Is there any chance Chuck & Larry won't be dreadful?

[jayjay]

Pontificate much? Seriously though, I’d wager it’s going to be better than Boat Trip.

Well, heck, I’ll wager it’s going to be better than two hours of dental surgery, if we’re talking about where to set the bar.

You do realize that two hours of dental surgery is actually less painful than Boat Trip, right? (Well, except for the scene where you get to watch Cuba Gooding’s ass flex as he ejaculates into a porthole…but maybe that’s just me)

[Merijeek]

@silenus

It has Jessica Biel’s tits.

That, and I’m looking forward to hearing how they explain the rather oversized Kevin James as a firefighter.

“You know how sometimes they need someone to break down the door? I’m that guy.”

Of course, the fact that it has Adam Sandler in it means, first, I’m going to avoid it, and second, my girlfriend will probably want me to watch it.

-Joe

[GuanoLad]

Compare with Strange Bedfellows.

[RickJay]

@drm

I can’t be the only person on the planet who has an intense hatred for this woman, can I? I think it’s her affiliation with Seventh Heaven but I can’t be sure.

Mmmmmm. Hot, hot hate sex.

[Khadaji]

I can’t imagine this being good. But I do think Jessica Biel is hot!

It will be at best a renter, and then only if I hear enough about it to make me willing to see it.

[Hampshire]

@Diogenes the Cynic

Without having seen the movie, I’m going to predict that it contains a scene in which Sandler wants to finally tell “the Girl” the truth. He will take her aside and say, “there’s something I really need to tell you.” She will then say she needs to tell him something first. What she tells him will make it harder for him to come clean. She will say “wasn’t there something you wanted to tell ME?” Sandler will then stammer out some mundane comment about liking her hair or her dress. She will not think this is strange.

And don’t forget the obligatory scene where Sandler and James are going to be forced to uncomfortably “kiss” eachother. Hi-Lar-I-Ous I tell ya. Nothing screams more funny than two straight guys kissing.

[Wee_Bairn]

It would take a hardcore sex scene with Jessica Biel to make this shit watchable.

[KJ]

I have no doubt it will be unwatchable. Notice that it comes out on Friday and yet there are no reviews for it yet on Rotten Tomatoes. (And it’s 140 minutes long? Damn, that must be a painful experience.)

[Trunk]

@I'm Ron Burgundy?

It’s PG-13.

That’s a large part of its problem.

Yeah, you know. . .it’s a stupid premise, but I could cut that a break if it’s filled with dirty jokes, nudity, Adam Sandler and Kevin James really going off with cock and ass and balls and fucking and tit jokes.

But, PG-13. . .no way on Earth is it going to be funny, and as others said they’re all going to learn lessons and have a stupid romance tossed in.

I guarantee the lunch breaks during filming were 100x funnier than anything that gets done in this movie.

[ShelliBean]

Well, It’s got Adam Sandler and Jessica Biel so I am guaranteed to to be watching this with my husband as soon as it comes out on video. I’ll let you know after I fall on the sword.

[Lemur866]

Nothing is funnier than straight men pretending to be women, or pretending to be gay.

And in addition to the aforementioned “I have to tell you something”, there’s going to be the obligatory gay predator scene, where Adam Sandler’s virtue is menaced by some mincing queen, and the joke is that Adam Sandler can’t get rid of the guy because he can’t tell him he’s not gay.

When I saw the trailer for this movie, for a minute I thought it was a parody of really bad movie trailers. There’s no way they could actually make a movie with a premise this fucking stupid, I thought to myself. Well, time to lower the bar. Actually, yes they can make a movie this fucking stupid.

[Marley23]

You know what’s really confusing about this movie? Not why it’s being made or anything - it’s why Alexander Payne has a writing credit. I’m not the biggest fan of Election (I should watch that one again), Sideways or About Schmidt, but shit, compared to this?

[gigi]

@drm

I can’t be the only person on the planet who has an intense hatred for this woman, can I? I think it’s her affiliation with Seventh Heaven but I can’t be sure.

If it’s any consolation, she tried to get off the show because she hated it too.

@Hampshire

And don’t forget the obligatory scene where Sandler and James are going to be forced to uncomfortably “kiss” eachother. Hi-Lar-I-Ous I tell ya. Nothing screams more funny than two straight guys kissing.

And trying to hide it as their gorge rises. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

The clip from the trailer–just because she thinks he’s gay, does a woman really show a guy her undies or whatever the hell she was exposing to Adam Sandler?

[Skammer]

@Billdo

From what I can see from the incessant ads that assault me, there are, no shit Sherlock, some problems with the basic premise that drives the movie. First off, there’s the idea that for some pension requirement that would require them to register to save a pension. Second is the idea that to register as domestic partners, you actually have to be gay. Third, there is the idea that someone would check up on whether or not you were gay, and you would have to prove your homosexuality to them.

(emphasis added by me)

Ok, first a disclaimer: I have no doubt that this movie will be excrutiatingly terrible, unfunny, and will perpetuate gay stereotypes, not to mention tired comedy cliches. I do think it will be less preferable to dental surgery. I totally agree with all of your points.

But, I just wanted to note that, at the large company I work for, you do have to be gay (or opposite-sex if straight) to qualify for domestic partner benefits. You have to sign an affidavit that you are living together “as a married couple.” Non-gay same-sex roommates – or platonic opposite-sex roommates – are not eligible for domestic partner benefits.

Although I’m sure the actual logic used in the movie is far more preposterous.

[drm]

@gigi

If it’s any consolation, she tried to get off the show because she hated it too.

It IS actually. Thanks. RickJay’s idea won’t work now but I’m not really sure how much chance there was for that anyhow…

[Sunrazor]

There is a remote possibility that the movie will make the point that treating the civil rights of gays as trivial in order to obtain some vaguely deserved yet unattainable remuneration is still a wrong thing, even if it rights a bureaucratic wrong.

Why yes, I am an incurable optimist, why do you ask?

[norinew]

@gigi

The clip from the trailer–just because she thinks he’s gay, does a woman really show a guy her undies or whatever the hell she was exposing to Adam Sandler?

Oh, my 16y.o. daughter EtherealFreakOfPinkness and I just cringe at that clip; she’s undressing in front of Sandler’s character, believing him to be gay; okay, I can buy that. Then, she turns around, indicates her breasts, and says “They’re 100% real; want to feel them?” Ummmm, what? In what universe is this an appropriate statement to make to any platonic friend, of any gender or sexual persuasion??

I will be shocked, really shocked, if this ends up with anything above 10% fresh on RT.

[Ludovic]

@Lemur866

When I saw the trailer for this movie, for a minute I thought it was a parody of really bad movie trailers.

That’s what I thought for the first minute of the Transformers trailer. It didn’t help that I hadn’t (and still haven’t) seen a Simpsons trailer, and kept thinking every trailer was going to be a Simpsons trailer in disguise…fully half of them seemed to be parody trailers.

[CJJ]

@DtC

Without having seen the movie, I’m going to predict that it contains a scene in which Sandler wants to finally tell “the Girl” the truth. He will take her aside and say, “there’s something I really need to tell you.” She will then say she needs to tell him something first. What she tells him will make it harder for him to come clean. She will say “wasn’t there something you wanted to tell ME?” Sandler will then stammer out some mundane comment about liking her hair or her dress. She will not think this is strange.

@Hampshire

And don’t forget the obligatory scene where Sandler and James are going to be forced to uncomfortably “kiss” eachother. Hi-Lar-I-Ous I tell ya. Nothing screams more funny than two straight guys kissing.

@Lemur866

there’s going to be the obligatory gay predator scene, where Adam Sandler’s virtue is menaced by some mincing queen, and the joke is that Adam Sandler can’t get rid of the guy because he can’t tell him he’s not gay.

Guessing what will occur in this steaming pile will probably be far more fun than watching it. Here’s another prediction: One character will be obsessed with proving that Chuck and Larry are faking it. He spots Adam Sandler, say, living it up at a strip club, has his “I’ve got you now” moment, but when it comes time to reveal the truth to the world, there’s a “logical” explanation that humiliates him (“Those girls gave me some great ideas for a new outfit,” Sandler says as he prances around the room in a sequened two-piece). Fun-ny…

[Cervaise]

@norinew

In what universe is this an appropriate statement to make to any platonic friend, of any gender or sexual persuasion??

I’m gay! I’m gay!