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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 12:49 AM
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KNOCKED UP is the funniest movie I've seen since BORAT
This movie is comedic gold. For my money it's the best film of 2007 so far. Much better than Wedding Crashers or the 40 Year Old Virgin.

On par with Borat and some of the classic comedies of the 80s and 90s.

Go see this film. The whole audience was rolling. There was hardly a joke that didn't connect in this movie, and there must have been hundreds of them.

It's a sweet film too, once you get around the pot-smoking and cheating husbandry and lying.

Highly recommended.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 12:52 AM
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1. It really is sweet
I mean other than the disembowelments and the violent skull crushings . . . it really is kind of sweet . . .


seriously, thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 12:56 AM
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2. A friend saw it tonight for his birthday and said it was really good, too.
A friend whose opinion I value, I mean.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 12:58 AM
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3. I saw it today too
it's definitely the best comedy I've seen all year and it wasn't one of those over the top crude sick-o comedies (not that there's anything wrong with that) but actually like you said was a pretty sweet story.

Seth Rogen is a really funny dude
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 01:03 AM
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4. I'm rather surprised to hear that
Edited on Sun Jun-03-07 01:04 AM by Mojambo
I had wrote it off as just another relationship "Men are afraid of commitment-Women are crazy when pregnant" comedies.

I'll check it out.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 05:40 AM
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5. I'm going to try to see it Sunday...I hear it's great. N/T
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 12:18 PM
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11. The movie opened on Friday and it's already in the Top 250....
at #168 at the Internet Movie Database. That's amazing!

http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0478311/

Radio Lady (movie reviewer in Oregon)
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CabalPowered Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 08:34 AM
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6. I listened to an interview with Seth and the director
You could tell they had a riot doing this movie.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 11:02 AM
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7. I'm looking forward to seeing it!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 11:03 AM
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8. I've heard good things
I'll download
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 11:14 AM
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9. This funny scene was cut from the film before its release...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=154KVUTpe7A
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 12:15 PM
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10. JEEZE, BOB WEAVER, THAT IS THE FUNNIEST CLIP I'VE EVER SEEN!
You made my day!

We missed the preview of "Knocked Up" but have heard nothing but great stuff about it.

Thanks for posting... insanely funny stuff... I am totally cracking up.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 12:23 PM
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12. Ang Lee was anguished by filming the man to man scenes... he is not your
Edited on Sun Jun-03-07 12:24 PM by Radio_Lady
usual "out there" kind of sexually-charged director who might have relished the idea of showing more. Describing himself as a very moral man, Lee purposely shot the scenes in extreme low light and really seemed uncomfortable even explaining how he tried to instruct the two actors. Neither of them had ever played in this kind of scene, so it was kind of "the blind leading the blind" for the one scene where Jake and Heath are shown together.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 01:15 PM
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13. So that's why those scenes were so unconvincing.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 05:34 PM
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14. Maybe so... that scene was very understated, in my opinion. It was all innuendo, pretty much.
Edited on Sun Jun-03-07 05:38 PM by Radio_Lady
Compare that to the Viggo Mortensen -- Maria Bello heterosexual love scenes in "A History of Violence." The film's director, David Cronenberg, and his wife, DEMONSTRATED ACTUAL SEX for them on the set in order to get good performances.

That's the other end of the scale -- and off the charts -- in my opinion. Shocking, to say the least, and the original article made me cringe.

Here's the story:

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cronenbergs%20public%20sex
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 05:48 PM
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15. They had to show them what sex is?
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 09:37 AM
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17. That is correct, sir.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 05:49 PM
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16. I can't wait to see it.
It looks so funny.
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