In Reply to: Re: The previews look awful . . . Hanks is out of place. -n posted by Bulkington on March 8, 2004 at 09:07:39:
Dude, have you seen the previews? It's like fuggin House Party 3 or something. Marlon Wayans is in it. And the Coen bros. decided to rip off 'Nothing to Lose' (Tim Robbins/Martin Lawrence turkey) for the penultimate gag in the trailer, where--oh man, have that needle and thread ready, 'cause your sides are about to split!--wherein an old black mom repeatedly slaps Marlon Wayans, saying something like "I don't want you using that hippedy-hoppedy language in my house".HA! "Hippedy-hoppedy"!
For the entire preview I felt exactly nothing but irritation at the fact that the trailer for what looked like a straight-to-video film was complicating my line of sight, and then when, at the end, it said 'A Film by Joel and Ethan Coen,' I experienced an outrage more intense than was warranted, seeing as the Coens have been succumbing to Hollywood cynicism steadily since (and inclusive of) 'Fargo.' This, however, is a shameless piece of crap, a dictionary-definition 'new low,' unless their grand scheme is to give you the impression of a brick-dumb, broad-as-a-barnwall comedy when in fact it is whipsmart, sniper-accurate existential satire.
Oh, and Tom Hanks looks and sounds ridiculous.
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Follow Ups
- Ha! Good one... - rhizomatic 10:06:36 03/08/04 (12)
- So . . . - Troy 14:54:57 03/08/04 (3)
- the trailer is at apple.com - Peterloplop 19:37:02 03/08/04 (2)
- Re: the trailer is at apple.com - patrickU 08:56:18 03/09/04 (0)
- Watched it - Troy 08:40:35 03/09/04 (0)
- Hmmm - Bulkington 10:35:59 03/08/04 (7)
- Re: The Man Who Wasn't There - rico 11:42:51 03/08/04 (6)
- Re: The Man Who Wasn't There - Dmitry 14:26:38 03/08/04 (0)
- Re: The Man Who Wasn't There - patrickU 12:17:45 03/08/04 (2)
- Re: The Man Who Wasn't There - rico 13:43:40 03/08/04 (1)
- I find that true . . . - Troy 14:48:52 03/08/04 (0)
- Re: The Man Who Wasn't There - Bulkington 12:09:11 03/08/04 (1)
- Re: The Man Who Wasn't There - rico 13:46:36 03/08/04 (0)