We saw it last night and personally, I really enjoyed it. It wasn't the best of the newly emerging bromance genre, but it was fun and entertaining. I appreciated the fact that the women in the cast got the chance to be funny and interesting, and were treated like real, three-dimensional people instead of cardboard cutouts. And it was nice to see a wedding from the point of view of a man who actually wants to get married, as opposed to the typical bridezilla crap. For me, the worst part of the movie was the actual "I love you, man" declaration, which felt forced and boring.
The audience seemed to enjoy it, and a lot of people even clapped at the end, which was weird. I mean, it's a cute movie, but definitely not the kind you clap for. But then as we were leaving, Ed overheard some teenage girls complaining that it sucked.
I don't know. I liked it. And I found it pretty benign. I could easily understand why some people might find it underwhelming, but I just don't get what there is to hate about I Love You, Man.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Loving or hating I Love You, Man.
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I really enjoyed 'I Love You, Man' other than the actually declaration, as you point out. Other than that scene, however, I thought it was a very cute and enjoyable movie. The awkward humor in the movie was definitely not the same type as in 'Meet the Parents', which I also hated. My celebrity crush on Paul Rudd may have made me slightly biased, but overall I really liked the movie, too.
It was written and directed by the guy who wrote Meet the Parents.
Despite the cast, it wasn't an Apatow production at all, though it seemed to have that flavor.
I love how on blogs you can just jump into conversations... hey, what's up. Here are my thoughts on I Love You, Man. I'm out.
-Eric
I was never under the impression that Judd Apatow was involved with I Love You, Man. Although I do like Judd Apatow as a writer/director/producer, I'm a much bigger fan of the group of actors that he's assembled. Since Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Seth Rogan, etc. have such good chemistry with one another, and do so much improvising in a lot of their movies, when you put them together it tends to result in a certain flavor, which I usually love. That's what I meant when I referenced "the Apatow crew."
Sorry for being unclear in the post. I have just come to think of these guys as a sort of comedic fraternity, and there's really no other way of referring to the group without referencing Apatow himself.
I just walked out about 2/3rds the way through. I absolutely hated it. Lots of crudity with nothing funny about it. Just awful.
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