40 year old virgin
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So they don't really feel like bags of sand? :^)
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
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I saw 40 year old virgin[^] last night. This is without a doubt the funnyist movie I've seen in years. I liked Steve Carrell in the Daily Show, but I thought he went for the uncomfortable pity laugh too often. I went expecting a few chuckles and to see something a little bit better then Anchorman. What really got me about this movie was how genuine all the characters and acting were. They really worked at writing realistic scenes and then taking out all the non-funny parts rather then trying to bend the plot around to fit the jokes. I really can't think of an unfunny scene in the movie and there were probably plenty of jokes that I missed because I was laughing so hard. [edit]Has anyone seen the brothers Grimm? I've read some bad reviews, but I'm a big Terry Gilliam fan, ever since I saw Time Bandits as a kid. It was the only movie I can remember giving me nighmares. 12 monkeys has to be one of my favorites as well. How does Brothers Grimm stack up compared to his past work?[/edit]
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
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We just got back from Brothers Grimm and thought it was pretty cool - I don't see why it got such bad reviews! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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We just got back from Brothers Grimm and thought it was pretty cool - I don't see why it got such bad reviews! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
because you're a normal person who goes to the movies to be entertained. Critics are paid to shred new releases if they don't convey a moral or life lesson. ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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because you're a normal person who goes to the movies to be entertained. Critics are paid to shred new releases if they don't convey a moral or life lesson. ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
I think it's more shallow a purpose than just morals or life lessons. Critics shred movies because they have to somehow justify their expensive film school education by acting more film-critic-ier than thou. They turn up their noses at movies that the normal populous loves purely because they consider them to be mindless, plebian garbage. My response: screw them, I'm goin' to the movies! :-D
[Cheshire] I can't afford those plastic things to cover the electric sockets so I just draw bunny faces on the electric outlets to scare the kids away from them... [RLtim] Newsflash! Kids aren't afraid of bunnies. [Cheshire] Oh they will be... -Bash.org
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I saw 40 year old virgin[^] last night. This is without a doubt the funnyist movie I've seen in years. I liked Steve Carrell in the Daily Show, but I thought he went for the uncomfortable pity laugh too often. I went expecting a few chuckles and to see something a little bit better then Anchorman. What really got me about this movie was how genuine all the characters and acting were. They really worked at writing realistic scenes and then taking out all the non-funny parts rather then trying to bend the plot around to fit the jokes. I really can't think of an unfunny scene in the movie and there were probably plenty of jokes that I missed because I was laughing so hard. [edit]Has anyone seen the brothers Grimm? I've read some bad reviews, but I'm a big Terry Gilliam fan, ever since I saw Time Bandits as a kid. It was the only movie I can remember giving me nighmares. 12 monkeys has to be one of my favorites as well. How does Brothers Grimm stack up compared to his past work?[/edit]
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
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I love Steve Carrell also. He was so great in Bruce Almighty and Anchorman. I am going to go see 40 year old virgin tonight. Glad I am hearing good things!
We shouldn't assume something's debugged just because everyone in the whole world has access to the source code.
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We just got back from Brothers Grimm and thought it was pretty cool - I don't see why it got such bad reviews! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
Jim Crafton wrote: We just got back from Brothers Grimm and thought it was pretty cool - I don't see why it got such bad reviews! Good to hear. I'll see it next weekend then. Looks like a good film to split a pitcher of :beer: over.
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
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I saw 40 year old virgin[^] last night. This is without a doubt the funnyist movie I've seen in years. I liked Steve Carrell in the Daily Show, but I thought he went for the uncomfortable pity laugh too often. I went expecting a few chuckles and to see something a little bit better then Anchorman. What really got me about this movie was how genuine all the characters and acting were. They really worked at writing realistic scenes and then taking out all the non-funny parts rather then trying to bend the plot around to fit the jokes. I really can't think of an unfunny scene in the movie and there were probably plenty of jokes that I missed because I was laughing so hard. [edit]Has anyone seen the brothers Grimm? I've read some bad reviews, but I'm a big Terry Gilliam fan, ever since I saw Time Bandits as a kid. It was the only movie I can remember giving me nighmares. 12 monkeys has to be one of my favorites as well. How does Brothers Grimm stack up compared to his past work?[/edit]
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
-- modified at 13:28 Saturday 27th August, 2005
I saw Brothers Grimm last night and I thought it was great. Very clever humor (very Monty Python like), great acting (especially by Heath Ledger), good story and good directing. Reviews I read was bashing the predictable ending but I thought that was part of the spoof.
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I saw 40 year old virgin[^] last night. This is without a doubt the funnyist movie I've seen in years. I liked Steve Carrell in the Daily Show, but I thought he went for the uncomfortable pity laugh too often. I went expecting a few chuckles and to see something a little bit better then Anchorman. What really got me about this movie was how genuine all the characters and acting were. They really worked at writing realistic scenes and then taking out all the non-funny parts rather then trying to bend the plot around to fit the jokes. I really can't think of an unfunny scene in the movie and there were probably plenty of jokes that I missed because I was laughing so hard. [edit]Has anyone seen the brothers Grimm? I've read some bad reviews, but I'm a big Terry Gilliam fan, ever since I saw Time Bandits as a kid. It was the only movie I can remember giving me nighmares. 12 monkeys has to be one of my favorites as well. How does Brothers Grimm stack up compared to his past work?[/edit]
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
-- modified at 13:28 Saturday 27th August, 2005
Its so frustrating, crazy Australia. It doesn't open until October 13 here... :((
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I think it's more shallow a purpose than just morals or life lessons. Critics shred movies because they have to somehow justify their expensive film school education by acting more film-critic-ier than thou. They turn up their noses at movies that the normal populous loves purely because they consider them to be mindless, plebian garbage. My response: screw them, I'm goin' to the movies! :-D
[Cheshire] I can't afford those plastic things to cover the electric sockets so I just draw bunny faces on the electric outlets to scare the kids away from them... [RLtim] Newsflash! Kids aren't afraid of bunnies. [Cheshire] Oh they will be... -Bash.org
Ah. So film critics belong in the same class of uselessness as the people at universities who make new final exam schedules every five years. Jon Sagara As you may presently yourself be fully made aware of, my grammar sucks. Sagara.org | Blog | My Articles
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because you're a normal person who goes to the movies to be entertained. Critics are paid to shred new releases if they don't convey a moral or life lesson. ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: don't convey a moral or life lesson That should read "don't convey a politically correct, approved by the People's Republic of California, moral or life lesson".
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I think it's more shallow a purpose than just morals or life lessons. Critics shred movies because they have to somehow justify their expensive film school education by acting more film-critic-ier than thou. They turn up their noses at movies that the normal populous loves purely because they consider them to be mindless, plebian garbage. My response: screw them, I'm goin' to the movies! :-D
[Cheshire] I can't afford those plastic things to cover the electric sockets so I just draw bunny faces on the electric outlets to scare the kids away from them... [RLtim] Newsflash! Kids aren't afraid of bunnies. [Cheshire] Oh they will be... -Bash.org
I'm remembering a line in Mel Brooks' movie, History of the World, Part I[^]. In the 'caveman' segment, Sid Caesar plays the Chief Caveman, who is drawing a picture on the wall of the cave. The narrator (Orson Welles) says: "And of course, with the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth - the critic."
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I saw 40 year old virgin[^] last night. This is without a doubt the funnyist movie I've seen in years. I liked Steve Carrell in the Daily Show, but I thought he went for the uncomfortable pity laugh too often. I went expecting a few chuckles and to see something a little bit better then Anchorman. What really got me about this movie was how genuine all the characters and acting were. They really worked at writing realistic scenes and then taking out all the non-funny parts rather then trying to bend the plot around to fit the jokes. I really can't think of an unfunny scene in the movie and there were probably plenty of jokes that I missed because I was laughing so hard. [edit]Has anyone seen the brothers Grimm? I've read some bad reviews, but I'm a big Terry Gilliam fan, ever since I saw Time Bandits as a kid. It was the only movie I can remember giving me nighmares. 12 monkeys has to be one of my favorites as well. How does Brothers Grimm stack up compared to his past work?[/edit]
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
-- modified at 13:28 Saturday 27th August, 2005
I'm a huge fan of the daily show as well and the thing that really struck me about Steve Carrel in interviews is how intelligent he is. He's really an intellectual guy and you can see him trying to almost "dumb down" what he is saying because he doesn't want to come off as too intelligent. Jon Stewart is obviously a very intelligent and well-read guy as well. I think all the best comedians probably have a very high level of intelligence. I can't wait to see the movie, but I'm not setting foot in a theater again, ever, if I can help it so here's hoping the DVD or pay per view is out soon. 12 monkeys is one of my all time favorites, every time I hear Sleepwalk by B.J. Cole it brings back vivid memories. Probably Brad Pitts best role ever. Terry Gilliam isn't for everyone, and the reviews of Bros. Grimm reflect that, alternatively glowing and condemming. I'm sure Brazil and Baron Munchausen were the same thing when they came out as well, but I loved both those movies so I'm sure I'll probably get somethign out of Grimm as well.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
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I'm a huge fan of the daily show as well and the thing that really struck me about Steve Carrel in interviews is how intelligent he is. He's really an intellectual guy and you can see him trying to almost "dumb down" what he is saying because he doesn't want to come off as too intelligent. Jon Stewart is obviously a very intelligent and well-read guy as well. I think all the best comedians probably have a very high level of intelligence. I can't wait to see the movie, but I'm not setting foot in a theater again, ever, if I can help it so here's hoping the DVD or pay per view is out soon. 12 monkeys is one of my all time favorites, every time I hear Sleepwalk by B.J. Cole it brings back vivid memories. Probably Brad Pitts best role ever. Terry Gilliam isn't for everyone, and the reviews of Bros. Grimm reflect that, alternatively glowing and condemming. I'm sure Brazil and Baron Munchausen were the same thing when they came out as well, but I loved both those movies so I'm sure I'll probably get somethign out of Grimm as well.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
John Cardinal wrote: I can't wait to see the movie, but I'm not setting foot in a theater again, ever I'll never go back to a megaplex again. I had pretty much given up on going to the theater until I moved back to Austin. They have the Alamo drafthouse[^] which is a compltely different experience. John Cardinal wrote: Probably Brad Pitts best role ever. I can't believe a movie with both Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis is one of my all time favorites.
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I saw 40 year old virgin[^] last night. This is without a doubt the funnyist movie I've seen in years. I liked Steve Carrell in the Daily Show, but I thought he went for the uncomfortable pity laugh too often. I went expecting a few chuckles and to see something a little bit better then Anchorman. What really got me about this movie was how genuine all the characters and acting were. They really worked at writing realistic scenes and then taking out all the non-funny parts rather then trying to bend the plot around to fit the jokes. I really can't think of an unfunny scene in the movie and there were probably plenty of jokes that I missed because I was laughing so hard. [edit]Has anyone seen the brothers Grimm? I've read some bad reviews, but I'm a big Terry Gilliam fan, ever since I saw Time Bandits as a kid. It was the only movie I can remember giving me nighmares. 12 monkeys has to be one of my favorites as well. How does Brothers Grimm stack up compared to his past work?[/edit]
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
-- modified at 13:28 Saturday 27th August, 2005
I saw Brothers Grimm and I think I liked Time Bandits much better. The movie was zany and silly as always. However, if you are REALLY good at your Fairy Tales, then the movie will be great. My wife LOVED it, I had a good enough time. Brothers Grimm is sort of like 'Into the Woods'. In Brothers Grimm they take a bunch of fairy tales and mix them all together into a 'coherent' story - well, as coherent as a Terri Gilliam film can get. Since I am much better at mythology, I think I liked Time Bandits more, for that reason.
