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re: This Is the End - People Need to Stop Hyping this Movie Up
Posted on 6/19/13 at 12:14 pm to LoveThatMoney
Posted on 6/19/13 at 12:14 pm to LoveThatMoney
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But it is a pretty disjointed and poorly made film. It's mostly them just sitting around doing stupid shite.
Sooooo, you were expecting a comedy about the end of the world to be some sort of well written oscar winning film?
I've come to the conclusion that alot of you go into movies expecting WAY too much. As if you're critics that get paid to find flaws.
Spare me.
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Posted on 6/19/13 at 12:25 pm to Prominentwon
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Sooooo, you were expecting a comedy about the end of the world to be some sort of well written oscar winning film?
No. I go into a movie expecting to have a coherent fricking plot. I could give a shite if it's Oscar worthy. I also went in to this movie not expecting much. When I saw this board was dropping its panties over the movie, I thought it was good to inject some other point of view and bring some rational reason why I thought it wasn't as great as everyone was making it out to be.
For frick's sake, people. You can have your opinions. Not all movies need to be best picture worthy. Not all comedies need to be airtight. But a story should have a plot line that flows and makes sense, whether it's a comedy, drama, or otherwise. This is the End was fairly bad in this regard. It is a funny movie. It is not as funny as it could have been in part because it didn't build on itself. The scenes were too individualized.
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Spare me.
Same to you.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 2:08 pm to LoveThatMoney
I had great expectations for it ... and STILL thought it was Hilarious!!! Seen it twice this week.
Posted on 6/21/13 at 6:54 pm to CMPunkBITW
I thought Pineapple Express was hilarious and I look forward to this one as well.
Posted on 6/21/13 at 7:09 pm to LoveThatMoney
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I go into a movie expecting to have a coherent fricking plot.
I don't think you should ever go into a comedy expecting this. Comedy is typically an art that requires quite a bit of suspension of disbelief. Did you think Blazing Saddles was coherent when it gloriously broke the 4th Wall? How about Monty Python and the Holy Grail on... everything? The Naked Gun is pure nonsense, as is airplane. Plot coherence should not be something used when viewing stoner comedies. All that matters is if its funny really.
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Not all comedies need to be airtight. But a story should have a plot line that flows and makes sense, whether it's a comedy, drama, or otherwise. This is the End was fairly bad in this regard. It is a funny movie. It is not as funny as it could have been in part because it didn't build on itself. The scenes were too individualized.
Ummm, you're describing half the great comedies in my mind. Coherence in comedies is overrated, because the complete lack of it is typically incredibly funny, as long as it knows what makes it incoherent. One of my favorite comedies of all time, Hot Fuzz, had a very coherent plot, but then it turns that competent plot completely over it's head into something absolutely ridiculous, and it took the film from great to legendary. This is the End gets why it is incoherent, but it still has coherent character development, which is what I like about it.
This post was edited on 6/21/13 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 6/21/13 at 7:36 pm to LoveThatMoney
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. But it is a pretty disjointed and poorly made film
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I recommend you take a look at some of the classic comedies out there, from Caddyshack
are you being ironical?
Posted on 6/21/13 at 7:40 pm to SlowFlowPro
His irony is rather disjointed.
Posted on 6/21/13 at 7:52 pm to PsychTiger
Seriously, Caddyshack has no real plot and certainly no character development. It's just designed to be funny. Plus 100% of the film was improvised basically, so who gives a shite if its coherent?
Posted on 6/21/13 at 7:55 pm to OMLandshark
Perhaps he got his definition of irony from Alanis Morissette.
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:03 pm to LoveThatMoney
I'm going to add this to my list of dumb comedies I have never seen with The Waterboy and Ricky Bobby.
This post was edited on 6/21/13 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:04 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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I'm going to add this to my list of dumb comedies I have never seen with The Waterboy and Ricky Bobby.
it's not really a "dumb" comedy. it's very self referential
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:12 pm to SlowFlowPro
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it's not really a "dumb" comedy. it's very self referential
Seriously, but I still think he's missing out with Ricky Bobby.
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:25 pm to OMLandshark
i have a soft spot for ricky bobby. great dialogue...ridiculous, obviously, but it has some shite
SBC plays a great villain, too
SBC plays a great villain, too
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:26 pm to LoveThatMoney
I thought this movie was funny. Much funnier than a lot of movies recently but I love this entire group of actors.
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:27 pm to Draconian Sanctions
STFU. These guys that make these movies are better and smarter than you. DWI.
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:27 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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I'm going to add this to my list of dumb comedies I have never seen with The Waterboy and Ricky Bobby.
Yeah, I don't think you would like them. They are nothing like The Bird Cage.
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:27 pm to DMagic
jonah hill's haircut is the most underrated part of this movie
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:36 pm to SlowFlowPro
His earring was funny too.
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:42 pm to DMagic
remember that time this guy was bashing some comedy movies, and went on to say that Harold & Kumar Escape from GB was the funniest movie of all time...
Oh lawd!!!
Oh lawd!!!
Posted on 6/21/13 at 8:47 pm to Jizzamo311
I hate that a lot of Micheal Cera's jokes were in the previews
I loved it when they filmed Pineapple Express 2. Lol.
Mcbride and Franco going at it was great.
I loved it when they filmed Pineapple Express 2. Lol.
Mcbride and Franco going at it was great.
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