How annoying will this movie be?

[BadMouth]

[HaRuMaN]

Very

[Howard_Casto]

I don't know.  Peter Dinklage could save anything.  Then again, he was in underdog. 

[Malenko]

I had no idea who Michelle Monaghan is, had to look her up. She wasnt terrible in that Mission Impossible flick.
I kinda wish Adam Sandler would just go away for a couple years, his calibur, and I use that term VERY loosely, of movie has plummeted for the last decade or so.
Josh Gad has a face for radio, and Dinklage is downright incredible.

[Le Chuck]

I don't know.  Peter Dinklage could save anything.  Then again, he was in underdog.

1) Underdog is a fine movie that didn't need saving
2) If it had needed saving Peter Dinklage would have saved it. 

[jennifer]

     Adam Sander will suck it so far down nobody can save it... Jennifer  will just rewatch the Fonz jump the shark instead of going to see that.

[yotsuya]

I dunno - I do like Dinklage's Billy Mitchell-ness... 

[DaveMMR]

Why do they keep letting Sandler make films?  Are people really paying to see them?

[BadMouth]

I dunno - I do like Dinklage's Billy Mitchell-ness... 

I picked up on that too, but it didn't do anything for me.

From Wikipedia:

Plot

When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack Earth using the games as models for their various assaults. President William Cooper (Kevin James) calls upon his childhood best friend, '80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), who had a previous relationship to his attractive wife (Jane Krakowski) to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet.

If Rob Shneider doesn't yell "you can do it!" at some point, all is lost.

[yotsuya]

Plot

When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack Earth using the games as models for their various assaults. President William Cooper (Kevin James) calls upon his childhood best friend, '80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), who had a previous relationship to his attractive wife (Jane Krakowski) to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet.

Yeah, well, I'm curious to see how THIS movie inspires Kaneda... 

[jennifer]

"Hey Sandler...race you out past the bait shop!!!!"

[SavannahLion]

Plot

When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack Earth using the games as models for their various assaults. President William Cooper (Kevin James) calls upon his childhood best friend, '80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), who had a previous relationship to his attractive wife (Jane Krakowski) to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet.

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Didn't Philip J. Fry and Bender already do this?

[Slippyblade]

Didn't Philip J. Fry and Bender already do this?

My thoughts exactly.  The Futurama episode probably has better writing too.

[PL1]

Didn't Philip J. Fry and Bender already do this?

My thoughts exactly.  The Futurama episode probably has better writing too.

It also inspired a game to add to this seemingly endless hall of mirrors -- art imitates game imitates art imitates game . . .



Had to post the vid, if only for the soundtrack.   


Scott

[SavannahLion]

HoM was considered a gameplay annoyance in Build, now it's a feature?

[ChadTower]

Why do they keep letting Sandler make films?  Are people really paying to see them?

For a while he was one of the most profitable producers in all of Hollywood.  He probably funds his own stuff still.

[pbj]

Adam Sandler movies are simply an excuse for him to paw beautiful women on screen as proof to the rest of us that he did it.

No exceptions.

[ChadTower]

He also likes to puts things in his crotch and pretend it's his junk. 

[Malenko]

Adam Sandler movies are simply an excuse for him to paw beautiful women on screen as proof to the rest of us that he did it.

No exceptions.

There's at least 1 exception, 50 first dates.  Or do you consider Drew Barrymore "beautiful" ?

[Howard_Casto]

Well then we've got to throw the wedding singer in there as well.  Also generic Drew and Sandler movie #3 that was released this summer. 

[jennifer]

Well then we've got to throw the wedding singer in there as well.  Also generic Drew and Sandler movie #3 that was released this summer.

   OMG.... Even I thinks shes HOT .

[SavannahLion]

Why do they keep letting Sandler make films?  Are people really paying to see them?

For a while he was one of the most profitable producers in all of Hollywood.  He probably funds his own stuff still.

I believe he still does. Isn't Happy Madison his production studio?

[Malenko]

  OMG.... Even I thinks shes HOT .

I'd suggest a quick visit to your optometrist, maybe that'll help.

As for Sandler, I give him a ton of slack, just because of how much (despite me not being a pot smoker) I love Grandma's Boy. Yes its dumb,  but damn is it funny.

[Le Chuck]

Late ninties early 2000s drew had it going on, absolutely adorable.  She's still lovely when she decides to put her face and hair on, most women aren't that attractive with no make-up and flat hair, and she just tends to go out like that a lot nowadays.  They aren't like us guys.  We age like wine.  I get sexier every year.  I'm 35 and have to take a stick to the clubs to beat back the daddy issues crowd.  Sometimes I look in the mirror and think that maybe I should do that for a living.  Be ridiculously good looking. 

[Malenko]

Yeah Chuk, but you cant turn left.

[pbj]

Wedding Singer also had Melody from Hey Dude.   

[wp34]

As for Sandler, I give him a ton of slack, just because of how much (despite me not being a pot smoker) I love Grandma's Boy. Yes its dumb,  but damn is it funny.

Agreed.  It is dumb but funny.  Shirley Jones in particular is a riot.

Chris Columbus is directing Pixels so I am hopeful it will be better than Sandler's latest movies.   Anymore he tends to go off the rails when he makes a movie with one of his buddies as the director.   I just hope they use mostly real games from the 80's ala Wreck it Ralph.  For example a 3D vector version of Asteroids in one of the fight scenes could be awesome.  Complete with the original sounds.  If they create their own "new" retro video games for the movie I won't have much interest.

[SavannahLion]

As for Sandler, I give him a ton of slack, just because of how much (despite me not being a pot smoker) I love Grandma's Boy. Yes its dumb,  but damn is it funny.

Agreed.  It is dumb but funny.  Shirley Jones in particular is a riot.

Chris Columbus is directing Pixels so I am hopeful it will be better than Sandler's latest movies.   Anymore he tends to go off the rails when he makes a movie with one of his buddies as the director.   I just hope they use mostly real games from the 80's ala Wreck it Ralph.  For example a 3D vector version of Asteroids in one of the fight scenes could be awesome.  Complete with the original sounds.  If they create their own "new" retro video games for the movie I won't have much interest.

Apparently the promotional materials so far show Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pong and Tetris. As for sounds....

[Howard_Casto]

I'm 35 and have to take a stick to the clubs to beat back the daddy issues crowd.  Sometimes I look in the mirror and think that maybe I should do that for a living.  Be ridiculously good looking.

Ahh handsome people problems am I right?  I wake up to brush my teeth in the morning and when I look in the mirror I excite myself a little... just a little. 

[ChadTower]

"Doc, every morning I look in the mirror and feel like barfing, what's wrong", he said "I don't know but your eyesight is perfect."

--Rodney Dangerfield

[Slippyblade]

I'm gonna throw in with the "Drew is hot" club.  She does it for me.  Seriously.  I really like natural women, and she is gorgeous just as she is.  Never understood the need to cake on the makeup.  That's not beauty, that's costume.

[knave]

I'm gonna throw in with the "Drew is hot" club.  She does it for me.  Seriously.  I really like natural women, and she is gorgeous just as she is.  Never understood the need to cake on the makeup.  That's not beauty, that's costume.

I too have your Back Le Chuck. She looks better in some movies than others...but in Wedding Singer especially she was incredibly Hot.

[Kier]

I'm gonna throw in with the "Drew is hot" club.  She does it for me.  Seriously.  I really like natural women, and she is gorgeous just as she is.  Never understood the need to cake on the makeup.  That's not beauty, that's costume.

I too have your Back Le Chuck. She looks better in some movies than others...but in Wedding Singer especially she was incredibly Hot.

Yes she was.

[roknrol]

Always liked Drew ....

Back to OT: I don't know, it could be promising. Chris Columbus directing, Sony producing as a family film a la Wreck It Ralph, more classics involved than the aforementioned, mid-May release date ....

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/pac-man-donkey-kong-among-80s-video-game-icons-to-appear-in-adam-sandler-pixels-1201266466/

Going to be previewed heavily at Comic-Con apparently.

[ark_ader]

Probably not as annoying as Noah. 

Just saw the Planet of the Apes over the weekend.  I think the production was very well done.

[shmokes]

Pretty sure Adam Sandler movies have not stopped being profitable. At all. Good comedies are very few and far between. Unfortunately, the world will settle for bad comedies in the absence of good ones. Ben Stiller is like the most bankable actor in Hollywood. For example.

[xefned]

Adam Sandler movies are simply an excuse for him to paw beautiful women on screen as proof to the rest of us that he did it.

No exceptions.

   Agreed!  Have you seen Funny People. He rubs in his ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?----getting abilities hard in that one.

[Howard_Casto]

Pretty sure Adam Sandler movies have not stopped being profitable. At all. Good comedies are very few and far between. Unfortunately, the world will settle for bad comedies in the absence of good ones. Ben Stiller is like the most bankable actor in Hollywood. For example.

Yeah, people seem to think that popular = good.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  How else to you explain Michael Bay?

[eds1275]

How else to you explain Michael Bay?

Yeah, wtf is he doing to my childhood.

[Howard_Casto]

I think what pisses me off about him is that he doesn't have to rape our childhoods, rather he seems to take great glee in it and does it just for the heck of it. 

Prior to Transformers, he would do these big budget disaster films which were actually decent in terms of watch ability.  He was making tons of money with those and at least they were original. 

Give the Transformers to Marvel Studios....  they used to do Transformers comics and they were really good.  They could just adapt one of those.  Give TMNT to New Line Cinema.  They seemed to do a good enough job the first time around. 

Thankfully I think that Hollywood is finally getting the hint.  I know the "gritter" Short-Circuit reboot has been canned as have a number of mindless reboots and adaptations.