, tina fey, seth rogan, adam sandler's latest stuff, will ferrel on everything except the elf movie, etc., just don't like them. It's all like it is Saturday Night Live humor for a new generation that I just don't understand. I get most of the jokes, just don't understand why people think it is hilarious. At best I'll have a thought along the lines of "that's kinda clever". I do like bradley cooper and ed helms in the hangover. Did like tim meadows in the ladies man. rob schneider is probably my favorite. sacha baron cohen on Talladega Nights was awesome but in other stuff like the dictator it falls flat. I also like humor where its not really supposed to be, like bruce campbell in Burn Notice. Edited December 29, 2014 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I watched it. Thought it was humorous, but coarse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 This weekend Sony took in almost their targeted (before hacking) $20 million. That's GREAT news ! I don't care about Sony's biz but let us decide with $ not extortion and threat. This movie would have been on TV before I ever saw maybe, but thanks to criminals many went to see it to show support or find out whats the big whoop. Nothing would make me happier than if 1 billion people see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Think about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Yeah you should think about it......Throw a conspiracy theory into the mix...that's as crazy as the dictator himself.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 There is probably a scenario where that's possible, not this one, not from the top anyway, imo. Russian hackers likely, who they worked for ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 There is probably a scenario where that's possible, not this one, not from the top anyway, imo. Russian hackers likely, who they worked for ??? Last report I saw was that Chinese hackers helped North Korea. NK is denying it. Not sure why they would deny it, as nuts as they are, except that somebody apparently took down all their internet and cell phone connectivity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) Security experts says it looks like Russian code. Edited December 29, 2014 by Fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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