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Movie Release Awareness for April '09
Gim
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Watchmen had their time in the sun, now it is onward to
Movies for April 2009
April 3:
Adventureland
Director: Greg Mottola
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds (Full Cast)
Studio: Miramax Films
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: During the summer of 1987, recent college grad James Brennan (Eisenberg) takes what he thinks is a going-nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to discover it's a perfect opportunity to prepare himself for the real world.
Snark: Looks like it might be good, although I'm just waiting for Jesse Eisenberg to be a vampire. Damn you, Stewart.
Fast & Furious
Director: Justin Lin
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez (Full Cast)
Studio: Universal Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: [STRIKE]Joel and Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $10,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.[/STRIKE] The feud between ex-con Dominic Toretto (Diesel) and agent Brian O'Connor (Walker) is reignited back in Los Angeles, where a crime has pitted the two men against one another yet again. However, when they realize they have a common enemy, they put their past behind them and unite to stick it to their foe.
Snark: Car porn.
Sugar [limited]
Directors: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Stars: Algenis Perez Soto (Full Cast)
Studio: HBO Films
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A chronicle of Miguel "Sugar" Santos's experience in the U.S., as the young Dominican baseball star is recruited to play in the minor leagues.
Snark: Wild Thing! You make my heart sing. :whistle:
I am sorry, my knowledge of baseball movies is rather limited.
Gigantic [LA/NY]
Director: Matt Aselton
Stars: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman (Full Cast)
Studio: First Independent Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Mattress salesman Brian Weathersby (Dano) finds his plan to adopt a Chinese baby augmented by the arrival of a young woman, Happy (Deschanel), who comes into his workplaces, falls asleep on one of the beds, and starts to affect his life upon waking up.
Snark: Zooey Deschanel and her bangs will continue to bewitch this guy while I'm going to assume that Paul Dano will be beaten to death at the end of this film because, well, that's just the way he should die in every film. Wait a second, her character name is Happy? Bring me the head of the scriptwriter.
Faubourg 36 (Paris 36) [limited]
Director: Christophe Barratier
Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
(imdb, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: In the spring of 1936, three residents of "the Faubourg," a working class neighborhood north of Paris, look to produce a musical that will bring back to life their cherished local theater.
Snark: Ooo la la, a 30s musical.
Alien Trespass [limited]
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Stars: Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick (Full Cast)
Studio: Roadside Attractions
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A sci-fi/comedy set in 1957, in which residents of a small town in the Mojave Desert make an alliance with an alien named Urp, whose ship has crash-landed on Earth and released a second creature, the monstrous Ghota, who is bent on destroying humankind.
Snark: Uh-huh.
The Escapist [NYC]
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Stars: Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes (Full Cast)
Studio: IFC Films
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Frank Perry (Cox) concocts a scheme to bust out of prison with a band of fellow inmates in order to make peace with his ailing, estranged daughter.
Snark: Oh God, I bet Cox eats people. Possibly Fiennes.
____________________________________________________________________________
April 10:
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Director: Peter Chelsom
Stars: Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Billy Ray Cyrus (Full Cast)
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: As Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart (Miley Ray Cyrus), urged on by her father (Billy Ray Cyrus) takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.
Snark: I Don't Care and Neither Should You: The Judgment
Observe and Report
Director: Jody Hill
Stars: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta (Full Cast)
Studio: Warner Bros.
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt (Rogen) is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't apprehend the culprit, a surly police detective (Liotta), is recruited to close the case, bringing out the worst in Ronnie's temperamental personality.
Snark: Seth Blart.
Dragonball Evolution
Director: James Wong
Stars: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Yun-Fat Chow (Full Cast)
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Upon discovering he was sent to Earth to carrying out a sinister plan, a humanoid alien named Goku (Chatwin) looks to fulfill his dying grandfather's wish: Prevent the evil Piccolo (Marsters) and his alien forces from collecting seven mystical artifacts which would allow him to take over our planet. In order to fend off the attackers, Goku must find Master Roshi (Chow), who is the one person who can set him on the right path.
Snark: This is real? I thought that thread was a put-on.
____________________________________________________________________________
April 17:
State of Play
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck (Full Cast)
Studio: Universal Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Picture-perfect U.S. congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) seems to be the rising star in the world of politics -- until his research assistant, who was also his mistress, is murdered. And then the secrets start coming out... It's up to star reporter Cal McCaffrey (Russell Crowe) and his co-hort Della (Rachel McAdams) to uncover the truth, but there are three things that complicate matters: 1) Cal's friendship and loyalty to Stephen; 2) their ruthless editor (Helen Mirren); and 3) a conspiracy that goes far, far deeper than they thought.
Snark: Helen Mirren, why are you so ruthless? When will you acquire some ruth.
Crank: High Voltage
Directors: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
Stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Jr. (Full Cast)
Studio: Lionsgate
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: When we last saw Chev Chelios (Statham), it appeared as though the assassin had met his maker. Wrong. As his story continues, Chelios hunts down the mobster who stole his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Snark: "Statham: Yell it while you're fucking!"
17 Again
Director: Burr Steers
Stars: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann (Full Cast)
Studio: New Line Cinema
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Mike O'Donnell (Perry) has lived a life full of regrets. Suddenly, he reverts back to his 17-year-old self (Efron) who looks to navigate high school and create a path that leads to a better adult existence.
Snark: Big 2: : Electric Boogaloo
Every Little Step [limited]
Directors: Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern
Stars: (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Plot: A documentary that follows a group of dancers as they navigate the auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line".
Snark: It's like "The Chorus Line Surrounding A Chorus Line".
____________________________________________________________________________
April 22:
Earth
Directors: Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield
Stars: Patrick Stewart (Full Cast)
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A documentary that follows the migration paths of four animal families.
Snark: I am hoping that one of those animal families is Patrick Stewart.
____________________________________________________________________________
April 24:
Obsessed
Director: Steve Shill
Stars: Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba, Ali Larter (Full Cast)
Studio: Screen Gems
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A successful business man (Elba) with a beautiful wife (Knowles) becomes the target of a female stalker (Larter).
Snark: But they all bond over sadomasochism and move to the south of France to open a pet store, the end.
Fighting
Director: Dito Montiel
Stars: Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Luis Guzmán (Full Cast)
Studio: Rogue Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: In New York City, a young counterfeiter (Tatum) is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist (Howard), who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.
Snark: Like street dancing, but with your fists.
The Soloist
Director: Joe Wright
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener (Full Cast)
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: In Los Angeles, reporter Steve Lopez (Downey Jr.) befriends Nathaniel Ayers (Foxx), a brilliant but troubled musician and one-time Julliard student who currently lives on Skid Row. In a series of revealing articles, Lopez draws attention to Ayers's remarkable story, while Ayers still dreams of a grand performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Snark: But in a twist ending, the Concert Hall performs inside of him.
Tyson [limited]
Director: James Toback
Stars: Mike Tyson (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A mixture of original interviews, archival footage, and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson.
Snark: The man, the myth, the funny voice.
Mutant Chronicles [limited]
Director: Simon Hunter
Stars: Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki (Full Cast)
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: In the year 2707, a soldier (Jane) leads a campaign to save the Earth -- which has been rendered unrecognizable from a war between the four corporations who control the planet -- from the mutant menace which has been unleashed from its prison by an explosion.
Snark: I hope they're not still speaking English in the 28th century.
____________________________________________________________________________
If I see anything, it'll probably be Adventureland. I think Earth is supposed to be a repackaged version of 'Planet Earth', so I would do better to kidnap Stewart and have him narrate the movie in my living room. Gigantic, well, I'd rather wait for 500 Days of Summer.
How about you, what strikes your fancy for this April?
Movies for April 2009
April 3:
Adventureland
Director: Greg Mottola
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds (Full Cast)
Studio: Miramax Films
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: During the summer of 1987, recent college grad James Brennan (Eisenberg) takes what he thinks is a going-nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to discover it's a perfect opportunity to prepare himself for the real world.
Snark: Looks like it might be good, although I'm just waiting for Jesse Eisenberg to be a vampire. Damn you, Stewart.
Fast & Furious
Director: Justin Lin
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez (Full Cast)
Studio: Universal Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: [STRIKE]Joel and Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $10,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.[/STRIKE] The feud between ex-con Dominic Toretto (Diesel) and agent Brian O'Connor (Walker) is reignited back in Los Angeles, where a crime has pitted the two men against one another yet again. However, when they realize they have a common enemy, they put their past behind them and unite to stick it to their foe.
Snark: Car porn.
Sugar [limited]
Directors: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Stars: Algenis Perez Soto (Full Cast)
Studio: HBO Films
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A chronicle of Miguel "Sugar" Santos's experience in the U.S., as the young Dominican baseball star is recruited to play in the minor leagues.
Snark: Wild Thing! You make my heart sing. :whistle:
I am sorry, my knowledge of baseball movies is rather limited.
Gigantic [LA/NY]
Director: Matt Aselton
Stars: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman (Full Cast)
Studio: First Independent Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Mattress salesman Brian Weathersby (Dano) finds his plan to adopt a Chinese baby augmented by the arrival of a young woman, Happy (Deschanel), who comes into his workplaces, falls asleep on one of the beds, and starts to affect his life upon waking up.
Snark: Zooey Deschanel and her bangs will continue to bewitch this guy while I'm going to assume that Paul Dano will be beaten to death at the end of this film because, well, that's just the way he should die in every film. Wait a second, her character name is Happy? Bring me the head of the scriptwriter.
Faubourg 36 (Paris 36) [limited]
Director: Christophe Barratier
Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
(imdb, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: In the spring of 1936, three residents of "the Faubourg," a working class neighborhood north of Paris, look to produce a musical that will bring back to life their cherished local theater.
Snark: Ooo la la, a 30s musical.
Alien Trespass [limited]
Director: R.W. Goodwin
Stars: Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick (Full Cast)
Studio: Roadside Attractions
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A sci-fi/comedy set in 1957, in which residents of a small town in the Mojave Desert make an alliance with an alien named Urp, whose ship has crash-landed on Earth and released a second creature, the monstrous Ghota, who is bent on destroying humankind.
Snark: Uh-huh.
The Escapist [NYC]
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Stars: Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes (Full Cast)
Studio: IFC Films
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Frank Perry (Cox) concocts a scheme to bust out of prison with a band of fellow inmates in order to make peace with his ailing, estranged daughter.
Snark: Oh God, I bet Cox eats people. Possibly Fiennes.
____________________________________________________________________________
April 10:
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Director: Peter Chelsom
Stars: Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Billy Ray Cyrus (Full Cast)
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: As Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart (Miley Ray Cyrus), urged on by her father (Billy Ray Cyrus) takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.
Snark: I Don't Care and Neither Should You: The Judgment
Observe and Report
Director: Jody Hill
Stars: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta (Full Cast)
Studio: Warner Bros.
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt (Rogen) is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't apprehend the culprit, a surly police detective (Liotta), is recruited to close the case, bringing out the worst in Ronnie's temperamental personality.
Snark: Seth Blart.
Dragonball Evolution
Director: James Wong
Stars: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Yun-Fat Chow (Full Cast)
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Upon discovering he was sent to Earth to carrying out a sinister plan, a humanoid alien named Goku (Chatwin) looks to fulfill his dying grandfather's wish: Prevent the evil Piccolo (Marsters) and his alien forces from collecting seven mystical artifacts which would allow him to take over our planet. In order to fend off the attackers, Goku must find Master Roshi (Chow), who is the one person who can set him on the right path.
Snark: This is real? I thought that thread was a put-on.
____________________________________________________________________________
April 17:
State of Play
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck (Full Cast)
Studio: Universal Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Picture-perfect U.S. congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) seems to be the rising star in the world of politics -- until his research assistant, who was also his mistress, is murdered. And then the secrets start coming out... It's up to star reporter Cal McCaffrey (Russell Crowe) and his co-hort Della (Rachel McAdams) to uncover the truth, but there are three things that complicate matters: 1) Cal's friendship and loyalty to Stephen; 2) their ruthless editor (Helen Mirren); and 3) a conspiracy that goes far, far deeper than they thought.
Snark: Helen Mirren, why are you so ruthless? When will you acquire some ruth.
Crank: High Voltage
Directors: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
Stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Jr. (Full Cast)
Studio: Lionsgate
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: When we last saw Chev Chelios (Statham), it appeared as though the assassin had met his maker. Wrong. As his story continues, Chelios hunts down the mobster who stole his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Snark: "Statham: Yell it while you're fucking!"
17 Again
Director: Burr Steers
Stars: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann (Full Cast)
Studio: New Line Cinema
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: Mike O'Donnell (Perry) has lived a life full of regrets. Suddenly, he reverts back to his 17-year-old self (Efron) who looks to navigate high school and create a path that leads to a better adult existence.
Snark: Big 2: : Electric Boogaloo
Every Little Step [limited]
Directors: Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern
Stars: (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Plot: A documentary that follows a group of dancers as they navigate the auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line".
Snark: It's like "The Chorus Line Surrounding A Chorus Line".
____________________________________________________________________________
April 22:
Earth
Directors: Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield
Stars: Patrick Stewart (Full Cast)
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A documentary that follows the migration paths of four animal families.
Snark: I am hoping that one of those animal families is Patrick Stewart.
____________________________________________________________________________
April 24:
Obsessed
Director: Steve Shill
Stars: Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba, Ali Larter (Full Cast)
Studio: Screen Gems
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A successful business man (Elba) with a beautiful wife (Knowles) becomes the target of a female stalker (Larter).
Snark: But they all bond over sadomasochism and move to the south of France to open a pet store, the end.
Fighting
Director: Dito Montiel
Stars: Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Luis Guzmán (Full Cast)
Studio: Rogue Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: In New York City, a young counterfeiter (Tatum) is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist (Howard), who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.
Snark: Like street dancing, but with your fists.
The Soloist
Director: Joe Wright
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener (Full Cast)
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: In Los Angeles, reporter Steve Lopez (Downey Jr.) befriends Nathaniel Ayers (Foxx), a brilliant but troubled musician and one-time Julliard student who currently lives on Skid Row. In a series of revealing articles, Lopez draws attention to Ayers's remarkable story, while Ayers still dreams of a grand performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Snark: But in a twist ending, the Concert Hall performs inside of him.
Tyson [limited]
Director: James Toback
Stars: Mike Tyson (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: A mixture of original interviews, archival footage, and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson.
Snark: The man, the myth, the funny voice.
Mutant Chronicles [limited]
Director: Simon Hunter
Stars: Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki (Full Cast)
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
(imdb, wiki, apple trailer, rotten tomatoes)
Plot: In the year 2707, a soldier (Jane) leads a campaign to save the Earth -- which has been rendered unrecognizable from a war between the four corporations who control the planet -- from the mutant menace which has been unleashed from its prison by an explosion.
Snark: I hope they're not still speaking English in the 28th century.
____________________________________________________________________________
If I see anything, it'll probably be Adventureland. I think Earth is supposed to be a repackaged version of 'Planet Earth', so I would do better to kidnap Stewart and have him narrate the movie in my living room. Gigantic, well, I'd rather wait for 500 Days of Summer.
How about you, what strikes your fancy for this April?
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I'll be renting the new Crank.
The Soloists could be decent though.
I didn't see the first, but I really hope the only lip service they pay to the first one in terms of backstory resolution is
"I thought you died?"
"I thought so, too."
*87 minute action/sex sequence ensues*
And for the love of God, never use CG for street racing again.
Fast & Furious (I'm sorry)
Observe and Report
and mother fucking Crank 2 yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahhhh
I'm dumb, so I'll probably go see Dragonball and Crank, and possibly Mutant Chronicles if one of my friends wants to.
You are.
Adventureland will be hilarious, but we didn't get it this week (hopefully next week).
Everything else looks rent-tastic.
And what the fuck? James Marsters and Chow Yun-Fat in a Dragonball movie? And I hadn't heard anything about this? Damn, I must be giving all things anime-esque a wide berth.
Bigger screen?
It's definitely a niche release.
I'm really looking forward to seeing Tokyo! too.
It opens in my art house theatre on the 10th.
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Also, I will try to see Adventureland, F&F, and Observe and Report.
Apparently Crank 2 literally begins right where the first one left off.
It's highly likely I won't see anything, though.
But May is just around the corner now. MAY! Wolverine! Star Trek!... ok, apparently I could get Wolverine now if I really wanted to. But I don't. I'll support my foxy, marvelous overlords.
And I liked Street Fighter.
Though I did like the forehead moment.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhh
What? Patrick Stewart's voice is in the previews though, isn't it?
Can we get a blu-ray release with both voices? :P
I'd go see it in I-Max, but otherwise yea, we have Planet Earth on HDDVD already.
Wait, what?
This just got bumped from "renter" to at least two theater viewings for me. That sets the perfect tone.
What's funny is that after seeing it with my friends the first time we were sitting around laughing and going "oh man, wouldn't it be funny if..." and then they did it. Which may or may not be teh sign of a good movie, but it at least should be fun as hell.
Man, what a horrible line up, I can't decide which is worst. My money is on Seth Rogen, seriously, this new wave of stoner 'comedies' Just. Aren't. Funny. :x
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Elsewise, I'm not seeing any of those things with the possible exception of Crank 2.
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I wouldn't call them stoner comedies so much as comedies about sub-average men learning lessons they should have learned a long time ago, like how to be responsible and deal with break-ups.
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Because if the female is the lead and has to put up with the guy until he learns these lessons, then it is a romantic comedy.
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The best female in an Apatow comedy so far was Kristen Bell's character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and in the last quarter of the film she breaks up with boyfriend, gets rejected by the lead, loses her job, and gets herpes.
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They definitely seemed to make her the bad guy when I Agree with her, the guy was a lazy dick and she tried to make him not be and he continued to be a lazy dick so she left him. She tried at least, more than he did and he realised too late.
For that shes relegated to some crappy tv show.
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Yeah, my mistake.
Jason Segal has some issues with women.
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Most of the "Apatow" films these days are only produced by him, they are written/directed/etc by others.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall was written by its lead, Jason Segel.
And Apatow had nothing to do with Observe & Report, which looks to be pretty far from a stoner film. According to Cinematical's review, this is a pretty unusual mainstream comedy.
But I do agree, Apatow should write a film with a female lead and/or one with a different comedic style.
EDIT: Hmm, did it really take me that long to write this post? Is it really 8 am in the morning? And where are my socks?
I heard from someone who saw an advanced screening that it was very very good.
from that review: