Exaggera-shawwwnnn -Cajun Man
I…wha? Why would it have been funnier to make him a member of the Taliban? A healthy portion of the humor is the fact that’s he’s an Israeli commando and the Phantom is a terrorist hero…on par with John McEnroe.
And Emmanuelle Chriqui is insanely hot, so…victory: Zohan.
The prospect of naked Sandler ass is enough to push this from “Very likely won’t see” right into “Wouldn’t watch if the theater paid me” territory. Thanks for the review.
It’s only a couple of shots. But yeah, there’s a lot of vulgar humor revolving around Sandler’s, um, hip region.
It gave me the vibe of “we scoured this turkey for every single kinda sorta humorous moment, and this is the best we could come up with”.
Ohhh, no, definitely not. If you find the trailer funny, there’s a lot more in the movie just as good. You don’t even see John Turturro in the trailer.
I know I’m posting a lot about a juvenile Sandler movie, but I’m interested in getting across that you shouldn’t sell it short. It’s a goofy, absurd comedy, but it’s a good goofy, absurd comedy.
I think it’s better for him to be an Israeli, personally. Otherwise, it’d be a retread of American Dreamz, wherein one of the contestants on the movie’s pseudo-American Idol show is actually a sleeper terrorist agent.
That is the easy way? Seems like the easy way would be to have him be British or something… sometihng which is NOT either half of the most controversial and politically explosive region in the world.
Schnieder wasn’t that bad, actually, in that Sandler movie, 50 First Dates. Almost…understated.
That was easily his best performance in any Adam Sandler movie. He made me laugh out loud on more than one occasion.
You realize argumentum ad populum is a fallacy, right? Or do you believe Mariah Carey is the best musical artist in the world?
I don’t find anyone or any skit/movie you listed funny (never seen Blackadder) in the least. Guess I must be lying in an attempt to appear hip.
Depends on what you’re trying to prove. If you’re arguing that someone is funny, and you define funny as “makes people laugh,” then an argumentum ad populum is an entirely appropriate argument to use.
Perhaps, but what I’m getting from Trunk’s post is that these people are objectively funny and we’re just being snobbish by saying we don’t find them amusing.
It seemed to me that he was saying that it was a bit ridiculous to claim that Adam Sandler “isn’t funny” when a ton of people find him to be.
Now I’m tempted to start a Great Debates thread asking whether or not there’s such a thing as “objectively funny.”
Well, the way I was reading others’ responses was “I don’t find him funny and wouldn’t pay to see anything he’s involved in” - when discussing humor or aesthetics, I just assume saying “that shit’s not funny” or “that painting sucks” implies “in my opinion”; I certainly don’t know anybody who claims their opinion on such matters is Absolute Truth. People can argue with well-thought-out reasons for their side, but I think most of us go into such discussions with the understanding that it’s all subjective. Maybe I’m naive.
Of course it’s understood. It’s just annoying to have to wade through threads full of posters who act as though the idea of attending an Adam Sandler movie is absolutely absurd, especially when we all know that millions upon millions of people will watch & enjoy it. We’re all just crazy for even insinuating such a thing.
I didn’t get that from that post at all. I just thought it was a gasp of frustration over the fact that “Adam Sandler is not funny” is one of those tired SDMB groupthoughts.
Most threads involving Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell and a few other comedians will mostly be populated by posters talking about how unfunny the thread subject is. It gets tiring if you’re a fan of Sandler or Ferrell or any of the others.
On edit, what Labrador Deceiver said too.
…Ow. You just reminded me of one of the trailers preceding Zohan, a Ferrell flick that looks even more unfunny than Myer’s latest. Two adult men become stepbrothers and have to share a bedroom and otherwise act like immature teenagers. I suppose there could be an Anchorman-like humor to it, but it just looked like it would be painful to watch.
Whereas his claim that Adam Sandler has made all of us laugh, and that he’ll continue to do so, is not the least bit ridiculous, right?