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Cpt. Wiggin Considers FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL!!

Published at:  Mar 14, 2008 9:43:45 AM CDT

SPOILER ALERT !!


Merrick here...


Cpt. Wiggin sent in this look at FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, whose writer/director were just announced as the makers of the new Muppet movie.

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL opens April 18. I haven't seen it, myself, but I'm hearing consistently good things about it.


Here's Cpt. Wiggin...

Hi Harry,

It's Cpt. Wiggin, the "plant" according to some forums for my Never Back Down review a few weeks back :) Caught an early screening of Forgetting Sarah Marshall a while ago and thought I'd "implant" my thoughts into the minds of millions, if interested.

I'll begin by stating the obvious fact that any film finding itself within Judd Apatow's grasp is pure golden whether it be writing, directing or in this case producing. The man is undeniably the Comedic Mythical Midas of our day in a world where the Farrelly Brothers are slipping dramatically in their game flick by flick and Jay Roach is nowhere to be found. Can't wait for Pineapple Express and Year One.

Peter’s girlfriend, Sarah Marshall, is unquestioningly eons out of his league as a TV celebrity star with he as a simple dramatic musical tone composer for tv shows (like the DUN! DUN! in between transitions from Law and Order). Then one day she dumps him. And like what happens to all us silly human beings when dumped in serious relationships we based much of our self worth and meaning on, he’s crushed.

But instead of popping happy pills and flying kites he decides at the approval of a pediatric doctor to go buck wild and screw everything with breath. Then when exhausted and still unfulfilled, he settles on escaping to the Hawaiian Islands for a time of re-finding himself and emotional restoration in a touchy feely Hallmark moment kinda way. Only problem is Sarah decides to reappear in his life with her new wankster wackadoo rockstar Brit of a boyfriend (who ultimately ends up being the funniest lad in the film I thought) as they reside in the neighboring room at the same hotel. Life sucks.

Jason Segal (writer and main lead) took an opposite approach as his supporting role in Knocked Up. Rarely do leads who wrote their own script succeed on the level he did in this movie. (Zach Braff comes to mind) I thought he was great. His performance is believable as a seriously broken dude whose heart was eloquently tossed into a blender and is desperate for restoration. And he balances the humor with emotion with ease. He’ll most definitely score some future lead role kudos with this one.

I’m officially a Kristen Bell fan. Haven't yet had the pleasure of diving into Heroes, nor have I seen any movies starring her though her early role as the "Record Executives Daughter" in Pootie Tang sounds inspirational to say the least, nonetheless, she pulled her weight well as the gorgeous famous Sarah Marshall. Mila Kunis from that 70’s Show was also excellent as the hotel employee/love interest who slowly mends Peter’s heart back into exquisite tranquility. I love the fact that the females in these flicks, aside from serving as gorgeously yummy eye candy, have actual brains accompanied with genuinely unique personalities as opposed to the simple one dimensional softhead bimbo hottie approach. I won't name names. *cough* Eva Mendez *cough* The presence of intelligence makes them that much more alluring and interesting.

But I could have done without the wang excursion parades. I fear with the recent Dewey Cox and Bart Simpson full frontal exposures, comedy filmmakers are believing this adds quality to the humor. I wholeheartedly disagree, cartoon or not. Save it for gay porn.

Anyway, are there clichés? Yes. A typical formula where prediction is fairly simple? Si. But welcome to the world of raunchy romantic comedy where dang near every remotely clever idea has been exhausted and stretched every which way but loose.
I mean honestly, how many different kind of unique spins, formulas and remakes can you really do with these kinds of films these days? That being said, I never rag on a movie with clichés if it works and everything else excels. We watch movies ultimately to be entertained correct? Not nitpickingly dissect every little aspect like some Bio 101 fetal pig. Each actor played their part perfectly.

The one liner deliveries are flawless and excessive. That guys bad! I saw him beat another guys ass with a starfish once! For some reason silly lines like those kill me. There’s priceless cameos all throughout including the best one during the ending credits. And Jack McBrayer from 30 Rock is hilarious as a newly wed unsure of how to please his wife while acting as gay as some cross dressing flamer riding a float in the middle of a gay pride parade in downtown San Francisco singing Better The Devil You Know karaoke.

Although this movie hasn’t dethroned Superbad on my personal hierarchy, I enjoyed it more than Knocked Up and just as much as 40 Year Old Virgin. Stamp of approval.

Peace/east G’s.








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  • Mar 14, 2008 9:42:42 AM CDT

    gay

    by sailor rip

    i no like.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 9:42:56 AM CDT

    Its forgetting sarah marshall day her at AICN.shit...first

    by donwillymo

  • Mar 14, 2008 9:43:20 AM CDT

    Fuck second...third...maybe last?

    by donwillymo

  • Mar 14, 2008 9:44:10 AM CDT

    Hop off Sarah Marshalls dick AICN...we get it

    by donwillymo

  • Mar 14, 2008 9:44:19 AM CDT

    Hop off Sarah Marshalls dick AICN...we get it

    by donwillymo

  • Mar 14, 2008 9:46:29 AM CDT

    Post another Sarah Marshall article ACIN I dare you!!!

    by donwillymo

  • Mar 14, 2008 9:52:41 AM CDT

    STOP IT!!!

    by billy batts

    I was going to see this movie. Now I might skip it.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 9:53:02 AM CDT

    "...as gay as some cross dressing flamer..."

    by powereduppacman

    "...riding a float in the middle of a gay pride parade in downtown San Francisco singing Better The Devil You Know karaoke." You did not come up with that by your freakin' self. Maybe not a plant but defintitely a plagiarist. That's fancy talk for word-thief.

    Reply to Talkback

  • And Quint, we need that KB Q&A, stat!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 9:59:04 AM CDT

    And is there some Sarah Marshall bandwagon I missed?

    by powereduppacman

    Coz the guys from AICN are riding this fucker hard.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 9:59:06 AM CDT

    Sarah Rambo

    by donwillymo

  • Mar 14, 2008 10:06:22 AM CDT

    "Fucking Sarah Marshall"

    by the biomind

    "Fucking Sarah Marshall" - THAT'S the movie I want to see! And it's a great title for the sequel by the way.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 10:10:32 AM CDT

    Is that Kylie Minogue's "Better the Devil You Know"?

    by tonagan

    I love that song.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 10:10:35 AM CDT

    Sarah Marshall and the Temple of Doom

    by donwillymo

  • Mar 14, 2008 10:15:10 AM CDT

    Name yourselves Aint It Sarah Marshall News

    by donwillymo

  • Mar 14, 2008 10:35:20 AM CDT

    I thought Bell was in V. Mars, not Heroes

    by lance rocke

    Also, Capt. Wiggin, your little boy screed against male nudity ("save it for gay porn")is just precious. How old are you again?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 10:40:20 AM CDT

    GREAT ANOTHER SARAH MARSHALL REVIEW

    by bringingsexyback

    I just came in my pants!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 10:41:33 AM CDT

    Guys, the AICN DownUnder talkback has a FSM review, too.

    by pennsy

    LMFAO; I'm organ-asmic right about now.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 10:51:16 AM CDT

    Wow, the most homophobic writer ever on AICN

    by bitterman23

    "Save the full frontal for gay porn"... "gay as a cross dressing flamer..." Jesus.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Don't trust a reviewer who doesn't do his research.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:00:36 AM CDT

    Sarah Marshall?

    by irrelevntelefant

    haven't heard about that one yet. is it like Cloverfield?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:14:56 AM CDT

    MUST HAVE 500' SARAH MARSHALL WIPING OUT HAWAII

    by pennsy

    Then...the world!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:16:48 AM CDT

    And what's with AICN's Apatow cocksuckery?

    by bitterman23

    The last time a movie had this many reviews was Knocked Up. How about running multiple reviews for a film that could be interpreted different ways or will sharply polarize audiences? Who by now is going to walk into an Apatow-fied movie and not know what to expect?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:22:10 AM CDT

    Squash - Bell was on Heroes

    by bitterman23

    2nd season. One of the 12 reasons why that show sucked this year.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:33:30 AM CDT

    When the hell did this reach 1000 reviews?

    by thebearovingian

    Slow your role, AICN!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:35:00 AM CDT

    Keep suckin Apatow's dick

    by m_prevette

    Because it's hilarious how little integrity this place has. My god it's pathetic. Like all the reviews that said Superbad was the Second Coming, and it was just....shit. Offensive unfunny drivel. It's stunning how lame this place can be once it finds the next "God" to bow before. Every three months until the NEXT one.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:35:24 AM CDT

    Bell made lemonade from the lemons the Heroes writers

    by pennsy

    served up to her. In fact, she was pretty much its MVP.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:35:41 AM CDT

    Ashley Dupre, next years Diablo Cody...

    by irrelevntelefant

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:36:22 AM CDT

    Who the fuck cares?

    by classyfredblassy

    Really, this is like the 250th article about this movie nobody cares about on this fucking web site. ENOUGH. Where was the non-stop: Step Up 2: The Streets coverage?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 11:55:26 AM CDT

    I already DVR'd it, though; it was a rerun...

    by pennsy

    of her February 4 appearance on it. Which Dish Network missed out on originally; she was one of his first guests after getting the WGA waiver. Good times.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 12:06:17 PM CDT

    I Cannot Wait To Catch This On USA....

    by www.valiens.com

    every night for the next 10 years after its DVD release. Characters welcome!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 12:13:37 PM CDT

    Must be in the minority.....

    by chuffsteruk

    .....as I thought Knocked Up and Superbad were tedious lumps of dog shit.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 12:26:13 PM CDT

    Forgetting Rambo 3

    by pokadoo

    I'm sure Stallone is trying to!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 12:30:41 PM CDT

    how much are the producers of this movie

    by lloyd bonafide the korean war veteran

    paying this website to run these constant promotions?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 12:49:17 PM CDT

    Hey I voted for you McCain! F u too

    by donwillymo

  • Mar 14, 2008 12:53:21 PM CDT

    Then there was this gal I knew in Thailand...

    by bill brasky

    ...a real cross way breezer I swear. I walked up to her and she said "no more American please..." - You see, The USS Forrestal was in port and she had just been ruined by John McCain!
    "Here's to John McCain!!!"
    "Here's to Bill Brasky!!!"
    McCain/Brasky 2008

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 1:04:40 PM CDT

    Gamer-Geekazoids Vote for this guy...

    by bill brasky

    Barack Obama’s longtime pastor once questioned America’s role in the spread of the AIDS virus, suggested that the United States bore some responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and said “God damn America” for policies he said has discriminated against blacks.

    Confronted with the content of some of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.’s sermons, parts of which have been aired this week on FOX News, the Obama campaign continues to pull away from the pastor’s rhetoric, but is stopping short of a full repudiation.

    Wright has retired as leader of Trinity United Church in Chicago; he delivered his last sermon there in February. Obama has attended the church for 20 years and calls Wright his spiritual adviser.

    Wright’s supporters say his Afro-centric sermons accurately portray black America and contend his sermons are widely studied by theologians. But critics are now calling attention to some of his words from the pulpit.

    In DVD copies of his sermons available for purchase, Wright can be seen questioning America’s role in the spreading of the HIV virus that leads to AIDS. In another speech, made in the days after 9/11, he suggested that American foreign policy invited the terror attacks.

    “We bombed Hiroshima. We bombed Nagasaki. And we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon and we never batted an eye,” Wright said.

    “We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because of stuff we have done overseas is now brought back into our own backyard. America is chickens coming home to roost.”

    The pastor also said: “The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.”

    In another fiery sermon in April 2003, Wright said: “The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes three-strike laws and wants them to sing God Bless America. No! No No!

    “God damn America … for killing innocent people. God damn America for threatening citizens as less than humans. God damn America as long as she tries to act like she is God and supreme.”

    Late Thursday, the Obama campaign said it has distanced itself from certain comments made by the pastor. But it did not fully repudiate Wright himself — as some critics have called for.

    “Senator Obama has said before that he profoundly disagrees with some of the statements and positions of Reverend Wright, who has preached his last sermon as pastor at the church,” Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said. “Senator Obama deplores divisive statements whether they come from his supporters, the supporters of his opponent, talk radio, or anywhere else.”

    Last year, Obama rescinded an invitation to Wright to deliver the invocation at his presidential announcement. He also issued a statement saying personal attacks have no place in politics after Wright delivered an attack on Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton.

    But Obama’s longtime relationship with Wright is continuing to spark controversy.

    “This is not just someone that Barack Obama has a casual relationship with,” said Tom Bevan, executive editor of RealClearPolitics.com. He noted that Wright married Barack and Michelle Obama, and Wright’s words were the inspiration for the title of Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope.”

    “Barack Obama has not out and out distanced himself from all of these comments … ,” said Patricia Murphy, editor of CitizenJanePolitics.com. “It’s unclear if he rejects all of these statements. I would assume that he does, but I think he is going to be pushed where he needs to come out and fully explain his relationship with his pastor.”

    Some of Wright’s statements have raised eyebrows at a time the Internal Revenue Service is scrutinizing tax-exempt religious organizations for alleged violations of rules barring them from participating in political campaigns.

    Prior to his retirement last month, Wright delivered commentary from the pulpit in which he praised Obama, as well as remarks focusing on the racial divide between Obama and Clinton.

    “There is a man here who can take this country in a new direction,” Wright said during his Jan. 13 sermon.

    During a Christmas sermon, Wright tried to compare Obama’s upbringing to Jesus at the hands of the Romans.

    “Barack knows what it means living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people,” Wright said. “Hillary would never know that.

    “Hillary ain’t never been called a nigger. Hillary has never had a people defined as a non-person.”

    In a Jan. 13 sermon, Wright said:

    “Hillary is married to Bill, and Bill has been good to us. No he ain’t! Bill did us, just like he did Monica Lewinsky. He was riding dirty.”

    So far the Clinton campaign has been quiet over Wright’s comments.

    Wright has declined interview requests from ABC News.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 1:12:27 PM CDT

    Fireproof

    by bill brasky

    Don't get me wrong. I love the guy. I especially love the fact that he isn't some modern, 'in touch with his feminine side' bullshit artist. He is a fucking American Hero, and Bill Brasky stands up and salutes him!!!! This is a guy who spent nearly six years of his life (four and a half of them when he didn't even have to) in a fucking ARVN torture camp. And you ultra-left weirdos think that Abu Garaib was torture. Huh. Whatever. Anyway, because I jest about the Senator and throw a few movie lines into a conversation with him (albeit a fictional one) it doesn't mean that I don't like him. Quite the opposite, he has always been my favorite candidate. I voted for him in the primary back in 2000 and I voted for him this past Feb in the 'Potomac Primaries' (Maryland.) John McCain is the only candidate on EITHER side who has PROVEN that he can work with both sides. Libs, rail against the man all you want, but can you ever remember Hillary or Obama reaching across the isle? No, they are fully integrated into the special interests of the Democratic Party and in complete rapture with their socialist, left-wing liberal agenda. They preach bi-partisanship and at the same time constantly work against it. No, Fireproof, I think you took my little post the wrong way. Hopefully this rectified the situation.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 1:15:09 PM CDT

    "I beat an elf! Wicked sweet! Who needs girls?" *snort*

    by bill brasky

    Obama '08 - Usama '09...

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  • Mar 14, 2008 1:46:38 PM CDT

    You got brass ones, classyfredblassy to compare FSM...

    by pennsy

    to a future Razzie finalist for worst film of the year (Step Up 2 the Streetz). Ca-honies, yes.

    Reply to Talkback

  • http://tinyurl.com/2fzg2q. Once more, with feeling.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 1:56:59 PM CDT

    IS IT AS GOOD AS IRON MAN!!!!

    by skywalkerfamily

    I hope you don't slam IRON MAN!!!

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  • Mar 14, 2008 2:16:04 PM CDT

    MMA?

    by bill brasky

    Cocaine and Steroid Cocktail fights? Niiiiiice....(Khazakstani accent).
    No, seriously, I had no idea that the Senator is madly in hate with MMA. WTF? Why? What is the deal Mr. Senator? For a man who seems to be relatively reasonable, why attack a fucking sport? Stupid. Still like the guy (a lot, almost at Man-Crush levels) but really don't like what I just found out about him.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 2:55:47 PM CDT

    The backlash HAS begun

    by musicballs

  • Mar 14, 2008 2:57:38 PM CDT

    Did Joss Wheadon direct this movie?

    by skywalkerfamily

  • Mar 14, 2008 3:11:11 PM CDT

    Wont point out the obvious...

    by tourist

    ...In regards to the decomposing horse being flogged, but I will say Forgetting Sarah Marshall may be the Hot Pursuit of its generation.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 3:41:30 PM CDT

    post the new hulk trailer!

    by bmacsmith

  • Mar 14, 2008 3:59:46 PM CDT

    Heroes? Pootie Tang?

    by oisin5199

    I agree, this reviewer's credibility is in question. I still miss the brilliant goodness that was Veronica Mars. And nothing I've seen from Apatow has come close to the genius that was Freaks and Geeks. Of course, he was not involved in this movie, as so many people seem to think.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 4:16:17 PM CDT

    Is this the new STAR WARS?!

    by skywalkerfamily

    Hey, I remember when people liked Star Wars!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 4:20:13 PM CDT

    Showing the dong on film...

    by forsakyn

    I agree with the reviewer in not showing one's dong in a film. If I were an actor I would never show my dong on film... Unless it was IMAX 3D, where the beauty and size could truly be appreciated.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 4:32:24 PM CDT

    Screw Doomsday

    by forsakyn

    Where's the Horton Hears a Who review? I mean that's the movie we all truly want to see. Don't we? Can it be better than Cat in the Hat?!?!

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  • Mar 14, 2008 4:44:56 PM CDT

    please stop suckin Apatow cock long enough to

    by bmacsmith

    post the Hulk trailer.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 14, 2008 4:47:30 PM CDT

    Screw the Hulk!

    by pennsy

    Keeping in line with the 'Screw' motif of the past few posts. ;)

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  • Mar 14, 2008 4:52:55 PM CDT

    Seriously, with all the SXSW reviews of other movies...

    by pennsy

    that we had over the week, today was just the day for the quartet of Forgetting Sarah Marshall reviews that were sent in to be published. But I'ma Kristen Bell homer, so maybe you take this with a grain of salt.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 5:07:12 PM CDT

    YackBacker, what are you suggesting??

    by pennsy

  • Mar 14, 2008 5:28:36 PM CDT

    I just got off the phone with Alton Brown...

    by uncle stan

  • Mar 14, 2008 5:41:49 PM CDT

    This guy is full of crap

    by haggardatbest

    Naked dudes are funny

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  • Mar 14, 2008 5:57:03 PM CDT

    TOO SOON!

    by donniedorko

    As my asian foot-specialist calls my toe-zones.. Why she screams it, I don't know - but is the reason I hit her. My footmassages are better now but the remote for the tv broke.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 6:22:26 PM CDT

    It's sad that...

    by screamin822

    ...as far as we've come in the way of acceptance and enlightenment, this incredibly offensive and mediocre review is posted as "news".


    Moreso, it bothers me that more talkbackers are offended by the notion this might be a "plant" than by the blatantly bigoted nature of the words used.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 6:25:22 PM CDT

    This sounds a little like The Heartbreak Kid

    by skimn

    only if it was funny. Does Jonah Hill overstay his welcome in this...? Curious to see if he crashes and burns on SNL this weekend. Or at least unleash an F-bomb like he did on Conan.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 6:50:41 PM CDT

    eons out of her league?

    by bootle2

    I don't think you know what that word means. You dumb fucking assmonkey piece of shit, you're worse than merrick, and he is "pure golden" dreck

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  • Mar 14, 2008 7:02:01 PM CDT

    hulk director has to explain the trailer

    by bacci40

    http://www.empireonline.com/features/hulk/1.asp...remove spaces

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  • Mar 14, 2008 7:11:12 PM CDT

    Hulk trailer

    by chuffsteruk

    Was posted on here 2 days ago :
    http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/node/35977

    So stop asking for them to post it!!

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  • Mar 14, 2008 7:16:03 PM CDT

    Marshall, Will and Holly, on a routine expedition,

    by jimmy rabbitte

    met the...

    what? ...

    ...oh, it's another Apatow movie, sorry, never mind.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 7:51:51 PM CDT

    I guess I just don't "get" Apatow

    by emperor_was_a_jerk

    I am obviously the odd man out here and Apatow is this cinematic comedy genius but really, I just don't get all the hoopla. "I'll begin by stating the obvious fact that any film finding itself within Judd Apatow's grasp is pure golden whether it be writing, directing or in this case producing. The man is undeniably the Comedic Mythical Midas of our day...". Wow. Really? Superbad with all its dirty language that was supposed to pass for good writing? 40 Year Old Virgin and its barage of "your so gay" jokes that we all did in 7th grade? Um, okay.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 8:10:53 PM CDT

    Re: Emporer

    by haggardatbest

    Kids really talk like the ones in Superbad, I hate to tell you. And immature guys really talk like the ones in 40 Year Old Virgin. I know. I'm an immature guy myself.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 8:17:06 PM CDT

    Two Sarah Marshall talkbacks in the top 10, BAYBEE!

    by pennsy

    Way to go.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 8:24:58 PM CDT

    haggardatbest:

    by emperor_was_a_jerk

    I get what you are saying but I don't have a problem with the language of the kids or how the characters in 40 Year Old Virgin acted. I just prefer a JOKE in there somewhere. Saying "F*CK" fifty times in a sentence does not inherently make something funny. Or being "shockingly" dirty is not a joke in and of itself. One of the funniest (if dated) movies of all time is Eddie Murphy RAW. He was as dirty, offensive and foul-mouthed as anyone has ever been in that performance but he had something that these other movies don't have: a JOKE wrapped around the cussing.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 8:29:49 PM CDT

    APATOW IS A GOD AMONGST FILMMAKERS!!

    by skywalkerfamily

    STEVEN SPIELBERG WISHES HE WERE APATOW!!!!

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  • Mar 14, 2008 8:33:17 PM CDT

    Cough, cough, handjob, cough cough

    by evilwizardglick

    Val Kilmer?

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  • Mar 14, 2008 8:41:39 PM CDT

    Sorry but

    by haggardatbest

    I thought the Orson Wells joke in Superbad was pretty funny. There is good stuff to be found in there, and I don't feel the humor is based on the language. I think the humor is framed by the language, but only because it's more realistic for a character like Jonah Hill's to be talking that way while still saying funny things.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 8:46:02 PM CDT

    Hey, yeah, some of his movies are funny,

    by skywalkerfamily

    but this site is in full blown overload.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 10:44:36 PM CDT

    am i the only one that thought 40 virgin>>>>Superbad?

    by bmacsmith

    Superbad was ok.

    Walk Hard blew.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 11:04:43 PM CDT

    I liked Hot Dog better than Superbad.

    by skywalkerfamily

    But it was all right.

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  • Mar 14, 2008 11:48:23 PM CDT

    New International Red band trailer for FSM

    by jay mammoth

    http://tinyurl.com/2feysj

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  • Mar 15, 2008 1:29:52 AM CDT

    Why didn't they get the genuinely funny Noel Fielding...

    by annoyyou

    ...instead of the unfunny and gross-looking Russell Brand to play Sarah's Brit boyfriend? As if anyone like La Bell (as they call her on gofugyourself.com) would look twice at a matted-haired, mossy-toothed slimeball like Brand. They should have had Rhys Ifans reprise his role from "Notting Hill" - even HE was more attractive than Brand. Ugh.

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  • Mar 15, 2008 1:57:40 AM CDT

    Aint it sold out news...

    by landosystem

    Doomsday opened today and not word one on this site about it... any film that references road warrior, escape from new york, 28 days later, lord of the rings, monty python and the holy grail and the full monty to name just a few deserves a little more geek press... fucking 5 articles about forgetting sarah marshall on the front page tho, good thing they are sucking your choads so much you are ignoring the rest of geekdom.

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  • Mar 15, 2008 2:07:52 AM CDT

    I'm not seeing it because of AICN

    by musicballs

  • Mar 15, 2008 4:57:58 AM CDT

    Fielding is too good for second string Apatow.

    by tourist

    Brand is a nobody, so he'll do.

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  • Mar 15, 2008 9:06:43 AM CDT

    LMAO, Xiphos...and as for Doomsday,

    by pennsy

    Maybe there's no talkback yet because people see it for the five-alarm turd that it is.

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  • Mar 15, 2008 9:17:45 AM CDT

    Yeah, where's the Doomsday news?

    by i dunno

    Of course it looks totally lame and gay but since when has that stopped a movie from getting coverage here? And it stars that girl from...well, it stars one of those girls that you don't remember what she's from but she's hot anyway. Anyway, continue the Judd "let me record my funny stoner friends' conversations and call it writing" Apatow.

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  • Mar 15, 2008 9:17:58 AM CDT

    ...suckfest

    by i dunno

  • Mar 15, 2008 12:36:42 PM CDT

    Funniest Part Of This Movie:

    by christian66

    Is this line from the review:
    "The man is undeniably the Comedic Mythical Midas of our day..."
    Oh, undoubtedly, Mr. Steed. Your tea?

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  • Mar 15, 2008 12:53:08 PM CDT

    Peter’s girlfriend, Sarah Marshall, is unquestioningly eons out

    by iamjack'suserid

  • Mar 15, 2008 4:28:10 PM CDT

    Five alarm turd.

    by mrfan

    Best description of Doomsday. Very nice Pennsy. hehehehe

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  • Mar 15, 2008 4:34:21 PM CDT

    P.S.

    by mrfan

    Someone please wake up TomBodet. His snoring is getting too loud.

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  • Mar 15, 2008 5:14:21 PM CDT

    SARAH WHO? DAMN! I FORGOT ALREADY!

    by skywalkerfamily

  • Mar 15, 2008 10:36:42 PM CDT

    What's with all the Sarah Marshall news?

    by the_scream

    Seriously, AICN is targeted as the no. 1 geek site to promote films now. As such, we are overloaded with promotions for run of the mill comedies, action flicks and so on. Even Harry can't resist giving a fairly positive review to absolute shit like 10,000 Bull Crap. What a sell-out this place is becoming.

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  • Mar 15, 2008 10:41:54 PM CDT

    Again, I suggest that since there was a load of SXSW

    by pennsy

    reviews to publish, FSM just wound up getting a quintet of reviews on Friday. I'm sure other movies have received close to 3 or 4 talkbacks on the same day in the past. Right?

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  • Mar 15, 2008 10:51:21 PM CDT

    Superbad had like ten talkbacks.

    by skywalkerfamily

  • Mar 16, 2008 12:18:17 AM CDT

    Boys, it's either Quentin, Apatow, Rodriguiz,

    by gqtaste

    or the dude from lord of rings. Thats it. They get everything and more for this site. You'll never see a negative review from any of those dudes. Don't you get it?

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  • Mar 16, 2008 3:48:20 AM CDT

    John McCain Dressed Up as Jane Fonda and Blew His Vietcong Capto

    by heywood jablomie

    In other news, since Harry got married, this site has become as geriatric as my Uncle Fud's kneecaps.

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  • Mar 16, 2008 8:14:12 AM CDT

    In Hanoi

    by monkey butler

    There's an exhibit on McCain in the Hanoi Hilton. It says that he really enjoyed his stay there, and there are photos of him laughing and opening christmas presents and shaking hands with his captors when he was released. I just don't know what to believe.

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  • Mar 16, 2008 9:01:10 AM CDT

    There's an exhibit in the Hanoi Hilton...

    by bill brasky

    Dude, are you fucking serious? The HANOI HILTON, the place that fucking tortured men like John McCain and that probably held dozens if not hundreds of 'MIA's for years after the war was over, and you "just don't know what to believe." Shame on you dude, because that was about the most ignorant, out-of-touch thing that I think I have ever read on this conspiracy theory laden hive of scum and villainy.

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  • Mar 16, 2008 12:54:09 PM CDT

    Forgetting Sarah Marshal?

    by santi01

    Odd, I havent heard of this movie on this site yet. hmmmm

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  • Mar 16, 2008 12:54:53 PM CDT

    Forgetting John Rambo!

    by santi01

  • Mar 16, 2008 4:13:58 PM CDT

    "When Cell Phones Attack"

    by pennsy

    Check out http://tinyurl.com/3bvyo9 and see if this doesn't remind you of Kristen's most recent movie. Also, it's not just AICN that's gaga over FSM: http://tinyurl.com/2jxa97

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  • Mar 16, 2008 4:42:35 PM CDT

    Dear Straight Male Reviewers:

    by mrsandwich

    I get it. When you see a wang onscreen, a siren begins blaring in your mind that says: 'If I Do Not Announce My Aversion To This Wang To All Nearby, The World Will Instantly Conclude That I'm A Gay.' It won't. I promise. But stop it. 'Wang Excursion Parade'? Really? Do you *really* think there's been this Avalanche of Penises in movies for comic effect?I don't. I think this was your excuse to remind us that you, a robust heterosexual male, do not care for wangs. Stop it.If men who don't delight in exposed boobs in movies were as vocal about it -- they would be set on fire.

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  • Mar 16, 2008 6:46:16 PM CDT

    penises in comedy movies

    by the podosphere

    The sausage fest in EuroTrip worked because it was a bunch of fat and/or ugly and/or old guys chasing poor Michelle Trachtenberg down the beach. The intent of the penis humor in Dewey Cox was the shock value. IMHO it would have been funnier had the one flashing of wang been behind Dewey when he was talking to his dad at the door of his hotel room after the crazy party.

    Unless you've got an incredible set-up, just flashing a wang onscreen does not a laugh make. The shock value laugh is done.

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  • Mar 16, 2008 10:04:44 PM CDT

    Objection, your honour. FSM has Kristen Bell in it.

    by pennsy

    Therefore, that alone prevents it from blowing.

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  • Mar 17, 2008 7:59:47 PM CDT

    And if you want to be down with Bad Boy F U TOO!!!

    by donwillymo

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