you're BASTARD people
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 10 July 2008 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
i was too messd up to remember this movie, i'm sorry.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 10 July 2008 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
it was college! and dark.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 10 July 2008 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
the movie theater was too dark?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 10 July 2008 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
the bedroom. the bedroom was dark.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 10 July 2008 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
did you people that hate this movie enjoy "Anchorman?"
No. That was terrible too.
a decent cast, a lazy to nonexistent script, the occasional funny joke and that's about it.
^^^this is spot on, and applies to both films.
― nate woolls, Friday, 11 July 2008 07:35 (sixteen years ago) link
My Breakfast With Blassie is pretty funny, too.
― Eric H., Friday, 11 July 2008 07:37 (sixteen years ago) link
so much rong on this thread.
this movie is funny. end of story.
― latebloomer, Friday, 11 July 2008 08:36 (sixteen years ago) link
if you can't enjoy meloni talking to a can, i can't help you.
― latebloomer, Friday, 11 July 2008 08:38 (sixteen years ago) link
dirty work is a piece of shit
-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
man i thought you were sort of crazy hating on whas but when you say something like this it makes me want to prevent you from ever seeing another movie ever again
― max, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link
that's... oddly hostile
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
and Shakey knows hostile!
― David R., Friday, 11 July 2008 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
(excelsior-level zing bait; my bad)
― David R., Friday, 11 July 2008 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I am a man of peace
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i was thinking about this on the subway today actually because i can't really understand the hatred this movie inspires and i think it has to do with whether or not you grew up with the state (or sketch comedy in general) - i was like, 12 or 13 when the state was on and it hit me so hard with the funny but then for many years it wasn't on tv even in reruns or available on video (pre-youtube era) so i wonder if maybe people who were either a) in their jaded 20s when the show was on tv or b) not exposed to the show until their 20s because it was hard to come by, maybe never got that it was funny, because it is a juvenile type of comedy. i don't know maybe i am overthinking this.
― bell_labs, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I was in my jaded 20s when the State was on and saw a few episodes and thought it was horrible - especially when compared to stuff like Kids in the Hall or Mr. Show or hell any other high quality sketch show
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
and I didn't really consider it juvenile so much as just sort of nonsensical...? like they didn't understand how jokes work?
"I'm gonna dip my balls in it" was kinda funny
i've never seen the state but i love WHAS
― n/a, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man i am not fucking with kith but the state was sooo much better than mr. show.
― bell_labs, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I was a jaded 12-13 year old when The State was on and I was like yeah, this ain't shit compared to KITH, so I'm splitting the difference here. I'd probably like The State more now, but the proliferation of its cast members into a hundred mostly shitty movies/shows (haven't seen WHAS though) has just made me dislike it more in retrospect.
― some dude, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
they showed this outdoors in Williamsburg the other night, which is kinda why I figure I don't need to ever see it.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
you'd hate it
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
there's no need to make this whas v. anchorman. i love both of those movies a lot.
― horseshoe, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
if only we could somehow incorporate batman returns into this discussion
― n/a, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
what if batman ran a summer camp
― Mr. Que, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Tuomas would've preferred this movie to be a serious examination of the fascistic underpinnings of camp counselorhood
x-post
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
way to play in traffic, guys
― David R., Friday, 11 July 2008 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
omfg paul rudd was at the w'burg thing??? and i didn't go??? ;_; ;_; ;_;
also the doubletake he does when coop enters is basically the greatest thing put to film.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 11 July 2008 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link
paul rudd is seriously genius in this role. when he gives janeane garofolo attitude about having to clean up after himself?
― horseshoe, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
i loved the State but i plan never to see this movie
― gabbneb, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
yay for you
― Mr. Que, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
ha, just watched that on youtube. "i just got...i don't have time right now"
― goole, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm glad you agree!
― gabbneb, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
gabbneb, why on earth do you gotta come on a thread to announce your utter disinterest in its topic? are you that bored at work?
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 11 July 2008 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I think gabb is trying to horn in on Snrub's racket (which is pretty ballsy)
― David R., Friday, 11 July 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
gabballs
― Mr. Que, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
the funny thing is i hadn't seen a single state sketch before i saw this movie (i didn't really start watching mtv with any kind of regularity until after it was canceled). i've since changed that but i'm pretty sure there's a separate thread for just discussion of the state
― impudent harlot, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND7yJ7sMosk
― Jordan, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
i love the way he flings himself around!
― horseshoe, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"we're all going to be in our late 20's by then, i don't see any reason why we can't be places on time."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzkaS4uCOls
― Jordan, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
car crash cheap lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isX3YH_0TQo
― Jordan, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I mean, I get why some people hate this movie. Many of the punchlines seem so lazy and stupid that it almost seems like the movie is actually satirizing comedy or something.
― Eric H., Friday, 11 July 2008 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
and failing, I mean.
― Eric H., Friday, 11 July 2008 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
But I dunno. It's and American Movie are the only two movies in the last decade or so that make me laugh consistently the whole way through.
It's It
does morbs know about the touching gay sex scene?
― Jordan, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I am somewhat surprised that n/a has never seen The State.
Actually, I never saw it when it was originally on, but we passed around a warped VHS tape in college with some State episodes on it.
― jaymc, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:08 (sixteen years ago) link
"i don't care that you're bowlegged, and i don't care that you're bilingual!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgHiB8HYUyc
― Jordan, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
the laziness bugged a lot of critics (fucking KIDS aren't even TRYING they're just HANGING OUT), but, a la mr. paul rudd flinging himself about, it's great at taking nothing situations and making them funny
― goole, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
It's not so much the gay sex scene that's awesome, but the scene where their friends find out about their relationship, make like they're going to fag-bash them, howl "We've got something for you!" and then cart in a chaise lounge as a wedding gift.
― Eric H., Friday, 11 July 2008 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link