Apatow Movies! Love em or Hate em?

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Permalink Reply by Clowd Cole on September 10, 2008 at 12:34pm

I love them for the most part. Step Brothers and Drillbit were awful.

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Permalink Reply by Witten on September 10, 2008 at 12:47pm

well, i wouldn't put him in the category of ''one of the greatest comic geniuses of all-time'' he is a good comedy director but he does drop the ball occasionally.

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Permalink Reply by JStropes on September 10, 2008 at 12:56pm

Personaly, I think he's fantastic. Sure Drillbit kinda sucked, but noone can be gold all the time.

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Permalink Reply by Keith on September 10, 2008 at 1:50pm

I like em all! Outrageous comedies with really likeable characters. Sure, Step Brothers & Walk Hard don't really have much heart or likeable characters, but I still got huge laughs out of those as well.

Hell, I even liked Drillbit Taylor. It was merely "Superbad Jr." though... nothing great.

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Permalink Reply by MDS on September 10, 2008 at 2:34pm

Sorry gang, but he's always struck me as a mediocre comic writer. His 'popularity' might just be an example of how piss poor the whole comedy genre has become over the last decade or so. But at least I'll give him credit for coming out of the blue instead of copying the last guy.

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Permalink Reply by pookie bear on September 10, 2008 at 2:39pm

Judd Apatow isn't all that good, unless his movies feature his rag-tag regulars like Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, and that James Franco guy

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Permalink Reply by RetardedBarney on September 10, 2008 at 3:13pm

Step Brothers was alright, it was a goofy comedy that's perfect for a lazy morning with nothing to do, i went to see it ay 9am on Sunday.
Drillbit wasn't terrible either, but I think Owen Wilson really works best as a sidekick to Ben Stiller or Vince Vaughn.

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Permalink Reply by Boniface50 on September 10, 2008 at 4:25pm

I have up until now. I am pretty tired of Seth Rogen. He brings the same shit to every role. I can't fathom why he was cast as the Green Hornet.

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Permalink Reply by Rabid Scotsman on September 18, 2008 at 6:04pm

The R rated ones are great but all of them could be trimmed by 20 minutes.

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Permalink Reply by JAY on September 18, 2008 at 8:38pm

You are right about that.

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Permalink Reply by Derrick D on September 18, 2008 at 8:10pm

I like them. Superbad was great. I didn't know he did Step Brothers, Drillbit Taylor, and Walk Hard. I haven't seen any of those so maybe thats why I still have such a good opinion of him.

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Permalink Reply by The Mighty Celestial on September 18, 2008 at 11:32pm

So far, the ones I've seen ( SuperBad, Knocked Up & Pineapple Express), though not loved, I really liked. I loved 40 Yr. Old Virgin.
Comedies are a real hard sell for me, especially since many that actually contain a plot, seem to always slow down the comedy in order to allow for the story to take center stage. It's seems like a hard balance to keep a strong story going without compromising the momentum of the humor.

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