Monday, May 12, 2008

he really does hate sarah marshall

I was talking to a friend the other day. He told he me that he saw the movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" the other day and it was terrible.

He told me he was really upset about how bad it was. I said that it happens sometimes, they don't make movies like they used to.

Then, he told me the full story:

"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is produced by Jud Apatow, who did "40 Year Old Virgin" and "Superbad", both of which are amazing movies. It was written by Jason Segel, who was the tall friend who sweet talks the sister in "Knocked Up" and was on "How I Met Your Mother".

The problem is that the movie was terrible. It was filled with the same old jokes they always do except none of them are funny. Well, only a few of them are.

The real kicker, he said, was that he tried to download the movie previously on BitTorrent, which he tells me is a popular file sharing program. Because he was feeling guilty about doing that, he ended up downloading The Bachelor instead.

He ended up going to the theater and paid for two tickets to the movie. It cost him about $20. His date bought him a drink and popcorn for $1o. This means they got $15 per person. He and his date sat through the movie totally unimpressed. Waste of time.

He feels he should have just downloaded it off BitTorrent because they shouldn't be allowed to dupe us into going out to see that garbage. It is punishment for making bad movies to have your goods pirated. Perhaps the balance of power has shifted to the consumer and it should continue until the previous wrongs have been paid for.

I suggested they just put out movies like Ironman every weekend. Enough with the fluff like Maid of Honor or 27 Dresses. Those movies are never any good anyway and at best, worth the price of admission. Certainly not the drinks and everything else.

What do you think?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I think your friend should just go for broke and start talking like a pirate, dressing in fluffy shirts like a pirate, and wearing an eye patch like a pirate. Furthermore, your friend should start referring to any media downloaded on the high seas of bi torrent as "booty".
If he is not willing to do these things he should be required to spend $50 seeing poop movies and getting a theatre hot dog.
I, on the other hand, am a big supporter of the movie theater boycott. With the TV's people have today buying the DVD for $10-$20 and watching it on your couch in close proximity to the kroneyard beats the hell out of a movie theater excursion imho. Of course, a bad DVD buying strategy will render all that I said above moot.Itis therefore key you consider the risks associated with building a DVD collection. In order to avoid having your DVD collection turn into the Reza special (non buono) I suggest following three simple rules
1)For Dramas and Serious movies stick to VERY highly acclaimed movies. The last thing you want is to buy a movie that got "good" reviews. Only "great" "fantastic" amd "mystifying" will do.
2) Comedies age better than any other movie. With that said, avoid these familiar names: Martin Lawrence, Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Carrot Top, Dane Cook, Rob Schneider, Jamie Kennedy, Seth Green, and anything involving the wayans brothers
3) Do not shy away from XTREME cheese.Names that come to mind here are: SLY, Arnold, Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris, Jeane Claude Van, Damme, Anaconda, bleeders, toxic avenger, one with a bullet
oh and the special #4:
Always say yes to Christopher Walken