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Johnny Dickshot Oct 07 2007 08:35 PM

Seth Rogen plays a bonghitting fat lazy guy who scores with an out-of-his-league babe and hijinxian consequences suggested by the title ensue. Discuss.

Nymr83 Oct 07 2007 08:46 PM

saw it when it was in theaters, really funny.

Centerfield Oct 08 2007 10:26 AM

I saw it this weekend. I don't know if I just wasn't in the mood but it didn't do much for me at all. It had a couple funny moments (like the bouncer scene) but overall, it was just bland. Seth Rogen should be a supporting character, not the lead.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 08 2007 11:15 AM

I had very low expectations and wound up liking it a lot. Much better than 40-y.o. virgin, if you liked that one (I thought that was only okay). I thought it was a nice story of a guy rescued from complete loserdom by force. His problem wasn't that he was a slacker, necessarily, but that he lacked the courage & CAHNfidence to be anything else.

sharpie Oct 09 2007 08:26 AM

Saw it on an on-demand channel in a hotel about a month ago. It was okay. Howcome she always keeps her top on while having sex?

Vic Sage Oct 09 2007 08:51 AM

cuz they didn't cough up enough bucks for her to go topless... they didn't pay the Halle Berry "Swordfish" bonus... $5M/per boob.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2007 08:58 AM

She was a cuteypie. I never even heard of her. Kathryn Heigl. 5 votes, 5 scores so far.

A Boy Named Seo Oct 09 2007 10:27 AM

Funny movie. I loved all the dudes from Freaks and Geeks. I find that I'm also fond of that Kristin Wigg chick from SNL.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 09 2007 10:53 AM

When this came out, Seth Rogen was a guest with Letterman. He told a story about his preparation for the love scene with Katherine Heigl. He decided to use a line that he had heard that Sean Connery used to use: "I apologize if I get aroused... And I apologize if I don't." From Connery it was a charming line. From Rogen, it wasn't. The response he got was, "Why would I want you to get aroused???"

dgwphotography Oct 09 2007 11:02 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: She was a cuteypie. I never even heard of her. Kathryn Heigl. She's on Grey's Anatomy - I think she's really annoying.

Edgy MD Oct 09 2007 11:03 AM

I just stumbled upon deleted scene 143. Is this better than, worse than, or about the same as the movie's standard?

A Boy Named Seo Oct 09 2007 11:46 AM

Deleted for a reason.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2007 11:55 AM

Yeah, much worse, and not much in keeping with the feel. And that woulda been cut from the end of the movie... the beginning is the funniest part, the middle the most interesting and the end... well you kinda see that coming.

soupcan Oct 17 2007 03:08 PM

Saw it this past weekend and was pleasantly surprised. Wasn't expecting it too be as funny as the hype but turns out that I thought it was. It dragged in spots but overall it was entertaining.

Vic Sage Oct 17 2007 03:34 PM

it was ok, not great. It would've been helped greatly by some Heiglian boobage. I thought her choice not to abhort seemed an unsupported plot contrivance, not a choice based on the nature of her character. That decision needed more rationale in the story. And I never bought their love story for a second. There didnt' seem any chemistry between either the actors or the characters. But given these fundamental problems, i still liked it. I preferred 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN because Steve Carrell is a wonderful comic actor, and his relationship wth Katherine Keener seemed only slightly implausible (as compared to KN0CKED UP, anyway.)

Nymr83 Oct 17 2007 04:12 PM

Vic Sage wrote: I thought her choice not to abhort seemed an unsupported plot contrivance, not a choice based on the nature of her character. That decision needed more rationale in the story. granted, but this was a comedy not a serious film so the fact that choices were made based on furthering the plot alone doesn't bother me because the movie succeeded at being funny. And I never bought their love story for a second. There didnt' seem any chemistry between either the actors or the characters. truwe as well, but it didnt subtract from the humor of the film to me, this wasnt a romantic chick flic

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 17 2007 04:29 PM

Now see if I hadn't bought their "connection" I donlt think I'd have enjoyed the movie one bit. But there was a reason for them to give it a shot. That's what the flick was all about. Normally a fat loser doesn't stand a chance with the hot babe like that. But the pregnancy revealed her vulnerablity; and brought out his sense of wanting to provide. I thought that part worked. Agree "in real life" she may have aborted.

Nymr83 Oct 17 2007 05:02 PM

yeah, but what i'm saying is that when the point of the movie is to get laughs from the audience the believability of hte plot really takes a back seat for me.

Vic Sage Oct 18 2007 07:43 AM

comedy comes from truth. the "reality" of the movie (even if its not OUR reality) has to make internal sense. the fact is, they DID bring up abortion in 2 scenes, but the idea was dismissed without explanation. You don't need to give her a religious objection, necessarily, but you do need to set up her character in some way that her decision seems plausible. And yes, the baby is a legit reason for her to give the slob a shot, but there was never any real chemistry between those 2 people, or those 2 characters, so the idea that they would end up together seems just another plot contrivance. I'm not saying i didn't like the movie. There is enough humanity in it to make much of the comedy work. Its just not great, and this is why. OR at least, part of the reason why.

Frayed Knot Jan 06 2008 08:27 PM

I just got around to this one -- and I'm pretty much with Vic here. Ya gotta swallow hard and get past the part about her ever spending one waking moment with that dork once she's sobered up much less want to have his kid. Once you buy (or at least hold your nose and ignore) those parts it's got some decent moments and scenes.

Edgy MD May 16 2009 09:21 PM

I'm agreing with Vic here, not about the abortion issue per se (though that's certainly a big part of it), but just a bunch of times they get from point A to point C and leave out some of the B-stuff. There's plenty of reasons I could speculate why she didn't abort. Her mother's a monster who can't not euphemise about it, which is sobering. But you just have to arrive at C and play such guessing games about how they got there. There's plenty there like that. We never see the sister and her husband reconcile. I have no idea how she can stand his douchebag friends and their algae-infested pool. I think there was probably a lot of scenes with different tones and it was a hell of an editing job --- and the editor had to make tough choices among funny scenes, plot coherence, and consistency of tone.

Edgy MD May 18 2009 11:16 AM

I also want to note that this is the first time I've ever seen a popular film depict a woman in a hormonal rage and not play it for slapstick.

Nymr83 May 18 2009 01:59 PM

There's plenty there like that. We never see the sister and her husband reconcile. we don't need to. forgive me because its been over a year since i saw the movie so my recollection may be fuzzy, but they werent the main characters, their marital spat was a plot to device to expose her fears about the immature asshole father of her unborn child. I have no idea how she can stand his douchebag friends and their algae-infested pool. isnt it fairly clear that she cant? doesnt he have to leave them (and the pool) behind before she accepts him?

Edgy MD May 18 2009 02:02 PM

She does a pretty good job tolerating them up until that point. As for the sister and her husband, subplots don't need deep attention, but plot gaps there are also annoying.