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TheNorthlander sees an early screening of the Judd Apatow camp's FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL!
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Team Apatow can do no wrong at the moment... can't wait for PINEAPPLE EXPRESS and YEAR ONE, which are on their slate, but they also have this flick... It is called FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (not DUMPED like it claims on IMDB). TheNorthlander saw a test screening and has some thoughts on it, from the point of view of a non-Apatow fanboy. Keep in mind this is an early screening and what he saw was not the final version of the film. There are a few spoilers so be warned.
Hey guys. TheNorthlander here.
Should have sent this in a few days ago while I was still in LA, but internet access, or lack thereof, forced me to wait until I got home.
Last week I caught a screening of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which I now see is called Dumped on IMDb, probably a better title. This is the new movie from producer pair Judd Apatow and Shauna Robertson who made Superbad, Knocked Up, 40-year-old Virgin and Anchorman.
The premise to this movie is simple:
Boy gets dumped but can't get over girl, so he takes a vacation and ends up on the same hotel as her and her new rock star boyfriend, while he starts dating the desk clerk - hilarity ensues.
So now, considdering who made it and based on that premise, you should have a pretty good idea about what kind of movie this is. It's exactly what it sounds like, and if you liked the other aboved mentioned movies you're gonna love this.
Me personally, I was never too much into either one of those movies (although Superbad was pretty fucking funny at times), but I still managed to enjoy this one. There are some brilliant performances all around, but especially from Russell Brand as Sarah's new Jack Sparrow type brittish rockstar boyfriend. Some of the things he says and the way he says them are brilliant.
I wish the humor from these guys' movies would be based more around this kind of humor, and less around either pubescent sex jokes or the recycling of old star wars jokes (I'm looking at YOU, Knocked Up). But that's me. I just don't get shocked by it so to me it's not that funny. Maybe it's because I'm scandinavian.
I know a lot of people like that stuff though, and as a movie with lots of "shocking" nudity jokes I suppose this is as good as any.
The version of the movie I watched would most likely be R-rated.
One running gag is to show Peter nude full frontal, over and over and over again. It's kind of like Anti-Austin Powers, if you know what I mean.
Don't know if that will be in the final release of the film, but that was the level it was on when I watched it.
To be honest though, the only real problem I had with Forgetting Sarah Marshall was when...
***SPOILER***
...the main character Peter confronts Sarah when he finds out she's been sleeping around on him for a year before she dumped him. She starts telling him off for stuff like wearing sweatpants for a week and he ends up apologizing for himself even though she's clearly the villain here.
I lost a lot of sympathy for him right there, which is a problem but not one that can't be fixed in post production with some easy editing so let's hope they change that.
***END SPOILER***
All in all, this is without a doubt an entertaining date movie or something you can watch with some friends. It's not the funniest movie ever - it's not Monty Python & the Holy Grail - but it works, mainly due to the performances. Pretty much all the actors know exacly what they should be doing with their material, and hilarity does ensue.
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Who would guess that ?? All these guys are written as simpering douchebags.
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That's all I'm sayin'.
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Shit title.
Prefered Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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how the fuck did that happen? For those who don't know, he's a British comedian/presenter who has become a tabloid fixture thanks to his serial shagging. I actually think he's pretty funny, but he pisses a lot of people off. He talks in an elaborate camp-Dickensian style, which makes me laugh, and may be exactly what is referred to in the review. He's also in the new St. Trinians film, which despite the fact it has tasty birds in school uniforms looks amazingly unwatchable. Interesting to see him making the move into acting.
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he really does dress like a rockstar and is very Jack Sparrow-esque. You sure he was acting in this and didn't just walk onto the set whilst high on smack??
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Bring it.
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yes he is a cock, but occasionally quite the funny cheeky chappie. KB though the the hawtness. so very sad about veronica mars, another waste of a perfectly great TV series.
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Dec 18, 2007 12:42:42 PM CST
Russell Brand - twat person but great for this role
by ishouldbeworking
He is an idiot, his stand up is questionable, he is a cock
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Someone had to make a bullshit "plant" claim at some point in this TB, might as well be me. But this movie looks good. And the old name was a lot better.
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thats why he polarizes the audience but if you go with the flow and stop second questioning his choice of hair products and the fact that he's slept with every good looking girl whose appeared on british tv or film in the last 2 years he's very funny.
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I think Russel Brand is awesome,i know you either love him or hate him.
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Dec 18, 2007 1:36:30 PM CST
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: more intriguing title. Dumped, OTOH.
by pennsy
Blech.
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I really mean that. I hate the guy. And I hate Hollywood for employing him now.
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http://tiny.cc/x13Fc
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Is this NBC-affiliated, perchance, as in equal suckage? ;)
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Stupid.
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Right here:
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I think it's great another Brit is potentially about to crack America (like Sacha Baron Cohen), so I fully support Brand in this film. He's an acquired taste in the UK, but I think he's generally a good bloke. His Radio 2 show is by far his best work, but I think putting him in scripted comedy is perfect (although he'll very likely be typecast, as I don't think he's really an AC-TOR). This film should be good fun, and I heard that he steals the show so much that Judd Apatow now wants to write him his own comedy film. We Brits like to knock people down (especially if they're just put in a bad performance on a comedy panel show, or generally become overexposed in tabloids) but I think Brand's a refreshing presence.
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Put some faith in the general public, for christ's sake. 'Anchorman,' 'Knocked Up' and 'Superbad' all made a mint without using another movie title as their template. Makes me think of that scene in 'The TV Set' where they change the name of the show to "Call Me Crazy!" ("That's cool, because it's like the guy's fuckin' crazy!")
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....that thinks "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is the MUCH more generic title??
Just how it rolls off the tongue, it seems like there's been a million movies with similar titles.
Raising Victor Vargas
Chasing Amy
Killing Zoe
Finding Forrester
Banging Jenna Jameson 17
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Dec 18, 2007 4:57:16 PM CST
OK.. Am I the only one that wants to see this, but NOT Jason Seg
by indyit
fully frontal?? The guy was great in freaks n geeks, and is awesome in How I met your mother...and i was excited to finally see his reteam with Apatow using his own script....but him naked? equipment and all....no thank you >.<
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I'm with you man, I to am terrorized by the thought of an unfamiliar penis.
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As in...i dont know if its just me...but after finding him just so playfully fun in HIMYM...this will taint all of it somehow. Ive seen movies with full frontal male nudity...its not a big deal...but its Jason Segel...dont go there man!!!
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Because one can't get enough of taking about K-Bell.
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Who would have thought that presenting Big Brother's Big Mouth would have got him this far. Word is he's blown Apatow away so much that he's now writing a specific script for him. Just stay off the smack please Russell.
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Chalk that up to just not used to seeing the sun for three days in a row, as Philly has had only 4 days total of sunshine the entire month.
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heres hoping one of them will be as funny as freaks and geeks.
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SLUSHO![does anybody get that?]
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Sorry, but Superbad sucked. It really did. I don't think that was Apatow's fault, though. It was Seth Rogen's writing. No shit he wrote it in High School. But, with friends like Judd Apatow I guess anything is possible.
And can we please stop with the movie titles that pretentiously feature a verb in their title? Finding Forrester, Saving Silverman, etc., (fuck, I can't think of anymore now) and now Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It's like the IFC hip-indie-coming-of-age-movie-word-title game. As if adding an "-ing" to the title makes it sound like it's about something more than what it actually is. You know what I'm sayin'? -
I guess I should have read the talkback before posting. Anyway, nice to know someone else out there ses this phenomenon. D-The_Sandman I'm looking at you.
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Does anyone else have a bias against film titles that use contractions or prepositions? I'm Not There, You've Got Mail, She's Having a Baby, Don't Talk to Strangers, Dance With Me...
Don't fucking tell me what to do, movie. And don't tell me where you at. It just seems like any movie that employs a title like that is automatically bad. (Haven't seen "I'm Not There" but I'd be willing to bet "P.S., I Love You" is a bowl of shit just waiting to hit the floor. -
Unfortunate, but true. Not sure why you're so certain that's wrong.
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I didn't mean to be so hard on Superbad. It did definitely have it's moments. So there.
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like Bringing Up Baby. Fuck that movie in it leopard ass. On the other hand, Dumped is an awful, awful title.
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But then I saw the trailer for his Sandler flick, YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN. What a piece of shit that is. Damn you, Apatow! I loved you, but now... :(
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I meant "Don't Say a Word", not "Don't Talk to Strangers".
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discussing stage fright, he also touches on his comeback from being addicted to heroin.
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I don't know why people don't understand that. As a producer you steer people towards what you think will work. As a director (A GOOD ONE)you make what you like, and hope to God it's accessable to the public. What I really want to know is what is Apatows next directing gig.
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Him and Amy Winehouse would make a PERFECT couple.
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"Villains":http://tinyurl.com/36movn. They shot individual scenes for episodes 12 and 13, per TVGuide's Ausiello, but just scenes, because the scripts were not locked in when the strike hit.
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i was bored by knocked up, 40 year old virgin and wouldn't even watch superbad. movies for guys who've never had sex. woah, boobs! uh huh huh huh. they're like modern day porky's. snoooze. i did like anchorman, tho. and, am looking forward to walk hard. so, my jury is still out...
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in the review. Honestly, Apatow comedy, and Kristen Bell staring. Tailor-made for me.
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Re-watch Freaks & Geeks, then get back to me.
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How would he react to the smokin', sassy, smart, uber-hotness that is Kristen Bell. And remember, guys - never undercount the sassy. It's worth 20 points (at least).
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but maybe it's because I'm scandanavian.
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is to have some loser dork be the forefront character. This is someone who is just the bottom end on the loser pole, someone modeled after Napoleon Dynamite in that they're in their own world of fashion, demeanor and looks. Then they'll be pasted front and center on the movie's poster in a very ridiculous and unflattering pose (i.e. see the Dewey Cox, Superbad, 40 year old Virgin, Knocked up posters), usually with some stupid looking expression to add more effect. Then it'll usually involve some 70's type of font for the movie's title. Then, and here's the ultimate factor, there'll be a non-stop blitz of ads in every format, from the internet, to television, to trailers, to magazine ads, etc leading up to the movie so that they become an "it" factor to see since they're everywhere. But the thing is that with the main character's dopey looking expression on all these ads it'll become an instant annoyance to see them constantly everywhere. There's your typical Apatow movie nowadays. With so many of his movies coming out and them constantly saying "from the maker of Superbad" he's on dangerous territory of becoming oversaturated. I mean look at what happened to the Farrelly brothers.
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http://tinyurl.com/2u95uy
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That'll be a stretch for Russell Brand. His whole sctick is ripped off from Jack Sparrow, via Vince Noir. saying that, he can be quite funny. Could be good in an Apatow film, the same way Ali G ended up being good in Talladega Nights.
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