This is the kinda stuff I'm talking about when I say Will Ferrell used to be funny. He always played a great abusive lunatic like that in a lot of SNL sketches.
At least Will Ferrell's cash grab movies are tolerable. He's still funny even if his films are bland and follow a formula
Sandler's really make me ill. When your films at age 50 have more pee/fart humor in them than the films from your 20s, you are fucking garbage. He's getting more low-brow and lazy as he gets older
I saw 10 minutes of Grown Ups. How can you make legitimately funny people so atrociously unfunny?
I like Adam Sandler. Do I like his films? Fuck no, but he sounds like a genuinely good guy who is just living the dream being able to completely do what he wants to do. Without any studio interference. He's his own boss.
I listened to a Nick Swardson interview and he basically said Sandler refuses to do most interviews because the press/media are just waiting to bash him and rooting for him to fail because they can all join in on trashing him. He can't win. Nick had a pretty insightful quote about it:
"They're not fans of his shit. They know what they're going to get and his movies aren't for them, so why bother??? They're just waiting for him to say something wrong or stupid to basically confirm everyone's preconceived idea that he's this money grubbing idiot who's out of touch with what's funny."
It made sense, and it seemed very unfairly biased to someone who knows his audience (middle America/children) and tailors his films towards them. He works hard on all his projects and he gives a lot of his friends work (like 85% of Happy Madison is people who he went to High School/College with and people he's befriended in show business), he's very charitable and he does a lot of work with sick children. He also can fucking act despite the shit he's been in. Punch Drunk Love is one of my favorite movies
Like I said, he just sounds like a nice dude doing what a lot of us dream of. Who wouldn't love making movies with all your friends around you and making truck loads of money doing it? It seems at this point in his career he just likes making films that he can enjoy watching with his daughters and I feel bad for the guy even though I don't enjoy his movies. There is still an audience for them.
He's picky with the dramatic roles he chooses because those will be what he's judged for the most
He sounds like one of the nicest/coolest guys. Really wasn't my point tho
I know what you mean, but his movies don't have to be so aggressively unfunny. All that money and you can't find someone to write a joke with subtlety? Or God forbid humor that extends to anyone past the age of 11. He can still have the stupid shit and hire someone to punch up the script
Grandma's Boy was fucking hilarious. He helped make that. He's not incapable of making funny movies
Yeah his films aren't for me but they were. Between Billy Madison to Big Daddy, I watched those movies on repeat. He has like 5 movies from 20 years ago that still hold up.
It's like watching your grandfather slowly lose himself to dementia to where he's unrecognizable. Sandler should absolutely keep doing what he wants, but each movie is like watching a confused, old withered man shit his pants.
Hey, I get that. But like I said, they’re just not for you and I. Most people’s sense of humor is awful. I remember a couple years ago alotnof friends of mine loving Grown Ups 2 and me being disgusted with them. This is his audience
Bewitched, Anchorman 2, that Daddy movie with him and Marky Mark was pretty bad from the little I saw. Definitely very few. I thought Get Hard was decent too
But no, they aren't terrible. Will Ferrell gets a lifetime pass as far as I'm concerned
Robert Goulet singing gangsta rap was great. He screamed “nigger” like 15 times covering a ja rule song. Then starting talking to a plastic deer. He was the best in the late 90s. Well, him and Norm.
The best SNL skit of all time was The Relapse Guy, where Chris Farley plays a raging alcoholic/drug addict. Funny, they never show it anymore for some reason.
Will gets a lot of flack for recent stuff but he's made some fucking gold in the past. His character Ashley Shaffer on Eastbound and Down is his best character
He sounds like one of the nicest/coolest guys. Really wasn't my point tho
I know what you mean, but his movies don't have to be so aggressively unfunny. All that money and you can't find someone to write a joke with subtlety? Or God forbid humor that extends to anyone past the age of 11. He can still have the stupid shit and hire someone to punch up the script
Grandma's Boy was fucking hilarious. He helped make that. He's not incapable of making funny movies
Yeah his films aren't for me but they were. Between Billy Madison to Big Daddy, I watched those movies on repeat. He has like 5 movies from 20 years ago that still hold up.
It's like watching your grandfather slowly lose himself to dementia to where he's unrecognizable. Sandler should absolutely keep doing what he wants, but each movie is like watching a confused, old withered man shit his pants.
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1 SteakSauce66 2017-11-09
What else do you like?
1 JMueller2012 2017-11-09
I like you
1 SteakSauce66 2017-11-09
You’re such a beautiful soul.
1 PhilipMarma 2017-11-09
This wouldn't fly in 2017. Rape joke, violence against a woman and a black guy, plus it was funny.
1 Phantas_Magorical 2017-11-09
I enjoy Dante as well
1 ApeNia 2017-11-09
Dante is hilarious: http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/entertainment/gossip/peter-dante-booted-hotel-hurling-racist-homophobic-slurs-staffers-report-article-1.1521878
1 AsianAnalParty 2017-11-09
Even back then it was only acceptable to kill a white male character. The Jews have been at it for a while.
1 stoplookinggatmeswan 2017-11-09
This is the kinda stuff I'm talking about when I say Will Ferrell used to be funny. He always played a great abusive lunatic like that in a lot of SNL sketches.
1 JMueller2012 2017-11-09
I think he’s someone who just realized that he can make the most money making trash like Daddy’s Home and Get Hard. It’s like Sandler
1 Lasagna_Hat 2017-11-09
At least Will Ferrell's cash grab movies are tolerable. He's still funny even if his films are bland and follow a formula
Sandler's really make me ill. When your films at age 50 have more pee/fart humor in them than the films from your 20s, you are fucking garbage. He's getting more low-brow and lazy as he gets older
I saw 10 minutes of Grown Ups. How can you make legitimately funny people so atrociously unfunny?
1 JMueller2012 2017-11-09
I like Adam Sandler. Do I like his films? Fuck no, but he sounds like a genuinely good guy who is just living the dream being able to completely do what he wants to do. Without any studio interference. He's his own boss.
I listened to a Nick Swardson interview and he basically said Sandler refuses to do most interviews because the press/media are just waiting to bash him and rooting for him to fail because they can all join in on trashing him. He can't win. Nick had a pretty insightful quote about it:
"They're not fans of his shit. They know what they're going to get and his movies aren't for them, so why bother??? They're just waiting for him to say something wrong or stupid to basically confirm everyone's preconceived idea that he's this money grubbing idiot who's out of touch with what's funny."
It made sense, and it seemed very unfairly biased to someone who knows his audience (middle America/children) and tailors his films towards them. He works hard on all his projects and he gives a lot of his friends work (like 85% of Happy Madison is people who he went to High School/College with and people he's befriended in show business), he's very charitable and he does a lot of work with sick children. He also can fucking act despite the shit he's been in. Punch Drunk Love is one of my favorite movies
Like I said, he just sounds like a nice dude doing what a lot of us dream of. Who wouldn't love making movies with all your friends around you and making truck loads of money doing it? It seems at this point in his career he just likes making films that he can enjoy watching with his daughters and I feel bad for the guy even though I don't enjoy his movies. There is still an audience for them. He's picky with the dramatic roles he chooses because those will be what he's judged for the most
1 Lasagna_Hat 2017-11-09
He sounds like one of the nicest/coolest guys. Really wasn't my point tho
I know what you mean, but his movies don't have to be so aggressively unfunny. All that money and you can't find someone to write a joke with subtlety? Or God forbid humor that extends to anyone past the age of 11. He can still have the stupid shit and hire someone to punch up the script
Grandma's Boy was fucking hilarious. He helped make that. He's not incapable of making funny movies
Yeah his films aren't for me but they were. Between Billy Madison to Big Daddy, I watched those movies on repeat. He has like 5 movies from 20 years ago that still hold up.
It's like watching your grandfather slowly lose himself to dementia to where he's unrecognizable. Sandler should absolutely keep doing what he wants, but each movie is like watching a confused, old withered man shit his pants.
Just bums me out.
1 JMueller2012 2017-11-09
Hey, I get that. But like I said, they’re just not for you and I. Most people’s sense of humor is awful. I remember a couple years ago alotnof friends of mine loving Grown Ups 2 and me being disgusted with them. This is his audience
1 Lasagna_Hat 2017-11-09
I'm really disgusted that we had a cordial and understanding conversation about Adam Sandler.
Can we go back to calling each other faggots?
1 JMueller2012 2017-11-09
I love you
1 footytang 2017-11-09
Yeah what the fuck? Do you know what sub this is? Logical and complimentary discussions are against the rules I'm pretty sure.
1 enzo_trash 2017-11-09
Faggots
1 BDub621 2017-11-09
I liked That’s My Boy. Idgac if I get bashed for it.
1 Anarox 2017-11-09
I haven't seen Ferrell in a bad role, even that going to prison movie with Hart was dope. I think my favorite is the other guys
1 Lasagna_Hat 2017-11-09
Bewitched, Anchorman 2, that Daddy movie with him and Marky Mark was pretty bad from the little I saw. Definitely very few. I thought Get Hard was decent too
But no, they aren't terrible. Will Ferrell gets a lifetime pass as far as I'm concerned
1 Basehead_Vos 2017-11-09
Robert Goulet singing gangsta rap was great. He screamed “nigger” like 15 times covering a ja rule song. Then starting talking to a plastic deer. He was the best in the late 90s. Well, him and Norm.
1 stoplookinggatmeswan 2017-11-09
other great Ferrell sketches https://vimeo.com/77241624 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HxwkZGzqS4 http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/7e583517e5/will-ferrell-get-on-the-bag
1 Jeremyny1 2017-11-09
That first one is one of my favorites of all time. It gets so dark so quick
1 winkleham 2017-11-09
The best SNL skit of all time was The Relapse Guy, where Chris Farley plays a raging alcoholic/drug addict. Funny, they never show it anymore for some reason.
1 duranfarbissina 2017-11-09
Back when you could say the word rape and ppl magically understood that u were trying to be funny so nobody got up in arms... what happened?
1 throwawaymanthrows 2017-11-09
Awkward pierce Brosnan is distracting. Still a great sketch though.
1 The_Sharpie_Is_Black 2017-11-09
Will gets a lot of flack for recent stuff but he's made some fucking gold in the past. His character Ashley Shaffer on Eastbound and Down is his best character
1 JMueller2012 2017-11-09
His outtakes from that show are the funniest things I’ve ever seen
1 HughStink 2017-11-09
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA MURDER YOU
1 DrHydePepperGuy82 2017-11-09
My favorite SNL skit is the one where the fat drug addict dies in a hotel room.
1 Muted_Post-Horn 2017-11-09
suuuuuuuuuuuper busy
1 BillyBats33 2017-11-09
One of my alltime favorites was "Neil Diamond Storytellers".
This one is about the time I killed a drifter to get an erection...Forever in Blue Jeans!
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1 Anarox 2017-11-09
This one is gold
1 Lasagna_Hat 2017-11-09
He sounds like one of the nicest/coolest guys. Really wasn't my point tho
I know what you mean, but his movies don't have to be so aggressively unfunny. All that money and you can't find someone to write a joke with subtlety? Or God forbid humor that extends to anyone past the age of 11. He can still have the stupid shit and hire someone to punch up the script
Grandma's Boy was fucking hilarious. He helped make that. He's not incapable of making funny movies
Yeah his films aren't for me but they were. Between Billy Madison to Big Daddy, I watched those movies on repeat. He has like 5 movies from 20 years ago that still hold up.
It's like watching your grandfather slowly lose himself to dementia to where he's unrecognizable. Sandler should absolutely keep doing what he wants, but each movie is like watching a confused, old withered man shit his pants.
Just bums me out.