Comments on: FUNNY PEOPLE Is Only Funny In That It Isn't

By: popculturenerd

popculturenerd — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:19:06 +0000

Hi Jay,

Most views on this blog are the opinions of one person—me, mainly—unless I’m posting poll results.

By: popculturenerd

popculturenerd — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:10:52 +0000

I liked Spanglish, too! Not sure why it was excoriated by critics. It's definitely not in the same category as Terms of Endearment and Broadcast News, though. I own both those movies and they still hold up under repeated viewings.

By: popculturenerd

popculturenerd — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:06:55 +0000

Well, I'm glad you're feeling a little better about not getting into the screening, yeti9000. I don't have any intention of seeing it; the trailer was so underwhelming. If Apatow was truly aiming for Brooksian heights, he might have considered casting leads other than Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen. I mean, Terms of Endearment had Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson. And I agree that more length doesn't necessarily equal better or more serious. More tedious, maybe.

By: Jay Beezy

Jay Beezy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:42:22 +0000

This is just the opinion of one viewer. I’ve read more comments around the web saying that people liked it.

By: yeti9000

yeti9000 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:48:23 +0000

Oh, and by the way, I kinda liked most of “Spanglish”…but, I’m sure even Mr. Brooks would agree that it was no “Broadcast News” or “Terms of Endearment”! 🙂

By: yeti9000

yeti9000 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:46:41 +0000

I was sooo bummed I couldn’t score a seat to this screening the other night, and now that I hear how lousy the movie is…I don’t feel nearly as bad.

The L.A. Times’ Patrick Goldstein had a great column about this movie a few weeks back where he gave Apatow shit for equating running time with seriousness. I’m totally paraphrasing, but he was like, long movies aren’t better dude, they’re just longer. You don’t need to get all epic to make a good dramedy!

And, personally, I think that if you’re aiming to make your first “James L. Brooks” movie (as Apatow has declared a few times recently) you should aim for “Terms of Endearment” and not “Spanglish”. Yikes…

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:19:16 +0000

Netflix… maybe.

By: BIZMAN5

BIZMAN5 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:02:27 +0000

Well, I’ve liked all of Sandler’s films. I usually go after a few drinks and laugh my ass off.

Can’t wait….

By: Reader#9

Reader#9 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:33:00 +0000

Sounds like your source saw the screening I did. Everything he mentions is still in the film. The
Eminem rant could have been really funny, but it appears Apatow wasn’t on set that day. As a matter of fact, it feels like Sandler put Apatow’s name on as director just to broaden his audience. Funny bits, but nothing more than a usually disjointed SNL episode. I laughed a few times, but forgot most of it on the way out of the theater.

Ardent Adam Sandler fans will like it.