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someonecompletelyrandom 05-02-2010 07:31 PM

Has Brendan Fraser gone off the deep end?
 


Seriously?

loveissucide 05-02-2010 07:40 PM

Well,it's good to know the man who starred in such modern classics as Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and The Mummy Returns hasn't abandoned quality control.

someonecompletelyrandom 05-02-2010 07:42 PM

lol, yeah I know... his track record isn't exactly the greatest. But really? Selling your soul with a anamorphic animals movie?

Burning Down 05-02-2010 07:59 PM

My 11 year old brother doesn't even want to see that movie. He thinks it's stupid, which it is!

Violent & Funky 05-02-2010 08:09 PM

Meanwhile, Anchorman 2 gets denied by Paramount... :(

taint_nutin' 05-02-2010 09:37 PM

He has hit a new low that can only be reviled by Eddie Murphy and that god awful Doolittle series.

CAPTAIN CAVEMAN 05-02-2010 09:39 PM

wow

the 4 chan crowd is going to have a field day with this shit i bet

mr dave 05-02-2010 11:18 PM

wait wait wait... Brendan Fraser had some form of critical recognition?

this guy? the one on the left, who got his 'big' break by proving to the world that yes, it was possible for someone to act even dumber than Pauly Shore buuuuuuudddddy

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9WXHlferjb...ncino_man2.jpg


this crap movie has all the markings of a big paycheck for the stars. integrity only matters when you're hungry, and by the looks of him in that trailer, dude hasn't been hungry in a while.

pourmeanother 05-02-2010 11:27 PM

And picture this: he is making more money than (probably) any of us will make in our entire lifetime to star in this.

CAPTAIN CAVEMAN 05-03-2010 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 861671)
Meanwhile, Anchorman 2 gets denied by Paramount... :(

oh thank god

Violent & Funky 05-03-2010 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN (Post 861767)
oh thank god

???

Sparky 05-03-2010 02:59 PM

anchorman 2 does not need to be made

mr dave 05-03-2010 03:43 PM

^ exactly. Will Farrell is not and has never actually been funny.

someonecompletelyrandom 05-03-2010 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mr dave (Post 862075)
^ exactly. Will Farrell is not and has never actually been funny.

I disagree with that.

Baxtor, you know I don't speak spanish!

mr dave 05-03-2010 04:03 PM

that's exactly it. why is that line even remotely funny? it has little to do with Farrell and everything to do with either the environment or the entourage around him.

put his movies on mute and try focusing on what he does. oh look it's the awkward face 'not' directly staring at the camera. that couldn't possibly be the subliminal trigger that tells people this is supposed to be funny. at least Mike Myers acknowledged and played up to the fact that SNL prepares pretty much all comedians since their original crew the same way (stare at the crowd and wait for the laughs).

Farrell just got lucky.

oh! awkward boner! HILARITY

someonecompletelyrandom 05-03-2010 04:07 PM

I don't analyze comedy. I either laugh at it or I don't.

mr dave 05-03-2010 04:10 PM

yeah i didn't listen when one of our teacher's told us that we would never be able to watch movies the same way again before starting into a session on critical viewing. she was right haha

loveissucide 05-03-2010 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 861671)
Meanwhile, Anchorman 2 gets denied by Paramount... :(

I'd imagine it's because the time to release it would have been 2006,not 2011, when people remembered the first one existed.

Freebase Dali 05-03-2010 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mr dave (Post 862102)
that's exactly it. why is that line even remotely funny? it has little to do with Farrell and everything to do with either the environment or the entourage around him.

put his movies on mute and try focusing on what he does. oh look it's the awkward face 'not' directly staring at the camera. that couldn't possibly be the subliminal trigger that tells people this is supposed to be funny. at least Mike Myers acknowledged and played up to the fact that SNL prepares pretty much all comedians since their original crew the same way (stare at the crowd and wait for the laughs).

Farrell just got lucky.

oh! awkward boner! HILARITY

Comedy is kind of defined by people saying or doing things, in situations, that's perceived as being humorous. A lot of it is reliant on context. If all comedy consisted of was joke-lines and slapstick action, we'd have a pretty narrow concept of humor as a human civilization.
I don't think it's fair that you're dismissing techniques for making people laugh and ignoring the laughing people.

mr dave 05-03-2010 06:07 PM

that's not what i'm saying. what i'm saying is Will Farrell is not funny, the people and situations (the ones that aren't forced by his behavior) around him are, but he is not.

the funniest thing i saw him associated with was that Landlord clip. he didn't actually need to be in that clip for it to be hilarious (the little girl wins) but HE doesn't seem to actually add anything to a scene.

Anchorman was painful to watch, maybe it's because i actually like Eric Dolphy's music and took offense to his treatment of it for a cheap laugh early on, but i didn't find anything else in that movie to be anything besides mind numbing.

Freebase Dali 05-03-2010 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mr dave (Post 862216)
that's not what i'm saying. what i'm saying is Will Farrell is not funny, the people and situations (the ones that aren't forced by his behavior) around him are, but he is not.

the funniest thing i saw him associated with was that Landlord clip. he didn't actually need to be in that clip for it to be hilarious (the little girl wins) but HE doesn't seem to actually add anything to a scene.

Anchorman was painful to watch, maybe it's because i actually like Eric Dolphy's music and took offense to his treatment of it for a cheap laugh early on, but i didn't find anything else in that movie to be anything besides mind numbing.

I think a lot of people who others think are funny may not be when extracted from their surroundings in their particular setting. I do think, however, that the inclusion of the people comprising these surroundings are what make things funny and that it's not always based on a line or an action, but moreso on a situational context that can be dependent on the chemistry of those people involved.

While I respect your opinion of a certain person being or not being funny... I think most people can agree that we don't watch comedy movies and disregard everything but a single actor and what he does or does not do.

I just think your argument would be better suited if you were critiquing a solo stand-up act by said actor.

Violent & Funky 05-03-2010 08:14 PM

Here's the thing. I don't even know if I would want a sequel, because sequels are usually crap and diminish the value of the original. And I think Anchorman is basically pretty much the greatest film ever made. So I don't want to have to lower my standards for a reboot. Even if it's a great comedy, I'm sure I'll be disappointed.

How could it be bad though? The only guys you have to bring back is the news team, and each of those guys still have game. It's really a "dream team" of a cast, what with Ferrell headlining with Carell and Rudd.

Will Ferrell is funny though. It's like... a fact. Because people laugh at what he does, and he has done many different things that people have laughed at. How can every single laugh be a result of "his environment and the people around him" and not his own actions? That's just ridiculous.

And f you think Anchorman is not an extremely popular movie amongst my generation you are terribly mistaken. It's a cult classic that would draw significant attention if a sequel were to be made.

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Originally Posted by mr dave (Post 862216)
Anchorman was painful to watch, maybe it's because i actually like Eric Dolphy's music and took offense to his treatment of it for a cheap laugh early on, but i didn't find anything else in that movie to be anything besides mind numbing.

Well, you're in the minority on that one...

CAPTAIN CAVEMAN 05-03-2010 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 862278)
Here's the thing. I don't even know if I would want a sequel, because sequels are usually crap and diminish the value of the original.

...

And f you think Anchorman is not an extremely popular movie amongst my generation you are terribly mistaken. It's a cult classic that would draw significant attention if a sequel were to be made.

how does a sequel diminish the value of that which precedes it...?

a cult classic? really?

Violent & Funky 05-03-2010 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN (Post 862284)
how does a sequel diminish the value of that which precedes it...?

When sequels suck they make the overall "franchise" look bad. Call it the "New-Coke Effect" if you'd like.

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Originally Posted by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN (Post 862284)
a cult classic? really?

Easily the most quotable, and possibly the most popular comedy of my generation...

mr dave 05-04-2010 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali (Post 862227)
I just think your argument would be better suited if you were critiquing a solo stand-up act by said actor.

yeah i totally agree with you and i'll step back from this. isn't this supposed to be about someone else anyway? haha

bungalow 05-04-2010 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 862286)
When sequels suck they make the overall "franchise" look bad. Call it the "New Coke Effect" if you'd like.



Easily the most quotable, and possibly the most popular comedy of my generation..
.

the big lebowski

Violent & Funky 05-04-2010 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by bungalow (Post 862374)
the big lebowski

First of all, that movie is six years older so obviously it attracts a slightly different generation. I was eight years old when it came out.

Secondly, that movie is not nearly as funny or quotable! :D

bungalow 05-04-2010 01:26 AM

that's just objectively ridiculous.

Violent & Funky 05-04-2010 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by bungalow (Post 862379)
that's just objectively ridiculous.

What?

someonecompletelyrandom 05-04-2010 11:26 AM

I really ought to get around to seeing TBL. But yeah, I liked Anchorman a lot too.


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