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Amazing how forgotten "There's Something About Mary" is today
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:22 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range Movie was a MONSTER, grossing $370M on a $23M budget.
But today it has like no cultural relevance. |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:23 PM Author: Nighttime Fiercely-loyal Internal Respiration Messiness what are you talking about? Its pretty much created a new genre of comedy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745092) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:25 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range No one ever refers back to it, in the way people will refer to ghostbusters, caddyshack, big lebowski, kingpin, wedding crashers, etc.
People will watch those movies all the time too. And they're always on TV.
Last time TSAM was on TV or you or someone you knew watched it? |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:27 PM Author: Nighttime Fiercely-loyal Internal Respiration Messiness http://www.moviefone.com/2013/07/12/theres-something-about-mary-most-influential-comedy/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745129) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:29 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range I'm not saying it wasn't influential, though maybe that's part of the reason why people don't reference it as much today. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745139) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:38 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range Just re-read that article you poasted and it kinda illustrates my point.
Movies that were influenced by TSAM, like American Pie, Old School, Hangover, 40 Year Old Virgin, Bridesmaids, etc., are all over TV on a regular basis, and people routinely cite those movies.
When is the last time you heard ANYONE mention franks and beans, or Woogie, or Tucker, or anything like that? When is the last time you saw TSAM on TV? |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:43 PM Author: Cobalt Preventive Strike ppl were pretty quick to point out how the vegas shooter looked like Woogie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891392) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:44 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range really? link? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891397) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:32 PM Author: frozen arousing roommate Dude, on Saturday I blew my load on this chick and I had great distance and it got all over her neck, face, and hair. This was before going out. She said she now how hair gel and I lol'd and referenced the movie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745535) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:36 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range The hair gel scene is literally the only mention of it ever. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745560) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:57 PM Author: frozen arousing roommate For a movie that is pretty significant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745712) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:58 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range Sure, but compare it to even something like dumb and dumber. You can catch that on TV like every week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745724) |
Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:24 PM Author: Racy people who are hurt Cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745104) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:24 PM Author: Lavender excitant hell (guy who is 3/4 way thru the top 100 greatest jokes listicle) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745111) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:26 PM Author: aquamarine charismatic crackhouse prole yeah that guy who starred in it is a complete nobody now. don't even remember his name (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745121) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:27 PM Author: claret pontificating station more like how Cameron Diaz stopped being hot like a month after the movie came out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745128) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:17 PM Author: Twinkling fragrant trump supporter lol what a completely ridiculous thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745419) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:21 PM Author: Bateful menage partner great movie.
Even today, whenever I want to annoy the fuck out of my wife, any time a pretty actress comes on TV I ask her, Is that the girl from Something About Mary. She gets so pissed--heh--its awesome. |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:29 PM Author: wine vivacious office Dunno if this is a big reason, but the advent of social media made the whole premise unrelatable. LOL @ the idea of driving cross-country to reconnect with a long-lost girl.
Anyone care to speculate on how Ben Stiller would have proceeded in 2016? |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:31 PM Author: claret pontificating station yea and he hitchhiked when he could of just got a uber. and he jacked off to newspaper ads and didn't even stick anything in his ass! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745519) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:58 PM Author: Lavender excitant hell see also: Road Trip (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891485) |
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:39 PM Author: wine vivacious office Also, the stuff with the retard kid today doesn't sit well today with a lot of otherwise non-PC people (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#29745587) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:41 PM Author: Misunderstood tripping sex offender ratface peak 90s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891373) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:50 PM Author: Salmon pozpig I think of it frequently, but always as an example of the power of time to corrode comedy. When I saw it in theaters, it was hysterical - particularly the first scene with the balls in zipper, and the hair product scene. But there's no surprise left in that sort of humor, and so the movie now falls flat.
Still, Kingpin (1996) stands as an excellent movie, even to this day. |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:54 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range Pretty much exactly what I'm getting at.
Kingpin is fantastic. Whenever I see it on TV (which is about 100x more often than TSAM), I always watch at least part of it.
Ghostbusters also strongly stands the test of time.
IMO time has not been kind to TSAM. I also think time has corroded Austin Powers and Wedding Crashers and the Hangover. W/r/t the Hangover, I still like parts of it, but the movie really suffers once you see how they solve the mystery. |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:56 PM Author: Salmon pozpig Agreed as to all. I'd note Stripes has also stood the test of time. I think the trick is to rely for humor on persona and character rather than shocking situations, as the latter become passe but the former are eternal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891470) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:58 PM Author: provocative black woman background story kingpin is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891483) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 3:06 PM Author: mind-boggling depressive watched this again a few months ago and it held up well (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891534) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 3:09 PM Author: multi-colored blue temple It was weaker than similar comedies that came after, and even those haven't aged too well because they relied on gross-out gaffes that require the audience to be surprised. If you know what's coming or if you've seen even grosser or cruder behavior before, the shock is completely gone. The darker comedies (big lebowski, kingpin) and the shows and movies aimed at smart audiences (frasier, all in the family, the sopranos) are more timeless. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891547) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 3:11 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range i agree.
i also think it hurts that TSAM is really a comedic rom-com.
i find something like Step Brothers to be much, much funnier on rewatch. there are so many little nuggets in that movie. |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 3:11 PM Author: Salmon pozpig Step Brothers is perhaps the GOAT movie so that is not surprising. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891569) |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 3:13 PM Author: Slap-happy milk range i agree, but there are some crude jokes that are still funny as hell.
SB is really a comedy, whereas TSAM is a rom-com imo. |
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Date: December 11th, 2017 3:10 PM Author: Poppy Potus Stain i saw it in theaters in 1998 with my friends. missed all the sex references, of course. im autistic, btw. funny thing is, now i can catch every single reference to sex in any movie. wiser, but my boners arent the same. is that like science or something? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3117431&forum_id=2#34891555) |