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Paladin3

Diamond Member
Mar 5, 2004
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I'll never forgive Will Ferrell and crew for Land of the Lost. It was one of my favorite Saturday morning shows on TV when I was growing up.

But on occasion I run around yelling "Help me baby Jesus, help me Tom Cruise!" to make my kids laugh.

"Chet, I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey!"
 

Cogman

Lifer
Sep 19, 2000
10,286
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Why can't they make more comedies like "Real Genius" Just watched it recently, great show. (and even though it was about smart people, they didn't go overboard with the technobable that pretty much ever "bunch-o-nerds" scene has now-a-days)
 

Dangerer

Golden Member
Mar 15, 2005
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Thought this movie was ridiculously funny as hell. Loved all the TLC references and the lighter side of Mark Wahlberg.
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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What was weird was...other than being hilarious (the grandma having to describe the sex stuff sealed the deal for me), it was a pretty decent action flick. A solid 3.5-4 stars.
 

thepd7

Diamond Member
Jan 2, 2005
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your meter fails, I wasn't being sarcastic
 

Homerboy

Lifer
Mar 1, 2000
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I've only seen 2 Will Ferrell movies, one I didn't like - Talladega Nights. And the other probably my favorite comedy ever Step Brothers.

How can you love one and not even like the other? Its the same fuckign comedy with the same 2 actors.
 

QueBert

Lifer
Jan 6, 2002
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How can you love one and not even like the other? Its the same fuckign comedy with the same 2 actors.

Not even close to the same movie, same actors but that's where the similarities end. The jokes in Taladega Nights weren't funny, in Step Brothers they were.
 

McLovin

Golden Member
Jul 8, 2007
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Freaking awesome movie!

It's honestly the first Will Ferrell movie that is completely funny from beginning to end.

GATOR NEEDS HIS GAT YOU PUNK ASS BITCH!
 

JoeBleed

Golden Member
Jun 27, 2000
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I saw this movie last night. Was bored and didn't want to sit at home. went out for coffee and decided to go see a movie.

I've seen everything else in the theater that interested me so i went with "The other guys"

I haven't liked a movie with Will Ferrell as the lead yet. I was hesitant, but there were other good actors so i decided to give it a shot.

It turned out to be very funny. Will Ferrell wasn't too over the top and stupid acting like he seems to be in his other movies, though he had his moments. I also enjoyed them basically talking shit about the federal reserve, massive ceo salaries/severance packages, and the bail out crap.

If Will Ferrell hadn't been co staring with the other fairly big name actors and in a lead roll, it would probably have sucked as bad as Talladega Nights.

I've also, unfortunately, watched Dinner for Smuchs; it was no where near as funny as The Other Guys. But this is my opinion and most people tend not to agree.
 

Zargon

Lifer
Nov 3, 2009
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hmm guess I'll take the wife this weekend after I see the Expendables

we have been trying to catch the lone copy of step brothers our local family video has, but its been rented out for weeks....
 

CPA

Elite Member
Nov 19, 2001
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Talladega Nights
Anchorman
Step Brothers
Old School
Blades of Glory
Kicking and Screaming
Elf

All Ferrell movies I can watch over and over again.
 

bigrash

Lifer
Feb 20, 2001
17,648
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Wanted to see the Expendables this weekend, but it was sold out so saw the Other Guys instead. Movie was funny as hell. I thought all the funny parts would be in the commercial but I was totally wrong. I couldn't stop laughing during the pimp scene.
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
41,920
2,161
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Wanted to see the Expendables this weekend, but it was sold out so saw the Other Guys instead. Movie was funny as hell. I thought all the funny parts would be in the commercial but I was totally wrong. I couldn't stop laughing during the pimp scene.

He was NOT a pimp, he was just helping those girls find work and making sure they were safe!



:)
 

Malak

Lifer
Dec 4, 2004
14,696
2
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I think it looks funny, and Will Ferrel is more of a co-star than THE star... so it'd be less of a "Ferrel movie" and just a movie that happens to have Ferrel in it.

Exactly. It's not a Will Ferrel movie. I've heard from everyone that has seen it that it was very good.
 

Elias824

Golden Member
Mar 13, 2007
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Easily the best Ferrel movie, he works really well if he isn't the main character i.e wedding crashers or old school, nothing but him on screen for 2hrs is just to much. Best line of the movie, "Aim for the bushes"
 

Loop2kil

Platinum Member
Mar 28, 2004
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Saw it with the wife...not typically a Ferrel fan but this one was saved by the other performances and Ferrel wasn't too annoying in this one. I thought it was an enjoyable comedy, I don't usually like most comedies so this is a glowing review from me.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Wow, anyone who sings this movie's praises is really really hard up for a laugh. Although I did think it had its' funny moments, all in all it was a totally forgettable movie. Definitely *not* Will Ferrel's best.

Best scene in the whole movie was when Walhberg's character shot Derek Jeter and Jeter called him a "dick", or maybe later on when they were recalling the incident and someone told him he should've shot A-Rod instead.

I am so sick of the car chase/shoot 'em up scenes where the main characters don't get hurt even though their vehicles hit stone walls, defy gravity, and are totally riddled with bullet holes.

The scene where Will Ferrel's mother in law kept coming across the road to tell him what his wife (her daughter) wanted to do to him sexually carried on for an unneeded amount of time. It didn't get funnier as it went on, it got more pathetic.

Hollywood, can you MAKE A GOOD MOVIE sometime?! Please.
Signed,
Desperate movie goers all over