Alaska and I think Ben Stiller sucks...

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:51 pm

no.. i think i understood where you were going with your post drizzle

as soon as mcbride hits a certain level of popularity (which he is sure to hit) and gets comfortable within a certain niche.. a backlash is guaranteed to happen. as i said above.. i'm sure a new jody hill/danny mcbride movie with some real money behind it will happen sooner than later (and that's partially why i'm not as interested in them trying to milk eb&d).

but i also wouldn't be too surprised if mcbride ended up in another dramatic role in a depressing dgg indie drama. the north carolina school of arts alliance (david gordon green/danny mcbride/jody hill/ben best/tim orr) seems to be a strong one @ this point

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:52 pm

Icesickle wrote:it addresses topics that a lot of classic old school comedy tackles (class climbing and the social mores of gender roles)

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:59 pm

ackbar wrote:no.. i think i understood where you were going with your post drizzle

as soon as mcbride hits a certain level of popularity (which he is sure to hit) and gets comfortable within a certain niche.. a backlash is guaranteed to happen. as i said above.. i'm sure a new jody hill/danny mcbride movie with some real money behind it will happen sooner than later (and that's partially why i'm not as interested in them trying to milk eb&d).

but i also wouldn't be too surprised if mcbride ended up in another dramatic role in a depressing dgg indie drama. the north carolina school of arts alliance (david gordon green/danny mcbride/jody hill/ben best/tim orr) seems to be a strong one @ this point

yeah that's more or less what i had in mind, we're basically on the same page. just pointing out that it will happen inevitably. i misundestood where you were going with it

i had no idea all these people went to school together

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:02 pm

drizzle wrote:
Icesickle wrote: it addresses topics that a lot of classic old school comedy tackles (class climbing and the social mores of gender roles),
examples pls

(note that i'm not actually disagreeing with you)

Some Like It Hot
Christmas in July

That's all I got right now.

A more modern example of what I'm talking about is Trading Places, although Meet the Parents isn't as obvious with its class critiques and does it through the filter a middle class mensch visiting the "foreign" upper class world, as opposed to filtering it through the eyes of a working class guy (ie Murphy).

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:07 pm

Brougham33 · Post by **Brougham33** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:17 pm

Stiller is funny. Worn out his welcome, maybe, but still pretty funny.

And I agree with everything Ice has said about Meet the Parents....

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:20 pm

Icesickle wrote:A more modern example of what I'm talking about is Trading Places, although Meet the Parents isn't as obvious with its class critiques and does it through the filter a middle class mensch visiting the "foreign" upper class world, as opposed to filtering it through the eyes of a working class guy (ie Murphy).

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:28 pm

Brougham33 wrote:And I agree with everything Ice has said about Meet the Parents....

It's not as "edgy" for a lot of people on here to regard as "classic," imo, but its biggest selling points for me is that it doesn't try too hard for laughs (eg Something About Mary) and isn't obvious at all with its class critiques. Its funnier and more well made than people are giving it credit for.

I'm going to put it in my REVISIT series after I get to The Assassination of Jesse James...

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:29 pm

Moolah wrote:
Icesickle wrote:A more modern example of what I'm talking about is Trading Places, although Meet the Parents isn't as obvious with its class critiques and does it through the filter a middle class mensch visiting the "foreign" upper class world, as opposed to filtering it through the eyes of a working class guy (ie Murphy).

I don't get what all the

is about.

:SHOCKER: talking about social critique in comedies :SHOCKER:.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:29 pm

oh man, great movie that i really don't want to watch again

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:32 pm

drizzle wrote:oh man, great movie that i really don't want to watch again

Assassination or Meet the Parents?

Assassination is that crack son, especially on a big screen HDTV. I can't turn it off when it comes on cable.

I can't think of that many scenes this decade that are as well put together as that train robbery scene.

Get ready to get cysed son: Dominik's next movie is an adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy novel (Cities of the Plain).

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:37 pm

assasination, i can and have watched 'parents' over and over. assasination is nearly perfect in all technical aspects, but it's too much

Quotashun · Post by **Quotashun** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:49 pm

I think I'm the only person in the world who really liked the Starsky & Hutch remake, and especially Stiller (well aside from my ex who also dug it).

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:50 pm

^^^I didn't it was that bad either

Lebong Jame$ · Post by **Lebong Jame$** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:36 pm

Spartan wrote:Stiller actually produced The Ruins which I thought was one of the better US horror movies that I've seen in recent years.

that movie was a joke on every level

stiller used to be funny. so did ferrell. but its obviously a changing of guards with those dudes being the past, the rogen/rudd crew being the present, and that that kid (cant recall his name) from superbad and the other young dudes in that and knocked up being the future. micheal cera doesnt belong anywhere. he's a faggot

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:40 pm

Ice, I don't necessarily mean this in an offensive way, but you really type like a dickhead

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm

Tommy Bunz wrote:Ice, I don't necessarily mean this in an offensive way, but you really type like a dickhead

Love love baby.

Lebong: The fat kid in Superbad is funny, but the future is Sasha Baron Cohen and Russell Brand. Rudd, Rogen, and the fat kid don't have near the acting chops and comedic talent that those two dudes have. Cohen needs to step his game up and release the Bruno movie with the quickness though because he's losing steam.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:47 pm

Fat kid peaked in 40 Year Old Virgin

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:20 pm

Icesickle wrote:
Moolah wrote:
Icesickle wrote:A more modern example of what I'm talking about is Trading Places, although Meet the Parents isn't as obvious with its class critiques and does it through the filter a middle class mensch visiting the "foreign" upper class world, as opposed to filtering it through the eyes of a working class guy (ie Murphy).

I don't get what all the is about.

:SHOCKER: talking about social critique in comedies :SHOCKER:.

I'm shocked that people actually think like you. Did you appreciate "The Hot Chick" for challenging gender norms in post 9/11 America?

battlecatmeowstab212 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:35 pm

Moolah wrote:
Icesickle wrote:
Moolah wrote:
Icesickle wrote:A more modern example of what I'm talking about is Trading Places, although Meet the Parents isn't as obvious with its class critiques and does it through the filter a middle class mensch visiting the "foreign" upper class world, as opposed to filtering it through the eyes of a working class guy (ie Murphy).

I don't get what all the is about.

:SHOCKER: talking about social critique in comedies :SHOCKER:.
I'm shocked that people actually think like you. Did you appreciate "The Hot Chick" for challenging gender norms in post 9/11 America?

Yeah, and might I add "Meet the Spartans" did a great job deconstructing the hegemony of the feminine mystique through othering the masculine gaze of capitalism.

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:48 pm

I'm not a big fan of Ben Stiller.

but the movies he's written, i fucking love. Zoolander and Tropic Thunder. I love those movies. I will go as far as saying Zoolander is the best comedy of this decade imo. That shit is non stop tremendous. I question the sexuality of any man who cannot laugh at Zoolander.

I also liked Royal Tenenbaums, Dodgeball and Something about Mary a lot.

I thought Meet the Parents is cool but starting to get played to me.

However, i dislike the Meet the Parents sequel, Heartbreak kid, night at the museum, along came polly, Starsky and Hutch, Duplex, etc. like really dislike.

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:49 pm

assassination of jesse james is fucking great. i wouldn't mind watching that again.

Lebong Jame$ · Post by **Lebong Jame$** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:04 pm

Tommy Bunz wrote:Fat kid peaked in 40 Year Old Virgin

he was on screen for like 2 minutes?
didnt take brand or coen into consideration, but neither of those dudes seem to be the "face" of comedy as much as rogen etc seem to be right now

JustDuWitt · Post by **JustDuWitt** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:11 pm

Agreed...i laugh more at him and his awkwardness than at his actual humor. Never seen him doin stand-up, couldnt imagine it even being worth seeing

None · Post by **None** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:36 pm

drizzle wrote:heavyweights was the first movie appatow wrote i think. it does not suck

That shit had Goldburg and Kenan sans Kel, easily the holy grail of my adolescence.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:25 pm

Gregg Popabitch wrote:assassination of jesse james is fucking great. i wouldn't mind watching that again.

does that have to do with stiller?

Drastik · Post by **Drastik** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:53 pm

rob schneider >>> ben stiller

schneider made me laugh more than sandler in zohan.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:57 pm

Drastik Da God wrote:rob schneider >>> ben stiller

schneider made me laugh more than sandler in zohan.

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:10 pm

Philaflava wrote:
Gregg Popabitch wrote:assassination of jesse james is fucking great. i wouldn't mind watching that again.
does that have to do with stiller?

nigga did you block icesickle and drizzle?

read the whole thread.

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:11 pm

Zoolander sucks and Schneider easily >>>>> Stiller.