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• Re: Are they nuckin' futz?!? - Doug Schneider 09:19:02 09/02/02 (2)
  In Reply to: Are they nuckin' futz?!? posted by TAFKA Steve on September 02, 2002 at 05:26:15:

  I'm a big-time Paul Thomas Anderson fan. Don't forget what he did with Wahlberg in Boogie Nights and Cruise in Magnolia.

  Early impressions of Punch-Drunk Love are extremely favorable. Could spell a turn for Sandler.

  Don't forget that early in Steve Martin's career he did some pretty forgettable stuff.

  Doug Schneider
  
  

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  • Punch Drunk Love and PTA - kane 12:48:07 09/02/02 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: Are they nuckin' futz?!? posted by Doug Schneider on September 02, 2002 at 09:19:02:

    Paul Thomas Anderson has already won best director at this year's Cannes Festival for PDL. Now, that said, NO ONE on this board has
    a lower opinon of the films of Adam Sandler than myself (this generation's Jim Varney). Yet it is Anderson's contention that Sandler is a genuis. . . Time will tell. PTA DID get a performance out of Marky Mark that I never expected and I hope that Sandler surpasses my expectations here as well.

    
    
    

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    • Re: Punch Drunk Love and PTA - David Mester 22:32:44 09/07/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Punch Drunk Love and PTA posted by kane on September 02, 2002 at 12:48:07:

      I'm a huge fan of PTA's work. I expect that whoever is cast in his films will be well cast in those characters, and that PTA will draw excellent to great performances from them. Adam Sandler has done nothing but garbage in the past, but then, he wasn't working with directors nearly as talented as PTA, and didn't have material anywhere near the caliber of that in PTA's films. I was stunned and astonished by the stylistic originality of Boogie Nights and Magnolia, and I can't wait to see PDL.
      
      
      
      

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• Adam Sandler - mikenyc 08:13:23 09/02/02 (4)
  In Reply to: Are they nuckin' futz?!? posted by TAFKA Steve on September 02, 2002 at 05:26:15:

  While he started out with a thoughtful film, "A Wedding Singer", his career has devolved into a total zero with lots of shouting LOUD, forced humor story lines, and totally unfunny gags, with no story line. Has someone forgot to tell him he's not on television ?

  What has happened, was that he was seduced by his headlines, and, apparently, constantly told he was "a talented genius". Another comic succumbs to the Saturday Night Live Curse.

  The same career path as John Belushi, but without the drugs, and less interesting.
  
  

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  • Don't EVER compare - tinear 08:52:49 09/02/02 (3)
    In Reply to: Adam Sandler posted by mikenyc on September 02, 2002 at 08:13:23:

    Adam Sandler with John Belushi! Even "Continental Divide" had its moments. And "Neighbors"? A classic, very under-appreciated. Big, Big John still rules!
    
    

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    • I loved neighbors!! and Continental Divide.... - Mrs. Piggy 15:51:25 09/06/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Don't EVER compare posted by tinear on September 02, 2002 at 08:52:49:

      I thought the latter was a sweet quiet movie, a relaxing view of a
      romantic liason..

      Neighbors IS a classic (the way his wife was always siding with them
      was infuriating).
      mp
      

      
      
      
      
      

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    • One Word - mikenyc 09:04:01 09/02/02 (1)
      In Reply to: Don't EVER compare posted by tinear on September 02, 2002 at 08:52:49:

      One word..."Neighbors".

      If you know the background of this project, you know what I'm talking about. if not, read Larry Gelbart's book "Laughing Matters".
      
      

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      • C'mon, mike, - tinear 05:14:51 09/03/02 (0)
        In Reply to: One Word posted by mikenyc on September 02, 2002 at 09:04:01:

        no fair citing a book. What'd it say? All's I know is the leads switched roles on a bet. Same occured in "Confession" with the two Bobs.
        
        

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