|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
52.7.129.50
Laughed a lot at this overview of the new "modern gal" played by Schumer. Lots of provocative humor and situations with lots of punch lines and schtick. The story made maximum use of LeBron James (portrayed as having to wear Popsicle sticks on his wrists) and other sports figures who cameo'd. James was in four or five scenes so there was a lot of air time for him.Hader played the sports doctor/surgeon that just happened to fall in love with Schumer. He was all googly eyed and gushing for the well-rounded Amy. They have their ups and downs mostly because her dad (Colin Quinn) drilled into her head that monogamy was just an impractical idea. His garage talk to young Amy and her sister was hilarious.
This "film" isn't a female Woody Allen affair . . . it's for laughs and there are plenty.
Recommending this one is tricky. The language and gags can be off-putting and the overly sensitive (Jane Austen lovers) may be aghast at what comes off the screen. Being a cinematic knuckle dragger I have to admit I liked it....I loiked it a lot.
Edits: 07/17/15Follow Ups:
It's a half hour standard Schumer TV show, with the typically dirty, slutty sex "humor," stretched it into a two hour marathon where 90 percent of the jokes are leftover stand up material, and the only saving grace are the performances of washed up Saturday Night Live actors. (Colin Quinn saved the damned movie).
I winced at Schumer looking at a picture of her dead mother and commenting about how F-able she was when alive. The rest was only marginally less greasy.
I mildly chuckled twice at a few Colin Quinn lines. The ending was painfully cliched.
I felt like I needed a shower half way through this film. I would suspect those who liked it felt like they needed to like it to be somehow hip and cool.
Wasn't necessarily a tiresome ordeal for me. I had "fun". Surprised Swinton appeared but read later she and Schumer are big buddies. How did that ever happen?
----------------------
"E Burres Stigano?"
American movies have been raunchy for some time now
ho hum
Of course there was the predictable "break up" towards the end with the inevitable reconciliation. Still, a good enuf effort (considering the genre) to warrant a recommendation. One oddity, besides the dozen or so late teens in the audience of 20 or so (noon), there were an almost equal number of us old farts as well.
----------------------
"E Burres Stigano?"
Edits: 07/20/15 07/20/15 07/20/15 07/20/15
A "second rate" Bridesmaids would make this a third-rate movie then? I really didn't like BM even though I *love* some of the women in it, in other roles, or in no role at all.
Not a convert to AS yet, seems to me to be getting her humor by saying the things that other people only think. That used to be called some sort of mental illness or developmental problem, lack of social filter etc.
Unfortunately I do laugh at it. It just doesn't seem very *smart* to me.
*
a bit obscene to be sure and recommended by myself
to tell me about it. They loved it. 2 for 2 from my two favorite critics, guess I'll hit the senior matinee Monday!
----------------------
"E Burres Stigano?"
Post a Followup:
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: