Alex95 Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 By a unanimous vote (500) Days of Summer has won the duel and Across the Universe has been eliminated. @Elliott is responsible for its writeup. @*Chris is up next to make his second duel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tom~ Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Wet Hot American Summer People might have been surprised at this duel, but were people expecting me to like a sex comedy? I hope not. I watched the "best of" bits and other clips like the camp talent show, but I didn't laugh once. Desn't seem to have much a plot, just a bunch of spontanteity. Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American teen comedy directed by David Wain, who wrote the screenplay along with Michael Showalter. The film features a cast including Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Bradley Cooper (in his film debut), and Amy Poehler among others. Taking place during the last day at a fictional summer camp in 1981, it spoofs the sex comedies aimed at teen audiences of that era. It is also a spoof of other summer camp films of the era, including Meatballs (1979), Little Darlings (1980), Sleepaway Camp (1983), and Indian Summer (1993). The film was a critical and commercial failure (as it deserved), but has since developed a cult following due to many of its cast members have gone on to high-profile work. Netflix revived the franchise with a prequel and sequel series but I have no interest in watching either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, ~Tom~ said: People might have been surprised at this duel, but were people expecting me to like a sex comedy? I hope not. Wet Hot American Summer is not a sex comedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tom~ Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Elliott said: Wet Hot American Summer is not a sex comedy Meh. Maybe a teen comedy would’ve been a better characterization since the only serious scene is a gay sex scene but that couldn’t save it for me and I don’t care for teen comedies either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 Satire is the word you’re looking for lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 KNOCKED UP (2007) Knocked Up is a comedy film by Judd Apatow. The film stars Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen. Heigl plays a rising journalist who has a one-night stand with a slacker played by Rogen. She ends up getting pregnant, and she chooses to give Rogen's character a chance to be prove he is father material. I actually saw this movie before. Someone rented it, and I had to sit through the whole thing. I just don't care for this type of humor. I don't find crass, stoner characters to be funny, and the jokes this film relies on are not clever. Seth Rogen's character and his buddies are all unlikable, immature, and dumb. I tend to avoid any films with Seth Rogen since his brand of humor doesn't appeal to me at all. Heigl has also been outspoken for the film's sexist portrayal of women. Her opinion was fair, but Apatow and Rogen felt like she owed them an apology. Anyway, maybe some people can enjoy dumb R-rated comedy films, but these types of films are not for me. I don't hate all R-rated comedies, but I just don't like these raunchy types of comedy films. As for what the critics thought, Knocked Up has a 89% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus reads: "Knocked Up is a hilarious, poignant and refreshing look at the rigors of courtship and child-rearing, with a sometimes raunchy, yet savvy script that is ably acted and directed." I completely disagree with Rotten Tomatoes here. That 89% rating is way too high. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Alex95 said: Satire is the word you’re looking for lol I frequently say “It’s always nice to get away, even if it’s only for a half hour” to people and hope they get the reference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Elliott said: I frequently say “It’s always nice to get away, even if it’s only for a half hour” to people and hope they get the reference. Me and my friend who also love the movie say "HEY NEIL WHAT'S UP!" whenever we see each other. I think of this scene at least once a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 @*Chris has about five hours left to post his duel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Chris Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 The Boondock Saints vs. Spider-Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 22, 2022 Author Share Posted October 22, 2022 9 more hours @*Diana @Elliott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 22, 2022 Author Share Posted October 22, 2022 Whoops I've had the results for hours and just forgot to post lmao. But a unanimous vote Spider-Man 2 has won the duel and The Boondock Saints has been eliminated. @*Chris is responsible for its writeup. @Steven_ is up next to create another duel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Super Troopers vs. Down with Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 About 7 hours @*Diana @*Chris @~Tom~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 By a vote of 3-2 Down with Love has won the duel and Super Troopers has now been eliminated. @Steven_ is responsible for its writeup. @*Diana is up next to create a duel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Diana Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 The Emperor's New Groove vs The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 I feel like y'all don't get this round...when you nominate two films one has to leave! Nominating two perfect films ensures one will leave! My mistake, I probably explained the rules poorly. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 Just need @*Chris' vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 By a vote of 3-2 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers has won the duel and The Emperor's New Groove has been eliminated. @*Diana is responsible for its writeup. @FrogLenzen is up next to create his duel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogLenzen Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 The Proposal vs. Pooh's Heffalump Movie if you're mad at Diana you can get revenge, or you can choose to forgive/forget and cut the scary elephants lmao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tom~ Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Can they both go? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Diana Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 The Emperor's New Groove I sort of felt bad for cutting a movie with underrated gem John Goodman in it but then I remembered David Spade is also in The Emperor's New Groove so then I did not feel badly anymore. I actually figured the duel would go the other way but the The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers will not die so it is goodbye to a movie I already made my feelings know about in the disney rankdown which is The Emperor's New Groove. Everything I said there stands true today, I don't believe it is good as this site makes it out to be but that is my unpopular opinion of the day. I am not sorry for my duel is I was actually nice with my first one and it went down hill from there so I knew I was going to take the chance either way to cut a movie, everyone else seems to love and I do not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 Sorry completely forgot about this lol. I'll give y'all a few more hours to vote @Elliott @*Chris @~Tom~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 SUPER TROOPERS (2001) I've never heard of this film Super Troopers before, but I nominated it after seeing it has a 35% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That's really low, and that seems more than a fair enough reason for it to leave the rankdown now. Plus, I just watched the trailer on YouTube, and this looks like one of the stupidest movies ever made. This kind of humor does not appeal to me at all; I won't ever be interested in watching this film. As for the plot, the film focuses on five Vermont State Troopers and the antics they get into. They also have a rivalry with the local police. According to Wikipedia, this film stars the five members of a the Broken Lizard comedy group. As for the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, the site says: "A more miss-than-hit affair, Super Troopers will most likely appeal to those looking for something silly." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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