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Trailer For Peter Billingsley's COUPLES RETREAT Not Exactly Hard On The Eyes!
Beaks here...
Though I tend to be scared off by comedies with tropical settings (call it "CLUB PARADISE syndrome"), I must say that this brand new trailer for Peter Billingsley's COUPLES RETREAT has me kind of excited. Then again, it's also got Kristen Bell dancing around in a bikini, so it's possible my judgment has been clouded.
But there are other reasons to be upbeat. For starters, check out the cast list. While I'm always game for Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau bantering their way through a movie, it's the supporting players that have really got me giddy: Peter Serafinowicz, Ken Jeong, John Michael Higgins... these guys get laughs just by showing up. And the ladies - Bell, Kristen Davis, Malin Akerman and Tasha Smith - are plenty talented in their own right.
This is a very confident trailer. It's not mind-blowingly funny or anything (only Favreau's "screen saver" line and Serafinowicz's Walken-esque delivery elicited chuckles), but it seems like a good time. I like everyone involved. Let's hope, in tropical comedy terms, this is more THE PALM BEACH STORY than CLUB PARADISE.
COUPLES RETREAT hits theaters October 9th.
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Seriously.
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All you need to know.
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Jun 30, 2009 11:03:57 PM CDT
I serious want everyone of you nerds to hunt them down and kill
by noncents
Orci is an f-ing HACK to the max.
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Repeat. Orci is shit.
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I'm not seeing a link here. Srsly.
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It'll probably be up there by the time most of you read this tomorrow.
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doing - other things - to actually link to the trailer...
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Happy to help. Pay it forward. Do unto others, yada yada
http://su.pr/1oafq3= -
http://movies.apple.com/movies/universal/couplesretreat/couplesretreat-tlr_1080p.mov
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in glorious quicktime!
Your welcome Beaks, you owe me a little of your paycheck now. -
VV and JF-- and THIS is the best they could do?
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Jun 30, 2009 11:22:11 PM CDT
Here's the link since Beaks is.. busy.. - http://tiny.cc/yxXQ7
by slayme
http://tiny.cc/yxXQ7
Mmmmm Kristen Bell.. I sooo get it Beaks.. -
now I have to split that check 3 ways with stitchin and Wogga Wogga
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Try this... su.pr is screwy.
Take out the extra spaces that AICN inserts...
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These are THE BEST parts of the film? Guy, get real. It looks like they wanted a vacation and found a reason (shoot a movie) to go ... AND GET PAID FOR IT!
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and I'm the asshole? Maybe he didn't post a link to the trailer because Merrick posted an article about this last week? (I know he didn't, but it's funny because Beaks reads stuff on other sites and posts it here without checking to see if it's been covered on AICN yet.)
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How Bateman's career was in the toilet a just a few years ago - basically he was no more than a washed up child sitcom actor. But since Arrested Development, he is racking up a pretty good resume of character parts. I really look forward to projects he is attached to these days.
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Jun 30, 2009 11:51:13 PM CDT
vince vaughn is on a losing streak...
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
break up? ok alright...fred claus? terrible. four christmasesesesessses? even fucking worse.
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Now I have to type Apple.com/Trailers in all by myself! Get over it, assholes.
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find the time to be fucking awesome ALL THE TIME. I mean, with Iron Man 2 and The Avengers on his plate, he is still the best part of a few movies a year. And Paul Rudd totally blew chunks on him in I Love You, Man. God, I love that movie.
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loved Swingers, but Made was a dose of reality.
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Didn't realize I missed the Billingsley/Favreau thing until just now. RALPHIE!!!
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But other than that, looks like another Judd Aptow-ish type thing where mooks undergo humiliating ordeals for the sake of romance, all in a scenic vacation paradise. See also: FORGETTING SARA MARSHALL, and THE HEARTBREAK KID.
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fucking underappreciated movie. fucking hilarious.
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that guy's a riot.
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...you forgot to mention in your list 'o' names the main reason, a good chunk of people I know will pay to see this. Jason Bateman... "Putting the gun away in Therapy" AWESOME.
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in a parallel universe where out-of-shape schlubs like Vince Vaughn and Jon Fav can marry a gorgeous hottie like Malin Ackerman and the Sex and the City chick.
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Everyone is slumming it to get a great island getaway vaca. Was this directed by the same dork who starred in the overpraised A Christmas Story?
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to get the AICN crew 'Giddy' these days does it?
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Hey its Duane Benzie (Peter Serafinowicz) from Spaced as the snooty waiter!!!!
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Jul 01, 2009 2:59:58 AM CDT
Where is that resident douche that always kisses Bells
by lockesbrokenleg
ass on here?
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it doesn't even have Russell Brand to redeem it
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'The Heartbreak Kid'? Produced and directed by The Farrelly Brothers, starring Ben Stiller and Michelle Monaghan? That movie has nothing to do with Judd Apatow, besides for the fact that Danny McBride was in a small role in that and was also in one of the movies he produced. I know it's cool to hate on whatever's popular, but if you're going for incisive social commentary, at least try to be a little more creative in your criticism. Anyway this movie looks okay but pretty bland, Apatow involvement or not.
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...Jon Favreau's character was the best part of 'I Love You, Man.' Fucking hilarious.
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AND HAS NOT BEEN RELEVANT SINCE WOODY ALLEN REINVENTED THE GENRE WITH ANNIE HALL IN 1975. WHERE ARE THE NEW ANNIE HALLS OR MANHATTANS? IS VINCE VAUGHAN OUR SAVIOUR? FUCK NO.
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If you don't know him, check out the link Beaks added. The guy's a fucking genius!
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As Optimus Prime says in shit movies, "My bad."
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I think there should be a new law in Hollywood that Kirsten Bell be in every movie ... in a bikini. Also, she should sit on my face.
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I could really get behind. ermmm hrmmm
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with Kristen Bell and Malin Ackerman in bikinis, they'll be a lot of dudes shooting their eye out. If you know what I mean.
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Was asleep when this talkback was created, but I can understand Beaks being distracted by the uber-hotness that IS Kristen Bell to forget to put up the trailer. ;)
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If Billingsley can do as good a first-time job of directing as Nick Stoller did on Forgetting Sarah Marshall, things gonna be OK.
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Star Wars>>>>>>>>Annie Hall. The wrong film won the Oscar for best picture of 1977.
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like a refreshing glass of Hershey's Chocolate Milk?
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Oh, how I love our modern KING OF QUEENS land of comedy. What banality!
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I dunno, but I'd like to kiss Bell's ass. Preferably with tongue.
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the same shit in every movie, why not make another shit holiday movie you fat face hack. when will people start getting tired of his fast talking routine ?
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if a man has money he can marry women way better looking then he is, i see it everyday not that big of a stretch.
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It just doesn't look that funny. The kind of movie 30-45 year old white couples would find funny.
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A bikini top and a bikini bottom. Okey dokey, my inner feminist has a hot, lesbian crush on her.
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I'm sold!Didn't find the trailer to be a laugh-riot. I'm hoping it is rated R and they can't put any of the truly funny stuff in the trailer.
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At least as good as SWINGERS.
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Crazy, huh?
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Jul 01, 2009 9:35:33 AM CDT
YB, Bell's bikini streak ends with Astro Boy & When in Rome...
by pennsydeux
Still, it's physically impossible for her not to be hot in anything she wears.
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There's a difference between "Judd Apatow-ish" and "made by Judd Apatow." Like how CHARADE was Hitchcock-ish, but not made by Hitchcock. Or the fact that you're trying to jump all over my jock about this is *dick-ish*, but I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're not a dick.
And for the record, I'm not hating so much as yawning. When this winds up streaming on Netflix in a few months, I'll probably watch it.
And CHRISTMAS STORY is not over-rated. Kids these days, I'm tellin' ya... -
Is that P.B. has been with Favs for a very long time, mostly as a producer and best bud. Look further down on IMDB and you'll see. If you go too far, and you see "A Christmas Story" I don't think they were together then...although I'm not sure. Also, this movie looks to be funny and enjoyable. More for my wife, than for me, but we'll see.
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Because there aren't enough shitty sitcoms on TV anymore.
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Nary a smile much less a laugh.
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was really funny. I'd watch Vaughn and Favreau in anything, I don't even need to look at the trailer.
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Word.
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Jul 01, 2009 11:17:11 AM CDT
Should have mentioned Kristen Bell in a bikini in the headline
by d.vader
Bc I've been ignoring this story all day, and THAT would have made me click on over.
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Trailer might not be filled with laughs because the jokes might not be pg material.
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I know it has its fans, but Club Dread SUCKED major coconut balls.
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and that is all.
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I mean, dang, maybe I'm simple or something, but I was smiling all the way through that thing. Funny doesn't necessarily need to be gut busting guffaws. Actors playing NORMAL characters that keep you interested and smiling, that you can maybe relate to a little bit are missing from the big screen right now. Particularly those over, say, 25. Personally, I don't need gross out or quirky all the time. Beyond that I actually thought more than a couple of those lines could lead to funny scenes, which makes me want to see the entire movie. Once upon a time that's what a good trailer did. I'll be going to see this one in the theater, methinks.
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It's true.
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Couples Retreat.
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This fucking horseshit gets you excited? Weren't comedies supposed to be funny, and not just a collection of assholes talking boring shit? Unbelievable what passes for entertainment in WASP country. Fuck you Beaks!
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Kristen Bell dancing? Don't lie. You know it was the yoga trainer that had your ready for a "session."
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You know it. :)
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Jul 01, 2009 3:23:09 PM CDT
Damn, that Iron Man director must have clones of himself
by lockesbrokenleg
how does he do all those things AND direct a movie?
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I used to supply camera equipment to Ralphie and Fav for Dinner For Five. It was on IFC a long time ago. They've been collaborating for years. Nice blokes.
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But why would you spare a second glance at her with Malin around?!
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he just doesn't add anything likeable to any movie I've ever seen him in. Still with Ralphie behind this movie, I'll give it a whirl.
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With vince vaughn or jon favreau , but with Malin Akerman AND Kristen Davis-I will have to check this one out.
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big studio productions she gets cast in, Kristen Bell will never, EVER find a more interesting or multi dimension character to play than Veronica Mars. It's all the "girlfriend" or the "wife" in mediocre comedies from here on out from here on out, babe.
And what the hell do people have against Club Paradise? I remember seeing it as a kid and loved it. I saw it agian recently and still thinks it holds up. It's no Caddyshack, but it's not that bad. -
Peter Serafinowicz's website? It's funny as fuck! The "O News" sketch! The "Ringo Remembers" sketch? He's fucking brilliant. I swear there isn't a person alive he can't impersonate.
It would make for a more interesting TB than discussing the likes of Vaughan & Bell.
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Check out his "Acting Masterclass with Al Pacino" sketch. That is fucking insane!
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Peter Serafinowicz
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You're right, it was kind of dick-ish move of me, sorry about that. I had a bit too much to drink last night and it didn't really come out the way I wanted it to. Anyway I just see a lot of Apatow backlash on this site and elsewhere and I don't really think he deserves it. To be honest I'm not a big fan of the stuff he writes and directs himself, but I think he's a good producer and "the state of comedy" is better now than it's been since Harold Ramis's heyday..
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we should be so lucky that this movie is near as good. Moranis and Levy and Faherty and Martin, plus Robin Wiliams, Peter O'Toole, Jimmy Cliff and TWIGGY?
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In the right films. Wedding Crashers,Old School and Anchorman are all great Vince Vaughn roles. Wes Mantooth, fucking funny.
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