Zohan

Elliotte Friedman · Jun 23, 2008

Walked out of it after 25 minutes this week. I laugh at anything, and I couldn't tolerate this. Following the first scene in the salon, I just decided I had to leave.

Only other movie I've walked out of was Detroit Rock City.

Jake_Taylor · Jun 23, 2008

Elliotte Friedman said:

Walked out of it after 25 minutes this week. I laugh at anything, and I couldn't tolerate this. Following the first scene in the salon, I just decided I had to leave.

Only other movie I've walked out of was Detroit Rock City.
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I guess you must hate Emmanuelle Chriqui.

mike311gd · Jun 23, 2008

Alma said:

It's actually better than most Sandler films. Still hates women, mind you, and still has an asshole New Yorker's appraisal of the world, but it's still better than most of his work. I'd call most of his work "rage escapism;" that is, angry men can go and project all their worries and anger onto the given Sandler character who busts through the various barriers in society with violence, cursing or some other anti-social behavior and still manages to bust some All-American girl's bad boy cherry in the process. The high-water mark of these offerings was, to me, Anger Management, in which the Sandler character is falsely accused of rage, then taken advantage of by a psychopathic counselor, until he finds rage.

The only Sandler movie I can recommend (other than Airheads, which barely counts) is Punch-Drunk Love, in which the Sandler formula is dragged out into the light and exposed for what it is. Most of his fans hated it, and for good reason: P.T. Anderson analyzed the guy's work, built a story to explain the childlike sociopathy buried in Sandler's movies, and then played it relatively straight. The result was funny and unsettling, especially for his fans, who generally go to his movie to indulge in casual rage and misogyny. Imagine what they must have felt when those seven sisters laid into him. I have no idea why Sandler agreed to make it, other than he must have liked Boogie Nights, or something.
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That's a mighty big generalization there, don't you think?

Buck · Jun 23, 2008

mike311gd said:

Alma said:

It's actually better than most Sandler films. Still hates women, mind you, and still has an asshole New Yorker's appraisal of the world, but it's still better than most of his work. I'd call most of his work "rage escapism;" that is, angry men can go and project all their worries and anger onto the given Sandler character who busts through the various barriers in society with violence, cursing or some other anti-social behavior and still manages to bust some All-American girl's bad boy cherry in the process. The high-water mark of these offerings was, to me, Anger Management, in which the Sandler character is falsely accused of rage, then taken advantage of by a psychopathic counselor, until he finds rage.

The only Sandler movie I can recommend (other than Airheads, which barely counts) is Punch-Drunk Love, in which the Sandler formula is dragged out into the light and exposed for what it is. Most of his fans hated it, and for good reason: P.T. Anderson analyzed the guy's work, built a story to explain the childlike sociopathy buried in Sandler's movies, and then played it relatively straight. The result was funny and unsettling, especially for his fans, who generally go to his movie to indulge in casual rage and misogyny. Imagine what they must have felt when those seven sisters laid into him. I have no idea why Sandler agreed to make it, other than he must have liked Boogie Nights, or something.
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That's a mighty big generalization there, don't you think?
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Transaltion: I'll hurt you, you stupid broad.

mike311gd · Jun 23, 2008

Buck said:

mike311gd said:

Alma said:

It's actually better than most Sandler films. Still hates women, mind you, and still has an asshole New Yorker's appraisal of the world, but it's still better than most of his work. I'd call most of his work "rage escapism;" that is, angry men can go and project all their worries and anger onto the given Sandler character who busts through the various barriers in society with violence, cursing or some other anti-social behavior and still manages to bust some All-American girl's bad boy cherry in the process. The high-water mark of these offerings was, to me, Anger Management, in which the Sandler character is falsely accused of rage, then taken advantage of by a psychopathic counselor, until he finds rage.

The only Sandler movie I can recommend (other than Airheads, which barely counts) is Punch-Drunk Love, in which the Sandler formula is dragged out into the light and exposed for what it is. Most of his fans hated it, and for good reason: P.T. Anderson analyzed the guy's work, built a story to explain the childlike sociopathy buried in Sandler's movies, and then played it relatively straight. The result was funny and unsettling, especially for his fans, who generally go to his movie to indulge in casual rage and misogyny. Imagine what they must have felt when those seven sisters laid into him. I have no idea why Sandler agreed to make it, other than he must have liked Boogie Nights, or something.
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That's a mighty big generalization there, don't you think?
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Transaltion: I'll hurt you, you stupid broad.
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