40-Year-Old Virgin
06-12-05, 09:05 PM
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Thanks to a dvdtalker, I saw it. I loved it. Loved it isn't a good enough word for this flick.
LOOOOOOVED IT! It's a Hard R in every way and it was just fantastic. Laughed my fuck'n ass off.
Carrell was in top form. the jokes really were rolling and it took all those little good moments of anchor man and magnified them over the whole film. You guys will love this, quote it and remember the laughs for a good long time.
LOOOOOOVED IT! It's a Hard R in every way and it was just fantastic. Laughed my fuck'n ass off.
Carrell was in top form. the jokes really were rolling and it took all those little good moments of anchor man and magnified them over the whole film. You guys will love this, quote it and remember the laughs for a good long time.
06-13-05, 02:18 PM
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I've heard nothing but positive things from the test screenings that Universal has been holding and with both Apatow and Carrell involved, this film cannot be bad.
07-27-05, 03:03 PM
#20
DVD Talk Legend
I saw a preview of this last night and this is the film that Wedding Crashers was trying to be and failed at. The film, with Judd Apatow brilliantly at helm, is able to mesh the crude sex comedy genre with the romantic comedy genre and he holds nothing back. While Wedding Crashers was a two hour film that had more plot than "laugh out loud" moments, Apatow and Steve Carrell are able to keep the film's two hour running time at a kinetic pace flowing in from joke to joke while still being able to maintain a genuine, down-to-earth plot. Then again, Apatow is the man who brought Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared to the world. Basically, it's no shock that the film has a very down-to-earth charm; it just makes one more being able to indentify with the characters more than Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, and the unlikeable supporting cast of Wedding Crashers. It also helps that the "bigger" laughs in the film are actually plausible in real life and are not just a work of fiction. There's no midnight rapes and over-the-top gay characters in this film. Nope. Just regular people trying to help someone (who happens to be like a few people on this board) get laid.
One of the major problems I had with Wedding Crashers was that Vaughn was the only funny person in the film. Everybody else was simply not and there was a lot of wasted talent. With 40 Year Old Virgin, Carrell is not the only person here to get the biggest laughs. The supporting cast give it their all as well. Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen (an Apatow alumni), and Romany Malco are fucking superb as Andy's co-workers and Catherine Keener is very likeable as Carrell's love interest.
Also, similar to last year's Anchorman (another Apatow production), there's quite a bit of footage in both trailers (the American and the racier international one) that is not present in the final film. So I'm hoping we get a DVD with quite a bit of deleted and alternate footage. And by how raunchy the film is already, I'm pretty sure we'll see an unrated cut as well...
One more thing to mention: the last five minutes of the film do a complete 180. While my friend and I were almost near tears during the last five minutes, the entire theater became dead silent while going, "What the fuck was that?" I thought the film's ending was a perfect way to end a film (and it's a fucking brilliant way to end a comedy), but some others didn't get the joke. If you want in on the joke...
This is and probably will end up being one of the best comedies of the year and if I hear anyone say, "Wedding Crashers was better," I will throw it down with you.
One of the major problems I had with Wedding Crashers was that Vaughn was the only funny person in the film. Everybody else was simply not and there was a lot of wasted talent. With 40 Year Old Virgin, Carrell is not the only person here to get the biggest laughs. The supporting cast give it their all as well. Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen (an Apatow alumni), and Romany Malco are fucking superb as Andy's co-workers and Catherine Keener is very likeable as Carrell's love interest.
Also, similar to last year's Anchorman (another Apatow production), there's quite a bit of footage in both trailers (the American and the racier international one) that is not present in the final film. So I'm hoping we get a DVD with quite a bit of deleted and alternate footage. And by how raunchy the film is already, I'm pretty sure we'll see an unrated cut as well...
One more thing to mention: the last five minutes of the film do a complete 180. While my friend and I were almost near tears during the last five minutes, the entire theater became dead silent while going, "What the fuck was that?" I thought the film's ending was a perfect way to end a film (and it's a fucking brilliant way to end a comedy), but some others didn't get the joke. If you want in on the joke...
Spoiler:
This is and probably will end up being one of the best comedies of the year and if I hear anyone say, "Wedding Crashers was better," I will throw it down with you.
Last edited by Matthew Chmiel; 07-28-05 at 09:58 AM.
07-28-05, 10:05 AM
#25
DVD Talk Hero
I'm excited to see it. I'm hoping for something like Anchorman (or any movie from the Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn/Will Farrell writing-crowd). Something that takes time with it's comedy, and rushes the romance. I love it when movies don't deteriorate into sappy romance. Remember that Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston movie? Not my style.
Oh, and Steven Carell is hilarious. It's kind of surreal to be an avid "The Daily Show" watcher, and see him come so far. Carrying his own movie and a (failed?) TV series - jjust a year or two after leaving? Good for him!
Oh, and Steven Carell is hilarious. It's kind of surreal to be an avid "The Daily Show" watcher, and see him come so far. Carrying his own movie and a (failed?) TV series - jjust a year or two after leaving? Good for him!