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Be sure to watch the bloopers some time.

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In Reply to: RE: Watched Death at a Funeral last night -- and still grinning today. posted by clarkjohnsen on May 31, 2008 at 08:54:26

Everyone involved seemed to have a great time making it, although they often failed to get through a whole take without breaking up, which apparently happened quite often. Ironically, Macfadyen, the sad faced straight man, is most frequently the one who breaks up.

Absolutely great cast. I don't underdtand why Tudyck and Macfadyen aren't more famous.

Nice to have an adult comedy for a change that is actually FUNNY. This movie was one of my favorites last year and the absolute best time I had in a movie theater in 2007.

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RE: Be sure to watch the bloopers some time. - patrickU 10:39:33 06/01/08 (12)
Great cast and for me, utterly boring.
Curious is it not?
" Mieux vaut une t�te bien faite qu'une t�te bien pleine."
- I'm in the middle... some good laughs for me but since one of the main storylines felt so fake - sjb 16:29:43 06/01/08 (11)
  I couldn't totally embrace the film.
  
  That storyline being the LSD (or was it ecstasy) one. I mean, the idea of it wasn't fake but the performance of it was. I didn't get the sense that the actor truly knew what it was like to be on such substances and I never bought his performance/the direction.
  
  "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
  - The way he handled the toilet paper so... carressingly? - clarkjohnsen 09:57:59 06/02/08 (2)
    The mood swings from "everything's sooooo groooovey" to "uh-oh"?
    
    And did you see him in the gag reel, the last scene?
    
    clark
    - Sure... some of the things he did were genuine but they were done in a cliche'd way - sjb 10:41:42 06/02/08 (1)
      and I never bought it.
      Heck... for all I know he's big into hallucenogins and nailed it perfectly for his own experience. Obviously it resonates with a lot of people but it didn't for me.
      On a separate note... the little blackmailer guy was great!!... but then he always is.
      
      "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
      
      Edits: 06/02/08
      - Cliche'd stroking of a roll of toilet paper? OK, if you say so. - clarkjohnsen 07:37:50 06/03/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Sure... some of the things he did were genuine but they were done in a cliche'd way posted by sjb on June 02, 2008 at 10:41:42
        
        It was my first viewing of such a scene, which I might have thought was uncommon...
        
        Dinklage is always great. Also not to forget Jordan Prentice as a racist dwarf actor in In Bruges.
        
        clark
  - Maybe because seeing someone stoned on acid is not funny, and since this was a comedy...nt - jamesgarvin 18:39:50 06/01/08 (7)
    nt
    - One word: 200 Motels. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:58:36 06/02/08 (1)
      x
      - I met Frank Zappa once. - sjb 18:03:05 06/02/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: One word: 200 Motels. nt posted by clarkjohnsen on June 02, 2008 at 09:58:36
        
        I know I've told this story on one of these boards before...
        
        We were editing a music video of his at work. It was while they were spraying so much Malathion in Los Angeles (1988-89 - ish). He and I were in the kitchen and started talking and I said something about the Malathion and about having just gotten inside the night before when the helicopters flew over unleashing their spray.
        
        He said;
        
        "Those helicopter's aren't what you have to worry about, it's the people with fish on their cars that you have to worry about."
        
        "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
    - No... I've seen it done well - sjb 20:22:30 06/01/08 (4)
      Not in the same league overall (and not the only example) but a movie with a spot on altered mind from hallucinogenic substances scene was the mushroom taking in "Knocked Up"
      
      "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
      - Well? Or Funny? I was writing about funny. nt - jamesgarvin 20:56:34 06/01/08 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: No... I've seen it done well posted by sjb on June 01, 2008 at 20:22:30
        
        nt
        
        Done so well - and realistically - that it was hysterical. nt - sjb 21:10:52 06/01/08 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Well? Or Funny? I was writing about funny. nt posted by jamesgarvin on June 01, 2008 at 20:56:34
        
        .
        
        "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
        
        Examples?nt - jamesgarvin 06:51:23 06/02/08 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Done so well - and realistically - that it was hysterical. nt posted by sjb on June 01, 2008 at 21:10:52
        
        nt
        
        It's in the essence of the portrayal. nt - sjb 10:46:37 06/02/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Examples?nt posted by jamesgarvin on June 02, 2008 at 06:51:23
        
        .
        
        "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."

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