Re: Mr. Deeds

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

>The movie was "Happy Gilmore" (which rhymes with Fillmore, not Sandler), and
>it was pretty damn funny. Liked the fight scene between Sandler and Bob
>Barker, of "The Price Is Right" fame.
>
>A word of advice, comrade: stay away from the "independent" film festivals
>for once and try observing modern "mass culture". It would be more
>worthwhile to review the latter from a Marxist perspective.
>
>Comradely;
>Martin
>http://www.wpus.org/

www.mrcranky.com:

"Happy Gilmore" turns out to be yet another movie based on the faulty
premise that people from Saturday Night Live are funny.

Who really cares what this movie is about? Let's get right to its main
problem: If, as a filmmaker, you're going to have a scene in which the
movie's protagonist is fighting Bob Barker, you don't let Bob Barker win!

Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler), hockey player turned golfer, is playing in a
pro-am with Bob and Bob starts insulting him and they get into some
fisticuffs. Of course, when he wrote the scene, Adam was probably thinking
that such self-deprecating humor would be the way to go. Wrong! With a
short take-off of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," a few personal demons could
have been exorcised forever and this movie could have tripled its take.
Would you pay $7.50 to see Bob Barker's decapitated head bounce off the
green into a water hazard? I'd pay twice!

However, Bob Barker wins and "Happy Gilmore" turns out to be yet another
movie based on the faulty premise that people from Saturday Night Live are
funny. This movie also features SNL alumnus Kevin Nealon. I mean, I'm sure
the guy needs work, but he's just not funny. Jesus, let the guy hold a
light or something -- just get him on the other side of the camera. Little
cameos like this give people like Melanie Hudsell, Robin Duke and Gary
Kroeger ideas and the next thing you know moviegoers will be chopping their
own heads off to seek relief.



Louis Proyect
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