Film Fanatics - Chat Thread II

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Na, from memory it's the first i've seen. I will check though.

edit: No I haven't seen any others. I have Attenberg waiting to be watched though and that's Lanthimos isn't it.

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RZA

Going to see the Avengers in a few days, still cant believe I haven't watched it yet, ive left it right until the last day its in the cinemas in my area to see it. Im so excited!!!!!

Reply 6903

Colonel.

Note sure if it's been posted before, but it's the trailer to the next Judd Apatow project. Except it's one he's actually writen and directed, not just produced. So think more Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin rather than Drillbit Taylor or Year One.

Pretty excited.

[video="youtube;gxkNuHrS6cg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxkNuHrS6cg[/video]

Reply 6904

Mister Dead

What happened to Judd Apatow between Freeks and Geeks and all his comedy films. F&G was amazing, but his comedy films.... less so

Reply 6905

Colonel.

I would say the films that he wrote, directed and produced were amazing.

Reply 6906

Mister Dead

Well we're going to disagree about that, even though there are a couple I really enjoyed. Nothing I say will convince you that Freaks and Geeks was exceptionally good and Knocked Up and Forty Year Old Virgin, for example, were middle of the road dross!

Reply 6907

Mess.

Original post by Mister Dead

They were both fine but as you say just middle of the road comedy that has every decent bit in the trailers.

This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App

Reply 6908

ahq

I haven't watched either, but I was under the impression that both were very highly regarded films? :holmes:

I think I made a mental note to watch Knocked Up when I found it at some point after seeing ratings/reviews somewhere...

Reply 6909

Colonel.

Don't listen to these plebians :pierre:

By the way, I'm talking about 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Funny People. A lot of other "Judd Apatow" films are not defendable.

Reply 6910

Phalanges

Funny People is like someone got drunk, was told "Adam Sandler is rubbish, hes only capable of playing one happy-go-lucky role, he must be such a cynical hack", and then decided to make a screenplay to prove that wrong. It's brilliant, I love it.

Reply 6911

Colonel.

Knew I could count on you. It is brilliant.

Reply 6912

Mister Dead

I saw funny people at the cinema and although I don't remember it too well, I do remember that it had a pretty okay first half but a fairly rubbish second half. Underwhelming.

Reply 6913

Ape Gone Insane

Whenever you post, I always get the impression that you have a nostalgia led inclination towards older films, Mister Dead.

Reply 6914

Colonel.

He was nostalgic from an early age.

Reply 6915

Mister Dead

Na, not really. I go to the cinema a couple of times a week and watch plenty of modern stuff. Probably only saw Freaks and Geeks around the same time as Apatow's later films.

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Reply 6916

Ape Gone Insane

I know you do. You just don't seem particularly receptive of modern films. It's just an observation.

Reply 6917

Na-dia

Watched Drive today. There is something different about this film. Maybe the slowed down half of the film? I liked it however. Must be Ryan Gosling :coma:

Reply 6918

Mister Dead

Original post by Ape Gone Insane

I know you do. You just don't seem particularly receptive of modern films. It's just an observation.

I loved 'Drive' (mentioned above). But there was a lot of 80s nostalgia in that! Although I thought it was a really excellent cinema film in most respects and saw it a few times.

Reply 6919

Na-dia

Original post by Mister Dead

I loved 'Drive' (mentioned above). But there was a lot of 80s nostalgia in that! Although I thought it was a really excellent cinema film in most respects and saw it a few times.