Its because most of the people on this website don't understand good comedy writing. They think that The Hangover is God's special gift to comedy. This movie is like a early 90's late 80's throw back up there with The Great Outdoors.
I know I'll get trolled and flamed for this but I don't care I know comedy when I see it. This movie makes me laugh from the witty comments to the slapstick humor.
Easy comparison to make with Great Outdoors but check back and see that there was an actual story involved, Grown ups is just a bunch of people going away doing stuff. If that is what passes off as a good movie nowadays then i'm moving to hollywood to become a writer. 3/10 being generous.
shareThe story was the weak point but the movie was funny.
shareWhat is so weak about the story line? It's about a group of friends getting back together for a weekend because of the death of someone important in their lives. It's just mindless fun. There doesn't have to be some underlying Shakespearean plot or anything.
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SO?!
Really, SO?!
WHY does it have to have an intricate story? I don't get it? This movie is highly entertaining and an awesome feelgood movie. I could watch a 10 hour long extended version of it of them just sitting by the lake and doing fun stuff. It's peaceful, serene.
Doesn't always have to be Shawshank redemeption.
Yeah, but that hardly makes it a better film. It still sucks.
Wrong.
The only thing it has in common with The Great Outdoors is the cabin/lake setting. That's it. That movies was genius and this movie is absolutely horrible. End of story.
It is not a throwback to anything other than old *beep* movies.
This movie is pretty good. The writing is excellent and it's a story about friends reuniting after a long time. The underlying theme is someone's death bringing old friends and enriching their lives one last time. Everyone that attended the funeral was better by the end of the movie.
How does nobody get this? It's not the greatest plot and it is a little "cutesy and warm" but it's still a pretty good message.
A death of a person that had 2 minutes of screen time. The only 2 times his name was even mentioned was at the funeral and the game at the end. The writers failed to clarify how much The Coach meant to the characters. They spent most of their time writing sub-par one liners and fart jokes.
This movie was obviously made so Adam Sandler and his friends could all make a movie together. It could have worked out, had it showed more effort, but it didn't.
Unless Sandler can pull anything other than another family flick or romanic comedy out of his hat, i'm done with him. Sooner or later his fans will get tired of the same old gags.
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shareNaw, Klenic is right. It was a bunch of dick and fart jokes. I gave this movie a 4/10 and The Hangover 2/10. The Hangover was just TOO random. It was like they looked at a couple of catalogs and just threw whatever they found into the movie. A wannabe, live version of Robot Chicken? And yeah, I am tired of Sandler (and Galifianakis too).
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I read the script to The Hangover like a year before it was released, and loved it. It was wonderfully structured, and it had a strangely unique concept. Then Todd Phillips and his crew re wrote it, and didn't do that bad of a job. They did fix up a lot of the cliche's.
To give it a 2/10 is ridiculous, man. Sure, it wasn't as good as it was hyped up to be, but it definitely delivered more in the long run. Especially if you compare it to a film like Grown Ups, which is targeted directly at the Adam Sandler family comedy slapstick humor audience. The Hangover's audience was full of all kinds of different people. Some didn't get the humor, some did, and other people probably walked into the theater expecting Big Mama's house 8.
It's strange that people are getting sick of Galifianakis already. He's only done like 2 movies since The Hangover - Dinner with Shmucks and Due Date. Both of which were pretty mediocre, yes, and he was kind of type cast in both of them. I mean, look at Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler. They do the same movies over and over again. Which is fine, because they have fan bases that like that kind of stuff. But every now and then, they turn around and do something completely different. Like Adam with Punch-Drunk Love and Funny People. And Ferrell with Stranger Than Fiction and the soon to be released Everything Must Go. Even Galifianakis is doing different stuff, showcasing his talent. It's Kind of a Funny Story released last year (limited), that was an independent film by the guys that made Half Nelson. His character in that was way different than the others he's been doing.
And what i said about Grown Ups was my honest opinion on the film. If you disagree with me, that's fine. That's because your into this kind of stuff. I understand. But i've just seen this same movie liked a million times before. I'm sure if the writers put a little more effort, or if they chose a different Director, i probably would have enjoyed this more. But i just didn't. The end. I'm not trolling, so don't call me a moron for having a opinion.
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While I do appreciate the above post, but comparing Sandlre to Ferrell is rather...umm...off. Ferrel can play any emotion he wants...from dead serious to witty humor to slapstick. His movies rarely hand you the punchline like you're an idiot. Sandler's movies are not so diverse.
sharethat's kind of the point. i was just a springboard for reuniting friends back together. doesn't need a two hour long explanation.
shareThe last decent movie he was in, was 50 First Dates.
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The only thing it has in common with The Great Outdoors is the cabin/lake setting. That's it. That movies was geniusthe Great Outdoors was not genius. Don't get carried away there.
I thought it was pretty funny. I didn't care for The Hangover, and I hate how much it gets praised. Everyone complains about the story and character development, but they don't seem to understand it's a *beep* comedy for god's sake. This isn't The Fighter or Black Swan, it's a movie made to make you laugh. Honestly, if they spent more time trying to put a connection between how sad these guys were about their middle-school coach dieing, then they'd be getting rid of parts for comedy, which isn't what it was made to do.
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I know a funny movie when i see one. I love movies like happy gilmore to movies like superbad. I love to love films so it's not like i want to hate this film. But this movie was purely embarrasing for the actors because they had the potential to make such a funny movie, but in the end made a childish slapstick-dependant movie that failed in most aspects. Sure maybe in a rare moment it had a chuckle, but nothing more. Very dissapointing seeing as how great the cast was. Tonnes of funny movies out there, this one sadly, was not.
shareI liked it. Either you think it's funny or you don't. It's all subjective. To write the reasons it's not funny (or even why it is) implies that as long as you follow a formula the movie will be funny to everyone.
shareI agree with twolfb in that comedy IS subjective. It's futile to debate whether something is funny or not. Or, for that matter, try to explain why some people don't find something funny. I actually didn't think this was a funny at all, but who am I to say that it isn't funny to someone else out there.
I'm not too sure why the OP started this thread, trying to analyze why someone like me doesn't like this movie. I don't think the assumption that I "don't understand good comedy writing" is a valid argument since NO ONE understands good comedy writing. If anyone did then they'd write nothing but hit comedies every time they make a film.
At any rate, this flick got a 5.8 average so I'm in the minority (I rated it a 1). I'm used to being in the minority though. I also hate Two and a Half Men and Dane Cook.
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Agree 100%. A rare occurance of countless funny actors in one movie, gone to waste.
shareCompletely...absolutely...100% CORRECT! Not only was it good writing but the chemistry of a bunch of actors who are good friends in real life made the acting barely acting. It flowed so naturally and just seemed like a home movie of some good friends if you ask me. Now, I loved the Hangover, it was good in its own right, but it falls short compared to Grown Ups if you ask me.
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I loved The Great Outdoors, I bought it as a Christmas gift for my godson last year.
I used to love Adams Sandler movies too; Big Daddy is awesome. Happy Gilmore is one of my all time favorites.
I'm 15 minutes into watching "Grown Ups" for the first time, and am so bored that I'm looking up stuff on IMDB.
It's not a good movie.
I waited to see it, thought it was alright actually. Some watered down humor but I liked the outdoor theme of going on vacation with old pals. I agree with OP, some people don't see or laugh at comedy unless someone is getting hit in the nuts or puked on. It is all subjective though. :)
sharePeople might also dislike it based on the fact that half the humour isn´t handled as comedy made to make us laugh.Lines from one character who makes fun of another character and the other three semi-laugh and go"Nice one!" ,"he gotcha there",like they were just sitting around on the set and they were filming a lunchbreak.They were basically just laughing at their own jokes which when it comes to most of these guys,they are the only ones that do anyway.But making fun of eachother in a very harmless way that is forgotten five seconds later isn´t comedy for us,this film was an inside joke.
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