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A little overrated, isn't he......

posted 16 years ago by nerdy88
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I mean the highest score any of the Farelly brothers' movies got on IMDB was a mere 7,2. None of you guys can actually believe that Knocked Up or 40 Year Old Virgin were better and funnier movies than Theres Someting About Mary and Kingpin, or even Dumb and Dumber.

Apatow's movies are welcomed as some kind of revolutionary twist on the comedy genre, when it has been done much better in the past. Kingpin alone, has more succesfully gross-out comedic moments than all this guy's movies combined. The only explanation I have for his succes, is the hysterical fanboy enthusiasm brought by fans of the Apatow tv-series. Does anyone have a different explanation?

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[–] SuperNostalgicBrother 16 years ago

As much as I love the Farrely brothers flicks, only a couple of their films have gone beyond shelf life (i.e. Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, There's Something About Mary). As for Apatow, he only directed a couple of films and produced many funny comedies for almost for the latter half of the 2000s.

The final result is Judd (as of now) is better than the Farrely brothers.

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[–] sendtownjose 16 years ago

I'm sick of hearing his name mentioned and seth rogen's.

Uncle sandler went to the mall!!

[–] westonpope 16 years ago

You've GOT to see There's Something About Mary. Plain and simple. It is probably the funniest movie of the 90's and is on the top of my list of comedies! It's an absolute classic.

Stiller: Mary's a little chubby, huh?

Dillon: I'd say about a deuce, deuce and a half - not bad!

[–] comic_releif 16 years ago

WORD!

Actually, that's prolly the best and smartest post I've read all day :)

[–] jbensaved 16 years ago

No he is not overrated at all. And the Apatow movies are all funnier than any of the Farelly brother movies.

[–] angelsfang 16 years ago

Knocked Up and 40 Year Old was good, but Pineapple Express is what really created the big hype. Franco and Rogen were so good that they were given some time on the Oscars, where they again ran riot. And I'm a big fan of the Farelly Brothers and Ben Stiller, too bad the latter is getting old now.

I think anyone who gets hyped, will end up being overrated. But to me, the Apatow tag has become a brand name in the genre at least for the foreseeable future.