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Funny People.

Holy Hell Judd Apatow.....what were you thinking????



The only thing funny about this flick was the complete lack of comedy within it....and that is only in a non-ha-ha dark ironic kind of way. And while that is my sense of humor, I was not impressed.



At first I appreciated the fact that despite all of the bowel humor the movie had a more mature, dark edge to it. It always is refreshing to see an artist take their great formula but let it grow with them. Apatow and clan haven't matured well.

My major ongoing problem with the advertising world ruining the film industry has resurfaced again. Watch the trailer for Funny People. It made me laugh so much I really wanted to go see if when it opened in theatres. I rarely say that. No fast forward to me sitting in the movie theatre. Half of the funny jokes in the trailer are missing from the film. Not only that but they are replaced with terribly unfunny, immature, attempts at humor. Also there are some unnecessary gratuitous sex scenes for Mr. Sandler. I mean I wouldn't have wanted to see that when he was young and in his prime, like I want to see it when he is middle aged???? Oh and the preview gave away almost all of the first half of the movie but failed to get at the horrible third act that is just an infuriating waste of my time, money and patience. I mean good lord all the Yo Teach! things with Jason Schwartzman were like the funniest thing in the movie and its so trite AND cliche. Argh!!!!! I'm still angry at Apatow, clan and this whole movie. Even all of the cameos in the movie cannot save it. Because the cameo's alone prove what this movie is. As some of Apatow's favorite jokes in the film reference, this was a masturbatory act of film. This was an act of self indulgence, self-pleasure for director, writer, family, friends with not a single thought to the audience. The comedy is like just filming the after school romps of a bunch of teenagers and then they decided to market it and make obscene amounts of money so we'll wrap a lifetime style drama in the middle and call it kosher.

I haven't been this angry leaving the theatre since I got tricked into seeing the Dukes of Hazard. Ugh. Horrific. Carnage. Funny People was dead before it left the gate. <3