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	<title>Andy at The Movies &#187; Adam Sandler</title>
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		<title>Trailer Tuesday: Grown Ups</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I simply have no words for how massively brainless and regurgitated Grown Ups looks from the trailer below. Adam Sandler and I aren’t on speaking terms after last summer’s pooptastic, Funny People, so there is no way he’s going to redeem this sinking ship. Frankly, this is like an all-star lineup of comedy has-beens, especially with Schneider and Spade.  I’m sure there are a few giggles here and there, but considering this movie is directed by Dennis Dugan (The Benchwarmers, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan), it just feels used and cheap. Take a peek below and let me know your thoughts. Does the addition of Salma Hayek (Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant) and Maria Bello (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) help at all? My thoughts? No. This movie will suck the sweat of a dead man’s balls.]]></description>
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		<title>Funny People is a Huge Disappointment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a 35 year-old man, my anticipation for the new comedy Funny People was tantamount to the exuberance I felt during my youth for The Empire Strikes Back or Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom &#8211; you know, back when I was sporting Underroos and playing with G.I. Joe and He-Man toys. I suppose my excitement for an “adult” movie is part of growing up (although I still get giddy for a juicy, brainless summer popcorn release) , but it’s also a testament to how highly I regard Judd Apatow’s previous films, The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up. These are movies, while chock full of crude, bawdy and over-the-top humor, deal with quietly embedded issues that many, if not all, of us wrangle with on a daily basis as we move through life. And after seeing the first trailer for Funny People, I thought Mr. Apatow had done it again; in fact, I was thinking he might even enter Oscar territory. But I was wrong. Funny People is hugely disappointing. I laughed from time-to-time, but there was nothing connecting the laughs, the everyman heart and soul that embodied The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up was replaced with a story about life as a stand-up comic and life as a rich celebrity that’s just not palatable for me.  I had three main problems with Funny People. First and foremost, the film is stunningly aimless. I’m not sure if Apatow was trying too hard to be subtle and avoid a heavy hand, but for the most part we are led slowly down a path that seems more like winks and nods toward the workings and celebrity mingling of Hollywood than it does, as the trailer suggests, the journey of a man, a famous comedian, who changes and looks at life through a different lens and resolves to live it differently. We spend 90% of the movie with Sandler learning and dealing with the revelation he is going to die, followed by the news his treatment has worked and he now will live. We see him go through ups and downs, but it all leads to an emotionally unsatisfactory finale, where Sandler is the same manipulative douche he was in the beginning. My problem isn’t with the concept of an imperfect character or imperfect conclusions; I just don’t appreciate how long it took to get to such a simple and unfulfilling ending. Second, I really didn’t bond with or care for the characters. These stand-up comedians and Hollywood-types probably resonate deeply within Apatow’s soul because this is the world in which he lives, but for me, Ordinary Joe, it’s hard to relate to a comedian/actor whose daily routine is a mix of swimming in his fancy pool, driving to the Improv in his souped-up Escalade and spending many-a-night boinking comedy groupies. I felt some attachment to the struggle Seth Rogan and his roommates (Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman) faced everyday between the realities of paying the bills and the dreams...]]></description>
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