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I just saw the preview last night & I have to say . . . I'm kinda excited about it!!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/the40yearoldvirgin/

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 25 July 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

This movie is really, really funny.

― lemin (lemin), Monday, 25 July 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

I'm so glad to hear it! The premise has so much room to be really, really funny . . . or fall really, really flat.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 25 July 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

i think that having judd apatow as the director made it so that the film is definitely reality-based, if that makes sense - many of the characters have conversations for no other purpose than to convince you that they could be real people living in a real world, the plot doesn't cut too many corners or rely on too many cliches. i left watching it thinking that most of it could actually happen, of course in a less humorous fashion. i'm not sure whether the screening i saw was the actual final cut - if it is, it's too long, but that didn't really matter to me as pretty much the entire movie was consistently hilarious.

― lemin (lemin), Monday, 25 July 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

DEE TO THREAD

― Tumililingan (ex machina), Monday, 25 July 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

At this rate, that will be me in 23 years time.

― JTS, Monday, 25 July 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

hmm, i was expecting this to be more absurdist.

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 25 July 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

It has Katherine Keener and Paul Rudd!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 25 July 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

Also looks good: Flightplan. Man, you gotta love Jodi Foster being hysterical.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 25 July 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

pretty funny trailer for this although the last joke (the box of porn one) is a dud

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 25 July 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/deucebigaloweuropeangigolo/
wtf

― Tumililingan (ex machina), Monday, 25 July 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

my local Clear Channel alt-rock station is doing some big contest/promotion for that Deuce Bigalow sequel. It's got juice.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 01:27 (twenty years ago)

The original Deuce Bigelow is one of my top 10 movies. This Virgin movie looks funny too. I'd like to play Boggle with Catherine Keener.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 01:31 (twenty years ago)

Why did I think Deuce Bigelow already had a sequel? I was speculating that it's because he's called Deuce, which almost makes sense, but ultimately I decided that it's just because Lorne Michaels is a whore.

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 01:43 (twenty years ago)

When are we getting the Ace Ventura/Deuce Bigelow x-over classic Acey Deucey?

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 01:47 (twenty years ago)

YES, this cast looks really good, in the Judd Apatow tradition. psyched.

― scout (scout), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 05:13 (twenty years ago)

flightplan - post-9/11 flight anxiety + maternal seperation anxiety + flippin script on "terror in the air" = filmmajors get out yr. notebooks = ams get out yr. knives.

haha i totally told a friend i wanted to see this movie for "research"

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 05:44 (twenty years ago)

is this the steve carrell thing? i liked him in 'the office'.

― N_RQ, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)

I am actually thinking he may be the weakest link in this film... maybe b/c he was under/badly-used in anchorman?

― scout (scout), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 10:42 (twenty years ago)

he OWNED 'anchorman'!

― N_RQ, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

Released August 19th in the US and August 26th in the UK.

It might suck but it also might be the greatest movie of the year.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Sunday, 31 July 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

steve carell is the only reason i want to see this.

― i can move move move any mountain (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 31 July 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

he was awesome in the only watchable episode of the dana carvey show, #4 i think

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Sunday, 31 July 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

from imdb:

The scene where Andy has his chest hair removed, required five cameras set up for the shot. Star Steve Carell's chest hair was actually ripped out in the scene. The actor had told director Judd Apatow just before shooting the scene: "It has to be real. It won't be as funny if it's mocked up or if it's special effect. You have to see that this is really happening."

jackie chan eat your heart out

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Sunday, 31 July 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

That reminds me of Gorotica, a Hugh Gallagher movie that Mike McCarthy worked on before starting to make his own movies. Rod Thomas (Compulsive Gamblers drummer) got one of his nipples pierced on camera, which wouldn't be a big deal except his character had been killed at the beginning of the movie, and corpses aren't generally known to jump or grit their teeth when getting piercings.

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 31 July 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

When are we getting the Ace Ventura/Deuce Bigelow x-over classic Acey Deucey?

Motion pictures that will probably never be made but would be funny to see.

― The Gospel Comes to New Guinea (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 31 July 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

I was hoping this thread would be a 40 year old ILXer admitting they are a virgin and urging the board to join in his anticipation of ending that. Let's see someone admit that while logged in...

― Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 31 July 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

Just wait a few years, the problem will crop up.

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Sunday, 31 July 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

"That reminds me of Gorotica, a Hugh Gallagher movie that Mike McCarthy worked on before starting to make his own movies. Rod Thomas (Compulsive Gamblers drummer) got one of his nipples pierced on camera, which wouldn't be a big deal except his character had been killed at the beginning of the movie, and corpses aren't generally known to jump or grit their teeth when getting piercings."

That reminds me of "Manon des sources" where a ribbon is torn off the nipple of a corpse. Actually the scene where the ribbon is sewn there in the first place is also pretty gruesome......

― JTS, Sunday, 31 July 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

this movie kind of made me sad. i mean i know the point is "it's OK, he's OK" etc. but i dunno it seems like just the ad campaign could make a lot of people feel crappy about themselves.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Sunday, 31 July 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

e.g. you

― zing, Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

e.g. dudes who make anonymous faggish snippy comments on the internet at other anonymous posters cuz theyre so ANGRY INSIDE

AAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

― zing!!!!, Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:57 (twenty years ago)

IN YOUR FACE

― Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)

I saw I think seventeen billboards for this movie yesterday, while driving maybe four miles through L.A. Every time I turned a corner, BAM, there was Steve Carell's smiling face looking down upon me like a chaste and benevolent god. It made my happy, if not a little guilty and unclean.

― reddening (reddening), Monday, 1 August 2005 07:00 (twenty years ago)

i don't know, i just don't like it when a movie stigmatizes something like this. i mean i'm sure the movie itself (ahem) bends over backwards to have an inclusive/upbeat moral but the ad campaign and many of the jokes will surely work the other way.

i mean i don't expect entertainment to be righteous all the time, and this looks like it could be really promising (though the trailer was kind of, ehhh), but i just thought i'd comment on that one aspect of it that sort of creeped me out.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 1 August 2005 07:09 (twenty years ago)

ts:

http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/news/images/102004_virgin.jpg
the 40-year-old virgin

vs.

http://www.theyshootpictures.com/ShootingGallery/harasetsuko.jpg
the eternal virgin

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 1 August 2005 07:10 (twenty years ago)

vs.

http://www.historyguide.org/images/elizabeth.jpg
the virgin queene

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 1 August 2005 07:11 (twenty years ago)

vs.

http://www.homegrocer.com/images/products/bert%20x-virgin.jpg

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 1 August 2005 07:12 (twenty years ago)

every time i think a movie like this looks awful it turns out to be very very funny, so i have high hopes. i'm also glad i waited until anchorman was on cable.

― i can move move move any mountain (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 1 August 2005 07:12 (twenty years ago)

http://vu.morrissey-solo.com/moz/news/050213.jpg

― i can move move move any mountain (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 1 August 2005 07:14 (twenty years ago)

vs.

http://www.cinemamontreal.com/images/people-509-virginieledoyen.jpg
virginie ledoyen

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 1 August 2005 07:14 (twenty years ago)

THAT is how you start a monday morning, thanks amst.

― N_RQ, Monday, 1 August 2005 07:17 (twenty years ago)

vs.

http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/richard-branson.jpg

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 1 August 2005 11:36 (twenty years ago)

top ten 40 yr old virgins-

1) borges (miraculously virgin again by the absolving virtue of sleep)
2) carroll
3) descartes
4) erdos (also on 40 yr old communists list)
5) emerson
6) hitler* (maybe?)
7) newton
8) kant (possibly because he looked weird)
9) ruskin
10) mary mother of god

honorary mention to goethe- so close at 39!!

*("with satanic joy in his face, the black-haired jewish youth lurks in wait for the unsuspecting girl whom he defiles with his blood, thus stealing her from her people" - mein kampf)

― 3, Monday, 1 August 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

Basically looks like hilarity for jock thugs.

Steve Carell starring in a big-studio comedy SHOULD BE a mismatch, but things have gotten so desperate.... in the '30s or 40s he would've had bit character parts with two funny scenes.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

y'all got the completely wrong idea about this movie. the trailers don't quite get it right.

― lemin (lemin), Monday, 1 August 2005 17:17 (twenty years ago)

in the thirties and forties they couldn't show two people in the same bed.

― N_RQ, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 07:52 (twenty years ago)

...unless there was one foot on the floor at all times, or something.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 11:23 (twenty years ago)

Yep. And there was actual WIT that appeared in MAINSTREAM Hollywood comedies out of necessity; isn't that right, Seann William Scott?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

fewer black comedians, or, indeed, characters, in mainstream movies back then, wouldn't you say?

― N_RQ, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:29 (twenty years ago)

Nationwide screenings in the UK on Tuesday August 16th - http://www.24frames.co.uk/40_year_old_virgin

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 5 August 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

Seann William Scott is actually pretty funny even in that awful David Duchovny alien movie.

This does look terrible, though. Steve Carrell was the weakest link of the prime Daily Show lineup and hasn't done anything worthwhile since.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Friday, 5 August 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

SWEET!

MOVIE IS GOOD WHEN YOU SEE MST3K: TM POSTER IN FIRST SHOT!

CATHERINE KEENER!

BIKE AS PLOT DEVICE!

CATHERINE KEENER AS HOTEST GRANDMA EVAH!

LET US HAIL ELIZABETH BANKS AS THE SLUT-LOVER'S RACHAEL MCADAMS!

NEVERMIND THE CRITICS WHO SAY THE SECOND HALF LAGS!

― The Original Jimmy Mod: Kind Warrior (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 21 August 2005 00:50 (twenty years ago)

AND THE FELLINIESQUE/BERGMANESQUE ENDING

― The Original Jimmy Mod: Kind Warrior (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 21 August 2005 00:53 (twenty years ago)

Does Steve Carell play chess with death?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 21 August 2005 03:01 (twenty years ago)

why the fuck was it nessc. to be cruel to a woman who has never done anything negative to any of you.

― anthony easton (anthony), Sunday, 21 August 2005 03:22 (twenty years ago)

This wasn't great, though not at all terrible. The timing of everything was slightly off, like it hadn't been edited quite correctly. The volume of the dialog was too high relative to the music (though of course this could be the theater's fault). It included a couple of the lamest and least funny comedic cliches, foul-mouthed/horny middle easterners and elderly people. Makes you wonder if the studios require them to be in every comedy, because Jud Apatow seems like he's way too talented to rely on tired crap like that.

I also saw it in a theater that was so incredibly unpleasant that it seriously affected my enjoyment of the movie. And that's rare, I'm pretty good at tuning things out. There's were dozens of very young children in the theater who cried, talked, and laughed at inappropriate moments. Inappropriate because they had no idea what was going on. When a woman grabbed Steve Carrell's butt, kids said "EWWW!" One little girl sitting right behind me pooped in her pants TWICE. I know this because her mother was describing everything going on to a friend on a cell phone.

Then about 15 minutes before the movie ended, the house lights came on and about half the audience got up and left. What the fuck?

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Sunday, 21 August 2005 03:37 (twenty years ago)

I did like seeing lots of people who were in the various Jud Apatow/Steve Carrel projects. Seth Rogen, the toe-sucker who was on Undeclared, the dad from Undeclared, the Indian from the american Office who slapped Steve Carrel. A wonderful reunion.

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Sunday, 21 August 2005 03:44 (twenty years ago)

And the math teacher from Freaks and Geeks as one of the dads in the birth control class.

― Guayaquil, Sunday, 21 August 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I noticed him too! The black employee of Best Buy also looked a lot like Stringer Bell from the Wire.

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Sunday, 21 August 2005 04:23 (twenty years ago)

AND THE FELLINIESQUE/BERGMANESQUE ENDING
-- The Original Jimmy Mod: Kind Warrior (fuckyouandyouremai...), August 21st, 2005 6:53 PM.

Does Steve Carell play chess with death?
-- milozauckerman (wooderso...), August 21st, 2005 9:01 PM.

I assumed that was "Andy Bergmanesque."

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 21 August 2005 04:48 (twenty years ago)

AND THE FELLINIESQUE/BERGMANESQUE ENDING
-- The Original Jimmy Mod: Kind Warrior (fuckyouandyouremai...), August 21st, 2005 6:53 PM.

Does Steve Carell play chess with death?
-- milozauckerman (wooderso...), August 21st, 2005 9:01 PM.

Dude, already done. "You have senk my bettleship."

― billandted (rogermexico), Sunday, 21 August 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)

why the fuck was it nessc. to be cruel to a woman who has never done anything negative to any of you.

what the fuck are you talking about.

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Sunday, 21 August 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)

Better or worse than Wedding Crashers? (alternate question: better or worse than Wedding Crashers before you get to the drawn-out sappy ending?)

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 21 August 2005 05:16 (twenty years ago)

we saw this tonight, and i thought it was hilarious and seriously uneven. The tonal flip-flopping is so violent(sometimes in the same scene) that you can get your head yanked back & forth and a stiff neck.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405422/fullcredits

more spotting:

-Loudon Wainwright III as the priest.

-the black dad in the health clinic was Officer Jones from Reno 911

-the health worker chick was nancy walls, steve carrell's wife and other ex-Daily Show cast.

-that the cool friend wore cool shirts from 15 years ago(Nevermind, Dirty, Fear of a Black Planet)

-Also, jay's dance at the end looked appropiately familiar, since he played mc hammer in a "Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story"!

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 21 August 2005 06:50 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, Loudon Wainright III was the dad on Undeclared. Which, now that I'm thinking about it, was maybe a little better than Freaks and Geeks. So incredibly accurate, in it's way.

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Sunday, 21 August 2005 07:11 (twenty years ago)

why the fuck was it nessc. to be cruel to a woman who has never done anything negative to any of you.

what the fuck are you talking about.

I suspect he's talking about "Dee to thread" comment above.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 21 August 2005 11:18 (twenty years ago)

It was DECENT. I liked all the supporting characters.

Better or worse than Wedding Crashers?

Better, but not by much.

Did anyone find the tone of the film somewhat uneven?

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Monday, 22 August 2005 02:10 (twenty years ago)

i direct you upthread:

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 22 August 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Monday, 22 August 2005 02:17 (twenty years ago)

I just saw this tonight and thought it was great. I don't understand the complaint that it was uneven. The contrast between deadpan humor and absurdity or sweetness and cruelty was a huge part of the humor.

AND THE FELLINIESQUE/BERGMANESQUE ENDING

The ending is taken almost directly from Candy which is pretty funny since Carell's character is pretty much a Candy-in-reverse.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 03:44 (twenty years ago)

I suspect he's talking about "Dee to thread" comment above.

Yeah, I figured as much. I just wanted to narrow that comment down to who he was actually referencing, because it seemed like he was talking to everyone on the thread, which makes sense only if you refer to films as women.

But yeah, this film she is a sexy beast.

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Monday, 22 August 2005 06:28 (twenty years ago)

saw this yesterday - hilariously satisfying. I didn't detect any bum notes/or "unnevenness" of tone until the verrrrrry end and that "I was saving it for you" groaner. Otherwise a practically perfect comedy. Funny to see Keener in a non-totally loathsome role.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

I loved Keener. And yeah, that last line was so schmaltzy that the entire theater basically booed. But the big production after that was great!

I loved seeing all the Apatow productions folks popping up, even in bit parts.

The only part of the movie I truly truly remember hating was the throw up scene. BLUERCH.

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

The vomit wasn't as bad as the SPOILER ALERT*** toilet boner.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe I'm in the minority in LOVING this movie!

Things I loved include (but are not exclusive to)

1. the vague similarity to The Jerk (innocent male ingenue)
2. the Asia poster/"Heat of the Moment" scene
3. Catherine Keener, her ebay store,looking 40 and her beautiful hair

Things I did not love include:
1. ex-girlfriend Amy subplot
2. obligatory singing/dancing sequence
3. the "i was waiting for you" crap at the end

Other than that, though, it was a thoroughly enjoyable cinematic experience. Especially for $5.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

oh yeah, and the puke. i didn't love the puke or the pee-in-the-face bit. but whatever. those were gags. overall, i loved it.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

My favorite line was Paul Rudd on "BONER JAMZ '03."

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

oh man, i only wish such production numbers were obligatory, like in Bollywood flicks(or Kitano's _Zatoichi_).

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

yeah, after the treacly final exchange, the musical tag at the end provided a more satisfying conclusion.

I liked the vomit scene - def. picked up on the Steve Martin similarities as well (which went beyond Carell's physical resemblance to Martin)

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

What I meant was that it seemed like the "lipsynching to Motown hits in the kitchen with hairbrushes in our hands" kind of Now We're Uplifted moment. I didn't hate it. I would have rather had a "Bernadette Peters/Steve Martin singing on the beach with a ukelele" type musical number.

I guess I love The Jerk too much.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

judd apatow has the biggest heart in the world and i think i am ready to have seth rogen's babies.

― carly (carly), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

Second favorite line(s): Rogan's monologue about going to Acalpulco.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

The ending is taken almost directly from Candy

I just realized that the "I lost my virginity to the Guatamalan gardener when I was 14" bit was probably a Candy reference as well.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

I can't think of any favorite lines, per se, so much of the comedy was situational rather than dialogue-based - tho big ups to the "Boner Jamz 03" monologue, that was painful.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

1. ex-girlfriend Amy subplot

At my screening, the audience booed when she first showed up!

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

did anybody get a count on how many montages were used? 4? 6?

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

okay, I think my favorite line was Rogan's "you plant the seed. then you fuck the plant."

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

At my screening, the audience booed when she first showed up!
Does that mean that they were invested in the subplot or that they were bored by it? Were they booing the movie or Amy?

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

"fuck her and then have her send you a check for $12 on your birthday"!

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

I think they were booing the fact that she was 1) not white and 2) not attractive.

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

oh. well, that's mean. i just thought the subplot was boring. i actually liked it a little more when i saw that she was not white and not terribly attractive.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I give them credit for not having some predictably blond actress in the role, but I will admit that it was pretty surprising..

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

the last credit in the movie:

Special Thanks:

...
...
Michael McDonald -- You Rock!

also, i hope that "tackling drunk bitches" becomes today's meme

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

I didn't think the Amy subplot was boring, I just thought it was weird and not very well thought-out. It seemed like they were leading up to some big joke reveal, and although the reveal was unexpected, there wasn't anything particularly funny about it, and then no reference was made to this plot at all in the second half of the movie.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

I think Carrell's genius was best exhibited in his readings of and reactions to his lines where he would swear. He perfectly executed the awkward way that people who don't usually swear swear.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

xpost - yeah -- i guess boring is the wrong word. it seemed superfluous. people were complaining about the movie being slightly flabby and i guess amy was the flab for me. (not that amy was flabby, obvs, but you know what i mean.) i'm stupid today. i should probably shut up.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

yeah the Amy subplot was set-up for some kind of resolution and then just kind of disappeared. It was at the center of Rudd's character tho, and I thought he was really funny ("this is SO us", etc.)

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I love seeing ex-Clueless Paul Rudd in roles like this and the one he had in Wet Hot American Summer. He's so dreamy... *sigh* but it works better for him to play this dorky pothead role.

The vomit wasn't as bad as the SPOILER ALERT*** toilet boner.
How could I forget that! ICK!

Actually, I loved the singing/dancing number. Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd bellies and backing vox!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

It seemed like they were leading up to some big joke reveal, and although the reveal was unexpected, there wasn't anything particularly funny about it,

Yeah, "ha ha, look she's not white." I wasn't sure how to take that part.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

i dont' think that was the point of the reveal. i think the joke was that the guy spends the first half of the flick mooning over his Lost Love & whatnot, with the whole super-spiritual lovemaking dialogue. Then, when we finally meet her, she's not some sorta L.A. Goddess but Just Another Chick.

I thought the entire point of the that subplot was just to show the pathetic romanticism of Rudd's character, that he spent the last two years obsessing over this very pedestrian 4-month relationship with a pretty average-looking person.

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 22 August 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

Rudd does not seem to come to this realization himself, however. After the Amy "reveal" does he even get any other scenes...?

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

I think the ass-camera stuff comes after the reveal.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 22 August 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

she doesn't, he does(the DV cam in the buttocks thing)

xpost, yeah

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 22 August 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

hmm yeah I think yr right. that scene was funny, tho stretched a little too long. Doesn't really resolve anything about his character tho - he's the same deluded "lovestruck" psycho as before.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

yes, exactly. and later we seem him passed out drunk on one of the shop-floor couches. Andy's boss kicks the couch to wake him up while she passes by after hitting on andy again. he's still fucked up.

i think the only resolution for the character was the Seth Rogan guy hiring the hot chick for him to hit on. Paul Rudd's character is still a messy, psycho romantic, but he at least has another focus for his obsessions.

― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 22 August 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

ah yes - yr right re: the "new girl", I knew I was forgetting something!

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

There was a lot of racial humor - Carell and the girlfriend, the two black guys arguing - that seemed rather out of place and in questionable taste (probably because it wasn't funny. If you're going to play on race, at least make it funny).

I thought it was pretty forgettable - some funny stuff, and Hot Granny, and the guy from Undeclared was great, but it never sustained a mood for long enough to care. The biggest laughs were all scenes spoiled by commercials and press ('I hope you've got a big trunk...,' the waxing, which was funny because all the other actors were losing their shit and they just left it in).

The romantic plot was too condensed to work very well. They should have given them some more time to seem like a real relationship.

Definitely not as good as Wedding Crashers, even with the way WC dragged on and on.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 22 August 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

Anyone else notice Luke Wilson in the background of the dance-number finale?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 22 August 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

"There was a lot of racial humor - Carell and the girlfriend,"

huh?

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

When Carell starts talking shit to the black guy's girlfriend (do we ever learn his name?).

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 22 August 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

his name is Jay. I thought the scene between him and the black customer was pretty funny, actually. Def. not the kind of exchange you see very often in (mostly) whitebread comedies.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

"M.C. Hammer"

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Monday, 22 August 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/993/moblog_7ed28c998f003.jpg

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Monday, 22 August 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

hahaha!!

I thought the use of the two Indian guys was a little more questionable - the "swearing immigrant" routine is kinda lazy. (done funnier in Office Space anyway, where the character was at least a little more fully fleshed out)

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

All the questionable subplots in this movie, in my eyes, are validated simply because all the characters are fleshed out enough that I actually care about what happens to them.

also, i can't believe there are people that don't like the ending. It was so wonderfully unexpected and hilarious and absurd - the fact that most of the rest of the movie was so grounded just made it the best release ... no pun intended. I can't imagine the film ending any other way.

― lemin (lemin), Monday, 22 August 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

my only complaint about the ending is really just the one super-cheesy line. the "one minute later"/"two hours later" + musical sequence was awesome.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

The one cheesy line was great though! The cheesiness was funny and yet somehow kind of genuinely sweet.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

you know what i hate? all the reviews that gave away the musical sequence ending. I'M LOOKING AT YOU EBERT

― lemin (lemin), Monday, 22 August 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

i liked this, it captured working at retail very well.

oh, and it was pretty funny, too.

― latebloomer's rectal mocha latte (latebloomer), Monday, 22 August 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

I was expecting Rudd and the tattooed guy to end up together.

I liked the tattooed guy's throwaway Beatnik scene - smoking in front of his red typewriter with jazz playing in the background, that the film never comments on further.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 22 August 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

this movie is better than a million superbowls. i don't want to oversell it, though.

― Pete W (peterw), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 09:15 (twenty years ago)

Best use of Asia's "Heat of the Moment" in a chase scene ever.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

i don't think it was edited very well (can i say that?) and the two race 'gags' yr talking abt (btw jay and the guy haggling with him, and btw andy and jay's girl) seemed like they were plonked in at the wrong time and then cut off before they actually got anywhere...and then when they were done they had no bearing on anything afterward anyway (esp the wedding at the end: jay's gf doesn't seem to mind the wierd racist creep jay works with anymore...) the movie was plenty long, they could have just skipped them altogether since they were dramatically inert.

otherwise, laff riot!! and oh, young "julia." wow.

― geoff (gcannon), Friday, 26 August 2005 05:49 (twenty years ago)

I thought this was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a LONG time; maybe the funniest Amurrican comedy since Office Space. I can't remember laughing so hard in a theater.

― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Monday, 29 August 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

I liked it all right. But how is it possible that even in this movie, as if by decree of the Minister of Cliche, there must be the obligatory, exhibitionistic car chase?

― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 29 August 2005 02:00 (twenty years ago)

agree with much of the criticism here, but mostly enjoyed. are you familiar with the term "fuck buddy?"

"i'm very discreet...but i will haunt your dreams!"

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 29 August 2005 03:30 (twenty years ago)

CLARKE!

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 29 August 2005 12:42 (twenty years ago)

OFFICE SPACE WASN'T VERY FUNNY

― the food has a top snake of 1 (ex machina), Monday, 29 August 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

I really did not find this movie as hilarious as many of my friends contend. I felt like the jokes were executed badly. For instance, the scene where carell is looking at the wild blonde girl in the display window. "whats wrong with her underpants." The other guy responds, "their not in my mouth in the back ground."

Alot of comedy's include some off camera humor that works real well. this seemed forced, maybe just because of the guy's voice. i dont know.

I'm a fan of really dumb comedy, and this is stupid humor for sure. But, i didnt laugh nearly as much as 'wedding crashers.' Carell is great, but the film just wasn't that funny. quirky would be a better description.

― Benjamin H (BillMartini), Monday, 29 August 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

I'm a fan of really dumb comedy

That's probably why you didn't like 40 Yr Old Virgin.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 29 August 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

I had tears streaming down my face I was laughing so hard. What a relief. I thought I had lost the ability to laugh really hard at movies.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 02:02 (twenty years ago)

it was likeable, pretty funny.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 02:09 (twenty years ago)

it's good if you're drinking; in which state, steve carrell becomes incredibly hot. and then the movie becomes completely amazing.

― jxnx (jxnx), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 02:10 (twenty years ago)

I was amazed at his nose in profile.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 02:50 (twenty years ago)

I sat through the first half of this after watching another movie, before I just got bored and left. It has some really funny stuff (best are the scenes that never get any kind of explanation - breaking fluorescent bulbs on each other, tattooed guy's beatnik scene), but it's kind of uncinematic. It will translate well to TV and DVD, but it ain't no Wedding Crashers.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 04:59 (twenty years ago)

wedding crashers was "cinematic"??

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)

that wasn't supposed to be a 'it's not Wedding Crashers' on the cinematic front, just quality in general. Bad sentence structure.

But I can't imagine Wedding Crashers being a sitcom the way it was structured and acted. Whereas 40 Y/O Virgin could easily be a raunchy sitcom on HBO or something.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

I liked 40 YOV and Wedding Crashers.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:30 (twenty years ago)

this was the funniest thing i've seen in a long time (bar the Aristrocrats, which doesn't really count. Uneven tone? Well it has a tender side to it certainly, it's a Judd Apatow production (that may not mean anything to some people I guess). Lately comedies have been so much all about the joke (Anchorman, I'm looking at you) that when one comes along that has a real plot and actual characters and a good story, I suppose it's easy to think the tone is uneven when all it really is is a good movie with a lot of funny stuff in it (I'd put Elf and Bad Santa in there as well).

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 18 September 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

the guy who couldn't get over the girl TOTALLY had his plot thread resolved! he was the dude later on who vowed celibacy, right? then he ended up macking on the new hire girl at the store.

anyway, yeah, supercute movie. the awkward moments were perfectly squirmy.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:07 (twenty years ago)

After reading through this entire thread, I leave it convinced that Amateur(ist) is a virgin.

― shookout (shookout), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:54 (twenty years ago)

plz amster fucked eight women in ten minutes once, dude's no virgin trust me

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

titties like a bag of sand!

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

also i ws totally suprised that the daughter never told the mother.

and also that we NEVER met the grandkid!

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Dave Kehr finds it curiously similar to the typical Harold Lloyd comedy plot, cept for the lack of substance and implicit homophobia:

http://davekehr.com/?p=41

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 December 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

(a motif regrettably reinforced by the film’s superabundance of the fag-bashing humor that has recently and mysteriously become hip, or at least strongly endorsed by “The Daily Show”).

oh jesus christ

― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 15 December 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

Y'know, Jon Stewart has used "AIDS" in a punchline at least 3 times in the last 2 weeks. I don't nec find that homophobic (the way Letterman is in a total gay panic over Brokeback Mt), but I don't think it would've been done 5 years ago.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 December 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

I thought the use of the two Indian guys was a little more questionable - the "swearing immigrant" routine is kinda lazy.

Ok, maybe, but the scene where the old dude gives him a speech about what love is not about (eg, "butt pleasures") was priceless. And even better in the DVD extra scene, where it just goes on and on and on in a waterfall of nastiness. Well done.

And I didn't find anything homophobic about the gay jokes. "You know how I know you're gay? Because I saw you make spinach dip in a loaf of sourdough bread." Come on, people, that's harmless. And pretty damn funny.

You know how I know I'm gay? Because I have a huge man-crush on Seth Rogan.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 30 December 2005 06:21 (twenty years ago)

And his opening monologue about the horse -- man, it's all in the delivery. "We all just felt bad for her."

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 30 December 2005 06:25 (twenty years ago)

i need to get the dvd, just for the extra stuff

― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 30 December 2005 06:26 (twenty years ago)

"She was like, 'Yeah, let's go! I'm so nasty!' And I'd be nailing her and she'd be like, 'Oh, you're nailing me! Cool!'"

Carell has absolutely mastered the awkward moment.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 30 December 2005 06:30 (twenty years ago)

i need to get the dvd, just for the extra stuff

There's a great bunch of outtakes of the scene between Jay's girlfriend and Andy, where she's reading him the stuff off the cards... the one that got me was "Goony Goo Goo." Did they cut that because Eddie Murphy would sue? Because it can't be because no one would get it.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 30 December 2005 07:02 (twenty years ago)

I watched this again a few days ago with my brother, my mom and her husband. They all loved it. Awesome.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 30 December 2005 07:14 (twenty years ago)

I would say that I can't imagine watching it with my mom, but the last movie I watched with my Mom was a Robin Williams standup act where he did five minutes about the copious ejaculation that accompanies the use of viagra, with a spewing water bottle as a prop. Talk about sitting horrified with a frozen smile on your face.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 30 December 2005 07:20 (twenty years ago)

After watching the credits on the DVD, i just realized that the woman who's nipple slips out during the speed dating section is Kimberly Page, former WCW Nitro Girl and DDP's wife.

― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 31 December 2005 09:18 (twenty years ago)

you "just realized" that huh?

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 31 December 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

"realized" as in "actually looked at the credits during the dance sequence," yes

― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 31 December 2005 09:40 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

best timing:
I'm cool, I got friends who fuck guys.

In jail.

― milo z (mlp), Friday, 21 July 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

pretty funny, some suspect race stuff and yeah the last line is awful but i had a great time seeing this

but uhhh wtf??? @:

Yeah, I noticed him too! The black employee of Best Buy also looked a lot like Stringer Bell from the Wire.
-- Chris H. (chrisherbert), Saturday, August 20, 2005 11:23 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

― deej, Monday, 28 January 2008 17:06 (eighteen years ago)

six months pass...

wtf

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:58 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

This was on in the gay bar the other night. The 10 minutes I saw was not, not funny.

― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:45 (sixteen years ago)

(that's emphasis, not a double negative)

― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:46 (sixteen years ago)

you know how i know you're gay? you're in a gay bar.

(if you'd seen the whole movie, you would get this.)

― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:46 (sixteen years ago)

You know how I know that scene ain't funny? I stopped laughing after the first two cracks.

― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:09 (sixteen years ago)

NYC gay bars must be way more boring than I imagined.

― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:13 (sixteen years ago)

"I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it."

― da croupier, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:35 (sixteen years ago)

jon, it was early on a Sunday night.

― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:40 (sixteen years ago)

good thing you took a couple days to process what you saw instead of arriving at a snap judgement about those 10 minutes

― some dude, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:47 (sixteen years ago)

i save my snap judgments for boring ppl on internet

― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:52 (sixteen years ago)

congrats on being too boorish to be boring

― some dude, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:54 (sixteen years ago)

amazing that watching 10 minutes of a move in a bar before passing judgment on it is actually a step UP from your usual viewing habits

― scent of a wolfman (s1ocki), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

c'mon guys, it's just a running gag.

― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

not funny

― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:07 (sixteen years ago)

actually, it's a confirmation of my "usual" habits cuz I knew I would hate it!

― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:07 (sixteen years ago)

do you ever watch movies or just hold the DVD up to your forehead, Carnac-style?

― some dude, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:12 (sixteen years ago)

would pay one million dollars to watch a TV show where morbs does this

― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:12 (sixteen years ago)

^^^yes plz

― The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:18 (sixteen years ago)

I'd like to see one where somedude holds a snapping turtle up to his forehead

― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:22 (sixteen years ago)

i mean that's cool too

― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:23 (sixteen years ago)

c'mon guys, it's just a running gag.

― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i'm playing along!!

― scent of a wolfman (s1ocki), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:28 (sixteen years ago)

you're playing with a snapping turtle, am i right? ZING!

― some dude, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:29 (sixteen years ago)

i dont understand the question

― scent of a wolfman (s1ocki), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:33 (sixteen years ago)

some snapping turtle

― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:34 (sixteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/sexymollusk/DSCN0833.jpg

LIFT ME UP WHERE I BELONG

― randomized what nots (latebloomer), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:42 (sixteen years ago)

seven months pass...

I've never seen this movie, but the actor who stabbed his girlfriend was found guilty.

"There is no excuse for brutally stabbing anyone 23 times," the victim said yesterday outside the courtroom.

― windmeup (kkvgz), Friday, 17 September 2010 11:56 (fifteen years ago)

lol

― sexy mfa (history mayne), Friday, 17 September 2010 12:00 (fifteen years ago)

imdb'd him

did not know kat dennings was in it

― sexy mfa (history mayne), Friday, 17 September 2010 12:01 (fifteen years ago)

misleading headline

40-Year-Old Virgin Stabbing Victim: I'll Be Scarred Forever‎

― mizzell, Friday, 17 September 2010 19:21 (fifteen years ago)

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