tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post5720663143104532518..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: TrainwreckDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-37252018335398260742016-03-30T12:50:02.541-04:002016-03-30T12:50:02.541-04:00I wouldn't have minded that if the jokes were ...I wouldn't have minded that if the jokes were funny. They weren't. Not real sure about Cena, but I did like him, here.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-57754841275351126112016-03-30T09:50:16.431-04:002016-03-30T09:50:16.431-04:00I didn't enjoy this film either. I actually fe...I didn't enjoy this film either. I actually felt like it descended into a standup comedy show. The jokes flew in too rapidly and with no story to link them. I thought John Cena was the standout and that 2015 really was a great year for him. He was in three films and stole the show at times. I actually hope to see him more. Maybe he could recreate the success of Dwayne Johnson. Kgothatjo Magolegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17851686296089750322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-806765361566411722016-03-24T14:44:56.248-04:002016-03-24T14:44:56.248-04:00I like McCarthy, but she's hit-or-miss with me...I like McCarthy, but she's hit-or-miss with me. Schumer just doesn't really do it for me, at least not in this movie.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-87266575363001486582016-03-24T08:15:10.110-04:002016-03-24T08:15:10.110-04:00I still haven't seen this one - I just don'...I still haven't seen this one - I just don't "feel" the current crop of female comediennes are all that amusing (Melissa McCarthy, Schumer etc) and this one just appears like I'm going to struggle with it! Rodneyhttp://www.fernbyfilms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-53165411481699325032016-03-23T21:39:33.864-04:002016-03-23T21:39:33.864-04:00I get that. I have lots of fun with my wife, too. ...I get that. I have lots of fun with my wife, too. However, when someone is a total...um...trainwreck...and completely cold-hearted about every interaction with other humans, it's kind of hard see myself falling in love because she makes a great drinking partner. To each his own, I guess.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-74980465625017737372016-03-23T10:00:06.451-04:002016-03-23T10:00:06.451-04:00I have more fun with my wife than anyone I've ...I have more fun with my wife than anyone I've ever met. We had fun together, and that's what did it. Granted, she doesn't have a binge-drinking problem. That would be me. But when you take a chance on someone you, for some reason, love spending time with him/her because he/she is hilarious and witty and successful (despite a few daddy issues), you go for it. You help that person become a better person because YOU, subjectively, see something in that person. That's the message of this movie. Underwhelmed as I was by it, I still found it endearing in some ways. Kevin Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219017960488448934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-19069642840794577542016-03-21T14:53:43.165-04:002016-03-21T14:53:43.165-04:00Thanks! I'm takng this as a compliment of the ...Thanks! I'm takng this as a compliment of the highest order, of course, and not as the best of a bad lot sort of thing.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-88175974929258145872016-03-21T13:52:18.688-04:002016-03-21T13:52:18.688-04:00Not seen it not wanted to, but a brilliantly argue...Not seen it not wanted to, but a brilliantly argued piece. Among your best work. Alex Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080214073517411435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-72528476062595721002016-03-21T01:30:32.362-04:002016-03-21T01:30:32.362-04:00"I couldn't figure out what Bill Hader sa..."I couldn't figure out what Bill Hader saw in her." The single biggest problem with the movie.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-10209229784217369332016-03-21T01:06:50.412-04:002016-03-21T01:06:50.412-04:00I couldn't finish this movie. My dad (who'...I couldn't finish this movie. My dad (who's infamous for falling asleep during movies dozed off thirty minutes in, and I had no desire to watch the reat.) Amy Schumer's character is a horrible, unfunny person, and I couldn't figure out what Bill Hader saw in her. The film itself just sort of fell flat for me. Spot on review, there's nothing about this woman that would make her a desirable partner and I just felt kind of bad for Hader's character. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-48840228174462865862016-03-19T17:51:16.825-04:002016-03-19T17:51:16.825-04:00Yeah, pretty much.Yeah, pretty much.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-75444228950364015502016-03-19T17:45:13.135-04:002016-03-19T17:45:13.135-04:00Funny that you gave up on it, but understandable.
...Funny that you gave up on it, but understandable.<br /><br />Thanks. After I kept hearing about how feminist it was I was sorely disappointed.<br /><br />That was the very first scene. Not a great start on the way to making her the least bit likable.<br /><br />Brie tried, bless her heart.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-21874361666997271912016-03-19T15:32:07.501-04:002016-03-19T15:32:07.501-04:00Heh, I have no interest at all in seeing this and ...Heh, I have no interest at all in seeing this and from your summation here sounds like I'm not missing much. I feel that the *girl power* message here is misleading as it's still all about getting the man she wants. It's just packaged in a crude, vulgar movie but it's no different from banal rom-coms that has such a bad rep. Can't believe Tilda Swinton is in this!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313168799746450979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-91016593336613223762016-03-19T09:11:36.097-04:002016-03-19T09:11:36.097-04:00God, I hated this movie (what I saw of it). I rare...God, I hated this movie (what I saw of it). I rarely give up on a film after paying for it on Amazon, but I turned this one off, figuring my time was better spent... well... doing just about anything.<br /><br />This is a wonderful review, and I think you took a balanced view of the film. I especially liked your commentary on the alleged "feminist" aspects of the movie. It was quite the opposite. All she seemed to think about was men and sex. (Even at work, as you pointed out, she's suggesting writing articles about semen. Definitely not doing well on the Bechdel test. LOL.) They just flipped it by making her predatory and selfish, the way guys are "supposed" to behave. <br /><br />In one of the early scenes, she was hooking up with a guy, and she selfishly got him to satisfy her needs before pretending to fall asleep. I assume it was a take-off on the way guys allegedly get their kicks and roll over and fall asleep, unconcerned about what their partner is feeling. I guess it could've been perceived as funny. But I just found it annoying and skeevy and kind of sad. And I did not get the appeal of the lead actress or her character. <br /><br />Even Brie Larson couldn't persuade me to hang in there for the duration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-10174824999057028122016-03-18T23:23:27.897-04:002016-03-18T23:23:27.897-04:00Apatow really needs to get out of his own way. Why...Apatow really needs to get out of his own way. Why he thinks every damn movie is worthy of a two-plus hour runtime is beyond me.<br /><br />The feminist thing...I am more addressing the people who decided this was a pro-woman movie rather than the movie itself saying so. As for Schumer's character, being a lot of fun to hang out with doesn't really translate into the one you should be falling in love with. Yes, the role reversal was nice, but the novelty of it wore off pretty quickly, for me.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-849989728117189562016-03-18T23:18:22.944-04:002016-03-18T23:18:22.944-04:00Yes, they do plaster half naked women on their cov...Yes, they do plaster half naked women on their covers and all over the interior of their mag. Thanks!Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-64173941429602319862016-03-18T22:02:27.278-04:002016-03-18T22:02:27.278-04:00Well, I find Amy Schumer fucking hilarious, so the...Well, I find Amy Schumer fucking hilarious, so there's that. I'd say I solidly liked this movie. I found it to be quite underwhelming for many of the same reasons as you. It sort of copped out after its pretty brilliant early scenes and became exactly that which it presented itself as being against. Judd Apatow needs to get out of his own damn way. He could be a great director. He has a good visual sense, in my opinion, he just lacks in ability to edit himself and, in turn, his movies. That "big cameo" scene was absolutely ludicrous and totally out of place. Pretty much ruined the last act for me and it sadly never recovered. <br /><br />As for the feminist thing...I never got that vibe at all from this movie. But as far as the Schumer character being "desirable as a mate"...I don't know, man. She seems like a lot of fun to hang out with...for the most part. She just has some issues with growing up and giving up the party lifestyle, which is so totally common. Plus, like most romantic comedies, the movie makes her a better person. There is a bit of pretty good, even refreshing, role reversal in this film...the Bill Hader character sort of plays the Manic Pixie Dream Guy to her developmentally arrested wiseass. Kevin Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219017960488448934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-55576334793982464472016-03-18T21:26:33.302-04:002016-03-18T21:26:33.302-04:00Your last paragraph sums up the biggest reason I d...Your last paragraph sums up the biggest reason I disliked this movie (apart from it being painfully unfunny and unoriginal). That she works at a FHM type magazine blows my mind... don't those magazines plaster half naked woman on their covers?? Such a ridiculous movie, and really well analysed my friendepileptic.moondancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645198290574147035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-81266012469465960442016-03-18T19:08:31.475-04:002016-03-18T19:08:31.475-04:00Your devotion to wrestling always amuses me, lol. ...Your devotion to wrestling always amuses me, lol. I have no idea who the Samoan person is you're talking about.<br /><br />I totally agree about Apatow. All of his movies are overly long, get really formulaic in the final act, and DRAG. Don't know if you read any of the comments above, but in response to one I said the same thing you did. He needs an editor that will really stand up to him.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-86171521938513700592016-03-18T18:26:36.632-04:002016-03-18T18:26:36.632-04:00I can take or leave her stand-up. I've found i...I can take or leave her stand-up. I've found it occasionally funny and occasionally dreadful. As I was watching this I was baffled that this was supposed to be the best comedy of 2015. Spy, among others, was far better than this. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-24030636497132163472016-03-18T17:47:58.264-04:002016-03-18T17:47:58.264-04:00I'm not really eager to see this. One is my d...I'm not really eager to see this. One is my disdain towards John Cena as a public figure and who he really is as a person. I just flat out hate that piece of shit though I would rather have him main event WrestleMania instead of that Samoan Sissy they're trying to shove down everyone's throats.<br /><br />The second is Judd Apatow. I do think he's funny but I've noticed that some of his films as a director like <i>Knocked Up</i> don't exactly hold up and I found out why. They tend to get very long and it does get formulaic as it was one of the reasons why I couldn't get into <i>Funny People</i> and why I fucking hated <i>This is 40</i>. He really needs an editor to simplify things but also to not go into dramatic mode in the third act.<br /><br />The third is Amy Schumer whom I really don't know anything about at all and I'm just not interested. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-39686830732737120702016-03-18T16:32:34.165-04:002016-03-18T16:32:34.165-04:00I find Amy Schumer's stand-up funny, but recen...I find Amy Schumer's stand-up funny, but recently she tends to rely on a lot of the same ol' self-deprecating humor which barely fit her to begin with, and even less since she went full Hollywood. This movie was, in the end, not nearly funny enough to overcome its flaws. The last paragraph of your review is PERFECT and I agree with every word. I do not understand the level of praise this got. At all.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-24539224097383169232016-03-18T14:00:57.247-04:002016-03-18T14:00:57.247-04:00Thanks! Since Schumer wrote it, I think we can saf...Thanks! Since Schumer wrote it, I think we can safely assume it's heavily based on her.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-80302468935323601152016-03-18T13:58:30.971-04:002016-03-18T13:58:30.971-04:00Yeah, the last act of most of his movies drag badl...Yeah, the last act of most of his movies drag badly. Dude needs an editor that will stand up to him. And John Cena was good.<br /><br />I honestly don't think the movie was really trying to make a feminist statement, but lots of people came out touting it as such so I felt like I should address the issue.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-60121457299367614862016-03-18T13:28:24.122-04:002016-03-18T13:28:24.122-04:00YES! That is an excellent review and I agree with ...YES! That is an excellent review and I agree with everything in it. I loathe Amy Schumer and that character here, which I assume is heavily based on her. She is vulgar, not funny at all and just obnoxious. There is nothing empowering in her talking about her vagina or being all around gross. The movie was only watchable thanks to Bill Hader and Tilda Swinton.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.com