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This is closing on Monday. We've got a three-way tie for fourth with The Blues Brothers, Ted, and Ed Wood, with Fast Times at Ridgemont High trailing close. Really surprised that Tropic Thunder is ahead of all of these.
This is closing on Monday. We've got a three-way tie for fourth with The Blues Brothers, Ted, and Ed Wood, with Fast Times at Ridgemont High trailing close. Really surprised that Tropic Thunder is ahead of all of these.
I did not enjoy Ted at all. I didn't find anything funny about it and I didn't see anything funny in it. Whatever people think is so fun there, I don't get it. :yawn
FTaRH is good, but not quite on the same level as Ed Wood or The Blues Brothers, IMO. I'd grant the edge to BB, personally. I have to be in the right mood for EW, whereas BB is both perpetually entertaining and, of course, filled with memorable moments.
However, what you have against Tropic Thunder, I don't understand. It's got lots of laughs and, even better, hits the damned movies that it is making fun of directly on target. What's so strange about seeing this terrific comedy receive its due?
I thought Tropic Thunder was one of the cleverest, funniest movies out of Hollywood in years. I agree that some of the satire is so spot on. Every time I think of the scene where Downey, Jr. is trying to get into the drug-runners' camp with his limited knowledge of Mandarin just cracks me up.
Tropic Thunder is fantastic. It was received poorly/averagely in the beginning but, like EVERY film Stiller directs, becomes an cult classic years later. People HATED Zoolander when it came out, now everyone seems to love it.
I can't think of another comedy that has such a diverse and large cast, where every single person, no matter how little screen time they get, manages to get a moment to shine. Such a great film. "Senn Penn, I Am Sam, 2001...he went full retard. Went home empty handed."
Missed this poll entirely some how, voted:
The Naked Gun, Tropic Thunder, Ted, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Nothing wrong with Ted. Compared with 90% of the comedies in the last decade it's an absolute gem lol
Maybe not so bad compared with Movie 43, (Peter Farrelly, 2013) for a different example, but what does that have to do with this thread? How about compared with what's here? Is there a law somewhere that any comedy in the last decade be measured first?
It's a Teddy Bear drinking a beer. Not very funny. I watched it. That's the only joke.
I really don't see what Whalberg's past has to do with Ted...I guess that means The Pianist and Midnight In Paris have something wrong with them too...
Evidently you would rather watch Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, Paul Blart, Hangover 2, Hangover 3, Epic Movie, Disaster movie, Scary Movie 4, Chuck and Larry, Good Luck Chuck, Jack and Jill...I could go on and on...than Ted.
There are a lot more jokes than Ted drinking beer..if anything he smokes way more pot than drinks beer lol. If there is anyone 'one joke' in Ted, it's how a Teddy Bear can say/do things and get away with it, while a human being wouldn't be able to.
Evidently you would rather watch Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, Paul Blart, Hangover 2, Hangover 3, Epic Movie, Disaster movie, Scary Movie 4, Chuck and Larry, Good Luck Chuck, Jack and Jill...I could go on and on...than Ted.
That's not logical. I asked you if there is a law somewhere that any comedy in the last decade must be measured first. Could I not rather than Ted and also rather than everything else you just listed watch other movies altogether? How about compared with what's here? What does any of that have to do with this thread? How does any of it apply to reasoning for voting in favor of that now?
Originally Posted by Mattrick
There are a lot more jokes than Ted drinking beer..if anything he smokes way more pot than drinks beer lol. If there is anyone 'one joke' in Ted, it's how a Teddy Bear can say/do things and get away with it, while a human being wouldn't be able to.
That's not relevant. It doesn't really matter what the variations on the one joke are if it's still all one and it's still not very funny.
Originally Posted by Mattrick
I really don't see what Whalberg's past has to do with Ted...I guess that means The Pianist and Midnight In Paris have something wrong with them too...
I really don't see what Whalberg's past has to do with Ted...I guess that means The Pianist and Midnight In Paris have something wrong with them too...
Care to elaborate?
I assume he's referring to the controversies surrounding Roman Polanski and Woody Allen, respectively.
I really don't see what Whalberg's past has to do with Ted...I guess that means The Pianist and Midnight In Paris have something wrong with them too...
Care to elaborate?
I assume he's referring to the controversies surrounding Roman Polanski and Woody Allen, respectively.
I assumed as well, although the director of Ted, so far as I know, only has the trouble of being a terrible director and having just awful taste in actors, so that that makes a rather incomplete argument.
He was great in The Departed and I loved him in Three Kings. He was also good in Boogie Nights, Four Brothers and The Fighter. As far as comedy, I really enjoyed him in The Other Guys and I thought he was really funny in a small role in Date Night.
Evidently you would rather watch Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, Paul Blart, Hangover 2, Hangover 3, Epic Movie, Disaster movie, Scary Movie 4, Chuck and Larry, Good Luck Chuck, Jack and Jill...I could go on and on...than Ted.
That's not logical. I asked you if there is a law somewhere that any comedy in the last decade must be measured first. Could I not rather than Ted and also rather than everything else you just listed watch other movies altogether? How about compared with what's here? What does any of that have to do with this thread? How does any of it apply to reasoning for voting in favor of that now?
About as much relevance to this thread as Movie 43. I think most comedies these days suck. We're lucky to get one great one a year. Ted was one of the few good comedies of it's entire year, with Ruby Sparks and This Is 40 being the only other two I liked. And in terms of the rest of these films, I'm not a big Beetlejuice or Blue's Brothers fan, I'm not a Jump Street fan either, and I haven't yet watched Ed Wood. So I picked the only 4 movies I really enjoyed, with Ted being one of them. That isn't to say I'm going to vote for it in later rounds. I haven't voted for every film I like in this tournament. Ted's a silly and funny film and like I said, there's nothing wrong with that. You see one joke, while I see more than that. That's where this magical word called 'subjection' comes in.
I assumed as well, although the director of Ted, so far as I know, only has the trouble of being a terrible director and having just awful taste in actors, so that that makes a rather incomplete argument.
What's wrong with Giovanni Ribisi and Mila Kunis? Kunis has come a long way from That 70's Show, which can be seen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Black Swan. And I love Ribisi.
The Other Guys was also terrible, or he was in it at least. I may have gotten carried away, but he can't do comedy, or not hardly.
The Other Guys isn't terrible at all. It's not stellar but it's an above average comedy, which are rare these days. And I completely disagree he can't do comedy as in several movies he's the funniest part of it to me.
Originally Posted by Still Servant
Mark Wahlberg is not a bad actor.
He was great in The Departed and I loved him in Three Kings. He was also good in Boogie Nights, Four Brothers and The Fighter. As far as comedy, I really enjoyed him in The Other Guys and I thought he was really funny in a small role in Date Night.
I get why he rubs some people the wrong way.
Yeah, his part in Date Night was the only part I really enjoyed in the movie. He's an actor who has really impressed me. I mean, he was awesome in Fear back in 1996. I've enjoyed his work in plenty of movies like the ones you mentioned along with his hilarious role in I Heart Huckabees.
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Originally Posted by Mattrick
I really don't see what Whalberg's past has to do with Ted...I guess that means The Pianist and Midnight In Paris have something wrong with them too...
Evidently you would rather watch Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, Paul Blart, Hangover 2, Hangover 3, Epic Movie, Disaster movie, Scary Movie 4, Chuck and Larry, Good Luck Chuck, Jack and Jill...I could go on and on...than Ted.
There are a lot more jokes than Ted drinking beer..if anything he smokes way more pot than drinks beer lol. If there is anyone 'one joke' in Ted, it's how a Teddy Bear can say/do things and get away with it, while a human being wouldn't be able to.
I'm with you. Ted was way funnier than those other crappy movies you listed.
About as much relevance to this thread as Movie 43.
Seth MacFarlane was in it.
Originally Posted by Mattrick
What's wrong with Giovanni Ribisi and Mila Kunis?
I didn't mean to imply that. Cry your pardon.
Originally Posted by Mattrick
The Other Guys isn't terrible at all. It's not stellar but it's an above average comedy, which are rare these days.
It's not even above the average these days, much less the average of all comedy ever filmed. And I still don't see how a general quality decline gives newer films that don't stink quite so much as many newer films do more worth than older films that are still good.
Originally Posted by Mattrick
And in terms of the rest of these films, I'm not a big Beetlejuice or Blue's Brothers fan, I'm not a Jump Street fan either, and I haven't yet watched Ed Wood. So I picked the only 4 movies I really enjoyed, with Ted being one of them.
You are more of a fan for personal reasons, I guess? That's cool, if so, but can you appreciate that those are better movies?
Originally Posted by Mattrick
You see one joke, while I see more than that. That's where this magical word called 'subjection' comes in.
"Subjection" is a synonym of "subjugation." What you describe sounds more like the definition of "subjectivity." If you mean just that we ought to agree to disagree, well, this post actually required no further comment:
And in terms of the rest of these films, I'm not a big Beetlejuice or Blue's Brothers fan, I'm not a Jump Street fan either, and I haven't yet watched Ed Wood. So I picked the only 4 movies I really enjoyed, with Ted being one of them.
You are more of a fan for personal reasons, I guess? That's cool, if so, but can you appreciate that those are better movies?
No, it just made me laugh. I can't appreciate a movie is better if I'm not fond of it. I can judge a movie for what it's trying to do, and for what Ted was trying to do, it did it well. If it's not your cup of tea, it's not your cup of tea.
Originally Posted by Mattrick
You see one joke, while I see more than that. That's where this magical word called 'subjection' comes in.
"Subjection" is a synonym of "subjugation." What you describe sounds more like the definition of "subjectivity." [/quote]
Both are derivative of the word 'subject', which has various forms and definitions. I meant subjective but, autocorrect.
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