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Fabfunk’s Seen RUN FATBOY RUN, MONGOL, THE SIGNAL, And FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL!!

FIRST ! by messi	Feb 17th, 2008 05:15:26 PM
SINESTRO CORPS WAR!
Despite Simon Pegg, by LitCrit621	Feb 17th, 2008 05:15:56 PM
Run Fat Boy Run not getting the best word of mouth. Reviews range from unfunniest funny movie ever to just meh.
THE BLACKEST NIGHT - 2009 by messi	Feb 17th, 2008 05:17:26 PM
Fuck yeah. Brendan Fraser-ish sweatpants?...What?
If Forgetting Sarah Marshall is indeed funny by Garbageman33	Feb 17th, 2008 05:22:07 PM
The first thing they need to do is cut a funnier trailer. Much like Walk Hard, the trailer makes me not want to see a movie I thought I'd wanna see.
apatow comedy + mila kunis = me there by necgray	Feb 17th, 2008 05:38:35 PM
Even if this got the shittiest reviews of any Apatow film yet, I don't know if I could resist. I love those actors, and Mila is one of my big celebrity crushes from way back. Why must boy from Home Alone have pretty Russian girl?
"Bell is great. by Pennsy	Feb 17th, 2008 05:46:07 PM

"Bell is great." = Sun rises in east, sets in west. by Pennsy	Feb 17th, 2008 05:47:17 PM
Duh, as if.
re: bell by necgray	Feb 17th, 2008 06:17:22 PM
Okay, I was not on the boards when Veronica Mars was still on. I've been watching it on DVD the past few weeks. I like Bell a lot in the role. But am I the only one put off by that show? I want to like it, and there are plenty of good moments, but I also find myself getting really annoyed sometimes. Some of the dialogue is obviously written by people in their late 20s/early 30s (come on, do high school cheerleaders in 2005 REALLY know the words to "Don't Stand So Close" by The Police?? give me a break). And the whole on/off thing with Logan makes no sense to me. He's a dick! Even when you were dating him and he was less of a dick, he was still a dick! Oh, and sometimes I want to strangle Veronica for giving a shit about being with that vapid popular crowd. Anyway... carry on...
The Signal by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord	Feb 17th, 2008 06:18:36 PM
This sounds pretty decent. I've kinda been looking forward to seeing it, if only to find out whether it beats the upcoming Cell movie prematurely. I try to kick off every day by peeing in the nearest girl's butthole.
i dont know why...... by slkboxrman	Feb 17th, 2008 06:29:10 PM
im always surprised when a reviewer mentions an actor for what they want to remember them for and not for what they are known for .....jason segel is best known for playing marshall on "how i met your mother" not from the short lived "freaks and geeks"...i hate kristen bell, she may have a nice bod but her eyes are too close together, practically crossed...and "how i met your mother" is much better than "veronica mars" ....im wearing asbestos underwear so flame away....lol
just realized... by slkboxrman	Feb 17th, 2008 06:30:39 PM
the movie is called "forgettin sarah marshall" and jason segel plays marshall on "how i met your mother" eeerie.... oooo ...lol
Fatboy by barnaby jones	Feb 17th, 2008 06:39:17 PM
Is a pleasant mainstream crowd pleaser. Not unlike an extended episode of Friends.
Hopefully The Signal will kick ass... by BLIND ALBINO PENGUINS	Feb 17th, 2008 06:42:04 PM
I've been let down too many times in the horror department as of late.
enjoyed Fatboy by Jarek	Feb 17th, 2008 06:44:16 PM
Just saw it today. Very funny flick, and Simon Pegg is just a great comedy talent.
If you've got asbestos underwear, slkboxrman... by Pennsy	Feb 17th, 2008 06:56:59 PM
You're frakked already, I think. ;)
We wait for the Kristen Bell haters like General Meade by Pennsy	Feb 17th, 2008 07:01:02 PM
waited for Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.
Run Fatboy Run by Alonzo Mosely	Feb 17th, 2008 07:07:37 PM
Is a decent movie... Sure it isn't Shaun, but it isn't trying to be, it is a mainstream romantic comedy that isn't blandly catering to the female demographic. There are a couple of genuine chuckle moments, and there is some good chemistry between Dylan and Pegg, and Pegg and the landlord and Pegg and the kid and Pegg and Azaria... In fact the movie proves that Pegg can exist outside of his own particular comic universe very well. The direction is a little lackluster and the script falls back into the comfort zone of predictability every time it gets to a difficult part, but hey I enjoyed it a hell of a lot more than 90% of the romantic comedies I am subjected to...
Agree with the reviewer on the middle section of Signal by SkinJob69	Feb 17th, 2008 07:22:16 PM
This was an unfortunate choice by the film-makers, I think. Loved the first section, which was pretty straight genre horror (with plenty of scares, blood and guts). The second section was similar to Saun of the Dead (but less funny. This section took me out of the film a bit and it makes for an abrupt transition when you go into the bleak, emotionally draining third part. It's still a good film, and the directors do an amazing job with their small budget. I do wonder if they now regret such a radical change in tone for the middle third of the film.
Will be curious to see if the Signal creates new Lou Reed fans by SkinJob69	Feb 17th, 2008 07:28:26 PM
They use his "Perfect Day" to ironic, good effect throughout the film. Good choice. "...Just a perfect day, Drink Sangria in the park, And then later, when it gets dark, We go home. Just a perfect day, Feed animals in the zoo Then later, a movie, too, And then home..."
Want to watch Fatboy simply because ... by theBigE	Feb 17th, 2008 08:08:50 PM
I run marathons, and Pegg is an enjoyable screen presence in everything I've seen him in so far.
Wait, an ironic use of "Perfect Day"? by Garbageman33	Feb 17th, 2008 10:27:46 PM
Wow. What an original idea.
Fatboy's quite boring by Freakemovie	Feb 17th, 2008 11:29:18 PM
I wanted to like it, but it's by-the-numbers all the way, which would be forgivable if it was whatsoever funny but it's not. Too bad.
The backlash HAS begun! by Musicballs	Feb 18th, 2008 12:38:05 AM
Down with Apatow.
The reviewer should've mentioned the very funny musical moments by smackvein	Feb 18th, 2008 01:42:06 AM
There are two musical performances from Jason Segel that are some of the best moments of Apatow's last 7 or 8 projects. This is also Judd's most sexually explicit film to date.
So Russ Brands character is first a sex pest, then cartoonish... by Big_Bubbaloola	Feb 18th, 2008 04:07:43 AM
then a nice bloke, then a horndog again. Sounds like Mr.Brand is playing himself to a tee then.
This FabFunk guy fucks fat chicks. by TheAndyDigital	Feb 18th, 2008 04:25:35 AM
He banged some broad over at Rotten Tomatoes, and she looks like the spitting image of Shrek.
I wish Russel Brand would die. by Knuckleduster	Feb 18th, 2008 06:44:11 AM
Most annoying 'comedian' on earth. The man is just not funny.
spitting image of Shrek? by TheBloop	Feb 18th, 2008 08:11:36 AM
Or the spitting image of Princess Fiona? Because a girl that looks like Shrek would be....not good. Just say no to fat chicks...
SkinJob/Garbageman/Lou Reed by Burgundy82	Feb 18th, 2008 10:12:27 AM
Maybe you haven't heard, but the filmmakers couldn't acquire the rights to use "Perfect Day" in the final cut of the film. Instead, they've gone with a cover of Joy Division's "Atmosphere." IMHO, the replacement fits just fine.
Here's an article on "The Signal"... by Burgundy82	Feb 18th, 2008 10:15:11 AM
...from a suburban Atlanta paper, written by yours truly. Sorry for the plug: http://tinyurl.com/yo475z
If you subbed in Rachel Bilson for Mila Kunis... by Burgundy82	Feb 18th, 2008 10:22:56 AM
...would anyone notice the difference? (For the record, I'd see it either way.)
run fat boy run was a lame turd by compn	Feb 18th, 2008 10:27:44 AM
also the other one with simon pegg 'big nothing' was crap too. avoid avoid avoid. watch spaced again or check nick frost in hyperdrive, anything but watch those two.
Burgundy82 by compn	Feb 18th, 2008 10:33:23 AM
you had to censor the word 'damn'? really? ouch. at least your article tells me THE SIGNAL was done by three different directors...
compn by Burgundy82	Feb 18th, 2008 10:46:43 AM
I live in a Bible-thumping Republican stronghold of a county. It was all I could do just to pitch this article and actually get it written. Maybe one day I'll be working closer to the city, but right now I'm 20 miles away and it might as well be another country. But hey -- first job out of college, what can ya do.
The Signal...and Lou Reed by HitchCock'n'Balz	Feb 18th, 2008 11:23:58 AM
Actually that has been part of the delay in releasing it...we couldn't get the rights to the song for the Theatrical Dist., so we went with another tune...you'll like it as much if not more...GO SEE THIS MOVIE OPENING WEEKEND!!!!
Thanks for the info, Burgundy and C&B- by SkinJob69	Feb 18th, 2008 11:41:47 AM
I didn't know about the problem with the song rights, but I think think Joy Division is a good substitution. And I will be seeing this again, C&B! Any other changes between the Sundance version and the wide-release? Just curious. Thanks for posting and good luck with your film!
Garbageman33, Forgetting Sarah Marshall does have a 2d trailer by Pennsy	Feb 18th, 2008 12:08:47 PM
Red band, NSFW: http://tinyurl.com/2rsa5j
Much funnier than the first one, BTW... by Pennsy	Feb 18th, 2008 12:09:08 PM

@ burgundy re: bilson and kunis by necgray	Feb 18th, 2008 07:37:09 PM
Oh, I'm so sad for even responding. Alas, the dictates of pathetic celebrity crush demand that I do. Kunis and Bilson are, in my depressingly biased opinion, far different. Kunis has a more "exotic" look. She's definitely a gal from the Ukraine. Bilson is an American brunette. She does have a slightly exotic look to her, but there's more vanilla in there than not. Whereas Mila is definitively unvanilla. As for acting, well, I'm not going to claim that Mila's any great shakes. She's got her talents, but I'll admit they're a little limited.
Perfect Day... by Tourist	Feb 19th, 2008 12:34:05 AM
...Already generated news fans for Lou Reed when it was put to perfect ironic use in Trainspotting.
Mila Kunis by yodalovesyou	Feb 19th, 2008 10:59:04 AM
looks like me in a whig!
Screw Aptow by Series7	Feb 19th, 2008 09:04:08 PM
He should stick to being a producer from here on out, Knocked Up blew. But man when is the Signal going to ever come out on DVD or more theaters? I hate it when we hear about a movie and it takes 2 years before it ever gets anywhere luckily Darkon finally came out on the VHS.

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