Grandma's Boy appreciation thread
#51
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Grandma's Boy...a little gem
But I got further into it than Strange Wilderness, so I suppose that means something.
#54
Re: Grandma's Boy...a little gem
I received free tickets for an advanced screening years back, and declined. The warning signs to me were: January comedy release, Adam Sandler production, without him in the movie.
But when it came out on video, I saw it with some friends, and was pleasantly surprised...maybe it was the environment, but we all cracked up at a lot of the movie.
But when it came out on video, I saw it with some friends, and was pleasantly surprised...maybe it was the environment, but we all cracked up at a lot of the movie.
#57
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: Grandma's Boy...a little gem
I had never heard anything about this movie and ended up watching it on cable late a night a few years ago. I went right out and bought the DVD. Found it hilarious.
#60
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Grandma's Boy...a little gem
A friend and I snuck into Grandma's Boy after watching The Ringer. Two comedies that Fox had sitting on the shelf for years.
What an awful idea that was as I regret that decision every day.
The Ringer was the slightly better movie for the line, "When the fuck did we get ice cream?" Grandma's Boy had no redeemable qualities about it. At all. Like I enjoy some stupid shit, but I'm still boggled how people enjoy it.
What an awful idea that was as I regret that decision every day.
The Ringer was the slightly better movie for the line, "When the fuck did we get ice cream?" Grandma's Boy had no redeemable qualities about it. At all. Like I enjoy some stupid shit, but I'm still boggled how people enjoy it.
#63
Re: Grandma's Boy...a little gem
I HATED this movie the first time I saw it.
Watched it again about six months later and found it totally hilarious. It was a movie I watched many, many times during the summer of 2007. Haven't seen it recently though.
Watched it again about six months later and found it totally hilarious. It was a movie I watched many, many times during the summer of 2007. Haven't seen it recently though.
#65
DVD Talk Hero
#66
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Grandma's Boy...a little gem
Someone on this very forum made the accusation that fans of this movie are just poseurs who think they're cool for liking a movie that the general public ignored. All I know is that I enjoyed it. It was comfort food comedy; there's something familiar to someone of my generation about a grown adult wasting his potential because he'd rather underachieve and do something fun than apply himself. Plus, it features one of my favorite party scenes ever. I want to be at that party, watching drunken Linda Cardelini sing "Push It" and Jonah Hill getting his milk direct from the source. I've never gotten to be at a party that fun.
I won't bother to defend it, but I also won't apologize for enjoying it. It's on my ("I-Don't-Really-Feel") Guilty Pleasures list.
I won't bother to defend it, but I also won't apologize for enjoying it. It's on my ("I-Don't-Really-Feel") Guilty Pleasures list.
#71
Banned
Re: Grandma's Boy...a little gem
I tried watching this several times. But it was just.....I don't know. It just wasn't funny like people keep making it out to be. I like some pretty dumb movies like Baitshop, but this was horrible. American Pie was better than this...and AP is total pile. Hell, even Freddy Got Fingered was better than this....whatever this is. This belongs in the same category as Caddyshack, it's that bad. And don't tell me that I don't get it. I do. I just can't understand how anyone can enjoy this. It's....I would rather watch Reb Brown as Captain America than see this again.
#74
DVD Talk Hero
#75
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: Grandma's Boy...a little gem
I tried watching this several times. But it was just.....I don't know. It just wasn't funny like people keep making it out to be. I like some pretty dumb movies like Baitshop, but this was horrible. American Pie was better than this...and AP is total pile. Hell, even Freddy Got Fingered was better than this....whatever this is. This belongs in the same category as Caddyshack, it's that bad. And don't tell me that I don't get it. I do. I just can't understand how anyone can enjoy this. It's....I would rather watch Reb Brown as Captain America than see this again.




