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TheSometimesWhy
10/09/09

In reply to Weekend Movieland Braces for Full Frontal Assault of Couple's Retreatmer
Just watching the trailer for this gem thickens my spit.

If you assume that a trailer is the studio's way to coax you into the theater with a taste of what's to come, this movie will leave you licking your tongue like a dog who just got a mouthful of peanut butter.

Given the lack of something truly laugh-worthy, I say they change the title to "Chuckles Retreat," so at least we can give them their props for truth in advertising.
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Rick N Teri Brown
10/09/09

In reply to Weekend Movieland Braces for Full Frontal Assault of Couple's Retreatmer
I am getting really sick of men producing movies in which they cast themselves opposite women they could never get in real life. Kristen Bell and Malin Ackerman would never be with these men if they were all real people. For that reason alone, I will not be seeing this one.
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NigelAstydameia
10/09/09

@Rick N Teri Brown: Umm, Kristen Bell dates Dax Shepard, dear. This movie is a step up for her.
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Rick N Teri Brown
10/09/09

@NigelAstydameia: That's why I said, "If they were all real people". Money and fame change the game. Not to mention VV looks old enough to be her dad (even though he's only 10 years older).
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lafleur
10/09/09

In reply to Weekend Movieland Braces for Full Frontal Assault of Couple's Retreatmer
What the hell, Tom Hardy? Can you please do ONE role that lets you fart around and be hot for 2 hours? Is that too much to ask?

Wuthering Heights was promising until he got all HEATHCLIFFE-Y.
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RandomLunatic
10/09/09

In reply to Weekend Movieland Braces for Full Frontal Assault of Couple's Retreatmer
Couples Retreat was rockin' a 10% on Rotten Tomatoes, last I checked. May make no difference in the end, but worth noting.
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NigelAstydameia
10/09/09

In reply to Weekend Movieland Braces for Full Frontal Assault of Couple's Retreatmer
When "The Big Bounce" came out with Owen Wilson, one critic wrote how it's difficult to make a great comedy in a tropical setting--something about the scenery being distracting and nobody feeling too sorry for the characters. (Plus, more than one actor has admitted taking a role because of the location over the script--"Fuck it, I get to spend a month in Bora Bora!"). Maybe it's true, considering the mildly amusing "Marshall" and even less amusing "Heartbreak." Anyone remember a truly funny tropical pic? (Other than "Finding Nemo" and "Platoon," of course.)
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The_Age_of_Plastic
10/09/09

@NigelAstydameia: Tropic Thunder
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NigelAstydameia
10/09/09

@The_Age_of_Plastic: Sorry, maybe I'm the only one who didn't think "Thunder" was all that funny, but I just didn't. Also, there's a difference between "war" tropical and "vacation" tropical--let's stick to vacation.
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The_Age_of_Plastic
10/09/09

@NigelAstydameia: We disagree then as I found it to be hilarious and original. It also did something I thought previous impossible - made me enjoy a Tom Cruise performance (post 1996).
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TedSez
10/09/09

In reply to Weekend Movieland Braces for Full Frontal Assault of Couple's Retreatmer
Couples Retreat sounds like a cross between Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The Heartbreak Kid -- like the former, it presents good comic actors in a tropical setting; and like the latter, it prevents them from being funny.
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DahlELama
10/09/09

In reply to Weekend Movieland Braces for Full Frontal Assault of Couple's Retreatmer
I really want to want to see every movie starring Kristen Bell, and I really want to think that every movie with Jason Bateman will be hilarious, but come on. I will not see Couples Retreat until I can find one person who says they saw it and didn't want to stick a coke-filled straw in their eye and swirl it around.
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girlymag
10/09/09

In reply to Weekend Movieland Braces for Full Frontal Assault of Couple's Retreatmer
Can I skip Couples Retreat since I've been subjected to the trailers about 100 times?
I know I've been exposed to every gag.
If I have to watch Vince Vaughn say "Is his junk out? Now, it's a party!" one more time I think I will vomit
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bytememehard
10/09/09

@girlymag: Punk out with your junk out!
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
07/21/09

In reply to For Your Consideration! October Oscar Movies
I'm expecting a surprise nomination for Patton Oswalt's Big Fan.
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TedSez
07/21/09

In reply to For Your Consideration! October Oscar Movies
Peter Sarsgaaaard as "dangerous"? Sorry, but I still think of him as the guy who didn't know that Stephen Glass was faking.

Also, even Hillary Swank as Amelia Earhart can't ruin my love affair with Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart.
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lacieca01
07/21/09

In reply to For Your Consideration! October Oscar Movies
Girls Don't Fly
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homoviper
07/21/09

In reply to For Your Consideration! October Oscar Movies
I'll skip both of these and wait patiently for The Road.
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SarahHeartburn
07/21/09

In reply to For Your Consideration! October Oscar Movies
The scriptwriter of "An Education" may be Nick Hornby but it is based on the true life story of Observer writer Lynn Barber. She wrote about it in the Observer a while back (filled with SPOILERS). Hope the movie is as good as the real story.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jun/07/lynn-barber-virginity-relationships
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goetz
07/21/09

In reply to For Your Consideration! October Oscar Movies
Amelia disappeared when her plane tunneled to the center of the Earth.
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Occula
07/21/09

@goetz: Her plane that was shaped like a giant dildo? That plane?
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TubOfTaft
07/21/09

In reply to For Your Consideration! October Oscar Movies
Of course she dies, she wants another Oscar!

Brandon Teena: Check
Maggie Fitzgerald: Check
Amelia Earhart: Check

Up next, Eleanor Roosevelt.
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