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Hooplehead is hamthrax's bitch
06/16/09

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Apatow's stuff interests me not at all. The goofy-looking guy lands a babe genre is old and tired, and I hope it is soon put out to pasture. Hopefully like this ridiculous dude's career soon will be.
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lolacat
06/16/09

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I find Judd Apatow to be the most over-buzzed man in movies, today. Sure, I liked Anchorman. Then, I liked the 40-Year old Virgin. Then I got really bored with every movie of his I saw. He was clever the first two times and then either I grew up (which I'm sure is not the case because 'The Hangover' was awesome) or he just keeps doing re-treads. I'm tired of hearing about him.
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andBegorrah
06/16/09

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So he doesn't want this Best Brofriends 4Ever popsicle stick picture frame I pasted together with jizz at Dude Camp? That's fine. No, sure, I didn't, like, spell out our names in macaroni or anything. And I definitely didn't weave matching friendship lanyard cockrings! That would be totally gay. Whatevs.
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TheExperience
06/16/09

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Not everything Apatow writes is gold, but he can do endearing fairly well when he tries.

The part in Knocked Up where Ben and Pete are sitting in a hotel room tripping balls and Ben goes on a sad little tirade about how he is "Sad, all day." about how he loves Alison, but she doesn't love him back struck a nerve with me, because I've been there. Not tripping in Vegas, but feeling that pathetic crushing sadness.
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Antrack
06/16/09

@TheExperience: Also, the end always makes me cry when they show this pictures of the newborn babies and that "That's My Daughter" song is playing. If I'm alone, there might be a quiet little wail in there. I also sob when Vanessa gets the baby in Juno.

Actually, I just teared up writing this. I did not believe in the biological clock until it started ticking SO LOUDLY inside me. Ridiculous.
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maybeimamazed02
06/16/09

@Antrack: I seem to not possess the biological clock, but I teared up at both of those parts too. Jennifer Garner's acting in those scenes in Juno is stellar--she's so happy and scared at the same time.
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NefariousNewt
06/16/09

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I have never watch a Judd Apatow flick -- and this makes me very glad I haven't.
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tailfeather
06/16/09

@NefariousNewt: I'd be lying if I said I didn't find "Superbad" hilarious. The first half of it, anyway, was really well-constructed, the dialogue was sharp, and it felt very true-to-life in a classic teen film way. It spirals out-of-hand after the midway point, but I'd see it again.

I enjoyed a lot of "Knocked Up" too, but wouldn't recommend it.
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Majrhoulihan
06/16/09

@NefariousNewt: Also I pretty cry with laughter at the end of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, also, the chest waxing scene, and the Planned Parenthood scene, and the Guatamalan love song, and Michael McDonald.

I'm sorry! It makes me laugh!
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merv
06/16/09

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I just saw the preview for "Funny People". It might end up being a 'so bad it's good' sort of thing. Or maybe just desprate. Either way, it looks humiliatingly bad.
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merv
06/16/09

@merv: *desperate
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PersonalBest
06/16/09

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I'm sorry, but I can never ever hate Judd Apatow because he gave the world Freaks and Geeks.
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The HZA.
06/16/09

@PersonalBest: Undeclared. Love love love....
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OneTwoPunch
06/16/09

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I realized, after watching a couple of movies he's in, that I really don't like him. His brand of humor reminds me of a frat guy from Long Island; not original.
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tiny_danza
06/16/09

@OneTwoPunch: It's unlikely you've seen him in a movie.
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OneTwoPunch
06/16/09

@tiny_danza: Hah! Are you him?! I saw "Knocked Up" thought the movie was funny, but he plays the same character over and over and over. Same thing in "40 Year-old Virgin", same thing in "Blah Blah and Blah Blah Make a Porno" same routine in "Superbad": chubby guy gettin' wasted. I get it, I've seen it in real life. Prob. the scripts he's getting and he's been typecast.
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mbprice
06/16/09

@OneTwoPunch: I think tiny_danza's point was that you've seen Seth Rogen in a bunch of movies, not Judd Apatow.
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FashionShowAtLunch
06/16/09

@OneTwoPunch: Yeah, you're talking about Rogen, and also; he's usually the one writing the scripts - so I guess he's typecasting himself.
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ThaLza
06/16/09

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How about less "Bromance" and more plot, Apatow? You can't fool me, I saw "Pineapple Express"!
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tomatoheart
06/16/09

@ThaLza: god that movie was so terrible
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morninggloria
06/16/09

@tomatoheart: Boyfriend thought that movie sucked, but I thought it was hysterical. You just have to watch it like it's a couple of friends of yours messing around with movie equipment.
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AuntieBee
06/16/09

@ThaLza: I liked Pineapple Express a lot, actually. I think it might be the best of the Apatow movies.

Maybe that's just because I have known people just like those two dorks; except the ones I knew didn't get into quite as much trouble.
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FashionShowAtLunch
06/16/09

@ThaLza: Apatow is actually responsible for very little of that movie... Rogen wrote it with Evan Goldberg and David Gordon Green directed it. Apatow only has a "story" credit.
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bananastand
06/16/09

@morninggloria: Weed helps too.
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Jack_Burton
06/16/09

@bananastand: Yeah, I can't imagine it was too funny if you aren't /weren't a smoker.
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The HZA.
06/16/09

@ThaLza: I think I liked it because I could enjoy it without paying attention. I didnt have to think about the plot.
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