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You all on this board are wrong...this movie was undercover really funny

posted 15 years ago by IMDB_paTROLL
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come on really? you can say vince vaughn didn't save it? he did. the part in the car when they talked about their secret word being "mistletoe" and he said to reese she could say it whenever and then she repeats it in the car and he starts acting like he's leaving. that was hilarious. this board is a LITTLE too harsh with this movie. maybe it's because you saw it in the theatres and were in a bad mood. i don't know but this movie was at LEAST a solid 7/10.

[–] aGuiltySoul 15 years ago

This film was, (in no particular order): artificial, manic, annoying, charmless, and humorless. Did I say annoying? If so, it bears repeating.

I didn't see it in the theatre. I wasn't in a bad mood. I admit that I didn't expect to like it but I was nevertheless stunned at how awful it is. The thing that separates a bizarre comedy that is still funny from this dry exercise in bad taste is often the almost indefinable chemistry between the actors, that sense of fun and adventure with which they infuse their characters. Take Legally Blonde, it was a big production wrapped around a tiny concept of a ditzy woman who gets into Harvard Law just to chase down a boyfriend who has rejected her. It is completely unbelievable. It is predicable. It is full of annoying characters and broad sexual humor. If that humor isn't too low for you it has a running characer of a dog dressed in outfits that match its owner. But yet, it succeeds because of the sheer fun of it all and the devotion of its actors to infusing that into their performances. There was none of that in Four Christmases.

And can I add that the last thing Reese Witherspoon should have wanted someone like me to think about when watching this film was Legally Blonde since she looks so tired, drawn, and absolutely joyless in this film as opposed to how fresh and lovely she looked in that.

"I'd never ask you to trust me. It's the cry of a guilty soul."

[–] Profondorosso75 14 years ago

wow, I could not disagree more with "aguiltysoul". maybe if you reversed the descriptions in your post, then we could agree. "legally blond" was a one-trick-pony. it has one joke that it repeats over and over. I didn't care for it much myself. that movie works because of the charm and charisma of reese and her character alone, imo. even if you don't like the movie, you like her, I mean how can you help it? to me "four Christmases" was full of charm and appeal. I thought Vince and reese had great chemistry and reese did not look tired, drawn or joyless to me, lol. "legally blond" was 10 years ago, why do people expect her, or anyone, to look the same? about the being drawn thing; in case anyone does not realize it, as we age(ALL of us) our metabolism slows and we tend to gain weight. even if we ate exactly the same amount of food, weight would creep its way on. since spot reduction is not possible, in order to keep weight off our ass, we have to keep it off everywhere. yes Reese's face looks a bit thinner, but I'm sure she is having to work harder to keep weight off than she did ten years ago. if her face was exactly the same in size as it was 10 years ago, her ass would be twice as big, you get my point? no, I'm not saying she is old, it's just that is a process of aging no matter how old you are. having said that I thought she looked great. funny no one mantions how much weight Vince had gained over the years. I think he's great but he has become tubby. I suppose if he dieted down to his weight in swingers people would call him "drawn", lol. anyway I found the film very funny and it's now on my holiday movie list.

"Your grandmother's boyfriend is a first-class ass sniffer! And you can tell him that I said so"

[–] v_r_angel1 14 years ago

I agree with you. I loved it, I thought it was hilarious. I don't know what everyone was expecting but they need to stop hating.

"Happy endings are just stories that haven't finished yet."-Jane Smith

[–] ComedyFan2010 13 years ago

i agree. i think some people just should know what to expect. if you don't like romantic comedies don't go to them. i was actually surprised by how good it was