And in better movie news. . .
Jul. 5th, 2006 10:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiWe finally rented The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which I'd resisted for ages, because it had the same "oh, this is the best comedy evar!" hype around it that films like Team America and Garden State had (and that's a combined four hours of my life that I'll never get back).
In this case, the hype was justified, as it was a damned-near-perfect mix of sweet and over-the-top humor. Great performances by everyone in the cast, and a sharp script. I suspect that I'm happier having seen it on video than in the theatres, as many of the moments that had us laughing had to include the various scenes that were added (just some of the off-hand comments and moments that slowed the pace of the movie, but were priceless). This has gone on my wishlist, as it's something I do need to own.
(Oh -- and the one scene I would have cut was probably the ending of the scene with Leslie Mann, which was just a little too disgusting for my taste)
And yeah, the songs at the closing credits sequence (something I recall folks raving about when this came out)were brilliant.
In this case, the hype was justified, as it was a damned-near-perfect mix of sweet and over-the-top humor. Great performances by everyone in the cast, and a sharp script. I suspect that I'm happier having seen it on video than in the theatres, as many of the moments that had us laughing had to include the various scenes that were added (just some of the off-hand comments and moments that slowed the pace of the movie, but were priceless). This has gone on my wishlist, as it's something I do need to own.
(Oh -- and the one scene I would have cut was probably the ending of the scene with Leslie Mann, which was just a little too disgusting for my taste)
And yeah, the songs at the closing credits sequence (something I recall folks raving about when this came out)were brilliant.