Beukey on Pop Culture

This blog will focus on pop culture, with an emphasis on views outside, overlooked, or ignored by the mainstream. I may veer off-topic. We are all grown-ups, so don't act shocked at occasional bad language. This blog is not the place for those of you who stood in line to see "The Lake House".

Sunday, July 09, 2006

The 40-Year Old Virgin is supposed to be funny?

I was not feeling well last night, so I tried to find something to watch on cable. Since I was under the impression that this was a comedy, I decided to watch it.

This movie should be called "The 40-Year Old Script" or "The 40-Year Old Jokes". There was nothing original in the concept or the execution. Hey, the guy that can't get laid collects toys! When he tries to bag a drunk girl as easy pickings, she throws up on him! The guy who acts all nonchalant about women actually had his heart broken! All of these concepts come from the cliche hall of fame!

Why do people like Steve Carell and Paul Rudd continue to get to make films? In here and in Anchorman they play one-note charcters that never say or do anything funny. Unless you think Steve Carell stitching together an incongruous series of obscenities is worth paying 10 dollars. If you do, I wish I made tapes of Bluey in college. He perfected that act 20 years ago. I could have got a movie's worth of material every semester. We could have released a movie every year and been billionaires by now. Maybe it's not too late. We could start a nightclub act. Or maybe if you pay us $10 and feed us, we'll come to your house.

Also, there is nothing visually interesting about this movie. It has the visual splendor of a sitcom.
Yet the movie had an estimated budget of $26 million, and took in around $110 million. Where did the money go? It certainly doesn't show on screen on in the script.

1 Comments:

  • At 2:42 PM, Blogger David said…

    Two scenes from Anchorman I could watch again -- the gang fight between the various news teams, and Afternoon Delight. That's about it. If they have a gang fight or a capella singing in Talladega Nights, I'm there.

     

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