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Capone vs Seinfeld -- THE BEE MOVIE!

Well those clips they ran between every NBC show.... by I Dunno	Oct 29th, 2007 06:16:14 PM
were about as funny as tuberculosis. So I'm not sure about this, yet another CGI movie about insects. But what do I know, I'm sure it will be huge with kids and soccer moms.
Jerry's Still Funny... by Read and Shut Up	Oct 29th, 2007 06:19:48 PM
..."what's the deal with only one sock in the dryer?" The horse-faced sumbitch might actually pull this off.
I heard BEE MOVIE sucks. What's up with that?!?! by Err	Oct 29th, 2007 06:27:32 PM
?
Who are the ad wizards that came up with BEE MOVIE? by Err	Oct 29th, 2007 06:27:51 PM
I'd like to know.
Is Superman and American Express in this movie? by Err	Oct 29th, 2007 06:28:37 PM
Are they?
he should have... by TinSpider	Oct 29th, 2007 07:01:54 PM
just done a feature length Superman/Seinfeld adventure. That would have been much more interesting.
The anecdote about how the story came to be... by Bobo_Vision	Oct 29th, 2007 07:07:19 PM
...is not exactly something that puts the movie in a favourable light. Basing an entire movie an a gimmicky title pretty much reveals the thought process and mentality of the entire movie. I would be more impressed if it were a story he had worked on, or came to him out of inspiration, and he decided to adapt the story into a movie about bees. But by revealing the true inception, it shows that its nothing more than a money-making venture.
Seinfeld curse strikes again? by Pipple	Oct 29th, 2007 08:10:35 PM
Have Jerry do a Q & A, Harry please!!!Ask him why the most successful seinfeld alum never appeared on the show on camera!
Yeah, the Bee movie bits on NBC are Bee-yond lame!!! by PervOmatic	Oct 29th, 2007 08:13:40 PM
Just like that pun I just made. The more I watch Curb Your Enthusiam, the more I realise that it was Larry Sanders who was the real genius behind Seinfeld. After all, Jerry's act has always been pretty middle of the road and safe. I expect nothing less from this. After all, he freaking gave Oprah a part in it from what I understand. Ugh...
jerry....i cheated in the contest, jerry. by Lloyd Bonafide the Korean War Veteran	Oct 29th, 2007 08:41:02 PM
cause im a cheater!!!!
Hope you all liked the Bee Movie Juniors Ads! by CatVutt	Oct 29th, 2007 08:54:00 PM
Cuz I guarantee you they're probably funnier than the movie.
Is the BEE Movie Honeycomb worthy? by Pound Sand	Oct 29th, 2007 09:12:20 PM

And why do they call it a Hive? It's not itchy ! by Pound Sand	Oct 29th, 2007 09:12:53 PM

Remember Jerry, It's not a lie if you BEE-lieve it ! by Pound Sand	Oct 29th, 2007 09:13:40 PM

Why the hate? by SpencerTrilby	Oct 29th, 2007 09:17:39 PM
you're just jealous of him, you basement dwellers, pathetic virgins spitting your venom at real creators like Brett Ratner, Len Wiseman, Roman Polanski or Jerry Seinfeld. Just joking BTW this movie looks like shit and the last time Seinfeld was funny Clinton was in the Office.
"Huh, Dol-BEE!" by Osmosis Jones	Oct 29th, 2007 09:58:34 PM
"Any more of those cupcakes...?"
Jerry Seinfeld could murder an innocent family by 'Cholera's Ghost	Oct 29th, 2007 10:05:05 PM
Plus their dog. And I would still love him. Free pass for life, buddy.
Jerry Seinfeld could join the Church of Scientology, by 'Cholera's Ghost	Oct 29th, 2007 10:28:20 PM
kick me in the nuts, motorboard my mamma's chest, and drape himself in velvet, for all I care.
CEE MOVIE by captain_kirk	Oct 29th, 2007 10:50:01 PM
I hear Orny Adams CEE Movie is the better of the two works.
GEORGE COSTANZA MUST REPLACE JOE TORRE!!! by Err	Oct 29th, 2007 10:53:47 PM
IT MUST HAPPEN!
browncoat jedi by BadMrWonka	Oct 29th, 2007 11:32:47 PM
you know that Seinfeld is not a scientologist, right? they approached him and bothered him about joining a while back, and flatly said no, privately and publicly. now My Name is Earl...that is run by, written by, and stars Scientologists...
I am so sick of this movie and its not even out! by Cotton McKnight	Oct 29th, 2007 11:54:03 PM
Seriously, this movie is just flat out wearing on my nerves at this point. And the funny thing is I just might have seen it too. But I am so sick of the publicity machine that all interest is gone.
"The Honey Nazi." by Uncapie	Oct 30th, 2007 12:37:17 AM
"No honey for you!"
i thought this came out like 2 years ago. by dr.bulber	Oct 30th, 2007 12:41:12 AM
didnt i already see this?
Ditto Cotton McKnight by Geoduck42	Oct 30th, 2007 01:15:05 AM
Although I probably wouldn't have seen it anyway, by this point it could be the funniest movie ever made and you'd have to force me at gunpoint to go. Even my local NPR station is shilling this stupid thing.
Most unfunny interview I've ever read by Confabulat	Oct 30th, 2007 01:52:22 AM
By a so-called comedian, anyway. He sure sounds full of himself, though, doesn't he? I won't be seeing this. Jerry, you forget that you were the weakest link on "Seinfeld."
is this movie one big giantess fetish? by Orionsangels	Oct 30th, 2007 02:27:46 AM
freaky kids movie
I forget the guys name by Napoleon Park	Oct 30th, 2007 03:45:36 AM
but the cartoonist who drew the cow-boy comic strip for Comics buyers guide wrote and drew an educational graphic novel about Bees. He actually did his research and knew what he was talking about. They should have bought that and made that movie. Seriously, a movie based on a title based on a pun. What's the deal with that?
PervOmatic by Trader Groucho 2	Oct 30th, 2007 05:31:53 AM
Larry David. Larry David. Larry David.
Capone by Trader Groucho 2	Oct 30th, 2007 05:32:18 AM
Good interview dude.
And What's the Deal... by Aquatarkusman	Oct 30th, 2007 06:38:24 AM
... with washed-up comedians with gigantic horse teeth and a desire to violate a cardboard Superman plugging unfunny shit in an unfunny interview?
most inane question ever by vicious_bastard	Oct 30th, 2007 06:47:04 AM
"Why do you think that bees have been so under represented in movies, at least as heroes, and why are they so misunderstood?"
Heh, I was just about to post the exact same thing, VB by seppukudkurosawa	Oct 30th, 2007 07:18:16 AM
Someone got paid to ask that?
throw the jew down the well by ironic_name	Oct 30th, 2007 08:49:55 AM
and even tho hes not a scientologist, he was, for a while. will dan akroyd play a wasp?
STARRING WOODY ALLEN AND SHARON STONE! by ironic_name	Oct 30th, 2007 08:51:47 AM
arthur and the antz bully's life
Jerry by Omar B	Oct 30th, 2007 09:17:46 AM
Jerry Rules! Dude, you gotta do another TV show or movie!
This can suck and will still open big by theBigE	Oct 30th, 2007 09:22:42 AM
Every 8 year old and under that hasn't been to a movie since summer will see it. My kids already know about it from cereal boxes
Wouldn't it be kewl if... by Darth Macchio	Oct 30th, 2007 09:33:46 AM
bees didn't have multi-faceted eyes but instead had eyes like they do in this movie? Kinda Zanti Misfits style without the creepy-factor? I bet people would like to get stung if bees had these big goofy pop-out eyes instead of those weird alien multi-faceted things.
sein-tology by ironic_name	Oct 30th, 2007 09:43:32 AM
whatsthedealect
One of the most annoying voices of all time! by Samuel Fulmer	Oct 30th, 2007 09:44:01 AM
That's what I think of when I hear Seinfeld talk. Thanks but I'll pass on the torture of having to sit through this. The only guy with a more annoying voice is Gilbert Gottfried, and luckily his role wasn't very big in Aladdin.
Ray Romano is equally annoying by Abominable Snowcone	Oct 30th, 2007 10:25:42 AM
with that voice of his. Throw them both under a bus
what's the deal with lampshades? by Lloyd Bonafide the Korean War Veteran	Oct 30th, 2007 10:33:31 AM
if its a lamp, why do you need shade?
Larry David appears on camera a couple of times in Seinfeld by Coughlins Laws	Oct 30th, 2007 10:52:26 AM
He played George Costanza'a father's lawyer. Remember the lawyer with the cape? Also, he was a guy selling George a newspaper out of window or something. Not to mention the voice of Steinbrenner and the voice who said, "Is anyone here a marine biologist?"
I don't see any reason NOT to give this movie a chance. by Coughlins Laws	Oct 30th, 2007 10:53:47 AM
I've seen a clip and it looks like the most beautiful CGI to date.
Who are these Bee People ? by spammy	Oct 30th, 2007 11:26:02 AM
Damn this movie looks lame
Its Larry David by tapehead1	Oct 30th, 2007 11:40:58 AM
PERVOMATIC--Its Larry David not Larry Sanders...
The perils of over-marketing. by Harry Weinstein	Oct 30th, 2007 01:42:18 PM
By the time any big movie comes out, the studios have been beating me over the head with it so incessantly, for so long, that I'm totally sick of it and have no interest or desire to watch it. It's the difference between "hmm, the trailer looked promising, maybe I'll check that out" and "oh God, no more SPIDER-MAN 3, I just can't take any more SPIDER-MAN 3" - with the release still a month or so away. Still haven't seen it and I probably never will, because I'm still sick of it. Used to be I had to watch something repeatedly before I got sick of it - now I don't have to watch it at all.
Ouch, Add to Friends . . . by Nice Marmot	Oct 30th, 2007 01:50:50 PM
. . . all I can say is OUCH!!!
PervOmatic, you made my day! by Norman Bates	Oct 30th, 2007 04:20:13 PM
Good job on mixing up Larry David with a fictional character.
Too soon! by mrmgp	Oct 30th, 2007 04:32:07 PM
I was stung by a bee this past summer, and I'm still traumatized by it. It's just too soon for there to be a bee movie with a bee as the protagonist.
I've enjoyed all animated Dreamworks... by Jonas Grumpy	Oct 30th, 2007 04:38:25 PM
I've enjoyed all of Dreamworks' animated efforts so far, thus I see no reason why I won't like this. (Which is odd, considering so few are made by the same people.) For my money, they've had a better batting average in the last 10 years than Disney (minus Pixar) has. 'Nuff said.
A better "B" movie... by idahomer	Oct 30th, 2007 04:41:49 PM
is "Invasion of the Bee Girls." Considered by some to be one of the most original B-movies ever. Just the scene of the naked girls having honey poured on them is worth it. First screenplay by Nicholas Meyer and directed by Oscar winner Denis Saunders.
Larry David by Bumpasses Dawg	Oct 30th, 2007 04:57:21 PM
Trader Groucho 2, Pervomatic was right, even when he got the name wrong. Seinfeld started straining so much trying to be funny after Larry David left the series that he nearly burst at the seams. And these endless intrustions into NBC programing with incredibly forced bits to promote this film show you why Seinfeld has laid low for so many years after he closed down his show. HE KNEW LARRY DAVID WAS FUNNIER ALL ALONG! Watching Jerry's hamhanded acting on 30 Rock in a thinly disguised effort to push the film (he even plugged the film directly to camera at one point), and then fill every broadcasting moment on NBC with Schill Fill makes me realize that JERRY HIMSELF was the first victim of the Seinfeld curse. The second victim? EVERYONE WHO HAS PAID TO SEE HIM SINCE. And with crap like we've been getting thrown at us recently, we're paying dearly just by watching FREE TV.
Renee Zelwegger by Bumpasses Dawg	Oct 30th, 2007 04:59:54 PM
By the way, have you seen her during the press push? She looks like her eyes and lips were stung by a million bees. What has happened since she had us at "hello??"
Seinfeld by Forsakyn	Oct 30th, 2007 05:54:23 PM
I could never get into that show. Granted, I only tried watching a few episodes here and there, but it never grabbed me. Although Curb Your Enthusiasm is absolutely great.
Whoa. by Bartleby T. Scrivener	Oct 30th, 2007 07:09:50 PM
Before you start fumbling over yourselves with ignorant rants, Seinfeld was a funny show. And as for Seinfeld himself not being funny, just stop right there. While acting isn't his strong suit, comedy is. And if you ever been to one of his shows, you would know that. Writing comedy is a lot easier than delivering jokes in front of 15,000 people.
Bartleby by Forsakyn	Oct 30th, 2007 08:39:50 PM
In fairness, that's your opinion, just like I have my opinion that I didn't like Seinfeld. If his awful stand-up (my opinion) he did at the end of each Seinfeld episode was indicative of his stand-up routine, then I'd never want to see a full show. Again, my opinion, just as you're entitled to yours.
Trader Groucho 2, yeah I screwed up pretty good by PervOmatic	Oct 30th, 2007 09:14:41 PM
Yeah, I meant Larry David. I had just finished watching some of the Not Just The Best Of The Larry Sanders Show on DVD earlier and I fucked up the names, so sue me. Anyway, I still stand by my opinion that Larry David was the true genius behind the Seinfeld pehnom. Jerry was just the figurehead.
No Advance Screenings + Overkill Marketing Push = Lame Ass Movie by sideshowrob	Oct 30th, 2007 09:23:32 PM
Why hasnt Dreamworks screened BEE MOVIE in its entirety for press/public. ROTTEN TOMATOES has no advance reviews listed. History has shown when a Studio fails to screen a Big Budget Flick in advance, they're probably hiding something. The TV Junior campaign's pretty lame.
sideshowrob, there are 2 reviews on RT by PervOmatic	Oct 30th, 2007 10:08:50 PM
And they both are pretty negative. A quote from The Hollywood Reporter says: "Unfortunately, bees just aren't that funny. They talk funny now and then thanks to that force of comedy, Jerry Seinfeld, who co-wrote, co-produced and stars in his first animated feature. But they aren't intriguing cartoon creatures. Nor is the odd story Seinfeld and his collaborators dreamed up very inspired. The film labors too hard for its comic moments and never discovers a cartoon logic that will allow bees and humans to interact." Sounds as lame as the ad campaign has been.
Earth to Seinfeld: the commercials are annoying by Mr Incredible	Oct 30th, 2007 10:18:21 PM
It's overkill; it will open big this weekend; the merchandising will sell; enough already with the shameless, cutesy promotion.
Will There Be A Michael Richards Bee? by thelordofhell	Oct 31st, 2007 01:13:29 AM
Y'know, flying around and calling black beetles the "N" word.
Wow Add to Friends. Fucking WOW by SpencerTrilby	Oct 31st, 2007 01:24:36 AM
I know a nasty joke when I hear one. That was...funny in a twisted, insensitive way. Harsh shit that makes you laugh and feel guilty about it afterward.
I was not disputing the genius of Larry David by Trader Groucho 2	Oct 31st, 2007 02:46:53 AM
Curb is FUH-NEE. As for Seinfeld (he dabbled in Scientology? Really???), he definitely was NOT in his element on that show the first season or so, but he did grow into it. Larry David and NBC were smart enough to surround Jerry with three actors with strong improv backgrounds. I don't doubt for a minute what Seinfeld has said in interviews about his work schedule and involvement with the show, but it is really clear just from what we see on-screen that Alexander, Richards, and Louis-Dreyfus worked their asses off to make that show good.
As David Letterman would say by indyjonez100	Oct 31st, 2007 07:54:08 AM
You know what this movie needs, More Hype. Seriously, how much hype can one movie need.
WHATS THE DEAL WITH BEES? by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell	Oct 31st, 2007 09:14:52 AM
I MEAN THEY DONT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THE SECOND LETTER OF THE ALPHABET!
No wonder. by konar	Oct 31st, 2007 09:32:52 AM
I haven't seen the movie, but it doesn't surprise me that the main complaint seems to be there is no story or underlying message... especially after reading above that JS "hates" that part -- and is more focused on the one-liners. Very telling, and someone at the studio should have stopped him from saying things like that! Come to think of it, he had -- what, like 10 years -- to say something deep or meaningful on his TV show, and yet it remained true to its concept to be about nothing. So here is his movie about nothing. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'll see it for a laugh.
I've never found Seinfeld funny by Osmosis Jones	Oct 31st, 2007 11:28:30 AM
His show irritated me. Buncha selfish New Yorkers bringing pain to thrmselves and others. Newsradio was the great 90's sitcom.
His wife is a WACKO by AlwaysThere	Oct 31st, 2007 01:22:42 PM
What a silly cook book.
Jerry should sit in the RESTAURANT and sulk... by brezzel	Oct 31st, 2007 01:41:49 PM
...because he sucks. He's a terrible actor and a one-note comic presence. He should simply take his millions, buy himself an island, and grow fat ala Brando. (I take that back - Brando was unique and interesting. Jerry should give all his money away, move to Central Park, and waste away while sleeping on a bench.)
George Costanza rules! by DoctorWho?	Oct 31st, 2007 02:04:51 PM
Have you noticed though, how none of the cast has really been that funny since? Chemistry. Lightning in a bottle.
If only this movie wouldn't have been over-marketed by Detective_Fingerling	Oct 31st, 2007 02:39:13 PM
It's a shame Seinfeld has come back from his "retirement" like this. Maybe I was too young to notice if he was a sell out during his Seinfeld run, but Jerry never came off as a media whore. For a guy who has made millions hand over fist, he is acting like this Bee Movie is his payment to the devil for selling his soul for success. Did anyone at Dreamworks think Bee Movie would have done anything less at the box office without the advertising blitz?
Those "TV Junior" promos are the worst ads I've ever seen. by minderbinder	Oct 31st, 2007 04:27:08 PM
Just unimaginiably painfully horrible. Even if the movie is OK, I'll bet those are so annoying that they turn off many people who would have otherwise gone to see the movie. My guess is this thing continues the trend of DW animation continuing to make less and less money. And Jerry, it's probably not the most encouraging for audiences to hear that you didn't really like making your TV show...and now you didn't really enjoy making this movie. Currently 38% at rotten tomatoes (at least it's up from 20%).
Hardcore Pimping in Oblivion by bswise	Oct 31st, 2007 05:01:34 PM
The twin marketing juggernauts for the Seinfeld-brand "Bee Movie" and his wife's "Deceptively Delicious" cookbook are really something. Legendary overkill at best. The deal with the book is that "The Sneaky Chef," also about hiding vegetables in your kids' brownies, was written months earlier, and Harper Collins had rejected it twice, before buying Jessica Seinfeld's book (repped by WMA) at auction. Of course, neither book is terribly original, but to hear the flacks at HC, you'd think that Mrs. Seinfeld had invented meatloaf, banana bread, and vegetable lasagna. And, that's what's so infuriating about this Bee Movie B.S.: this presenting of unoriginal, formulaic ideas as if it's the greates thing since sliced bread. Plus, we're all fully aware that the Seinfeld's are billionaires, and nothing galls me more than when those with more money than they'll ever know what to do with try and come off like they're still just plain folk, all while engaging in a shameless and egregious marketing campaign in furtherance of obtaining even more loot.
And just to clarify... by bswise	Oct 31st, 2007 05:10:15 PM
...the above post is not a critique of the book or the movie, which I've neither read or seen, but rather, the bad taste left in my mouth by the overmarketing of it all.
Who the fuck is Jerry Seinfeld? by jabbayoda	Oct 31st, 2007 11:47:09 PM

AND WHATS THE DEAL WITH FRIDAY? by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell	Nov 1st, 2007 12:40:54 PM
ITS NOT EVEN A DAY FULL OF FRIES! WHATS THE DEAL WITH THAT?
Bee as in Boring? by OtisSpofford	Nov 1st, 2007 09:18:12 PM
Just wondering.
Are you imitating me? by Barry Egan	Nov 2nd, 2007 02:13:46 PM
No this is just how I sound when I cry!
Seinfeld The Uber-Celebrity vs. "The Whackos" by bswise	Nov 3rd, 2007 03:53:41 PM
Hmm, that did't go too well, did it? Uh, oh, better send Oprah another four dozen pairs of shoes.
How do you manage to work "Che" into an interview, yet not ONE.. by conspiracy	Nov 4th, 2007 11:38:43 PM
mention of Shoshanna Lonstein? Come on..Seinfeld had FRESH 17yr old Tang and DD bresteses in his possession at one point and you bring up Che?? could you not have asked something like..."So..Jerry...how is this movie different and Fresh? Is it Fresh like tender, young, underage Shashonna; or, is it yet another Stale CGI craptacular?"
One of the worst movies of the year by JoeSixPack	Nov 11th, 2007 01:09:32 PM
I saw this movie last night and seriously, I think Seinfeld must have wrote it while he was watching the Halftime Report on Monday Night Football. No development, no story, no comedy, just a bunch of bees and Seinfeld's voice. Since Seinfeld makes so much money I think he owes me a refund.
What's the deal about scientologist... by Blendre	Nov 20th, 2007 03:49:18 PM
I can't say how surprised I am that he's a scientologist. It's really a turn off. The fact that he can't see through their scam makes Michael Richards not seem that bad. "Oh, no I didn't!" Yeah, I don't think Richards is really a racist as much as a kook but scientology... Any cult that would have Tom Cruise as a member. Well, I don't know how to finish that sentence.

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