Judd Apatow presents a Judd Apatow Film by Judd Apatow with friends of Judd Apatow's

YaYa

so Funny People's out and it's pretty good

Judd Apatow really needs to stop putting his name on every little film, though, he's starting to rub me the wrong way

so talk about Judd Apatow films and Funny People and also other movies in here

personally I thought Funny People was a really interesting turn for Apatow, a lot darker and more mature than the rest of his stuff

as such, it isn't really a comedy so much as a really funny drama, and I feel like the advertising let it down, but I still enjoyed it, and it's always nice to see Adam Sandler actually act

alternatively, if you're now crushing on Aubrey Plaza because of Funny People you can talk about friending the hell out of her here

Butters

He can stop putting his name on things when they stop being awesome. In this instance he's being quite helpful considering you don't know what to expect from a movie with Adam Sandler's name on it.

YaYa

but Butters it's a really serious movie at times

I didn't know what to expect because of Judd Apatow's name on it!

Cristoval

It's usually the studios who like to put the directors name on things and yeah it can get pretty annoying.

This was a pretty great movie regardless even though it was a millennium long. However the length didn't really bother me that much because there was always something interesting going on, unlike Knocked Up.

Leslie Mann has also become my favorite supporting actress/character. Curse you Judd Apatow!

Ten

September

YaYa

Cristoval where did you find that pic of Ramona in your avatar

e: hi Ten, America says hello

Up was great, by the way, you should go se-

oh

yeah

Viscount Islands

Has Judd Apatow made a bad film recently?

Clint Eastwood

Never really liked Adam Sandler much. The possibility of seeing him die of leukemia is exciting though.

Cristoval

So hey, is the deli which Ira works in the very same from The Wrestler?

YaYa

Judd Apatow himself has made nothing but great films

I didn't care for Pineapple Express which had his name on it for some reason, and we all know how I felt about Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Defender

Wait why would he not put his name on his films? I mean unless he thinks the film sucks, in which case we go with Alan Smithee(e?), but, like...why not? It's his career. Name recognition matters. This is where his food comes from.

Cristoval

YaYa wrote:

Cristoval where did you find that pic of Ramona in your avatar

It's from this video blog on the official movie site!

Meissnerd

ban jonah hill

YaYa

Cristoval wrote: »

YaYa wrote:

Cristoval where did you find that pic of Ramona in your avatar

It's from this video blog on the official movie site!

yaaayyy

man Winstead's cute

wanna cuddle that girl

cuddle her hard

Meissnerd: he's pretty funny in this, and I usually don't like him either

also Jason Schwartzmann is amazing in it

Cristoval

Jonah Hill had some of the best lines in this movie.

Also, anytime Jason Schwartzman was on screen I got all warm and fuzzy inside.

Tanolen

I was suprised that a trailer for funny people actually told the whole plot to the movie, including most of the twists.

Butters

Defender wrote: »

Wait why would he not put his name on his films? I mean unless he thinks the film sucks, in which case we go with Alan Smithee(e?), but, like...why not? It's his career. Name recognition matters. This is where his food comes from.

Because YaYa doesn't understand things.

YaYa

Butters wrote: »

Defender wrote: »

Wait why would he not put his name on his films? I mean unless he thinks the film sucks, in which case we go with Alan Smithee(e?), but, like...why not? It's his career. Name recognition matters. This is where his food comes from.

Because YaYa doesn't understand things.

it's more that everyone (studios included) will call Pineapple Express or what have you a Judd Apatow film when in reality he just produced it

same thing that bugs me about District 9 being called a Peter Jackson film

Tasteticle

I don't get all the Jonah Hill hate on this board. He always gets laughs out of me.

Cristoval

The thing I like about Apatow movie trailers is that they rarely give any of the good jokes away, since they usually switch them out for more R rated versions in the film.

Butters

When you produce a film it's your film. That's how it has always worked.

YaYa

Butters wrote: »

When you produce a film it's your film. That's how it has always worked.

nooo, when you direct a film it's your film

Blankspace

YaYa wrote: »

but Butters it's a really serious movie at times

I didn't know what to expect because of Judd Apatow's name on it!

:?

Most of Apatow's actual work has a serious side to it.

You are dumb.

Tasteticle

If you produce, write or direct a film it is also partly your film.

Butters

YaYa wrote: »

Butters wrote: »

When you produce a film it's your film. That's how it has always worked.

nooo, when you direct a film it's your film

Wrong, you direct the producer's film. The producer secures funding for the film. The film belongs to who pays for it not who directs it.

See the following: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11109004&postcount=17

Tasteticle

Blankspace wrote: »

YaYa wrote: »

but Butters it's a really serious movie at times

I didn't know what to expect because of Judd Apatow's name on it!

:?

Most of Apatow's actual work has a serious side to it.

You are dumb.

Not to this degree.

This is an entirely different beast than 40 year old virgin or knocked up

Ten

YaYa wrote: »

Cristoval where did you find that pic of Ramona in your avatar

e: hi Ten, America says hello

Up was great, by the way, you should go se-

oh

yeah

Dammit, don't rub it in. Two of my most anticipated films of the year and they both get delayed by months.

And yet Transformers fucking 2 gets a simultaneous release. FUCK YOU CINEMA GUYS

Edit: Also hi America, see you next year

Javen

YaYa wrote: »

but Butters it's a really serious movie at times

I didn't know what to expect because of Judd Apatow's name on it!

Isn't that a good thing though?

It's like if I go to see a movie with M Night Shamoo I always know to expect some sort of Sixth Sense bullshit. It's good to see that a director can deviate from his norm, even somewhat.

Blankspace

Tasteticle wrote: »

Blankspace wrote: »

YaYa wrote: »

but Butters it's a really serious movie at times

I didn't know what to expect because of Judd Apatow's name on it!

:?

Most of Apatow's actual work has a serious side to it.

You are dumb.

Not to this degree.

This is an entirely different beast than 40 year old virgin or knocked up

This is true, but saying JUDD APATOW HAS SERIOUS STUFF?? is pretty dumb.

YaYa

Blankspace wrote: »

YaYa wrote: »

but Butters it's a really serious movie at times

I didn't know what to expect because of Judd Apatow's name on it!

:?

Most of Apatow's actual work has a serious side to it.

You are dumb.

no, I know that part

but even for Apatow it's a pretty maudlin movie at times

basically all of George Simmons stand up is the most depressing thing ever

Tasteticle: fine I can get behind that

Blank: I never said he didn't! but Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin can be and are classified as comedies

I wouldn't call Funny People a comedy

InHuman

Jonah hill is a dick.

Butters

Blankspace wrote: »

Tasteticle wrote: »

Blankspace wrote: »

YaYa wrote: »

but Butters it's a really serious movie at times

I didn't know what to expect because of Judd Apatow's name on it!

:?

Most of Apatow's actual work has a serious side to it.

You are dumb.

Not to this degree.

This is an entirely different beast than 40 year old virgin or knocked up

This is true, but saying JUDD APATOW HAS SERIOUS STUFF?? is pretty dumb.

YaYa

Defender

Butters wrote: »

YaYa wrote: »

Butters wrote: »

When you produce a film it's your film. That's how it has always worked.

nooo, when you direct a film it's your film

Wrong, you direct the producer's film. The producer secures funding for the film. The film belongs to who pays for it not who directs it.

See the following: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11109004&postcount=17

Some people who are both (Spielberg, I believe) feel that the film is the director's film, even though the studio clearly owns it. As a game developer, I can see this perspective, like, if a studio makes a game and publishes it through EA or Activision or Ubisoft, it's still "the studio's game" as far as the actual content goes, although it obviously belongs to the publisher in some way or another.

PiptheFair

BUT I LOVE THE ROAST BEEF

Septus

Butters wrote: »

YaYa wrote: »

Butters wrote: »

When you produce a film it's your film. That's how it has always worked.

nooo, when you direct a film it's your film

Wrong, you direct the producer's film. The producer secures funding for the film. The film belongs to who pays for it not who directs it.

See the following: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11109004&postcount=17

The Producer might have more ownership in a way, but I certainly give more credit to a director of a good movie than the producer.

Also plenty of producers don't get their names thrown out there as much as Apatow's. It seems odd to me.

Tasteticle

Also on the subject of comedies I am looking forward to this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeZMNxB0BOQ

Zonugal

YaYa wrote: »

alternatively, if you're now crushing on Aubrey Plaza because of Funny People you can talk about friending the hell out of her here

I still have to side with Leslie Mann more than Aubrey Plaza.

Lord Dave

We went to an awesome taping/show for this movie.

David Spade and Patton Oswalt were way funnier than Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler and they don't even get to be in the movie!

Also John C Reilly was there. His head is very big.

Viscount Islands

InHuman wrote: »

Jonah hill is a dick.

Do tell.

YaYa

Zonugal wrote: »

YaYa wrote: »

alternatively, if you're now crushing on Aubrey Plaza because of Funny People you can talk about friending the hell out of her here

I still have to side with Leslie Mann more than Aubrey Plaza.

I was crushing on Leslie Mann way before Funny People

Apatow your wife is wonderful, fuck you for marrying her

Tasteticle

Lord Dave wrote: »

We went to an awesome taping/show for this movie.

David Spade and Patton Oswalt were way funnier than Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler and they don't even get to be in the movie!

Also John C Reilly was there. His head is very big.

I heard about that thing.

That was a way cool way of filming those scenes.