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Movie 43
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:17 pm
by nafod
Looking forward to someone else seeing it and reporting back, based on this review...
Since 1999 I've been carrying a blue pill in my pocket, holding onto it for the moment when I'd truly need it. The pill, I was told, would instantly erase the memory of any movie — but just the one movie, just the one time.
I was tempted to take that pill after "Freddy Got Fingered." I had the pill in hand as I walked out of every other Adam Sandler movie of the last decade.
But I hung on to it, knowing something even worse was going to come my way one day.
Midway through "Movie 43," I knew the day had come. As the credits rolled with the inevitable blooper scenes of actors breaking character and inexplicably laughing when nothing funny is going on, I swallowed that pill, hoping to erase instantly all mental images of what had just transpired.
It didn't work. The !&$@*! thing didn't work!
"Movie 43" is the "Citizen Kane" of awful.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:52 pm
by Kazuya Mishima
If you couldn't tell from the preview clips...well.
A friend of mine who is a big movie buff and sees everything that comes out, walked out of Movie 43 after 10 minutes. Pretty much tells me everything I need to know.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:14 pm
by nafod
Kazuya Mishima wrote:If you couldn't tell from the preview clips...well.
I'd never heard of it until I saw the review. I'll save my money for Movie 44.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:30 pm
by Grandpa's Spells
Huh. Previews looked funny to me.
edit: woah
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/movie_43/
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:38 pm
by Pinky
...ensemble comedy starring some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
There's no way this could not be terrible.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:46 pm
by Shapecharge
Damn, I was hoping this was going to be a good movie.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:29 pm
by Herv100
My Lord. There are actually people who saw the previews for this and thought it might be good? LMAO
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:39 pm
by nafod
Pinky wrote:...ensemble comedy starring some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
There's no way this could not be terrible.
I keep waiting for the next
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. That one managed to pull off serious comedy, for some unknown reason. My kids love it too.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:34 pm
by Shapecharge
There hasn't been anything like that or say Caddy Shack or Animal House, Airplane etc. in forever. A comedy that everyone has seen and everyone knows all the lines from. It's fucking sad really. If there has been one recently I'm certainly not remembering it.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:48 am
by Jay
Shapecharge wrote:There hasn't been anything like that or say Caddy Shack or Animal House, Airplane etc. in forever. A comedy that everyone has seen and everyone knows all the lines from. It's fucking sad really. If there has been one recently I'm certainly not remembering it.
Anchorman
Step Brothers, in a lesser way.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:14 am
by baffled
Definitely anchorman.
We all knew old school by heart, but we were in college when it came out and we figured that's why we'd be in 15 years. Still got time.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:35 am
by Abandoned by Wolves
Shapecharge wrote:There hasn't been anything like that or say Caddy Shack or Animal House, Airplane etc. in forever. A comedy that everyone has seen and everyone knows all the lines from. It's fucking sad really. If there has been one recently I'm certainly not remembering it.
That's because most current farcical comedies are based on pop culture references to other movies, bodily functions, and illicit or bawdy sex. Nothing wrong with any of those, but they have no heart and they aren't ABOUT anything. Animal House was funny because it set a standard and it had a point of view. Movies referencing Animal House to get their laughs...? You can only go to the well so many times.
Re: Movie 43
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:43 pm
by TerryB
Shapecharge wrote:There hasn't been anything like that or say Caddy Shack or Animal House, Airplane etc. in forever. A comedy that everyone has seen and everyone knows all the lines from. It's fucking sad really. If there has been one recently I'm certainly not remembering it.
Yes, there have been no quality, cult-classic comedies since 1978-80.
Jesus. How old ARE you??