# Am I the only person who hated Wedding Crashers and Old School? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618 "2006-06-13T21:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/1 "2006-06-13T21:59:37Z")
I loved Anchorman. I didn’t even mind Zoolander. Even Dodgeball was bearable. However, I HATED Wedding Crashers and Old School. I just didn’t laugh at them. They weren’t funny to me. Here’s why I hated them so much: they were too serious. Particularly Wedding Crashers. The romantic aspects of that movie were just way too overpronounced. Christopher Walken was wasted in his role (anyone could have played his character.) I cannot stand Owen Wilson as the focus of a movie. He makes a good side character, as in Meet the Parents, but he just cannot carry a movie - his soft-spoken WASP/surfer/hippy mannerism is just too cloying to have to be subjected to for long periods of time. As for Old School, the idea of middle aged men partying and trying to re-live their youth, or whatever, just isn’t really a vehicle for much humor. In fact, the whole concept of it was depressing to me, when I thought about it. It’s more sad than it is funny. I don’t know, these movies just didn’t do it for me. Particularly Wedding Crashers, which was the BIG summer movie and which everyone was raving about - I just didn’t get it at all. It couldn’t decide whether it wanted to be a heartwarming romantic comedy or a buddy-flick or a goofy gag-fest, so it tried to mix them all and I found the results to be quite sub par. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/2 "2006-06-13T22:06:31Z")
**Wedding Crashers** was okay, but I had a problem dealing with the age differences. I know, I know, age doesn’t matter, but I still couldn’t get over it. So, you’ve got Owen Wilson - 35ish, not horrible looking, funny, seems intelligent. I might be attracted to him. I’m nearly 30. The sweet young thing he got in the movie? She’s what, 22? 25, at the very outside? Just outta college? Is she \*really \*going to be interested in him? Vince Vaughn, same thing - 35ish, reasonably attractive (hey, it’s an interesting face at least, can we agree on that), funny, intelligent. Yet the gal he hooks up with is even younger. Would he really want that after a year or two? Would she?! Sure, 10 years isn’t that big a difference, when you’re 30 and he’s 40. But I posit that that same 10 years is a much bigger difference when you’re 20, 22, even 25. I just couldn’t buy it. Old School - mildly funny at best. My husband loves it; go figure. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/3 "2006-06-13T22:13:04Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Sure, 10 years isn’t that big a difference, when you’re 30 and he’s 40. But I posit that that same 10 years is a much bigger difference when you’re 20, 22, even 25. I just couldn’t buy it. I wasn’t really amused by either movie. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/4 "2006-06-14T01:25:24Z")
Loved Wedding Crashers, hated Old School. To each his or her own. Dodgeball is comedy gold, but Be Cool is Vince’s best role. Yeah, that’s why they make so many movies, somebody is bound to like something. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/5 "2006-06-14T01:46:19Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > So, you’ve got Owen Wilson - 35ish, not horrible looking, funny, seems intelligent. I might be attracted to him. I’m nearly 30. The sweet young thing he got in the movie? She’s what, 22? 25, at the very outside? Just outta college? Is she \*really \*going to be interested in him? That [sweet young thing](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0279545/) is Isla Fisher, and she’s 30 years old… ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/6 "2006-06-14T01:47:41Z")
> [@Sierra Indigo](#): > > That [sweet young thing](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0279545/) is Isla Fisher, and she’s 30 years old… Sorry, got my girls mixed up. The crazy redhead hookup gal for Vince is Isla, and she’s 30. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/7 "2006-06-14T01:48:09Z")
I loved Old School and hated Wedding Crashers. There’s no accounting for taste. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/8 "2006-06-14T01:54:28Z")
> [@](#): > > I loved Old School and hated Wedding Crashers. There’s no accounting for taste. And I loved Wedding Crashers and hated Old School. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/9 "2006-06-14T02:19:04Z")
Liked 'em both. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/10 "2006-06-14T02:24:46Z")
Didn’t like Old School, didn’t see Wedding Crashers. I’ve only seen bits of Dodgeball, although none of them have amused me. Zoolander had a couple of really funny moments. I have the quote about being an investigatory journalist taped to my wall (I work at a newspaper, how could I not?). Other than that and the gasoline fight, eh. I don’t like Will Ferrell or Ben Stiller. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/11 "2006-06-14T02:30:00Z")
Thumbs down for WC, didn’t see OS. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/12 "2006-06-14T02:50:56Z")
I couldn’t finish either of these movies. It wasn’t my idea to rent them, but I gave them both a chance, I really did. I found them to be totally unwatchable. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/13 "2006-06-14T03:42:59Z")
I went into them _both_ expecting to find the experience unbearable, and ended up thinking they were both great. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/14 "2006-06-14T03:59:02Z")
To me, **Anchorman** is one of the least funniest comedies ever put on film. However, \*\*Wedding Crashers \*\* totally cracked me up. (Sorry, but I haven’t seen **Old School**.) Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/15 "2006-06-14T09:50:32Z")
Wedding crashers grossed me and I turned it off after thirty minutes. I don’t like comedies based on sex, it’s not funny to me. I also dislike Vince Vaughn a lot. Old school was better if not that good. I saw it with a company that loved it, so that made me enjoy it too, but I would have hated it if I saw it by myself, I’m sure. That said, I think Will Ferrell and Owen WIlson can both be cute if placed right. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/16 "2006-06-14T11:56:12Z")
Wedding Crashers: Okay for one watching, but I can do without seeing it again. Old School: It was weak the first time. Well, except for Blue. Zoolander: Comic gold. Dodgeball: Eh. A few good laughs, but like Wedding Crashers, once is enough. (Outside of the Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson/Ben Stiller/Will Ferrell cabal, but still within the realm of stupid movies, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle is quite good (especially Neil Patrick Harris’ contribution), Super Troopers is hilarious, and Baseketball is the best of this entire lot.) ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/17 "2006-06-14T13:02:31Z")
> [@Sierra Indigo](#): > > Sorry, got my girls mixed up. The crazy redhead hookup gal for Vince is Isla, and she’s 30. And [Rachel McAdams](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1046097/) is 29. I enjoyed Wedding Crashers, but I didn’t love it. I \*did \* love Dodgeball, but I hated Anchorman and I’ve never even bothered to see Old School. I don’t understand Will Ferrell’s appeal _at all_. Given decent material, he makes me laugh on perhaps every fourth or fifth attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/18 "2006-06-14T13:33:53Z")
_Wedding Crashers_ was disappointing, because I could see where it could have been a decent movie, if the humor had been a bit less over the top. Haven’t seen _Old School_. Normally I don’t like raunchy comedies (like the American Pie movies) but I love _Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle_ and _The 40-Year-Old Virgin_. The extras on the \*Virgin \*DVD have an extended version of the “You know how I know you’re gay?” scene that will leave you in tears. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/19 "2006-06-14T13:35:27Z")
Haven’t seen Wedding Crashers but I loved Old School. Just hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618/20 "2006-06-14T14:31:39Z")
Didn’t see _Wedding Crashers_, but I thought that _Old School_ was the second worst movie I have ever had the misfortune of seeing on the big screen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hated-wedding-crashers-and-old-school/360618.md?page=2)