tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post5604533677985939990..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Focking HellSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-11638096214662765722017-02-12T18:13:58.969-06:002017-02-12T18:13:58.969-06:00On a happier note, I DVRed Man of the West and I h...On a happier note, I DVRed Man of the West and I hope to get to it within a few days.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-24177300675490885792017-02-12T14:47:43.061-06:002017-02-12T14:47:43.061-06:00You make a good point here. I think we're supp...You make a good point here. I think we're supposed to think that Greg is merely clumsy in the way that plenty of rom-com heroines and screwball comedy characters are clumsy. The fire issue could, in fact, be attributed to that. But a lot of this does seem thoughtless at at best and malicious at worst. <br /><br />Good actors trying to work with a bad script is probably accurate as well. The problem for me is that I simply can't think of a place in this movie where I didn't know what was going to happen minutes before it did. That's an issue. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-26576859824355492612017-02-12T02:19:03.161-06:002017-02-12T02:19:03.161-06:00I saw Meets the Parents was scheduled on IFC, so I...I saw Meets the Parents was scheduled on IFC, so I DVRed it, knowing it was one of The List movies. I wasn't planning on watching it right away, but I got kind of anxious having it on the DVR, taking up space and infecting potentially good movies with its bad karma.<br /><br />Yeah, it's not good. It's not hard to watch, its not boring, but its basically a bunch of good to great actors doing their darnedest to make a bad script into a watchable but annoying movie.<br /><br />My biggest problem with this movie is that Greg (Ben Stiller) is a horrible horrible person. Jack (DeNiro) is awful too, but Greg doesn't turn into a good person just because Jack is awful.<br /><br />That scene where he puts the cat outside because its bothering him? It was an awful thing to do. Does the house not have any other rooms? No, he puts the cat outside despite being told its an outdoor cat that doesn't have the instinct to survive on the outside. To me, this is worse than anything that Jack does.<br /><br />And then the scene where he's careless with a lit cigarette and sets the yard on fire. Yeah. No wonder people hate smokers.<br /><br />Jack may be an awful person, but he's right about Greg Fokker. Teri Polo, get away as fast as you can! Greg will either put the kids outside when they are bothering him (where they will be hit by cars or eaten by wild dogs) or you'll all die in a fire caused by Greg's carelessness.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-77134699560538369332013-08-09T20:59:36.704-05:002013-08-09T20:59:36.704-05:00It's really reassuring to know that I'm no...It's really reassuring to know that I'm not the only person these films don't work perfectly on.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-70068321696581261592013-08-09T16:24:15.840-05:002013-08-09T16:24:15.840-05:00This film and There's Something About Mary are...This film and There's Something About Mary are essentially the same film to me, mostly because they had the same sort of hype, have very similar types of comedy, and elicited the same reaction from me. Both suffered from ridiculous overhype and wound up not being my cup of tea. I do not remember laughing once when I watched either film. I DO remember watching the clock and praying it would be over as soon as possible.siochembiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487373396181856763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-35113218442078336012013-08-09T08:07:38.853-05:002013-08-09T08:07:38.853-05:00@Chip--comedy, and especially what works for us in...@Chip--comedy, and especially what works for us in comedy, is personal. For me, comedy works when I don't see what's coming. Knowing what's going to happen and then seeing it happen--for me--isn't that funny most of the time.<br /><br />@TSor--Glad to know I'm not alone. This isn't a terrible film by any stretch (and who is more surprised than I), but it's hard for me to be surprised by obvious jokes. For instance, the minute I knew he had to check his carry on and that the ring was in it, I knew the back would be lost. Not funny. Expected. <br /><br />How to make that funny (for me). He has to check his back. The bag isn't lost, but he's told the guy who makes him check it that there's an engagement ring in the bag. Flight lands, he gets his bag but finds the ring stolen. <i>That</i> would be unexpected and make the same basic joke.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-9875200488510343422013-08-09T06:43:49.383-05:002013-08-09T06:43:49.383-05:00I am with you, Steve, on this one. I have a simila...I am with you, Steve, on this one. I have a similar problem with embarrassment comedy which means that I cringe me wat through the entire film. Also Stiller is not my favourite actor by a long shot. Zoolander and Dodgeball are actually the only two films where he is really good for me too. <br />Add to this that Meet the Parents is one of my wife's favourite movies and I think you can see where I am heading...<br />The one redeeming factor of Meet the parents for me is Owen Wilson. His part is not big, but exquisite. I like him in most of what he has been in and personally think Woody Allen was a genious when he turned his character type around for Midnight in Paris.<br /> TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-51848780009321010672013-08-08T21:57:12.391-05:002013-08-08T21:57:12.391-05:00I actually didn't care for Zoolander, but that...I actually didn't care for Zoolander, but that's because I have my own hangup about really stupid characters. I don't like them, so that has also ruled out most of Adam Sandler's and Will Ferrell's characters for me, too. Dodgeball I did kind of like because it was more about the good guys. Meet the Parents is one I would recommend, for what it's worth.<br /><br />My favorite movie that has Ben Stiller in it (as opposed to a Ben Stiller movie) is Zero Effect. I watched it for my Movies By the Numbers category a couple years ago because I didn't have anything to start off with the number zero. It was recommended to me by Courtney of Big Thoughts from a Small Mind. It was a pleasant experience. It stars Bill Pullman and Stiller is his assistant. Pullman's character is sort of a combination of Sherlock Holmes and The Dude from The Big Lebowski.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.com