jaeufraser

If only that were true. Sorry to say, dvdtalk is one of the tamer places when it comes to that attitude. Probably why I post here as opposed to Chud or AiCN.

Joe Molotov

A) It's the sequel to a popular movie.
B) It has actors in it that people like to see.
C) There haven't been very many wide releases in the past few weeks, so Meet the Fockers has had the box office pretty much to itself.

I think that pretty much sums it up.

BigDan

Kind of difficult for the bulk of the country to see "Hotel Rwanda" even if they wanted to. It's not playing anywhere near me, and I live in a big market (with a whole mess of indie movie screens).

Not that the numbers would be comparable even given the same number of screens for each, but it's still not like moviegoers are making that exact choice.

greg9x

I didn't care so much for the first one either (it was alright, but nothing i'd rewatch very often) ... was home for holidays and people I was going to movies with wanted to see it.. I laughed quite a bit, can see why people are telling thier friends to go see it.

Giantrobo

I only mention dvdtalk because I don't hang at those other places either.

gcribbs

Just wait- the next movie will be huge!!


Meet Our Little Fockers!

The Cow

Well the obvious would be..

"Pam, the Mother Focker".

wmansir

I understand the OP's point. The average response seems to be "it's decent" which isn't the kind of response most record setting movies get. I attribute it mostly to low expectations and lousy competition.

Dr. DVD

While I hate to agree with the masses, Fockers is a pretty funny movie. The only sad part is knowing this is what De Niro and Hoffman have to do nowadays to get a hit. Then again, they seem to enjoy it, so no harm done.

Get Me Coffee

Saw it this weekend and it was great. I kinda liked it better than the first one.

Fartface

You may as well ask why half the country voted for Bush. It makes just as much sense.

Dabaomb

matome

mllefoo

Meet the Fockers is a sequel? To what?

Yes. To answer your question, I live under a rock. I also don't like Ben Stiller.

Rogue588

Actually, I was wondering the same thing...but for a different reason.

I didn't find Meet the Parents to be funny at all..

Apparently, I was the only one.

DRG

I thought Meet the Parents was highly overrated. It had a few amusing scenes, but I didn't think it was the laugh riot everyone else did. It was just a bit too contrived for me. Meet the Fockers, on the other hand, I found hilarious.

For the record, this is what is playing in my town right now:
BLADE TRINITY
CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS
DARKNESS
FAT ALBERT
FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events
MEET THE FOCKERS
NATIONAL TREASURE
OCEANS TWELVE
SPANGLISH
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS

We won't get the big acclaimed pictures for a few weeks at least, most I'll probably have to wait to see on DVD.

mimi

It's a crowd-pleaser for families, released during a holiday when families gather and go see movies. Duh.

All those who have trouble comprehending its success are not nearly as intelligent as their stuck-up "I only watch quality pheeeeelms" mentality would lead them to believe.

Kal-El

Just the 3rd day of 2005 and already we have Post of the Year.

jaeufraser

Honestly, the average response I seem to be hearing is it's hilarious, and funnier than the first one. Which seems to make more sense with how well it's doing.

ianholm

taa455

I liked the movie and thought it was very funny at times, but for families? Maybe for families with grown children perhaps. Is there 5 minute stretch in the whole film without a joke about sex, virginity, or foreskin? That was the main criticism I have of the movie.

BigDan

Families can mean more than people with small children.

I haven't seen the new movie, but I saw the original with my father and my two sons, the older being in high school now. If the new one has language that's more sexually explicit (and that they would object to) than the origial, that's something people might not discover until after they've seen the movie.

And, oftentimes, during Christmas breaks, family can mean extended family which would include, like you said, grown kids, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, whathaveyou.

Jaymole

I'm surprised when intelligent, adult films do well, not something like Meet the Fockers.

msdmoney

I agree, I didn't enjoy the movie mainly because every joke revolved around sex, and I also wouldn't reccomend it to a family for this reason. A "family film" generally signifies the film is appropriate for all ages. Also when families get together over the holiday's it generally means from all generations very young to very old.

And BigDan I would definitely say the sequel is more explicit than the original. The first was more subtle about sex, referencing it or using it in jokes in clever methods, and overall most of the film didn't revolve around sex. The sequel is more in your face with sex jokes, Barbara Streisand plays a sex therapist for seniors, her and Dustin Hoffman are overtly sexual, and other jokes include a "foreskin" moment and how Ben Stiller lost his virginity.

jaeufraser

It is a family film, but I think it's a family film for older families, like the ones portrayed in the film. Those groups not only won't be offended by hte humor, but they surely can relate to the story much better also. It's obvious that's who this film is intended for, not small children.