If Everyone’s Giving It An A, They Must Be Grading On A Curve
Author: Stacy4 Jun
Capt. UberHusband and I went to see Knocked Up yesterday morning. First off, there’s an interesting contingent of folks who go to see movies on Sunday mornings. It’s usually folks viewing solo, or old & cranky couples like us who want to avoid all the kids who hang out at the theaters the rest of the time.
And then…there are the moms who bring their 11-year olds to see…Knocked Up. I have no idea what parents are thinking when they take their kids to R-rated movies. I mean, seriously. I remember back in Sacramento, I went to see To Die For with my friend Paul…and we were stunned to see a couple and their tween child a few rows up from us. To Die For! Murder! Sex! Ambition! More Sex! Did I mention sex?
Anyway, I’d been hearing the hype for the last year about how this movie was Close To The Funniest Movie Ever, Save Judd Apatow’s Last Movie, The 40-Year Old Virgin…so we went and saw it opening weekend. We reserve opening weekend screenings for Very Special Movies.
All I have to say is…eh. You know, it wasn’t the language that bugged me (after all, I enjoyed Borat)…and I’m not so sheltered that the drug use and the drunk sex really affected me, although about half of our theater seemed stunned at what they were hearing and seeing. Reminded me of when I went to see Brokeback Mountain, and the two old ladies behind me gasped and sighed and made all sorts of unapproving sounds for two hours.
But the movie was just…the best way I can describe it is…too much. You know that saying, sometimes more is just…well…more? There was probably half an hour of movie that could have been easily cut to tighten things up a bit. My favorite part of the movie was watching Ryan Seacrest rant about Jessica Simpson and say the F-word a dozen times. That was worth the $5 Early Bird admission price alone.
Maybe the rest of America will love it but for me, I know I liked a movie if I’m willing to see it again. This one? Nah. But then that got me to thinking…what movies will I watch over and over and over?
1. Ocean’s Eleven
2. Sideways
3. Miss Congeniality
4. You’ve Got Mail
5. Titanic…up until they hit the iceberg. I’m done after that.
6. The 40-Year Old Virgin
7. Wedding Crashers
8. The Notebook
9. Chicago
10. When Harry Met Sally
What about you guys? What movies did you see that just didn’t live up to all the hype for you? Which ones will you watch again and again?
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10 Responses for "If Everyone’s Giving It An A, They Must Be Grading On A Curve"
I would say that I could watch 1) Wizard of Oz innumerous times!! I’ll watch 2)Forrest Gump whenever I see that it is playing.
3) When a Man Loves a Woman…something about Andy Garcia?!?!?!
4) Against All Odds
5) The Thorn Birds - I’m beginning to see a pattern!!!
and of course The Notebook!!
Have not seen any of the new summer flicks yet.
Yes! The Thorn Birds! That mini-series contains one of my favorite lines ever…”You can’t make love for toffee!”
My repeated viewing movies are:
1. West Side Story
2. My Fair Lady
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Shawshank Redemption
5. GalaxyQuest
6. Deep Blue Sea
7. Jaws
8. The A&E version of Pride & Prejudice
9. Auntie Mame (the Rosalind Russell non-musical version)
10. Never Been Kissed
I’d have to agree with Ocean’s Eleven.
Moulin Rouge - I’m strangely attracted to this movie
Thank You for Smoking (I have a secret crush on Aaron Eckhart)
and Office Space for a good laugh
Definitely Office Space! And, you have to watch the actual movie…not the horribly sanitized version they play on Comedy Central.
Okay, you can replace “Never Been Kissed” on my list with “Office Space”. that movie rocks.
loved moulin rouge… totally. and brokeback and cruel intentions, for some strange reason.
as for movies that sucked, i could name a lot. i have a short attention span, so if it does not get me right away, it’s turned off.
sorry for the lack of caps. i am on a swedish keyboard and not having an easy time with caps. however, i can make these:
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I really want to see Knocked Up but I heard it was very…. uhm, “too much” like you said. I guess I’ll wait until it comes out of Pay Per View
You know, I feel the same way about Titanic too. I like it up until they hit the iceberg and then it just goes downhill from there (except for the last bit with the ship tipping up).
I felt the same way about Knocked Up. I think Ted described it best when he said it was like they were a bunch of caricatures in their roles — no one really behaves that way. Plus, it’s two hours long and that’s way too long for a comedy.
As for my list, I have some from yours (or close cousins):
The Notebook, Gladiator, Dead Poet’s Society, Sleepless in Seattle, Apollo 13, Lord of the Rings, Sense & Sensibility, Love Actually, Legally Blonde (just to name a few).
When I saw Borat a man and his three small sons were there and no joke not until the naked wrestling scene did he decide they needed to leave.