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Movied: ‘Brüno’ and ‘I Love You, Beth Cooper’
There are two comedies coming out this week: Brüno, starring the attention-grabbing Sacha Baron Cohen, and I Love You, Beth Cooper, starring “Heroes” hottie Hayden Panettiere. Here’s what I’m watching to prepare my cheek muscles (not those ones) for massive laughs:
Brüno
Featuring Sacha Baron Cohen
“Da Ali G Show” – I used to watch this show on HBO when it came to the states (it had already been in the UK for a season), and I loved it. This show not only introduced us to Ali G, but also Borat and Brüno. As of this week, all three will have their own feature-length movies. That’s pretty impressive considering they all came from one show.
Madagascar – Honestly, I don’t need another reason to love this series, but Baron Cohen’s character Julien, the king of the lemurs, is hysterical despite being the token bad guy. I’m not usually into animated films, but the unique storylines and witty dialogue have me laughing as much as “real” comedies do.
Producers of Comedy
Meet the Parents – Brüno producer Jay Roach, who we know as the main man behind the Fockers series, could do no wrong with the series opener, Meet the Parents. It’s what everyone in a relationship fears will happen, only much worse, which in turn makes us laugh because it’s NOT us!
Zoolander – The other producer of Brüno, Monica Levinson, was behind a separate Ben Stiller film that almost everyone I know is obsessed with. In fact, I would even say there’s a little bit of Zoolander in Brüno (although I’m sure the latter is way more intense and crazy). Who knew male models would be so funny?
Wildcard
EuroTrip – The man responsible for writing and directing this movie, Jeff Schaffer, is also a co-writer (one on several, actually) for Brüno. He and Europe have become pretty friendly of the last few years, making him great for the job. Also, be sure to check out his biography on IMDB. It’s pretty funny stuff.
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Knights of (Christopher) Columbus!
Gremlins – While he didn’t direct the movie (Joe Dante did), he did an equally, if not better, job than that; he wrote it. He managed to turn something so cute and cuddling into a scary-ass, not to mention dangerous, monster. Almost 25 years later, it remains one of my favorite movies of all-time.
Adventures in Babysitting – While most people know Columbus from directing the Home Alone series, this is his directorial debut. As a kid, I loved watching it, but as a young teen, I dreaded having the job. Turns out the job isn’t half bad and I was introduced to a hunky (I still think he is) actor named Vincent D’Onofrio.
Holy Hayden Panettiere
A Bug’s Life – Movies don’t really get more adorable than this. While it was a voice-only part, Panettiere showed us at a young age that she was capable for the job. The entire film centers around saving her character, Dot (the Queen ant’s youngest daughter), who manages to almost get eaten but ends up saving the colony from grasshoppers.
Raising Helen – Just before her days on “Heroes”, Panettiere plays a rebellious teen in this film. It was a little different from her “good girl cheerleader” or “girl next door” acts that we had seen several times, and she pulls it off relatively well (of course she ends up being a good girl in the end, so it doesn’t go the full nine).
Wildcard
Duplex – I Love You, Beth Cooper author Larry Doyle, who also wrote this movie, gave novel writing a stab with this book, which ironically was turned into a movie. The writing in Duplex, although pretty absurd at times, works really well; especially with actor-turned-director Danny DeVito on board. I dig it, and you might too.
Brüno
Featuring Sacha Baron Cohen
“Da Ali G Show” – I used to watch this show on HBO when it came to the states (it had already been in the UK for a season), and I loved it. This show not only introduced us to Ali G, but also Borat and Brüno. As of this week, all three will have their own feature-length movies. That’s pretty impressive considering they all came from one show.
Madagascar – Honestly, I don’t need another reason to love this series, but Baron Cohen’s character Julien, the king of the lemurs, is hysterical despite being the token bad guy. I’m not usually into animated films, but the unique storylines and witty dialogue have me laughing as much as “real” comedies do.
Producers of Comedy
Meet the Parents – Brüno producer Jay Roach, who we know as the main man behind the Fockers series, could do no wrong with the series opener, Meet the Parents. It’s what everyone in a relationship fears will happen, only much worse, which in turn makes us laugh because it’s NOT us!
Zoolander – The other producer of Brüno, Monica Levinson, was behind a separate Ben Stiller film that almost everyone I know is obsessed with. In fact, I would even say there’s a little bit of Zoolander in Brüno (although I’m sure the latter is way more intense and crazy). Who knew male models would be so funny?
Wildcard
EuroTrip – The man responsible for writing and directing this movie, Jeff Schaffer, is also a co-writer (one on several, actually) for Brüno. He and Europe have become pretty friendly of the last few years, making him great for the job. Also, be sure to check out his biography on IMDB. It’s pretty funny stuff.
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Knights of (Christopher) Columbus!
Gremlins – While he didn’t direct the movie (Joe Dante did), he did an equally, if not better, job than that; he wrote it. He managed to turn something so cute and cuddling into a scary-ass, not to mention dangerous, monster. Almost 25 years later, it remains one of my favorite movies of all-time.
Adventures in Babysitting – While most people know Columbus from directing the Home Alone series, this is his directorial debut. As a kid, I loved watching it, but as a young teen, I dreaded having the job. Turns out the job isn’t half bad and I was introduced to a hunky (I still think he is) actor named Vincent D’Onofrio.
Holy Hayden Panettiere
A Bug’s Life – Movies don’t really get more adorable than this. While it was a voice-only part, Panettiere showed us at a young age that she was capable for the job. The entire film centers around saving her character, Dot (the Queen ant’s youngest daughter), who manages to almost get eaten but ends up saving the colony from grasshoppers.
Raising Helen – Just before her days on “Heroes”, Panettiere plays a rebellious teen in this film. It was a little different from her “good girl cheerleader” or “girl next door” acts that we had seen several times, and she pulls it off relatively well (of course she ends up being a good girl in the end, so it doesn’t go the full nine).
Wildcard
Duplex – I Love You, Beth Cooper author Larry Doyle, who also wrote this movie, gave novel writing a stab with this book, which ironically was turned into a movie. The writing in Duplex, although pretty absurd at times, works really well; especially with actor-turned-director Danny DeVito on board. I dig it, and you might too.
Comment
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Comment by MyWifeDave on July 13, 2009 at 2:36am - Euro-trip was not shit. I think thats twice tessa has put Adventures of Babysitting in a movied. . . There got to be more to this than I'm seeing.
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Comment by superkavi on July 12, 2009 at 12:38pm - euro-trip was shit(come on it had vinnie jones in it)
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Comment by Brandon Mac $hawn on July 10, 2009 at 4:42pm -
I remember seeing Zoolander and it sucked. I only liked the gas station scene.
Adventures in Babysitting is always a fun movie to watch
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Comment by LTS_Joe on July 10, 2009 at 1:26pm - Take out the all the Ben Stiller movies because I like comedies that are actually funny. I know, it's a strange thing but I can't help it. I actually like to laugh when I plunk down a chunk of cash at the movies. I'm trying to work on it, however. Zoolander?! Really?! Are you kidding me? Does Ben Stiller ever *not* go full retard? (BTW, Tropic Thunder was waaay overrated thanks to Stiller both in front of and behind the camera). Here's a blast from the past movie for this list - No Time For Sergeants: a wildly funny movie that launched Andy Griffith's career.
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Comment by Ozma of Oz on July 10, 2009 at 12:58pm - I've never gotten a chance to watch all of Zoolander.
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Comment by DavidBray on July 10, 2009 at 6:52am -
Seriously? Zoolander was one of the worst comedies i have ever seen. It had no soul.
Damn. But Ben Stiller sucks in everything so i may be biased.
I'm right with you with Bugs Life. Can hardly believe she did that so young. Things only went downhill
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Comment by Hero on July 10, 2009 at 4:42am - I Love the hell out of Da Ali G show, I laughed my ass off watch segments of the show from Youtube with my cousins, Baren Cohen is brilliant, Madagascar is a really good animated film, way better than the sequel and Zoolander is just great, thinking about rewatching that on DVD sometime this week.
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Comment by ZPowers on July 10, 2009 at 1:32am - What a Ben Stiller-heavy list.
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Comment by Jordan Cobb on July 9, 2009 at 11:54pm - Love Zoolander and so enjoy Duplex. I loved you have it as the wildcard
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Comment by Doctor Lightning on July 9, 2009 at 11:14pm - PS: I would've said Seven Samurai, but I know Carlyle would've gotten on my case for it.
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