The Aristocrats
07-30-05 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Salty
I guess you didn't notice the second post in the thread.
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I read the article and review today. Just before that a friend emailed and mentioned he'll be seeing it Sunday while on vacation in LA.
08-08-05 | 11:56 AM
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For those of us who saw the link in the second post but can't open video at work, here's a link to a text version of the joke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_aristocrats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_aristocrats
08-10-05 | 08:05 AM
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When I first saw this topic, why did I immediately think this was going to be a live action version of the Aristocats! 
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08-10-05 | 11:08 PM
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I have been waiting for this since I heard about it. I saw it tonight as a free preview and all I can say is it's vulgar, tasteless, crude, totally politicaly incorrect and loved it 
Possibly the best film so far I have seen this year!- It has been a long time since I laughed this hard at the movies
Possibly the best film so far I have seen this year!- It has been a long time since I laughed this hard at the movies
08-10-05 | 11:19 PM
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What theaters is it at now?
And why do they do all the marketing and reviews now when it's only released in a handful of theaters instead of when it goes wide - by then, I'm likely to forget about it.
And why do they do all the marketing and reviews now when it's only released in a handful of theaters instead of when it goes wide - by then, I'm likely to forget about it.
08-11-05 | 01:18 PM
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Kind of disappointed that Mitch Hedberg isn't in it - I imagine that his take on the joke would be pretty original. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to seeing this if/when it hits the 'cuse.
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08-11-05 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by cupcake jesus
Kind of disappointed that Mitch Hedberg isn't in it - I imagine that his take on the joke would be pretty original. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to seeing this if/when it hits the 'cuse.
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08-11-05 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
might be pretty hard since he died earlier this year.
08-13-05 | 08:52 AM
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How come nobody is mentioning the rapid-fire editing of the film?
For a picture that's about the magical ability of comedians to tell a joke, the film isn't too respectful to the comics by editing their timing and routines into nanosecond sections.
For a picture that's about the magical ability of comedians to tell a joke, the film isn't too respectful to the comics by editing their timing and routines into nanosecond sections.
08-14-05 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by scott shelton
How come nobody is mentioning the rapid-fire editing of the film?
For a picture that's about the magical ability of comedians to tell a joke, the film isn't too respectful to the comics by editing their timing and routines into nanosecond sections.
For a picture that's about the magical ability of comedians to tell a joke, the film isn't too respectful to the comics by editing their timing and routines into nanosecond sections.
I DID love Sarah Silverman. She was AWESOME. That was the best part.
I was impressed that there was only 3 walkouts in the theatre I saw it in....this young guy that just looked clueless and this older asian couple....though they did last longer than the young kid.
08-15-05 | 11:06 AM
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I saw this film on Saturday night and thought it was hilarious, I would definitely recommend everyone to see it. I agree that Sarah Silverman's part was really funny, it was definitely one of the funniest scenes in the movie, especially at the end.
I'm suprised that people actually walked out in your theatre though .. I don't believe anybody walked out when I went to see it, but there was not that many people there in the first place
I'm suprised that people actually walked out in your theatre though .. I don't believe anybody walked out when I went to see it, but there was not that many people there in the first place
08-15-05 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by keps
I'm suprised that people actually walked out in your theatre though .. I don't believe anybody walked out when I went to see it, but there was not that many people there in the first place
08-15-05 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by solipsta
They seemed like people that probably just chose a movie to get out of the heat. The theatre I saw it in probably had 200 people in it...
08-15-05 | 04:16 PM
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I saw this today at an early matinee. I saw quite a few greyhairs coming into the theater and wondered if they knew what they were getting into, but nobody walked out.
As a whole, I enjoyed the movie. It seemed to have some excessive set-up. It felt like you didn't even get to hear the whole joked performed until 30 minutes into it. Maybe it just felt longer than it was.
The problems I have with it concern the editing. It feels like you almost never get to hear most of the comedians tell the joke from beginning to end, which you have to to get the full effect of the joke. Even the Gottfried bit at the Hefner roast, that they trump up to be the quintiscential telling of the joke, is cut up into about 5 segments, which just kills the effect and the pacing. I realize you can't just have a movie of people telling the joke one after the other, I just remember getting annoyed at points, because they cut away just when I was getting into whichever particular telling was onscreen at the time.
Silverman was great, as were the mime and the card trick version. It was nice to see alternate tellings, and to see them through completion in one take instead of over the duration of the film like most of the others.
As a whole, I enjoyed the movie. It seemed to have some excessive set-up. It felt like you didn't even get to hear the whole joked performed until 30 minutes into it. Maybe it just felt longer than it was.
The problems I have with it concern the editing. It feels like you almost never get to hear most of the comedians tell the joke from beginning to end, which you have to to get the full effect of the joke. Even the Gottfried bit at the Hefner roast, that they trump up to be the quintiscential telling of the joke, is cut up into about 5 segments, which just kills the effect and the pacing. I realize you can't just have a movie of people telling the joke one after the other, I just remember getting annoyed at points, because they cut away just when I was getting into whichever particular telling was onscreen at the time.
Silverman was great, as were the mime and the card trick version. It was nice to see alternate tellings, and to see them through completion in one take instead of over the duration of the film like most of the others.
08-26-05 | 10:10 PM
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just saw it and it was okay.... actually my experience was kind of like the joke.. tons of hype and people talking about it and then i saw it and it was "meh"
agree with monkeyboy's comment although it would be hard to edit it.. you don;t want to have 100 people each go through the whole joke
i thought gilbert gottfried did some stuff about 9/11 at the roast.. they kind of referenced it, but I thought it was actually part of the joke
agree with monkeyboy's comment although it would be hard to edit it.. you don;t want to have 100 people each go through the whole joke
i thought gilbert gottfried did some stuff about 9/11 at the roast.. they kind of referenced it, but I thought it was actually part of the joke
08-27-05 | 03:44 AM
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Biggest dissapointment of the year.
The film is not a bad film by any means. Hell, it's far from that area. However, I walked into the theater this evening expecting something far different than what I was served up. I went in expecting a 90 minute "documentary" in which the first 15-20 minutes set up the history/backstory/premise of the joke and for the remaining running time justs lets comedians tell their different variations of the joke.
The final product is far from that. It also doesn't help matters much that the rapid fire editing (as Shelton coined it) comes off (in my opinion) as completely scattershot. The film at times doesn't know if it wants to be funny or informative. And for a documentary which premise is based off the different ways a single joke could be told, you think you'd hear many, numerous ways one can tell it. Sadly, one never is shown that. We're only given a handful of interpretations on how the joke can be told and the flick comes off as a bunch of comedians participating in a big mutual masturbation fest. Which I have no problems with, but if I'm going to be watching a bunch of comedians stroking one another for 90 minutes, I better be able to hear the goddamn joke told with no interruptions and some breathing room.
Sigh, under someone else's supervision, this documentary could've been spectacular... but leaving the theater, I just felt as if the film was very anti-climatic.
The film is not a bad film by any means. Hell, it's far from that area. However, I walked into the theater this evening expecting something far different than what I was served up. I went in expecting a 90 minute "documentary" in which the first 15-20 minutes set up the history/backstory/premise of the joke and for the remaining running time justs lets comedians tell their different variations of the joke.
The final product is far from that. It also doesn't help matters much that the rapid fire editing (as Shelton coined it) comes off (in my opinion) as completely scattershot. The film at times doesn't know if it wants to be funny or informative. And for a documentary which premise is based off the different ways a single joke could be told, you think you'd hear many, numerous ways one can tell it. Sadly, one never is shown that. We're only given a handful of interpretations on how the joke can be told and the flick comes off as a bunch of comedians participating in a big mutual masturbation fest. Which I have no problems with, but if I'm going to be watching a bunch of comedians stroking one another for 90 minutes, I better be able to hear the goddamn joke told with no interruptions and some breathing room.
Sigh, under someone else's supervision, this documentary could've been spectacular... but leaving the theater, I just felt as if the film was very anti-climatic.
08-27-05 | 04:48 PM
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Biggest dissapointment of the year.
The film is not a bad film by any means. Hell, it's far from that area. However, I walked into the theater this evening expecting something far different than what I was served up. I went in expecting a 90 minute "documentary" in which the first 15-20 minutes set up the history/backstory/premise of the joke and for the remaining running time justs lets comedians tell their different variations of the joke.
The final product is far from that. It also doesn't help matters much that the rapid fire editing (as Shelton coined it) comes off (in my opinion) as completely scattershot. The film at times doesn't know if it wants to be funny or informative. And for a documentary which premise is based off the different ways a single joke could be told, you think you'd hear many, numerous ways one can tell it. Sadly, one never is shown that. We're only given a handful of interpretations on how the joke can be told and the flick comes off as a bunch of comedians participating in a big mutual masturbation fest. Which I have no problems with, but if I'm going to be watching a bunch of comedians stroking one another for 90 minutes, I better be able to hear the goddamn joke told with no interruptions and some breathing room.
Sigh, under someone else's supervision, this documentary could've been spectacular... but leaving the theater, I just felt as if the film was very anti-climatic.
The film is not a bad film by any means. Hell, it's far from that area. However, I walked into the theater this evening expecting something far different than what I was served up. I went in expecting a 90 minute "documentary" in which the first 15-20 minutes set up the history/backstory/premise of the joke and for the remaining running time justs lets comedians tell their different variations of the joke.
The final product is far from that. It also doesn't help matters much that the rapid fire editing (as Shelton coined it) comes off (in my opinion) as completely scattershot. The film at times doesn't know if it wants to be funny or informative. And for a documentary which premise is based off the different ways a single joke could be told, you think you'd hear many, numerous ways one can tell it. Sadly, one never is shown that. We're only given a handful of interpretations on how the joke can be told and the flick comes off as a bunch of comedians participating in a big mutual masturbation fest. Which I have no problems with, but if I'm going to be watching a bunch of comedians stroking one another for 90 minutes, I better be able to hear the goddamn joke told with no interruptions and some breathing room.
Sigh, under someone else's supervision, this documentary could've been spectacular... but leaving the theater, I just felt as if the film was very anti-climatic.
08-27-05 | 05:12 PM
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For those of you who seen it, can someone please list all the comedians involved?
08-27-05 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Rival11
For those of you who seen it, can someone please list all the comedians involved?
08-27-05 | 05:25 PM
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Thanks (I have no idea why I didn't check there first) that's a huge cast, don't know a lot of those names but I do see why it has been edited as mentioned above.