Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
I’m hoping I’ll get to peek at this one soon. I’m curious to see what they have to cut to get the film down to a manageable running time. I know it’s got to be playing a bit long right now, since so much was built out of improv and director Judd Apatow seemed to encourage people to explore scenes when I visited the set near the end of production. I’m glad this is coming out this summer, since Carrell’s cameo in BEWITCHED is the first thing I’ve seen where he simply doesn’t work. It’s not his fault... it’s a terribly written role that makes no sense, and asking him to imitate Paul Lynde’s Uncle Arthur was a strange choice. No matter, though, because look what’s right around the corner:
Two days after seeing Christian Bale being inaugurated into the Geek God pantheon, I saw proof that there's another statue to be made in honor of the men who make it work right. With THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, it is safe to say that Steve Carrell will go down in history as a God of Geeks. I don't want to give too much away, so I'll just throw a couple of lists at you guys, don't want to take up too much time. The version I saw was an obviously (bad film quality ran rampant) unfinished version, but the actual movie is complete in my mind, with EVERY SINGLE GAG KNOCKING THE CROWD OUT. I saw this in NYC at the AMC Empire 25 this afternoon, and they made us all sign these little cards that said we would not involve the media (especially the internet) with the movie we would see, but hey, I've got nothing but good things to say.
I don't want to spoil too much, but it's an amazing movie that manages to be touching even though it has all of the following:
- Paul Rudd's Box O' Porn
- The words "bitches" and "ho's" said more times in a single movie than I can ever recall.
- Steve Carrell accidentally pissing on his own face.
- 3 scenes with morning wood.
- The 40 Year Old Version goes to Planned Parenthood for a parent/ offspring session.
- Big naked tits galore.
and
- PAUL RUDD DRUNK, CAMCORDER TAPING HIS OWN NAKED BUTT!
Well, there's a lot more to the movie than that. Some things that the mainstream media might not harp on are as follows: the best performance Catherine Keener has given since BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, Seth Rogen comes out from the rubble of cancelled FOX sitcom UNDECLARED to just steal the shit out of scenes, Nancy Walls finally does something that is not THE DAILY SHOW and a musical number finale that's pure quality. When this movie comes out, you need to see it, if only for the fact that it's gonna be hilarious and personal for the virgin in all of us (or that we still are for that matter). I do wonder if the movie is going to make it out and into theaters with all the nudity and grossness and foul language I saw tonight, I really hope so.
If you use this small morsel, call me The Motherfuckin' Ruckus.
Brief, but enthusiastic. Can’t argue with that.
"Moriarty" out.
