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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:16 pm 
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I thought it was really funny. Best comedy of the year so far, for me.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:00 pm 
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I thought it was funny too, but it was difficult making out RD Jr at times. The opening trailers were awesome!

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:42 pm 
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I laughed a lot, it was a great skewering of different hollywood types. Loved RDJ's speech about why Simple Jack did not get an Oscar...


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:49 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:57 pm 
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I thought it was pretty funny. I didn't think it was genius by any stretch of the imagination, but it was funny.

The two best things in the movie were Robert Downey Jr. saying "That smelled just like baloney for some reason" after taking a piss, and Tom Cruise's performance (damn him).

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:15 pm 
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My favorite part was the movie in a movie, where
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Stiller is getting William DaFoe-ed, and it cuts to Downey Jr staring intently, and he says, "SURVIVE".


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:13 am 
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Chris wrote:
The two best things in the movie were Robert Downey Jr. saying "That smelled just like baloney for some reason" after taking a piss, and Tom Cruise's performance (damn him).

IAWTP. For some reason it amuses me when Tom Cruise uses a potty mouth. :-)

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:12 pm 
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This'll be a rental for me.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:56 pm 
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We saw it tonight, and hadn't really planned on it.

It was a very pleasant surprise.

Personally, the high point was Jack Black screaming My ass! My ass!.

...which goes a long way to tell you what kind of film it was.
















Oh, and
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Steve Coogan gettin' all blowed up
was pretty durn funny too :thumbsup:

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:09 pm 
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one having trouble deciphering Downey Jr's dialogue.

But still, it was a fantastic movie. Most laughs I've had in one since Superbad.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:23 pm 
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I liked it. It was funny. Wife did not. She thought it was stupid.

This is one of those Id have to be careful about who i recommend it to.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:34 pm 
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I liked it. I don't know why you guys were unable to understand RDJ, I had no problem at all. :shrug:


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:32 am 
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Rob Steinbrenner wrote:
I liked it. It was funny. Wife did not. She thought it was stupid.


You are both right.

It's that kinda movie.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:07 pm 
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I didn't care for it. It was hard to hear Downey and most of the jokes were in the trailer.

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Allen is difficult to please.

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I still think Cruise was funny only because he was Cruise. And Downey's lines? It was difficult to make it all out, but even when I couldn't understand it was funny. It almost seemed intentional.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:59 am 
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I think Cruise was funny because...well, because he was funny. The dane at the end was hilarious. IMO.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:17 pm 
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Chris wrote:
Allen is difficult to please.

Not really. I'm not a big fan of celebrity fawning so I didn't care for Cruise in the movie as it seemed to be all about "look at Tom act like a jerk". Downey Jr. was great in the role but there was too much slapstick stuff, which I don't personally care for.

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I still think Cruise was funny only because he was Cruise.

Eehh.

Maybe I'll like it better with repeat viewings. That's what happened to me with Anchorman and Along Came Polly

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:29 pm 
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Allen Berrebbi wrote:
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I still think Cruise was funny only because he was Cruise.

Eehh.

To clarify: I didn't find Cruise all that funny, but I think those that did found him funny BECAUSE he was Cruise, not because of the actual performance.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:40 pm 
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Rawburn wrote:
Allen Berrebbi wrote:
Rawburn wrote:
I still think Cruise was funny only because he was Cruise.

Eehh.

To clarify: I didn't find Cruise all that funny, but I think those that did found him funny BECAUSE he was Cruise, not because of the actual performance.

Yeah. And I'm clarifying that I found him funny simply because he was funny. Not everyone's cup of tea? Perhaps. But maybe it's the opposite for you in this case. Maybe you DON'T find it funny simply because it's Cruise. Yeah. That's my theory. It's as sound as yours.

It made me laugh. Beyond that, who cares?

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:28 pm 
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Chris wrote:
Rawburn wrote:
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Rawburn wrote:
I still think Cruise was funny only because he was Cruise.

Eehh.

To clarify: I didn't find Cruise all that funny, but I think those that did found him funny BECAUSE he was Cruise, not because of the actual performance.

Yeah. And I'm clarifying that I found him funny simply because he was funny. Not everyone's cup of tea? Perhaps. But maybe it's the opposite for you in this case. Maybe you DON'T find it funny simply because it's Cruise. Yeah. That's my theory. It's as sound as yours.

It made me laugh. Beyond that, who cares?

Sigh. I was clarifying my opinion for Allen. I respect that other opinions might differ. La dee da.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:33 pm 
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Rawburn wrote:
Chris wrote:
Rawburn wrote:
Allen Berrebbi wrote:
Rawburn wrote:
I still think Cruise was funny only because he was Cruise.

Eehh.

To clarify: I didn't find Cruise all that funny, but I think those that did found him funny BECAUSE he was Cruise, not because of the actual performance.

Yeah. And I'm clarifying that I found him funny simply because he was funny. Not everyone's cup of tea? Perhaps. But maybe it's the opposite for you in this case. Maybe you DON'T find it funny simply because it's Cruise. Yeah. That's my theory. It's as sound as yours.

It made me laugh. Beyond that, who cares?

Sigh. I was clarifying my opinion for Allen. I respect that other opinions might differ. La dee da.

La dee da.

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