Was the PENIS scene necessary? - Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) Discussion

[–] Meven_Stoffat 16 years ago

I thought that scene was hilarious!!!! It's like the first time it happens it was so akward you just can't help but laugh.

"How long of this longest day till we finally make it through?"-Iron Maiden

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[–] fraank79 16 years ago

Most of the responders of this thread are idiots. Penises in movies are not the same as boobs. It has nothing to do with being macho, it has to do with equality and the fact that if I wanted to see a porno, I'd go on the internet not pay $10 for a movie ticket. Hollywood is too big of an influence of society, seems they attempt to deem what is acceptable and what isn't.

Seems everytime I go to the movies now days, a penis is poppin up and with their intention to be seen as 'funny.' Well the joke is old and not a very funny one.

Hollywood is shoving penises down our throats. Just check out some of the latest movies - Superbad= endless drawing of penises. Forgetting Sarah Marshall = a bunch of unecessary penis scenes. Tropic thunder = many subtle and not so subtle penis references. It's getting ridiculous and can't help but think it's part of the greater fag pride movement.

Answer me this question: When was the last time you saw a CLIT in a R rated movie? Nuff Said. Show some zoomed in clits too then, because that is the only and exact equivalent, not boobs...

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[–] NickoliSOB 16 years ago

Oh Franky boy, I could think of so many words to describe you but I'll just use one IGNORANT!

I actually agree that penis aren't the same as boobs in movies. But I find it funny you argue equality in this post and use FAG in the very same post. You didn't pay ten bucks for the penis nor a porno, you payed ten bucks for a good movie, which it was in my opinion. Penis or no penis. The fact you cant get over it is your problem and everyother close minded individual who couldn't get past the penis.

I also find it funny that you said Hollywood is a huge influenece on society, anybody and I repeat N-E-BOD-E who get "influenced" by Hollywood is a, pardon my french, FUC-KIN MORON. Get a life and don't let other people decide yours, Hollywood isn't trying to say whats acceptable and what isn't its society that decides that.

Im sorry but the penis isn't everywhere.Maybe YOU go around looking for it! And the joke isn't old and its still quite funny. Maybe you should have a neurologist check the area of your brain that controls your sense of humor cause youu got a problem.

You made me laugh when you said Hollywood is shoving penises down our throats, see the humor is still there. I'll agree that Superbad's penis drawing scene wasn't necessary nor really that funny, not important to the plot either. But This movie it was necessary for the plot, it introduced you to Peter's character, made him relateable. I don't remember Tropic Thunder having any penis refrences, which provides me evidence that you go around looking for penis, but maybe I should watch it again. But I have a question for you why the hell do you see this genre of movies if your going to complain?

Your an *beep* by the way. Open your eyes. Homosexuals are people as well. End of argument.

And again your argument might be more convincing if you refered to the VAGINA as a vagina and not in derogatory manner, same with BREASTS.

And Maybe you should go and buy some porn you sound like you need to let off some steam, A LOT of steam!

Nick/18/and a straight male who knows a dumb ass when he sees one!

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[–] Meven_Stoffat 16 years ago

Well said, who cares, it's just a penis. Not like guys don't see theirs everyday. Besides, I always laugh my ass off when I see that scene.

"How long of this longest day till we finally make it through?"-Iron Maiden

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[–] jdmartin61 16 years ago

fraank79 said: ..."When was the last time you saw a CLIT in a R rated movie?...

Point well made, fraank79, but we're not talking about a porn movie. We are talking about maninstream entertainment. In our lifetime (you know what I'm talking about), the beauty of women's breasts has been celebrated (by both men and women) while the "shame" and "embarrassment" of men's genitals has been portrayed as "eek!" (by both men and women). Clitorises don't even factor in this discussion.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is not at all about showing boobs or dicks. It is a story about human relationships. In a true relationship each man and woman see each other naked. "Nuff" said.

There is nothing shameful about the human penis. It, like the human womb are resposible for the continuation of the generations, "sexuality" aside.

Peace, John

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[–] Jdylan-1 16 years ago

You Americans are too uptight about genitalia. Bunch of puritans. Look dudes, we all have genitalia, if you've seen one dick (your own) you've seen them all. Only in America have I been peeing in a urinal with 10 empty urinals on either side of me, then some typical American Puritan will come in, see me pissing, then run into a toilet stall to pee. What, was he scared someone might see his micropenis? A dick is a dick, who cares. Only the conservative Americans are so freaked out by any mention or image of genitalia.
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[–] ryan-elsener 16 years ago

That scene in Forgetting Sarah Marshall was awesome, mainly because you didn't see it coming, at least I didn't. I don't think I've ever seen a movie in theatres before that didn't focus so directly on it like this movie did. I was expecting the camera to go from his face to hers, then she looks down, and you assume he's naked, but then instead of going back to his upper body it goes to focus directly on his penis, it was pretty much a slap in the face to the audience and it was well done. Also don't even begin to try to make fun of Superbad or I may just have to wound you, that movie was awesome, end of story.

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[–] evil_jello_man 16 years ago

oh shut up. I hate it when Americans become whiney about nudity. I am American and I don't have a problem with it. It's the human anatomy, get over it.

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[–] Carleelee 16 years ago

Yes, the penis scene was absolutely necessary

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[–] jdmartin61 16 years ago

Thank you, evil jello man and Carlymunch!
You are both exactly right. The penis scene(s) (I still haven't seen the movie) have nothing to do with eroticism. It's just a story about real human beings. The break up scene was not meant to be "sexy." Jason Segal himself wrote the screenplay and based this particular scene on his own experience. What's the real problem, penis haters?
Peace To All!
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[–] luvinsully 16 years ago

Penis scenes....ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!! Made for funny parts, and if you didn't think so, that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. But as a woman, it's nice to finally watch a movie where it's not always naked chicks. Us women like a little eye candy sometimes too. Yeah, we could get it with porn, but it's nice to sit down to watch a comedy and get full frontal on a man. I read the first two pages of this thread and I tell ya, my 14 year old son shows more maturity in a movie of this caliber than most IMDB members.

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[–] dreamwolf 16 years ago

Quite honestly, I believe the OP is just jealous because Jason is an average looking dude with a nice package. It is nice to actually see some penis in a movie. Thank you to the poster that posted the list with penis...I know what my renting list will look like now. ;) The Jackass movies don't count because 1. they weren't actors, they were idiotic *beep* and 2. the penis was only there for the other guys to do stupid *beep* to.

Breasts and Penis are the same with concern to movies. Just as someone else said, if a man walks down the street topless no one says anything. If a woman walks down the street topless she's arrested. It's bad enough that people (mostly men, I might add) think that women that breastfeed in public are utterly disgusting for allowing their child to eat when he/she is hungry. Was the wall of women flashing their breasts to the camera necessary...probably not, but I don't see one guy (not even the gay one) complaining about that. You don't want to see the penis in the movie, fine, but don't have a double standard with regard to what is obviously a sexual part of a female shown in movies all the time. Heck, most women watching that scene alone wouldn't have been doing the two finger salute to it but I can guarantee there were men enjoying Rosie Palm and her five sisters and rewinding and pausing on the naked chicks in Wedding Crashers and various other movies.

The issue here is that nudity is not dealt with in the same manner. It's alright to see a woman naked (and I'm sorry, but women have bush...get over it) and it's not ok to see a man naked. Apparently, women as a viewing base don't matter as much to men because they don't want to know what's it like for a woman. They don't want to think that there is any other guy that could pull their chick away from their bed. Well, suck it up guys cause there are other men out there. The difference is that if you give a woman what she wants she will, most likely, not stray from your bed because it's not all about what a guy looks like with us. Most of us women deal with the constant threat of a perky pair of breasts drawing the attention of our males away from us and fearing they will start thinking with their little brain and, with the exception of a few, we have every right to be afraid. It's the way of things. It's alright for a man to stare at all the female his little orbs can comprehend but god forbid his woman want to do the same with another male.

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[–] moose_hartigan 16 years ago

dreamwolf- While I don't have a major problem with what you have to say it does seem a bit sexist to me(last paragraph I mean). I have a girlfriend right now whom I care about a great deal, and I must say that if I do see an attractive woman it is my general reaction to simply look away (of course movies is hardly a matter in either case as she seems to have little mind over female nudity and I really don't feel insecure over such matters as the butt shot in Road House). I think society generally throws male sex drive out of context. Knowing how "into" my girlfriend I am I can't honestly say that if a topless woman walked in my room right now that anything would happen between us (other than my shouting at her for tresspassing).

I would just like to add that this isn't the so-called "3 month infatuation effect". We have been together for two years, one month, and two weeks now.

None of this is to say that I am some kind of Petey Perfecto. I DO sometimes have an aggressive anger/worry issue (don't worry I don't eat babies, lol, I just get nervous and a bit shaky). Then again nobody is perfect, but we as human beings for some reason see the smallest one or two things that are wrong before we see the many large things that are good. My point being that there is no way to give your partner everything that they want because even though it may only be for a moment or two, there will be something at a given time that you can't give them. However, all this said if the feelings are strong and you WANT to make your partner happy it seems that most problems resolve themselves.

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[–] SpikeDurden 16 years ago

I agree with the many Europeans above. That American Puritan way of thinking is so dated that it's ridiculous. People think that nudity is evil and seeing it smothers Christian values. *beep* christian values by the way. Nothing but hypocrisy. Humans are born naked, and being naked and seeing nudity should not make people so uncomfortable. If you have a problem with it, then it is solely your problem and your insecurities. Deal with it.

By the way guys who flip out when they see a penis in a movie especially while watching with other people: I know, you think you're supposed to freak out and act like you're all uncomfortable with it, but really it makes it just seem like you are extremely insecure with yourselves. Honestly, you've all seen hundreds of dicks in porn and it doesn't bother you one bit. You see one flacid dick in a movie and you want to make sure everyone around you knows you're not gay by flipping a *beep* about it. It's actually just pathetic.

The naked body, male or female, is not a shameful thing, it's not something that always has to hide and stay secret, it's not something to feel insecure about especially in a movie.

By the way, I've seen plenty of vaginas in foreign films, just not in American films, so that argument is nulle. It's, once again, Christian America that doesn't approve. Hide the body! We can't see nudity, it's evil! It's the work of Satan! It's Eve's fault for giving us humility! This old way of thinking makes me sick. It's 2008. Act like it.

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[–] stuartsmith_99 16 years ago

I personally found it very funny and don't see why people find it offensive.

The reason it's in the film is because during a test screening of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, many people walked out after being offended by a close up of a cock. After this, Judd Apatow decided that he will have a shot of a penis is as many films of his as possible so people will lighten up.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1382055.php/Judd_Apatows_penis_promise
here's the article

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[–] grumpy736-1 16 years ago

I confess I couldn't read all the comments above, but all the comments I read didn't address my reaction to the scene. First, it's real because it happened to the writer/actor. Second it goes by in one or two seconds, at least in the version of the film on my DVD, and third I thought it underscored his vulnerability -- as many of us feel in the bathroom when naked. If something happens you can't run after it or from it.

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[–] Cam-Dailey 16 years ago

ya I completly agree, the being nudity was what really completed the scene, it was what made him vulnerable, it was what made it awkard, and it was what made it hilarious. plus it helped make the connection between when sarah broke up with him, and when rachel officially got back together with him (in the change room after concert)
The penis may have been over the top, but that's why it was there, and it was compltetly necessary

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[–] fraank79 16 years ago

You guys are likely homosexuals. Boobs are not equivalent at all, it's not external genitalia, a fat boy could have boobs. When I go see a movie I'm not lookin to go see another mans junk. You can't deny how frequent it's become in movies of late, so I ask what's the deal with that? Is it any surprise that gay marriage rights have also surfaced? Anyways, like one poster said, find me nearly the same amount of U.S. movies that show a zoomed in clitoris and maybe you'd have a point.

"It's just a body part"

Uh well so is an *beep*

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[–] fraank79 16 years ago

You guys are likely homosexuals. Boobs are not equivalent at all, it's not external genitalia, a fat boy could have boobs. When I go see a movie I'm not lookin to go see another mans junk. You can't deny how frequent it's become in movies of late, so I ask what's the deal with that? Is it any surprise that gay marriage rights have also surfaced? Anyways, like one poster said, find me nearly the same amount of U.S. movies that show a zoomed in clitoris and maybe you'd have a point.

"It's just a body part"

Uh well so is an *beep*

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[–] shondy26 16 years ago

I thought it was funny and added the vunerability to the moment. Plus, I love Jason, so I now I can say that I've seen his penis.

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[–] snowboy5000 16 years ago

I wonder what those pro-penis girls starving to see a penis on-screen will say when SHAVED vaginas will be shown on screen because "it makes the scene funnier"

English is not my first language.

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[–] SpikeDurden 16 years ago

They most likely won't care because it seems to me they realize that the human body is not something to be ashamed of. It's not this evil entity that must always be covered up. Also, they probably realize they have one too, just like you also have a dick, boy.

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