Judd Apatow

[thepaulo]

Since 2005 this man has been out of control....
here is some of the films he has written, directed and or produced.

40 year old virgin
Kicking and Screaming
Talledega Nights
Fun with Dick and Jane
Knocked up
Superbad
Walk Hard
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Drillbit Taylor
Stepbrothers
Pineapple Express

and in 2009....
Funny People
Get Him to the Greek
Year One

What should we do about this?

[TheGameHHH]

yet he's still a terrible stand-up.................with that aside, he's a funny ass motherfucker

[K.C.]

40 year old virgin GOOD
Kicking and Screaming BAD
Talledega Nights NOT A FAN
Fun with Dick and Jane BAD
Knocked up Personally, I think it's a little overrated, but funny, so I'll say GOOD
Superbad FANTASTIC
Walk Hard Never saw it
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Never saw it
You Don't Mess With the Zohan Don't have to see it to know it's bad
Drillbit Taylor Never saw it
Stepbrothers Haven't seen it yet, but not exactly enthusiastic about it.
Pineapple Express Very interested to see it when it comes out


My answers are in bold.

Looks like I've got three good, three bad, and a bunch I haven't seen.

I guess that's better than a lot of directors. I think Aptow movies are decent, but you can usually tell which ones will work and which won't.

He's got to be the hottest director in Hollywood right now, though.

[mikeyboy]

My answers are in bold.

Looks like I've got three good, three bad, and a bunch I haven't seen.

I guess that's better than a lot of directors. I think Aptow movies are decent, but you can usually tell which ones will work and which won't.

He's got to be the hottest director in Hollywood right now, though.

He didn't direct all of those. A bunch he just produced.

[foodcourtdruide]

Since 2005 this man has been out of control....
here is some of the films he has written, directed and or produced.

40 year old virgin Hilarious
Kicking and Screaming Cute kids movie
Talledega Nights Very funny
Fun with Dick and Jane Blah
Knocked up Good, cute story and funny moments. Not great though.
Superbad Funny overall, but dragged at times.
Haven't seen the rest of these.
Walk Hard
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Drillbit Taylor
Stepbrothers
Pineapple Express

and in 2009....
Funny People
Get Him to the Greek
Year One

What should we do about this?

I copied K.C. and randomly gave my opinions of the films though no one asked for them :)

[TooLowBrow]

forgetting sarah marshall was really funny

[Freakshow]

Since 2005 this man has been out of control....

What should we do about this?

Watch old episodes of the Ben Stiller program?

[oh_kee_pa]

forgetting sarah marshall was really funny

i dont know if i ever laughed as hard as i did when he started singing as dracula

[Thebazile78]

So ... he makes his living off dick-and-fart jokes.

How is this different from anything else that passes for "comedy" lately?

When he's a writer or director, there's a clear "morality" to the ridiculousness of the plot that falls firmly in line with his personal philosophy.

But, the bottom line is, you can't go wrong with dick and fart jokes.

[pittphantoms]

forgetting sarah marshall was really funny

QFT

This was one of my favorites of the year...

[TheMojoPin]

You left out Anchorman.

And the TV shows he eiher created or was the main writer on:

The Ben Stiller Show
The Larry Sanders Show
Freaks & Geeks
Undeclared

Obviously, people aren't going to like everything he's done, but I'm a big fan. If someone says they've never laughed at anything listed in this thread, well, they're trying too hard to be miserable.

[TheMojoPin]

So ... he makes his living off dick-and-fart jokes.

How is this different from anything else that passes for "comedy" lately?

When he's a writer or director, there's a clear "morality" to the ridiculousness of the plot that falls firmly in line with his personal philosophy.

But, the bottom line is, you can't go wrong with dick and fart jokes.

I don't think he's like Kevin Smith at all (sans Chasing Amy). Outside of the more farce-like material, his comedy seems to come more out of (at least attempted) realistic social interraction and situations.

Besides, "passes for 'comedy'" sounds so negative...did we pass some golden age of comedy that makes today's look so bad?

[TooLowBrow]

I don't think he's like Kevin Smith at all (sans Chasing Amy). Outside of the more farce-like material, his comedy seems to come more out of (at least attempted) realistic social interraction and situations.

Besides, "passes for 'comedy'" sounds so negative...did we pass some golden age of comedy that makes today's look so bad?

the golden age was police academy movies, spaceballs, revenge of the nerds, little shop of horrors, trading places....
all those movies that, to this day, you swear by
:thumbdown:

[TheMojoPin]

Madness.

[KnoxHarrington]

the golden age was police academy movies, spaceballs, revenge of the nerds, little shop of horrors, trading places....
all those movies that, to this day, you swear by
:thumbdown:

Well, go back further and watch "classic" comedy like Abbott & Costello, Laurel & Hardy, etc. etc. It's not funny.

"Who's on first?" "Your fucking mother, you fat ass douche."

[Freakshow]

I watched The General last month, it was the best movie I ever saw. The '20 was the golden ago of comedy. Sound rooned everything!

[A.J.]

Besides, "passes for 'comedy'" sounds so negative...did we pass some golden age of comedy that makes today's look so bad?

the golden age was police academy movies, spaceballs, revenge of the nerds, little shop of horrors, trading places....
all those movies that, to this day, you swear by
:thumbdown:

Well, go back further and watch "classic" comedy like Abbott & Costello, Laurel & Hardy, etc. etc. It's not funny.

"Who's on first?" "Your fucking mother, you fat ass douche."

I watched The General last month, it was the best movie I ever saw. The '20 was the golden ago of comedy. Sound rooned everything!

The Age of Aristophanes, FTW

[Freakshow]

Euripides these pants, you buy them.

[thepaulo]

Mojo...purposely focused on 2005 and later to show what a run he's on.

[fezident]

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[Thebazile78]

Well, go back further and watch "classic" comedy like Abbott & Costello, Laurel & Hardy, etc. etc. It's not funny.

"Who's on first?" "Your fucking mother, you fat ass douche."

It all depends on what you're into.

The Who's On First routine grew out of vaudeville, which is something that maybe your grandparents can remember .... but more likely your great-grandparents enjoyed.

It's comedy of words more than it's comedy of situation.

I love Abbot & Costello and Laurel & Hardy, but I also like a lot more wordplay than I get from a flick like Accepted or whatever. That doesn't mean I hate films like that, but sometimes I'm in the mood for something different.

the golden age was police academy movies, spaceballs, revenge of the nerds, little shop of horrors, trading places....
all those movies that, to this day, you swear by
:thumbdown:

Spaceballs rules.

I don't think he's like Kevin Smith at all (sans Chasing Amy). Outside of the more farce-like material, his comedy seems to come more out of (at least attempted) realistic social interraction and situations.

Besides, "passes for 'comedy'" sounds so negative...did we pass some golden age of comedy that makes today's look so bad?

But, despite using the "can't go wrong with dick and fart jokes" reference, I really wasn't going for a Kevin Smith comparison. I was really pointing out that there's a lot of bodily functions jokes in the two Apatow comedies I've seen (40-year old virgin & Talladega Nights ... both of which had me laughing my arse off. Now if it would only STAY off, I'd be a happy chick, but that's another rant for another forum...) and that seems to be what's pulling audiences in today.

Yes, he does have more depth than other directors (like Kevin Smith, who I feel is more of an "inside joke" type of director than he is a "dick and fart joke" director, the blowing a corpse scene in Clerks notwithstanding) but the slapstick is what pulls the audience in.

I'm not opposed to the slapstick comedy ... some of my favorite comedies are silents Sherlock Jr. and Steamboat Bill with Buster Keaton, for example, or The Great Dictator and The Gold Rush with Charlie Chaplin are all physical comedy ... and, of course, there's Mel Brooks's Silent Movie which I think is hilarious; the soda machine scene is VERY physical, broad and spun out of proportion, but that's comedy's way of using what its been given and then saying "and...."

I don't think there's a "golden age" of comedy, mostly because what makes me laugh won't necessarily make you laugh and tastes & styles change. There's a time and a place for a completely silly comedy, usually of the fratboy, dick-and-fart-joke variety, but I don't think that all comedies should be of that flavor. And it really seems to me that a great many broad and gross-out comedies are being pitched, produced and marketed lately, so I'm a little bored with them.

[Thebazile78]

The Age of Aristophanes, FTW

Ha ha ha ha.

He wrote The Frogs, right?

[JustJon]

You left out Anchorman.

And the TV shows he eiher created or was the main writer on:

The Ben Stiller Show
The Larry Sanders Show
Freaks & Geeks
Undeclared

Obviously, people aren't going to like everything he's done, but I'm a big fan. If someone says they've never laughed at anything listed in this thread, well, they're trying too hard to be miserable.

All 4 tv shows were billiant. Not a huge fan of all his movies, but the tv shows are all great.

[TheMojoPin]

The ancient Greeks were fucking filthy. Lysistrata is basically one long (HIIIIIIIIII-OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH again) boner joke.

[Thebazile78]

The ancient Greeks were fucking filthy. Lysistrata is basically one long (HIIIIIIIIII-OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH again) boner joke.

I <3 Lysistrata.

[burrben]

"walk hard" was hilarious...but then again i was high at the time

cant wait for pineapple express

[jonyrotn]

He's the new John Hughes and Seth Rogen is the new Molly Ringwald..

[grlNIN]

I <3 Lysistrata.

That is so weird.

Last night my boyfriend and i were talking about how the '60s was the reverse Lysistrata.

[realmenhatelife]

Dude isn't afraid of making hard R comedies, which you don't get because of the stupid pg 13 bullshit.

Also, writing wise I really appreciate that he can be atypical without jumping up and down scream 'im an iconcoclast, lick my balls'

Looking at how against type the characters in Freaks and Geeks are is great. The teachers and parents are sympathetic, the Freaks are occasionally wrong, sometimes assholes, sometimes the Geeks lose in the end. It's realistic without being bleak and drab, scripted without being cliche.

Seriously, give this guy Darren Arronofsky's movie money, I wont compain one bit.

[KnoxHarrington]

Dude isn't afraid of making hard R comedies, which you don't get because of the stupid pg 13 bullshit.

Also, writing wise I really appreciate that he can be atypical without jumping up and down scream 'im an iconcoclast, lick my balls'

Looking at how against type the characters in Freaks and Geeks are is great. The teachers and parents are sympathetic, the Freaks are occasionally wrong, sometimes assholes, sometimes the Geeks lose in the end. It's realistic without being bleak and drab, scripted without being cliche.

Seriously, give this guy Darren Arronofsky's movie money, I wont compain one bit.

My big complaint with Anchorman is that I thought they were really holding back to keep that PG-13 rating. Being able to say "Fuck it, gimme an R" really frees up a comedy.

[thepaulo]

I really like it when a penis and balls pops in your face out of nowhere.

[realmenhatelife]

I really like it when a penis and balls pops in your face out of nowhere.

How long until male nudity gets burned out and we move on to live shitting on screen? I feel like thats the next step.

[A.J.]

How long until male nudity gets burned out and we move on to live shitting on screen? I feel like thats the next step.

Didn't we get that when Vito Spatafore, Jr. shat in the school shower on The Sopranos?

[TheMojoPin]

How long until male nudity gets burned out and we move on to live shitting on screen? I feel like thats the next step.

Jeez, hate your penis much?

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I wish I hated Apatow, the movies that he directs I enjoy


I really want to use " more like Crapatow"

[romerocortez]

only like 3 of those movies were worth seeing so that's either a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you understand "out of control". context sucks.

[Gerald]

Despite its racy subject matter Pineapple Express epitomized why I generally hate Hollywood comedies. I didn't think there was any actual wit, nuance or sophistication to any of the humor and I flat-out don't get Hollywood's fascination with Seth Rogen both as a leading man and as a writer. I felt the humor aspects were crass, dopey and obvious and the attempts to incorporate action-adventure were cringe inducing. A few deft character touches by Franco and the guy from Foot-Fist Way that rose above the slumming of David Gordon Sellout Green were the only bright spots I could detect. I didn't hate the movie was much as Superbad though, that one I thought was the apex of banality.

[TheMojoPin]

And people call me a snob.

I'm dying to see the list of hysterical so-called "non-Hollywood" comedies.

[NewYorkDragons80]

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/The-Cable-Guy-Poster-C11818398.jpeg
Love it or hate it, that movie get 10x more negativity than it deserves.

[TheMojoPin]

And people call me a snob.

I'm dying to see the list of hysterical so-called "non-Hollywood" comedies.

Anyone? Anyone?

I'm an indie movie asshole, but I can't really point to too many indie "comedies" out there that exist in the first place, much less ones that are really funny.

Sure, you can point to 90's flicks like Dazed & Confused or Clerks, but aren't films like that just "wallowing" in the same types of humor as the "Hollywood films" this Gerald fellow was griping about?

What are all these hilarious "non-Hollywood" comedies we're missing out on?

[Furtherman]

What are all these hilarious "non-Hollywood" comedies we're missing out on?

http://news.rinkiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/krazzy4.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

Winnar.

[mikeyboy]

What are all these hilarious "non-Hollywood" comedies we're missing out on?

Here (http://www.gapthemovie.com/)

[boonanas]

Non-Hollywood comedies that I found to be funny are the following (all of which I've seen in an art theater):

2 Days In Paris
OSS117
The Ten

[TheMojoPin]

Non-Hollywood comedies that I found to be funny are the following (all of which I've seen in an art theater):

2 Days In Paris

Typical screwball romantic comedy with more swearing and a smaller budget.

OSS117

Austin Powers with better fashion and less poo jokes.

The Ten

Slightly left of center comedy by the people behind The State, Stella and Wet Hot American Summer.

All rather "Hollywood."

[boonanas]

Typical screwball romantic comedy with more swearing and a smaller budget.



Austin Powers with better fashion and less poo jokes.



Slightly left of center comedy by the people behind The State, Stella and Wet Hot American Summer.

All rather "Hollywood."

What's not Hollywood then? I meant in terms of commercial comedy that are wide released.

[thepaulo]

David Gordon Green is a terrific indie Writer/Director(George Washington,Undertow,All the Real Girls, Snow Angels)....and he was clearly selling out here to get a little Hollywood cred....I don't blame him....He was clearly a gun for hire as the director and he showed flexibility that he can handle this type of material....not that Pineapple Express is anywhere near as accomplished as his own films.

[TheMojoPin]

What's not Hollywood then? I meant in terms of commercial comedy that are wide released.

That's my point. I think it's really meaningless to say a comedy is "too Hollywood."

[thepaulo]

Pineapple crushes Batman.

Wednesday night totals

$12,085,679 Pineapple Express
$ 5,730,334 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
$ 5,077,367 The Dark Knight

[Reynolds]

Pineapple crushes Batman.

Wednesday night totals

$12,085,679 Pineapple Express
$ 5,730,334 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
$ 5,077,367 The Dark Knight

Wow, in its opening night it beat a movie by 7 mil that has been out for 3 weeks... On a weekday? Impressive.

[JustJon]

I watched Forgetting Sarah Marchall last night. Holy shit was it funny. And Mila Kunis was surprisingly hot.

[thepaulo]

was just watching Mila Kunis in American Psycho 2 on cable with another hot actor we all admire....William Shatner.

[JustJon]

was just watching Mila Kunis in American Psycho 2 on cable with another hot actor we all admire....William Shatner.

I tried to watch that once. I tuned out 5 minutes in, I think. Can't remember how far after Prof. Shatner cited the case study of serial killer Patrick Bateman that I could keep going. Besides, I knew going in it was just a repurposed script.

[thepaulo]

Pineapple crushes Batman.

Wednesday night totals

$12,085,679 Pineapple Express
$ 5,730,334 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
$ 5,077,367 The Dark Knight

somebody must have been smoking dope because these numbers were wrong....
well Batman won the weekend anyway.

[Gunner S]

Since 2005 this man has been out of control....
here is some of the films he has written, directed and or produced.

40 year old virgin. Okay
Kicking and Screaming Horrible
Talledega Nights Horrible
Fun with Dick and Jane Okay
Knocked up Good
Superbad Good
Walk Hard Good
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Never seen
You Don't Mess With the Zohan Fucking Horrible
Drillbit Taylor Horrible
Stepbrothers Looks good, never seen
Pineapple Express Looks Great, never seen

and in 2009....
Funny People
Get Him to the Greek
Year One

What should we do about this?


i actually just realised this guy after he made knocked up, because seth rogen was in all of his movies. My first thought was "The Next Adam Sandler"