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Really? THIS is the big new Cult Comedy?

posted 11 years ago by trcrock
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Okay, I just watched the film on NetFlix Instant Play, and yea, the film completely stank. And yet for some reason, everybody and their dog loves this. It's a good idea on paper, I guess, and there were attempts at humor in this thing. The big issue is this: whoever made this movie doesn't know about how to execute jokes. Every single punch line and joke in this movie is one that you can see coming a mile away! Take the scene with the police officer in the house. At the beginning of the movie, they show how a support beam is faulty and could fall on them with its many nails. You guys cannot honestly be telling me that as soon as the cop starts walking towards the support beam, that he's going to put his hand on the darn thing and get impaled. Or the thing with the wood chipper, and you see Tucker moving back and forth throwing wood into the thing. How could you not see coming that the kid who's about to run at him is going to miss the timing and land right into the thing! Sorry to rain on your parades, but this is not good comedy, at least not in my opinion.

[–] Insomniatic102 10 years ago

Agreed, it just felt like slightly higher budget B movie, intentionally being bad and over the top. The whole conceit attempts to raise it up beyond that, but I don't think it really worked. The writing was just too poor. Compare it to Cabin in the Woods, where there are reasons for these cliché things existing, its all designed that way in the movie's universe. In this, everyone's just retarded. It's a lazier way to send up the genre. I said it in another thread, and I think it holds up, it had the bad writing, and lazy setups and jokes as porn, but without the eventual sex. Just convenient situations and lazy writing.

[–] thomasloge01 10 years ago

I feel sorry for your simple mind, if you think this movie is just about the the cheap laughs and fall on your ass comedy...

It's about the whole dynamic and dialog between the 2 actors Dale and Tucker...

But hey you dont get it... sorry for you :-)

[–] Sidewindr 9 years ago

Spot on!!! 👍

[–] usman-khan 10 years ago

You fail to see it as a good movie and people beg to differ. It is your opinion and i respect that even though some of your observations are flawed. But never think that your opinion is the only opinion out there or you have the final authority here. "Sorry to rain on your parades" is an egotistic statement though and you should understand that your opinion is not the holy verdict people were waiting for and they didn't realize what they were doing before.

Look inside yourself and understand the universe

[–] bodyspiritsoul 10 years ago

i dont like gory/slasher films or whatever but once i started watching this and liking Alan as an actor i enjoyed it quite a bit. havent watched a film that actually made me laugh at stupid jokes in awhile like this did. i dont understand how The Hangover and movies like that are such a big hit if people think this sucked.

Maybe he doesn't answer to Chuck. Call him Charles. Charles!

[–] doggie_rodriguez 10 years ago

The big issue is this: whoever made this movie doesn't know about how to execute jokes.

I hate to be the guy that says "you didn't get it", but you really didn't.

This was an really clever premise. A reverse on the "teen campers attacked by backwoods murderous hill people". The whole thing was a misunderstanding perpetuated by stereotypes. Could have been avoided with communication and common sense.

Kind of reminds me of life. Misunderstandings that could be avoided with common sense and communication.

The "jokes" that were telegraphed weren't actually the main jokes. They were to set the plot in motion so we could laugh at how the two sides reacted to the jokes. (which was much funnier than the telegraphed jokes you mention). As someone else mentioned the audience is in on the joke (aka the misunderstanding). We're the only ones that knows what both sides are thinking. This movie simply would not work if we weren't in on the joke (aka they weren't telegraphed).

Sorry to rain on your parades, but this is not good comedy

You not understanding a movie isn't raining on my parade.

[–] Sidewindr 9 years ago

You're right on the money here, I should have waited till I got to the end of the thread and read your post before I replied to earlier posts saying basically the same thing.

[–] rkhen 10 years ago

You were supposed to see all that coming. In every gorefest there "just happens" to be a wood chipper onsite, "just happens" to be a chainsaw, "just happens" to be a meat grinder, "just happens" to be a big vat of acid, "just happens" to be a piano hanging by a rotten rope... I started laughing the instant the chainsaw came in view; even harder when I saw the chipper. How hard do film makers have to hit you before you get it? I mean, crap, the move ends with A PRETTY BLONDE GIRL TIED TO A LOG BEING FED INTO A HEAD SAW. Slowly, of course. Because we always run logs through the head saw as slowly as possible. (I'm from the woods, too. I know Dale and Tucker personally.)

The only problem here is, you didn't get the joke.

[–] psdhart 10 years ago

I saw it all coming too

did you also see it on film4?

[–] Sidewindr 9 years ago

..and there "just happens" to be a pile of fuel cans in the corner when a fire starts. Dale exclaiming "I knew I should have moved those" highlighting the parody ... :D

[–] brooksshows 10 years ago

This movie is actually supposed to be lampooning the cheesy teen horror flick genre and part of that is the way they shallowly unveil something obvious... how many times have you screamed, don't go in that room! Don't walk through that graveyard! Don't spend the night in that house!

...Don't go running into that wood-chipper head first!!!

Think about all the "obvious setups" in the horror films. You always see them coming a mile away, even the ones you're not expecting.

I actually think this is a brilliant piece because it is very difficult to combine horror and comedy and do it justice. This one does it without becoming dark or weird which is usually what you run into by mixing the styles.

[–] eoval 10 years ago

T & D is infinitely rewatchable, not for the premise or cliche, but because of the premise and cliche. That's what makes it so enjoyable. I flat out love it; to each their own, I guess...

"I do not like mixing up moralities and mathematics."
Churchill