The Double Feature

From Heartbreak to Happy Endings: A Rom-Com Double Feature

• Blanca & Brianna • Season 2 • Episode 7

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What happens when you compare two iconic rom-coms about heartbroken musicians finding new love? This episode takes you on a hilarious journey through "The Wedding Singer" (1998) and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (2008) – two films with similar premises but wildly different executions.

Adam Sandler's wedding singer Robbie Hart and Jason Segel's TV composer Peter Bretter both face devastating breakups before finding unexpected connections. But while Robbie is established as a well-rounded character with strong community ties, Peter seems defined almost entirely by his relationship status. We explore how these different approaches to character development affect the overall impact of each film.

The conversation takes fascinating turns as we reveal the autobiographical elements behind "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" – from Jason Segel's real-life naked breakup to his emotional recovery process that made it onto the screen. We question whether art imitating life always creates better storytelling, especially when comparing it to the more structured narrative of "The Wedding Singer."

Along the way, we analyze standout scenes, memorable quotes ("They were cones!"), and how both films use music to enhance their storytelling. We also examine how these films fit into their respective eras – Sandler's rise to rom-com stardom versus the Judd Apatow comedy wave that brought us characters who made being a "loser" somehow aspirational.

Whether you're a rom-com aficionado or just curious about which film holds up better nearly two decades later, this episode offers both nostalgic celebration and critical analysis of what makes romantic comedy work. By the time we reveal our ratings (spoiler: one film gets a perfect 10/10), you'll be reaching for your remote to revisit these classics with fresh perspective.

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Welcome to The Double Feature

Speaker 1

hey everyone and welcome back to the double feature where we review two movies of the same topic . We're your co-hosts , I'm brie your co-host and I'm blanca . Don't forget to follow us on instagram at the double feature podcast . You asked and we listened . This topic is a fan request rom-coms . We will be reviewing the wedding singer and forgetting sarah marshall .

Speaker 2

Starting off with the wedding singer set in 1985 , adam sandler plays a nice guy with a broken heart who's stuck in one of the most romantic jobs in the world a wedding singer . He loses all hope when he is abandoned at the altar by his fiance . He meets a young woman named julia who enlists his help to plan her wedding . He falls in love with her and must win her over before she gets married .

Speaker 1

This movie stars adam sandler as Robbie Hart , drew Barrymore as Julia Roberts , christine Taylor .

Speaker 2

Julia Roberts .

Speaker 1

Oh my bad . Drew Barrymore as Julia when did I see Roberts on there , I don't know . Kristen Taylor as Holly , alan Colbert , sammy , sammy , he's really grown on me . I really like a lot of his work . Matthew Glaive as Glenn , angela Featherstone as Linda and the beautiful Alexis Arquette as George . I love them . This movie is directed by Frank Corazzi and you may know his work . He also directed the Waterboy , nice 1998 .

Speaker 2

Oh , same year Also came out , that year yeah .

Speaker 1

And Click 2006 . It's written by Tim Herlihy , I believe that's how it's pronounced , and he also wrote Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison Interesting . That's kind of cool that they you know Well .

Speaker 2

I feel like they're both . They work a lot together .

Speaker 1

The writers , the producers , the actors which I feel like is expected if you're on Adam's team , he talks about it Once you're in . You're in Bitch . I wish . You're in for life . Locked in for life . That that's a real friend . I appreciate that . This movie , this movie , this movie is a romance and a comedy rom-com . It's funny when I kept putting it on my phone , I kept , I put rom-com and I kept saying rom-coma I kept .

Speaker 1

Uh , it was released in february 1998 . Well , it's february 13th to be exact , so it looks like it was being promoted . Valentine's day yeah , valentine's day promo , that's pretty cool . Um , this movie had a budget of 18 million and grossed 18.8 million domestically . So bear me , that's pretty interesting .

Speaker 2

I didn't know that you know , but I feel like this is one of his most popular movies I feel like this one and I feel like the the other one that he did with drew which is 50 first dates I feel like when people think of adam sandler and drew it's either this movie or 50 first dates .

Speaker 1

so I think that we known . I feel like I grew up watching Adam Sandler . Yeah , me too . Okay , so in this movie we're adults . He's an adult , Is he hot ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah , I don't think it often .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I think we've had this discussion before and I think you mentioned in Bedtime Stories and I still haven't seen that movie . I should watch it , but but I do think adam sandler is hot , um , in this movie , for sure . And then that other movie that we watched oh , airhead , airhead , yeah , and it airheads when he has the six pack . And now that I know that there's a six pack under there and , um , you know , I like sensitive guys , I don't think that's something . Uh , it's not a secret , it's not a secret , yeah .

Speaker 2

So it's like and you know , I like gamers , I like musicians , so it's like he's not hitting the gaming spot , but definitely the musician spot I think it's yeah , just like he's funny , and then it when he's like has a little like a five o'clock shadow , he still looks good , he's good , he's singing . I like it and he's actually a really good singer I think so too yeah he did , I'm sure they .

Speaker 1

I know they auto-tuned a little bit of it , but it wasn't . I mean , doesn't everybody use a little bit ? Of auto-tune and he's a he's . It's comedic , so I don't think it's supposed to be perfect .

Speaker 2

Um so this this movie is about romance , but there's a lot of him talking about his ex , obviously to drew julia , julia , what do you think about talking about your ex with your , the person you like , the person you have a crush on your current partner ?

Speaker 1

I'm gonna be honest from my own experience , that is rebound behavior . That's what that is for me , and it's easier said than done , because when you break up , especially when you've been dumped , you know because I feel like those are two separate emotions you know , and then you know what happened publicly . It's like , how do you not talk about that ? Yeah , you know , and I think with them and it's it makes sense in this story because they didn't know each other really before , so he didn't really knew that he liked her . Oh yeah , you know what I mean . So I feel like it gave rebound behavior and we will never know . I'm gonna leave it at the beautiful ending that it had . What do you think ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , you bring up a good point , but I think , if you're , I think I've learned a lot of valuable life lessons through dating people and I think you can share that with the person you're falling in love with , the person you're with , I think it's you can share that with you know the person you're falling in love with the person you're with and I think that is a very strong bonding mechanism If you both talk about your exes with each other .

Speaker 1

I think it . You know what ? I didn't . I didn't think about that . I'm more of like we're broken up , it's over . I hate you and that's . You know , my fiance and I have been together for a very long time , so it's kind of even . It's like when was that ? Yeah , but I , I think I didn't think about it that way and it honestly , it probably applies to them them in that way more than the way I've .

Speaker 2

I've have my own experience with what's your go-to breakup song oh , my go-to breakup song .

Speaker 1

You know , I was thinking about the last time I had a breakup and I just remember like every song being sad and like knowing every yeah , I don't , I don't think I have one , I just remember it like every sad song that came on was like that's my life , art , im imitating life , do you have ?

Speaker 2

one . Oh , I have like a whole playlist . No way Of breakup songs , but he was listening to the Cure . I'm a big Cure fan . Let me see , let me search up my library , let me go to my Do you like the Cure , like you listen to their greatest hits , yeah , or you listen to their other stuff ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , to their other , their greatest yeah , I love their greatest hits . I bought an album when that cd store was open the warehouse and um , I was like I can't get into this .

Speaker 1

I don't know what album I bought , but I was like I all these , I was a preteen so I wasn't ready okay , you know , I think I deleted my playlist when I got married oh , that is a good sign all right , all right , good for me yeah , that's good , that's good , but I would imagine , I would imagine for me and stuff like beyonce's old stuff , um , I guess what . What is the sadness , the tone ?

Speaker 2

or the sad . Uh , well , break up . I was thinking alanis morissette , you ought to know , yeah .

Speaker 1

I think I would put on like Paramore yeah , that's a good and go with that , but I don't , I don't . I remember lots of crying and lots of every song that was sat on the radio , I was like this is about me . We're going through breakups together and that makes me feel better .

Speaker 2

Nice Was there any little things you noticed about your exes after you broke up ? Because in the movie um , she asked uh , julia asked robbie like oh , were there anything like signs that made you realize that she wasn't the one ?

Speaker 1

and then he said something like they were going on a trip on the airplane yeah , um he hadn't been before . She has in the window seat . Yeah , do you think that's a good indicator ?

Speaker 2

I don't know Um that specifically . I think there are signs , like little signs , you can think back on .

Speaker 1

I I'm trying to recall anything , cause it's been a long time Um , I think for me it was like , oh , we don't have similar interests , and it's just like , yeah , what ?

Speaker 2

what do ?

Speaker 1

we talk about . What do we do besides fool ?

Speaker 2

around . There's what . There's one I always think about , and I don't know if I'm being like over dramatic , but I told him like , oh , watch this movie , it's really good . It's schindler's list , but it's . It was a . I don't know what year it was made , it's recent , but it's filmed in black and white just to give it that old-timey feel , yeah . So I put it on and he was like black and white , I'm not gonna watch this , it's boring red flag . And I was like I should have broke up with him then . And there , that was the sign that was the sign that is hilarious .

Speaker 1

I think it was like um , he probably didn't even know the mood . Yeah damn , he sounds dumb as hell . He sounds dumb as hell . Um , I think I , I think it's easier to see two in others than it is to like find it in yourself , you know , yeah , that's fucking funny . I'm trying to think of any and I just I can't .

Speaker 2

What do you think of the character of Robbie Hart I ?

Speaker 1

think it in only the way Adam Sandler can a hopeless romantic just find his true love . I like this one better because Not better , but I like that it was him not being a player , Because you know how , 50 First . Dates is a player and it just so happens that he found love and now it's kind of like bringing out the sensitivity in that . I like his character . I think that it um goes with the storyline that he wants to be married and have a family because his parents died really young .

Speaker 1

Um , it makes sense that he lives in his sister's basement . I really like that he's had like the same friend for so long , sam yeah I really like that actor alan covert . So , um , yeah , he's a local in the community because he's a singer , so I think I really like it . What about ?

Speaker 2

you , I really liked him well . We'll get into it when we compare it to the next movie , but he's , his character is very well defined . He , he knows what he wants . He wants a family life , marriage , kids , the happy , the stereotypical , I guess happiness . And he's a good person . He treats everyone in the community well . He gives the old lady singing lessons for she pays him in meatballs , yeah . So he's very kind-hearted , not into , not chasing wealth , not materialistic , very simple . And he has a strong support system around him too , like he has his friend Sammy , he has his sister , even his brother-in-law , like offers him comfort , yeah , the kids .

Speaker 2

And the kids and the kids and his co-workers too , the two women , julia and holly .

Speaker 1

They also were like sympathetic towards him hell yeah I would too , so he's very secure , I guess I think , yeah , that makes sense , that that makes and , yeah , I think that's like the extra plus , you know , and first of all , linda is a bitch and I think that , yeah , she wanted everything that he wasn't and it's like how you said it's . It's , I think because of the loss of his parents , he stays grounded in the things that really matter . Yeah , and that's so interesting to me because he's a musician , whether he's famous or not , big or not , like a lot of people , I feel at least the people that I , I'm surrounded by it like they talk about fame at one point , or that's still the goal and for him .

Speaker 1

It's like you know he's performing the hits . He's there on the happiest days of people's lives . He's got the band you know , um , and he's okay with being a wedding singer , being a singer all over richfield or wherever the fuck they're from and I think that's kind , that's really cool . Um , the old lady , that's the super sweet Little , you know balls . I love that , I love that . So it sounds like you're saying that all the writing is pretty good , or just the character ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , the writing is all really good and they take time to establish him as doing like good things .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

He sees in the beginning of the movie . He sees the little boy like drunk and gonna throw up . So he walks him outside to throw up and then the like the drunk wedding guest , he's like the brother who did the crazy speech oh yeah , see , buscemi , yeah . So he like pushes him out . He's like okay , like go walk it off . So I feel like they take time to establish him as like he's a I don't know , a do-gooder .

Speaker 1

Yeah yeah , yeah , he has a conscience and um , he's a doer and I feel like I feel like linda was making it sound like he's not a doer because he's not famous . That was the impression I was getting . Yeah , but probably not because she just kept talking about the old Robbie Hart yeah Right , which wasn't famous , but he was like a rock star .

Speaker 2

Right .

Speaker 1

So yeah , linda , she needs to get her priorities in order .

Speaker 2

But I also okay . So I think Robbie and Linda , they're kind of a mirror or I don't know what they call it . A foil to Julia and Glenn yeah , because she's like I'm not in love with you . I . A foil to Julia and Glenn yeah , because she's like I'm not in love with you . I'm in love with Robbie six years ago , right . And then Julia starts to realize well , she's not in love with Glenn anymore . Yeah , that he's become this like what stock market rich guy ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , who he was . The money got to him . Yeah , the money got to him . And while we're talking about glenn , I I want your two cents and everybody else's opinion on this . I think that glenn looks like the white pedro pascal . Okay , that was that was my . Thing and I was kind of like what the photo ?

Speaker 2

I'm showing you is not flattering , but okay .

Speaker 1

But I was like why am I looking at ? Because I've watched this movie so many times . It's a family favorite . It's one of those movies that when you see it on , you put it on Because it's funny . It has a I don't want to say pure-hearted , but it's like you know has good feels , yeah . And the soundtrack , oh , the soundtrack is so good . We , I bought the soundtrack .

Speaker 1

I used to do that so much for so many movies , and this one was definitely the one that every one of them was like which bangers , bangers , all of them which is another thing that I think you can expect from adam , and he's gonna put the 80s music in there , because he did it would just go with it , just remixed . Oh yeah , you know to more like to blend in the audiences , but I think this was perfect , considering it was a movie in the 90s , kind of like an 80s feel . It wasn't exactly 80s , I think , it was like what it was 80s transitioning to the 90s or like early 90s kind of look . What do you think ?

Speaker 2

I'm . I wasn't alive in the 80s . I wasn't around .

Speaker 1

No , I know , but just like the .

Speaker 2

I mean there's pictures of my older cousins who have the mullets the mullets were in and then old pictures of my uncle who totally looked like Sammy , with the blow-dried hair back with the acid-washed jeans . That's crazy crazy , that looks like so much work for summer and kelly , oh my god yeah that shit would be done and if I was alive back then I would be rocking the madonna , the lace , the lace gloves , the lace bracelets , that pearls the pearls , that's my vibe I let's bring it back I fucking hate that .

Speaker 1

Look what I fucking hate it . Every time I watch her shit I'm like there she go looking like a fucking bathroom with all those uh , mexican doilies yeah whatever the fuck you call those that's , that's what it looks like to me , and I wish I was more into it and I'm just , I'm just . I look at him just like girl . Who was that person that said take one thing off , or ?

Speaker 2

once you get dressed , just take one thing off . Yeah yeah give me lace , lace , everywhere yeah yeah .

Speaker 1

I'm not . I'm not into it . I've seen other stuff like of her , but that's . But you know what . I'm a person that does not like the 80s fashion in general , but and she was pioneering it . Thank you , madonna . But she was head bitch in charge . I respect you and acknowledge you , madonna . Thank you , thank you for that . Yeah , you have Madonna on there , the Smiths on there . Holland Olds , my favorite . I love Holland Olds . Adam Sandler original Grow old with you .

Speaker 2

Yeah , it's sweet when they well , I don't know how sweet it is when they do their kiss where she's cheating on her fiancee . Yeah , girl I don't know how holly , and I don't know how the three , three adults yeah , thought that was okay , but sure , but it's very sweet because grow old with you like is playing in the background , yeah , and it's in like an orchestra version .

Speaker 1

It is a sweet song . I feel like it's so intimate , like I don't think it's like a song . It is a song that is heard all over , but I think it's just sweet . And who's that other guy , the guy that sings White Wedding ? Oh , billy Idol . And um , who's that other guy , the guy that sings white wedding ? Oh , billy idol . Yeah , billy idol's music comes out in there and then he does the cameo depeche mode . Um , there's this other song .

Speaker 1

I don't know who sings it , but it's the jam on it song that they're playing at the bar towards the end , where he's like doing the robot oh that song is like a um , a gold nugget for me , for because I don't feel like a lot of people know that song and but it was so popular like it's even

The Bechdel Test: Wedding Singer

Speaker 1

in in the film . But I I'm just like man . Whoever curated or whatever created the soundtrack for this , it hits perfect . And whoever thought about making the orchestra bit on it during that and I do okay . So we want to know too . Like do you guys think that was cheating ?

Speaker 2

I thought that was that's totally yeah , it's definitely cheating I'm like what which ?

Speaker 1

of course , uh glenn can't say shit about it , but you know they always do but I hate this .

Speaker 2

I hate this uh theme that pops up in all these movies . That's like , well , it's okay if I cheat , because they're cheating first , and I feel like this is this was really popular , I guess , in the nineties . A lot of movies have this storyline . I mean some people live .

Speaker 1

By that I mean it's . It's crazy girl . I'm just like again art imitating the life .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Cause some people and and I'm going to say it right here right now Kendrick Lamar and you know he was out doing that and then she got her leg back and it's , it's . I couldn't do it . I couldn't do it , but for the people that do , it's a lifestyle . So and for me it's kind of like if I'm with someone and then I'm kissing someone else , like I feel like that's very telling yeah and um I , when I first first first watched this movie , I bought it .

Speaker 1

These three adults are like , actually just casual kissing for the sake of the whatever right . But what ? Because I think I watched this movie when I was like 12 or 13 . And we watched it as a family since then . And but the second when Glenn comes in and they lie about the kiss , that's the thing that gives me the reveal that it was obviously cheating , but I always wonder what would have happened if they did tell Glenn , which it wouldn't , because that goes against the rom-com . Yeah , but always curious about it , always curious .

Speaker 2

Do you think the movie is ?

Speaker 1

quotable

Quotable Moments and Soundtrack

Speaker 1

. Oh , hands down , hands down . I got a list , let's go . These are my favorite ones . I mean , I already said one Said one hey , linda , you a bitch . It's so good Every time I meet . I wish I met more Lindas , just so you could say that , yeah , and I actually like that . It's Linda , because Linda means beautiful in Spanish . So jazz it up a bit . Definitely , um , definitely good luck finding a dj that can move and shake like this . That's fucking funny that I would hire that dj would you ?

Speaker 2

yeah , I mean because you're at a wedding like right , people want to get fucked up .

Speaker 1

Have a good time like he's . It's party . He seems like a party exactly exactly . Um , they were cold . Yes , I quote that all the time and I love how they give him a hard time about it . He's like I got the job right like I did the whole fucking the fake ass . That's . That's real friendship , right there , giving each other a hard time to just have have fun .

Speaker 1

Dude , how are you pressed for fucking

Forgetting Sarah Marshall Overview

Speaker 1

planning this wedding ? And you guys ? This is what I'm jealous about . Men like you know , they make the time to have fun yeah and I love that bit because it only further um strengthens the friendship that turns into relationship for julia and rami and then also just showing all of them how they interact together . Yeah , I thought it was funny . Do you have any any quotes ? Favorite quotes that ?

Speaker 2

was it ? They were cones . I also like it . That's a good meatball .

Speaker 1

This one's not a popular one , but it is a good one . Now go back to the boiler room . I love it , that one . I think it's funny how . What was that other one ?

Speaker 2

I like when he yells at her , when she's like oh , I just realized like I didn't want to marry a wedding singer , and he's like that's information you could have told me yesterday and you know what I want to ask .

Speaker 1

Does this , uh , is there any like accuracies in this from your perspective , from getting yeah , because yours was different obviously um , but were there any similarities in the way people treated robbie ? Any any similarities ? At all from your experience , was there any art imitating ?

Speaker 2

like well , when I went back to work , everybody , I could just feel it . Everyone was looking at me , people were being really nice to me . That's the best . And then I got a lot of like hey , how are you ?

Speaker 1

you okay you want some ?

Speaker 2

ice cream and I bet you were like yes , and I just I was , was like , oh , like you just know this really personal thing about me and it's like I don't want people to know . Yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1

I get that and it's kind of . It's one of those awkward things where it's just like you're vulnerable , you don't know how to act , and then people are being polite but I feel like they don't know the line of being polite and the boundary of , just like you know , letting it go . But I was thinking about you when I watched this . I was just like , and and that's the reason why I asked , because I hadn't felt something of that scene until you know , you had your experience and then I've seen it .

Speaker 1

So I was like I have a hundred percent no reason to be affected by this scene . So I was like um , curious about , about that for you . But I can , because I feel like people were kind of treading lightly . They were like holly there , why would he even think about coming ?

Speaker 2

back to work um .

Speaker 1

Is that something that anyone had said to you or your family um ?

Speaker 2

well , someone , someone at work did ask me like okay , okay , like how are you doing ? And I told her I was like , well , you know , I'm really embarrassed , like I don't want to be here , like everyone at work knew , because I had requested time off for my honeymoon , Right ? And then I was just like I just don't want to be here , I'm embarrassed . And then she was like I think you're handling this with a lot of grace . And she was like I think any other person would have like gone off the rails , like been drunk or whatever , and spin out and she's like but you're being responsible , you're coming back to work . And and I was like oh , and I was gonna like start crying at work and I was like , thank you , I have to go now that was very kind yeah yeah , sometimes when people say nice stuff to me , I and I'm a crier .

Speaker 1

But like when people , when I have soft , when those soft moments come , I'm like I don't want to cry with you . You know stranger yeah . But yeah , there was a lot of talk going on and it made me uncomfortable now with this new oh another thing .

Speaker 2

So after the you know , my wedding got called off and then I had cut my hair . So I went to work with shoulder length hair and then a few months later I cut my hair again . I got the beebs , the beebs , I got the beebs cut . So then I was in the bathroom and then some lady came up to me and she was like , hey , I noticed you cut your hair again . And she was like the bathroom . And then some lady came up to me and she was like , hey , I noticed you cut your hair again . And she was like , is everything OK ? Because last time you cut your hair you didn't get married . She was . Can you guess what ethnicity she was ?

Speaker 1

I wasn't thinking about ethnicity , I was like this is a senora Like what . Older ass .

Speaker 2

She was Asian . They just blurred out whatever , yeah , and I just I was like , oh , thank you , but I just no , it's just a haircut I'm so surprised you didn't just lie to her , be like yeah , yeah , my dog died , yeah , my dog died .

Speaker 1

I witnessed him get run over or whatever . My house was set on fire , like you know . He came back and fucked up my car . He fucked up my credit , some shit . You know identity theft ? Yeah , you fucking nosy ass bitch like she fucking cares I know she was .

Speaker 2

Yeah , she wasn't even someone I was like cool with like that's what I'm .

Speaker 1

That that's the part that I was thinking about too . Like people act , yeah , and but they they're not . Yeah , they're just nosy and , um , fuck that bitch . Oh , that's that's tough , but I liked the relationship between robbie and sammy yeah I like , I really like them , but like I , I love alan covert , like I'm . I'm a fan of him now and I wish that he did do more work , because I feel like he only does stuff with Adam .

Speaker 2

And the only .

Speaker 1

Thing that I didn't see . Him we didn't see was Grandma's Boy , but that was still under production of Adam . Yeah , you know what I mean . So I think I think he has acting chops and the charisma's there . It's not acting , but I like it as well . They're good together , the way they punk on each other and the Michael Jackson stuff .

Speaker 1

And you know him knowing that Robbie likes Julia . You know Robbie teasing Sammy about telling Julia that he was going to give it to her . You know and honestly I don't know why Julia's acting dumb she was like , give me what . Bitch , you ain't a virgin . A virgin like , why are you fucking ? She must be having some really or not be having anything that was another thing .

Speaker 2

I was gonna say that . Uh , what's her name ? Drew barrymore . She plays innocent and sweet really well for being someone who had a wild child , crazy past yeah , yeah , she's got it down to a t .

Speaker 1

You know what ? Now that you mentioned it , I think I watched a clip of an interview that she was with howard stern and how she actually she said that she got like a vision or something like that , to um work with adam , to like restart her career and um , it totally worked . Yeah , it totally worked . I mean , when you're in that industry , you just need to give it time and then just restart it .

Speaker 1

And it totally worked for her , because now , when I think of Adam Sandler , the women that work beside him , I only think of Drew Barrymore or Jennifer Aniston , not even Salma Hayek , even though she's been like the three or two . Yeah , not even salma hayek , even though she's been like the three or two . Yeah , I think , yeah , and that that one . So , yeah , she's definitely did it . And now she's on to have her own talk show , um , and I think it's interesting because she has a baby face , yeah , and I'm like sometimes I'm just like is this cute ? Is this not cute ? Like she's hot in Charlie's Angels .

Speaker 1

And then the 90s they had like the very thin eyebrow to no eyebrow look . So I'm like , is she killing it ? She's not killing it , but I do think that maybe I don't . Is she a great actor for doing that ?

Speaker 2

I don't know , yeah , well , that's totally the opposite . Oh yeah , well , that's totally the opposite , which I mean totally innocent rainbows , sunshine , flowers , like the whole thing .

Speaker 1

Like she doesn't even look , like she cusses . Yeah , I totally bought the whole church tongue . Oh yeah , bit . Yeah , you know , but it's interesting what like a makeover would do like I think the short bob or whatever haircut that is really worked and she doesn't have any visible tattoos , so it totally worked . And even in Even in 50 First Dates , I feel like she still does that pretty good . So I guess it's I don't know who she modeling imitating .

The Wedding Singer Overview

Speaker 2

The Bechdahl Test .

Speaker 1

All right . What does this get on the Bechdahl Test ?

Speaker 2

So , I actually like the scenes between Julia and Holly , their cousins , but they start off having normal conversations and then they transition into talking about men .

Speaker 1

Damn .

Speaker 2

So , they almost had it , they almost had it , man . And there's even a scene where Julia , she's in the wedding dress , at the end she's talking to her mom and she's like I isn't cute , it's a nice scene between her and her mom , but they're talking about , you know , getting married to glenn and stuff still , yeah . But I do think it was important to julia's character development that she's realizing she no longer wants , she's no longer in love , she no longer wants to marry him . Yeah , so , but it's yeah , it's a fail , fuck . But I still feel like these were well-developed female characters . They still had their own personalities yes yeah , they had um their own storylines .

Speaker 2

I still liked .

Speaker 1

I like the writing , at least there was more backstory to them being related and having their own scenes without , because they did have more scenes with just the two of them , yeah , just the two of them , rather than just always with the man so and I think that's easier to do when you write them as cousins yeah , because then that makes sense that they're at each other's home . Well , did they move together ?

Speaker 2

they live together , huh yeah , you know what ?

Speaker 1

I totally forgot that they're cousins , but that is a good catch . Do you have any standout scenes from here ?

Speaker 2

oh my well , I think it's a lot of people when adam sings the song .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah I think that's . It's so cheesy , but it's so , it's so sweet .

Speaker 1

They were saying that , um , she didn't listen to the song until , oh , in the filming so it could be like authentic and real and I think , you know , I think that's a good technique because it's like why act when you could just be , which is not usually my , my , my go-to , because I hate those type of acting techniques , but for this one it worked , I think . I don , I don't , I don't . I think it's more the quotes for me than the stand-up scenes .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I also like the scene where they go wedding dress shopping oh , that's the one , yes and all of them are trying on dresses . I love it . That's my fantasy , I want to do that .

Speaker 1

Let's do it , I want to do it . We need to call up the hoes , we need to round up the house and even george tries on a dress . Yeah , looks cute , um , but I love it and I love how that . I don't know if it was this film that set that trend , or , but to have that song on a montage for like love , or or for wedding , because this song was also played in um , that movie with zoe de chanel .

Speaker 1

Oh , 500 days of summer . Yes , it's at the as the musical number . But in my big fat greek wedding three no , I think it was two they play this when they're planning the wedding for the mom because they find out that that they never actually got married . But they play the greek version of this song . Oh , funny , and it's like man , what a lovely callback . Yeah , you know , and I , I don't know if this set the trend , but if it is , or um , I would prefer for it to continue on because I think it's , it's iconic . Yeah , you have people trying the cake , trying the dresses . You got the song . I , I , it's all good , that was . Yeah , that one's it for me how old are you when you ?

Speaker 2

you said you a kid , right you saw yeah , I was like 12 yeah did you ever ask questions like why is that guy have makeup on ? No , me neither .

Speaker 1

No , I never questioned it no , and I , I think , yeah , I think the only people that do , yeah , of course it's , it's all these um standards and whatever , but my mom liked madonna and and all that stuff and and I just well , he's , and the cure like I think I knew of the cure and he was always in some type of makeup you know um . But I also felt like that was for me .

Speaker 2

I was like he's gay , like well I never even thought of him , as I just thought that's his style . Yeah , that's the 80s . Yeah , because he was dressed like boy george . Yes , yeah . And then he was named george , oh yeah , oh duh , oh my god . Yeah , I'm stupid , I never even connected that and I don't even wonder why he's wearing makeup . No , no .

Speaker 1

Why is George wearing makeup ? They say they're killing George out there . They're about to turn on George . You suck . I think he does well as a friend and a supporting cast member . You know he has the confidence , dude . He don't give a fuck you know , he's like Robbie , you need more time .

Speaker 1

He's like run it again , give me time . That's a real . You know what , now that I think about it , he has real friends in real life and in the movie , and they all had his back . What , now that I'm thinking about it , he has real friends in real life and in the movie , and they all had his back . And you know , I don't recall , like actually why I didn't question the makeup , but for I , yeah , it just worked and I was like whatever . Also , I kind of feel that guy like um , like he pulled it off . Yeah , so it's just like I think maybe if it was not pulled off , it probably made me question why is that person wearing ?

Speaker 1

makeup .

Speaker 2

Because I feel like if I were to watch this with , like , my nieces and nephews today , I feel like they're so observant and they'd be like why is he dressed like that ? And I would be like .

Speaker 1

I don't know , and I think for them too it's kind of like the 80s is like centuries ago for them yeah , yeah they don't know it's just a century ago , you know .

Speaker 1

Like they don't know that they probably don't put them together , that you know . So I think it's more of the era than it would be of like the makeup . But I could be wrong , because I hate the 80s looks . I would be like why is he dressed like that too , if I wouldn't have had known been exposed to 80s fashion , you know ? But yeah , he pulled it off . Little Alexis , I haven't had my cousin watch it , but I'll see . No , I can't even do that because I've exposed him to RuPaul . It's a drag race , so it probably wouldn't . But I would say , try it , see you see what they say .

Speaker 1

All right , everyone

Popcorn or Colonel: Our Final Ratings

Speaker 1

. Now it's time for our newest segment , popcorn or colonel . Uh , you know how sometimes we think we're just not the audience for this . Well , we turned it into a metric where we judge the accessibility of the movie .

Speaker 2

Yeah , so we're going to look at the characters in the plot to see how relatable they are to a general audience or to a specific audience . So if we think the movie can relate to a lot of people , it's a popcorn so you could pass it around and share it with the whole family . But if it's for a more specific audience , then it's a kernel . Some people like it , some people spit it back .

Speaker 1

Okay , for popcorn and colonel . I have main characters , of course , robbie and julia . Yes , I think we know what this is . Go off . Are they relatable ? Yes . Are they attractive yes . Are they funny ? Yes . Are they charming ? Yes . Do they invoke sympathy or empathy ? Yes . Are there stakes ? Yes , I'm going to give that one to you . I'm going to give that one to you the love of your life ? Yeah , honestly , like I'm , yeah , are the characters in jeopardy their hearts ? Love is in jeopardy their the characters in jeopardy their hearts .

Speaker 2

Their hearts are in jeopardy it's a conflict interesting .

Speaker 1

Yes , is the topic relevant ? Yeah , I'm sorry to say it's a popcorn y'all . I love it . I love it . Next up for review Forgetting Sarah Marshall .

Speaker 2

Struggling musician Peter is better known as the boyfriend of TV star Sarah Marshall . After she unceremoniously dumps him , he feels lost and alone , but makes a last-ditch bid to get over it by going to Hawaii . However , she and her new boyfriend are there at the same hotel .

Speaker 1

This movie stars Jason Segel as Peter Bretter , kristen Bell as Sarah Marshall , mila Kunis as Rachel , russell Brand as Aldis , bill Hader as Brian Ooh okay . Liz Kukowski as Liz , jonah Hill as Matthew , the adorable paul rudd as chuck , and we got a few cameos . What billy ? Oh , billy baldwin , jason bateman , billy bush who's that ?

Speaker 2

he was like a oh the musician , no the announcer guy on e , like , oh , that's right , entertainment tonight . That's correct . Yeah , that is correct .

Speaker 1

This movie is directed by nicholas stoller . He also wrote dora and the lost city of gold 2019 interesting . Okay , he also directed , wrote and produced bros . I didn't see that one 22 . I watched it . I liked it . I thought it was funny . It has that guy that everyone's annoyed by Billy L Richard . This movie was written by Jason Segel . He's known . I didn't find any other acting credits , writing credits for him . Sorry , most of his stuff is acting . I thought he . No , he didn't write the Muppets . Oh , he was one of the writers on there . Yeah , I'm sorry , he was one of the writers on there . That was the only one , um , and I have that was the only writing other writing credit I've seen , but I think he's more known for his acting and I think people know him more from knocked up um 2007 .

Speaker 1

Um , a lot of people know him , I believe , from how I Met your Mother , the show . I didn't recognize this , but I actually first seen him perform in SLC Punk , the 1999 film . I've never seen it as Mike , but that was like in 2011 . So it's been a long time . Were you going to say anything ? Sorry ?

Speaker 2

Oh , I was just a fan of his from um , how I met your mother . Yeah , that came out in 2005 and now this movie came out 2008 , so I was already like deep into my jason seagull fandom .

Speaker 1

Yeah , definitely yeah , it was , it was rolling . This movie is a , of course , romance comedy . It was released in April of 2008 . This movie had a budget of $35 million and grossed $108.3 million at the US box office . Damn , you know , I thought the budget was going to be bigger because they went to Hawaii . So , I don't know . Hitting it right off the bat , male as feminine for comedy . I feel like that is a very common common , like technique .

Speaker 2

What do you ?

Speaker 1

think .

Speaker 2

Yeah , it's an easy go-to joke . There's the man screaming , there's a man falling , there's a man crying . I , I just I feel like it's not funny and if they're a rom-com it's not sexy definitely yeah , they were not making him sexy at all at all .

Speaker 2

So this is what I was saying . Compared to robbie from the wedding singer , like you had a well-established man , a very masculine man , even though he's not like strong or rich or whatever . And then you have now you're looking at peter from , forgetting sarah marshall , and I'm just like this guy's a yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1

I think this is a very common , like um typical route that that males do in comedy either this , this one , or um immature male that doesn't want to grow up which I feel is more will ferrell's like um like stepbrothers . Yeah , and I for the longest time couldn't get into will ferrell because it was just so annoying to me and I think , for now that I , I'm older , I'm kind of like this is the world .

Speaker 2

Why do I want to watch ?

Speaker 1

this when this is the world , but I think that I like making fun of the , which is interesting . I think it's funny because it's not true . I think some people find it comical because it's not supposed to be quote-unquote , but I feel like we obviously know the opposite , like they have feelings too and , honestly , if you ain't never made a man do a femme , a female girl , high-pitched voice and you're not used to it or whatever , I don't know what to tell you , but I'm just like it happens , like men are more feminine than they care to admit or that .

Speaker 1

That I think people notice . But yeah , I think it is a cheap , cheap shot for for comedy . Um , and I got a surprise for you what in this , uh , but I'll . I'll tell you after this . Do you think what ? Okay , so there's that , right , we're relying on being feminine from a comedy . What about on sex jokes for comedy ?

Speaker 2

sex jokes . So okay , that's another comparison . So the wedding singer is pg-13 and this is this is a rated r . So there's a lot more sex jokes , but I just feel like they're unnecessary to the plot . Like him , like he gets broken up and then he's just having sex with multiple women . Why it never comes back later , he never mentions it , he doesn't talk about it and it's just like oh , it would just be funny to have a scene where these girls are like it's awkward , right .

Speaker 1

Right , so I actually watched this . I've watched this movie so many times because I've had he's one of my high school crushes like this was my ultimate threesome fantasy in high school . I'm like Jason Segel , mila Kunis fuck it .

Speaker 1

You know , got a thin one , got a tall man and I'm the one with the big booty sandwich there you go , um , but so I watched this this round with the commentary of the cast and crew , and there was so many motherfuckers in there I'm not going to read the whole who was present , but it was the main main ones of them . The only one that wasn't there that's a main is kristen bell , because she had another event to go to . But this movie , because jason siegel wrote it , is mostly his life of this breakup and I don't know if the artist in him was like I'm just gonna word , vomit everything to the T and it's just gonna be . You know this , this , whatever , right . So so many things on here are fucking true , and I have three , but I it's more girl , I have a top three , but more so it .

Speaker 1

It did so happen that he he was , um , yeah , having a lot of sex , and he implied that he was having so much drunken sex so often that he really was recommended to see a psychiatrist , because you know how he talks about that in the piano and like so . So I I'm just I get what you're saying . I feel like this is more like of a diary film . That was just like I'm just gonna pour what I know , and what I know is that I'm heartbroken and he even talks about how like he wanted to put like all these things that were . It was kind of sad . Actually I was like I hope he's not , you know , like all the crying that he would do after sex was real .

Speaker 2

Um , so I was like oh , this was his breakup with um , the girl from freaks and geeks michelle um he's ledger's ex .

Speaker 1

I don't know oh , I don't know , honestly , I don't know , I don't know who it was about and if I , if , if , um , this was a paid gig , I would do the research , the deep investigation blanca investigates . But there's a few things . The ones that stood out to me was that one that these encounters of so , so much sex and and crying , to the point that he's getting checked and they're telling him to get mentally checked , um , there's a scene where he's he's um crying , you know , and the one of the staff members is like you know , are those happy tissues , are they ?

Speaker 2

sad tissues .

Speaker 1

So that wasn't exactly what happened as well , but he did say that he this that scene was inspired by . You know , he was at home crying for three days straight listening to a sad song that he wrote post breakup oh my God . And that his Latina housekeeper , like on the third day , like angrily turned off the stereo and told him in an accent like Mr Siegel , you are a big , strong man , you cry no more . And I don't know why this man was like .

Speaker 1

I'm putting it in the script he's like that's gold , that's gold , it has to go in and it's like you know I , I'm gonna admit it , I have quoted are those happy tissues ?

Speaker 2

or are these ?

Speaker 1

tissues , so that was another one . This is the last one and I want to know do you think those were Mila Kunis' real boobs in the bathroom ?

Speaker 2

or not . I think I saw an interview and it's not . That is correct .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I thought they were her real boobs and watching this when it came out I was like girl , you're hot . Yeah , don't show the boobs yet . Like you , you know not yet . Um , and then , because I'm obviously thinking like all the dudes are gonna like go flocking to the theater for these , the two seconds of the show , yeah , right , and she looks like she's having fun , so , um , makes it extra appealing I told my husband , I was like don't look , don't look at her boobs close your fucking eyes and then he was like , oh , don't look at his dick okay , so that part too .

Speaker 1

So that was a part .

Speaker 2

He has been naked during a breakup as well I saw an interview where he talked about it , where he was like , oh , he's like I can't . He's like sometimes , when things happen to me in in real life , he's like I'm already thinking like this will be funny in a movie and he was like that when he was getting broken up with . He was like oh , I should include this in my movie I have , so .

Speaker 1

So he goes on to say that this is so , I guess in the middle of the breakup yeah , well , at some point he was like let me go get dressed . And then it became like I'm getting broken up with what do I wear ? What should my breakup outfit be ? So he said that he came out looking like wearing like khakis and like a polo or some shit , like just basically looking like really , really tight , like really tiny .

Speaker 2

I would wear something that I don't like , because I'm forever gonna associate that outfit with being broken up with . Exactly so . I would wear like this ugly shirt or something I'm just like . I'm just gonna throw this away anyways , I'm just put it on .

Speaker 1

For me . I just kind of felt like , as a female , I would have stayed naked , you know . But it doesn't give men , it doesn't give women that same effect when you're dumping a man okay , see that other like .

Speaker 2

I feel like his naked body is played for comedy and it's like why is that funny ? Why is that funny , is he ?

Speaker 1

using the . You know , jason , I think you really need to think about are you really funny ? Because why are you like ? You know what I'm saying ? Yeah , like you can't write something funny , you can't make something funny so you're just like word vomiting , and at least that's what is coming off yeah from the interviews .

Speaker 1

We know that things get edited and whatever , whatever , but that is what it sounds like . Is what's happening like ? Um , it sounds like like a man told him write what you know and he went with that and he just said oh , let me just write my life story Literally , I think , and I'm just like you know , after listening , after hearing what you have to say and watching that , I feel like you know what . Jason , take care of yourself .

Speaker 1

Love yourself , Love yourself my man , you know , just see the psychiatrist , because it's clear that you know art imitates life , but art doesn't heal in that .

Speaker 2

In that sense , you know , need a little bit , a little bit more , I mean okay , so he's the . He's the leading man in the movie and you see him have sex with all these people do . Is he likable ? Are you rooting for him at the end when he meets um rachel like , or do you want her to be with him ?

Speaker 1

do . I want her to be with him . I think . I think she was very clear that she didn't give a fuck , so it was like she knew what it was . She knew that he was still heartbroken , that he still had feelings for her . So that , as a woman , made me feel better , like , well , fuck it . Like you know , and I feel like they try to make , they try to , they try to obviously show that peter isn't perfect , he's human , and I feel like they try to show that as well with rachel by having her backstory right . She I don't want to say she ran away from home , but she left home to be with a guy , to be with a guy , and then didn't get her like high school education or college education , and so I I'm just like , but is that really the same ?

Speaker 2

but all right there was one um joke that I thought was really funny , though , was when he's like at a bar alone drinking and he has like a banana in his drink and he's like look at this guy , look at this .

Speaker 1

He's like not us , huh yeah , which I'm I'm always like . Why are you guys ? I don't know why they put the lime on the top to make it a mushroom tip like what the fuck is happening with these garnishes , yo , oh my god . Like they're definitely trying to get people to like drink and fuck and and everything you know in hawaii . I'm assuming , just to relax , relax , maybe . Maybe they put that on there to like yeah , get people drunk and then get people to fuck yeah , subliminal .

Speaker 2

So there you go . Subliminal , I was like so then . Another thing I was noticing is that peter doesn't really have any friends . He has his , his brother brian , that he calls , whereas in the wedding singer robbie , he had a whole like community around him . So like now peter's going through this hard breakup and like there's no one there for him jason , this is very telling .

Speaker 1

I'm speaking to you directly . I mean I think that's what happened . I mean , yeah , he wrote his life there and I don't I don't didn't even write that , you know . So I feel like that's the x . I don't . I don't know how good it would be to work on a project that you know you wrote it and now you have to relive it , kind of react it and yeah , and then you know what he did talk about , how he was drunk on set . So I'm like I think he was not thinking this whole thing through , I think he was just trying to get through it . So explains a lot for me .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

You're right , he doesn't have much of a sense of community and it's interesting that then he's just he's kind of less like what did I do ? Kind of kind of like what everybody goes through .

Speaker 2

Why am I ?

Speaker 1

single Like what did I do to deserve this ? And yeah , he has . But it's interesting how one of the the , the bartender where he's just like that was a sympathy Like hangout . It's true that I feel like when you get broken up with or when you break up , it's like who are you ?

Speaker 2

And .

Speaker 1

I think it's just the characters . You have some people that are a person , such as your beautiful self , that have their own life . The relationship doesn't define them or hadn't defined them yet . But you know jason's character , peter , which may , may just be jason himself , like not really have a personality or a life outside of his girlfriend romance yeah so that was very telling too . And what's about that , now that I'm thinking about it ?

Speaker 2

I don't understand why , like Rachel , like why did she end up like falling for him ? Why did she end up having sex with him ? Like I don't see anything what is attractive about this man ?

Speaker 1

That's um , maybe in here . I mean I understood why she didn't kiss him like the first time , like I'm a better child . Barely know you like I live here , you don't you don't think um .

Speaker 2

I can understand like a hookup because it's like you know I'm assuming that's you know , vacay yeah , but then she got all upset later when he told her like oh that him and sarah like fooled around a little bit that's the tough part about dating you're not official .

Speaker 1

And then she was like be casual , like where oh , I know when you use words like casual or break , like it's . It's kind of like I don't know where you're going with this , and that is left to open interpretation , and I'm like , and if you're gonna interpret it , you might as well just be together , but who am I to speak on that portion ? Yeah , I maybe it's like I'm gonna pretend I'm a man that wrote this and I think it's gonna .

Speaker 1

I think I would say something like you know , it's just two imperfect people that like don't have know , just trying to figure it out . You know , and you know Rachel's in high maintenance . You know she's just pretty cool , you know she gets it .

Speaker 2

I felt like that too , like they were trying too hard to make her like the cool girl .

Speaker 1

It worked for me . Like I said , fantasy threesome um no , I would rather go aldous I think he has a bad boy factor but like I don't see opens his mouth and I think , like when he was with Katie , it definitely Okay .

Speaker 2

Okay , so he was not physically fit , but they're not showing his naked body as a joke . He's pulling bitches left and right and he's like the sexy rock star guy . Yeah , so why is Peter naked ? Funny , but then Aldis is not funny .

Speaker 1

I'm assuming it's a confidence yeah , like that's the secret sauce to everything the confidence , um , because you know you're attracted to aldous , yeah , and I'm not . So I think this is very telling of my character , my own character , and I was just , like you know , peter's . It's all right , you're human . And in the behind , in the commentary , they kept talking about nipples . So there's nipples . They were comparing Jason's . Now that you're talking about the body , yeah , like they were comparing Jason's nipples to like I'm pretty sure it was Aldis's nipples and I'm just like what's with this whole back and forth , like ? And I'm like like what can I say about peter's body ? Like it's , it's , it's a human . Yeah , it's tall .

Speaker 1

like I wasn't expecting a six-pack out of this rom-com from anybody , you know , yeah , so I have no idea , I think , but I think that that's like what they were going for . I guess the confidence in it . But obviously peter has confidence Because he's out here Fucking naked . But now that I think about it , maybe he was , he truly was Probably drunk the whole time . Love yourself .

Speaker 2

Love yourself , just love yourself .

Speaker 1

I feel like I invaded Jason Segel's yeah Privacy , like learning . It was kind of heartbreaking To Like Once . It was kind of heartbreaking to know that this movie was hilarious and funny and just an easygoing film that don't take too seriously , and then to find out that it was based on the seriousness of it and then , just like , the fans ain't gonna like this . To me it was just the awkwardness of being naked . You know what ? I didn't feel like it was funny . You probably . I probably did back then because I was like probably in high .

Speaker 1

I was in high school , yeah , so I did find it funny . But now when I see other things that have nudity like that , I feel visually violated . I don't know , do you feel anything like that ? Like , oh , I didn't want to see that cock .

Speaker 2

I mean , it depends on the context . If it makes sense in the movie , I don't mind seeing it , but if it's just like , like that .

Speaker 1

Like random . It's one thing to be like you know he's naked , it's another thing to like show , and then they kept showing it this is what I'm talking about they showed it like three times , yes , yes .

Speaker 1

And I'm like and you want this to I feel like it's funny because it's like inappropriate in that sense , not because like , oh , look at his small dick , or anything like no , not like that , you know , but just like all the or anything Like no , not like that , you know , but just like , oh , the awkwardness . But I've noticed that now that I'm older , because we watched something similar and it like out of the nowhere it felt like was exposed and it's like you know , just cock , like I said , and I was unprepared .

Speaker 2

I think I get more offended when it's just like a random like naked woman . I get more offended when it's just like a random like naked woman . I get more upset and I'm just like why is she naked ? Why ? Why is why does everybody have to look at her , see her naked now ? That's so interesting but no naked dudes all day maybe he was hoping it would turn turn .

Speaker 1

Maybe he was hoping it would bring some , some girls around .

Speaker 2

Maybe he was single , I'm assuming . Well , this movie has some pretty good quotes too .

Speaker 1

Well , I think the one that I do is , like I mentioned , are those happy tissues or are they sad tissues ?

Speaker 2

I like the one that Kristen Bell does and she's like bullshit , bullshit , bullshit .

Speaker 1

Oh , that's a good one . That is a good one . Oh , you have Lorde in the bedroom .

Speaker 2

I don't know if this is where people started saying it , but when , um , he's taking the uh surfing lessons and Paul Rudd's like , do less , do less .

Speaker 1

Oh yeah , pop up , pop up . We say pop up a lot . Yeah , pop up . Um yeah , which Paul Rudd's character was also loosely based on um instructor that they actually had on set . Um , so when he was like Edward Scissorhands over there fucking told me I love it when the the stepbrother is like you want to do this .

Speaker 2

That is the way he said . That is the mother of my unborn child .

Speaker 1

Yeah , oh well the the I born child . Yeah , oh well the . I feel like the songs are more quotable . Yeah , you know , um , peter you suck , peter you suck , which that was improvised , and I'm just like this dude's just like putting his whole life on the line and I'm really hoping that , like it . I mean , if this movie I barely made it through after the budget , oh that's sad , that's crazy . But I think this movie I barely made it after the budget , oh that's sad .

Speaker 2

That's crazy . But I think this movie also was like coming out during the time where , like being a loser guy was popular , like so , okay . So 2005 , the 40-Year-Old Virgin came out Okay , okay . So 2005 , the 40 year old virgin came out , and okay . And then 2007 we had knocked up , which again was like you know , loser , your stoner guy didn't have a job . And then , well , super bad . Another like rated r raunchy comedy . And then 2008 we have forgetting sarah marshall , and also 2008 , pineapple express . So that was like seth rogan's character was another like stoner , yeah , guy . So I feel like this was like it was just cool to be a loser . I don't know , I don't know , a burnout you know what I ?

Speaker 1

feel like it all , they're all all Judd Apatow productions . Yeah , so he's somehow involved and I think you're the problem , judd , I'm just kidding . Yeah , they had to pick a like a niche and that's the niche that they went with and it's like the first one sold . So now we got like five more .

Speaker 1

Yeah , we got five more , and so now we got like five more . Yeah , we got five more , and I don't know when was the true signal that it was over , but it was definitely over . When this is 40 came out . Yeah , so you had a good , you guys had a good run , like I feel like this one was my favorite . I feel like this one and um , super bad was my favorite for a long time um knocked up was my favorite .

Speaker 1

So yeah , they definitely had a good run . I feel like they all kind of have their eras and I feel like the longest lasting one right now is Adam Sandler , because I don't Martin Lawrence just revived Bad Boys , you know , but yeah , they were on a roll . I don't know if they'll make a comeback . But it's like , if they make a comeback , like , what would it be about ?

Speaker 1

like the team , like the team like I don't think maybe they could revive this , but I think , like I think we're , we've moved to an era of like being too cool too , um of like being too cool to um , too woke to yeah , and um anti-toxic mask , yeah well , adam sandler came out with that movie .

Speaker 2

Where wasn't it like his daughter was gonna get married and the week of the week , yeah , that movie was good so now they're like they're . I mean , they're too old now , right , to be the leading man , so it's not now .

Speaker 1

Adam sandler yeah man , he has a lot of movies where he's the dad now and it's like his kids are there but what I love about adam sandler is is that I feel like we're growing up together yeah , because of that he's not trying to hang on to this , uh , a character or a franchise , like I feel like a lot of people do , in order to fall back on , for example , um steven , uh , sylvester stallone and rambo , like a lot of people have , like a character that they can fall back on , um , for to save their career . And adams take on it , maybe because he's more comedic , like he's not doing the whole like buff thing , but he's like . I think this is an appropriate way of having your art imitate your life by growing with you and I think that jason could have had a .

Speaker 1

Uh , he could also do that . I mean , I don't think it's too late , yeah , um , you know , but adam has definitely made a living off of , you know , telling telling stories about life , and , and he made it work . You know telling stories about life and he made it work . You know he started off with doing SNL , having the comedic movies , and now the movies have transitioned to the animations of , like Hotel Transylvania , and then the daughters .

Speaker 1

You know , you're so not invited to my bat mitzvah , yeah , and now it's , like you said , like he's passing it on as as he's no longer the the star , but I feel like this is what happens when you , when you build I don't want to say an empire , but definitely , um , you build yourself- and your family , because all of them have been getting like movie credits because of him . Yeah , you know , and it's kind , it's really like admirable to see , and I'm sure it wasn't easy . Um , but you could do it , jason , you can do it .

Speaker 2

You can do it too .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah I think it's better , better developed , and but I think it's because , adam , when you , when you do snl , like there's a whole fucking process , to do that and it keeps you sharp by having to write and , um , write , write , the the stuff every week . And I don't think those are . Those are probably skills that jason didn't have at the time , or probably doesn't have now ?

Speaker 2

and who's on jason's uh team in this one ? Well , we have .

Speaker 1

Okay , jonah hill , paul rudd , I would say seth rogan , I think is part of their crew yeah , let me see , I would say yeah , seth rogan , paul rudd , jonah hill , jason siegel , jay barucho , jay Barucho , he's not on here , oh , jay . Yeah , bill Hader , that's one on here .

Speaker 2

I'm trying to think of who else Wasn't Bill Hader on set ? He was on SNL , yes he was .

Speaker 1

So I think that's . Oh , you bring up a good point . Yeah , snl , they could have linked up .

Speaker 2

But he went with the the other crew .

Speaker 1

Yeah , he picked the wrong one . You know what I haven't ? I'm oh , the 40 year old virgin . That one too . Yes , I'm trying to see . Yeah , I think those are the main people , and then you , of course , you have the females leslie man oh yeah , who's also on the team ? Michael sarah I feel like those were the younger ones . Yeah , that came came out . Um , yeah , I feel like the the main crew .

Speaker 2

Yeah , it's pretty much there .

Speaker 1

Oh , jason bateman too , yeah , yeah you think he's part of the crew , though , because Jason Bateman and Michael Cero .

Speaker 2

They were on that TV show , arrested Development , together .

Speaker 1

Oh , that's right , I didn't even realize that . I haven't seen that one . It's whatever . I believe it yeah .

Speaker 2

So I think it's .

Speaker 1

You know it's tough to be in any industry that you want to make it in , when networking is a big part of it , because it's like I'm not saying that this is jason , but , like anybody , if you're in an industry and you're drunk or you're just not serious . It's like this is the industry where people want to fucking live large . You know , work hard and play hard . So I feel like I think he didn't know how to go about the Adam Sandler method .

Speaker 2

The Bechdel Test .

Speaker 1

What does this get on the Bechdel Test ?

Speaker 2

So there's two main female characters . We have Sarah and Rachel , and they do talk together , talk to each other together on screen , but what are they talking about , peter ?

Speaker 1

Talking about Peter .

Speaker 2

That fails yeah .

Speaker 1

Alright , everyone . Now it's time for our newest segment Popcorn or Colonel . I feel obviously the main characters are Peter and Rachel . Yeah , Are they relatable segment ? Popcorn or colonel ? I feel ? I feel obviously the main characters are peter and rachel , yeah , are they relatable ? I would say peter , more relatable I think so too , yeah , and I feel like who hasn't been broken up ? With you know , or doing the breaking up in . Are they attractive ?

Speaker 2

I thought I think they are , and I don't know why he wouldn't present himself as attractive as so yeah , yeah , are they funny ? It is really funny , it is funny I can't lie .

Speaker 1

It's funny . Oh , churu Peppa , that one . Churu Peppa , you thought Churu Peppa there you go . Are they charming ? I thought she was she's , I think she finds peter charming . But I think , ladies , we need to realize you know that , um , wanting to fix someone isn't , but maybe I could put . I'll put no . Did they evoke sympathy or empathy ? Yeah I think so too . I feel bad , bro , seeing him going through that breakup . I was like I'm glad it has been a long time well , he goes through the breakup .

Speaker 2

He finds out she was cheating for a whole year dude , how do ?

Speaker 1

how does that not drive anybody fucking crazy , you know ? But , it's like you know what . As a woman , I feel like maybe it really was over and he just like , yeah , didn't see it . I don't know , being on the little couch , little island couch , are there stakes ?

Speaker 2

no stakes of the heart are they in jeopardy ?

Speaker 1

no is the conflict interesting ? I thought so . Is the conflict interesting ? Yeah , I thought so is a topic relevant yes it's a popcorn . I love it . Watch it all day , every day , unless you're getting dumped , so don't watch it . Alright , so this is considered a certified fresh . On the Tomatometer it's 84% . What do you rate this film ?

Speaker 2

I gave it a seven Because I don't again the , you know , making a man act like a woman for comedy . I don't think it's funny . And then there was also I felt like just like a lot of storylines that didn't go anywhere , like the , the other couple on their honeymoon , like , and then , um , him killing the pig oh , I know that was , um , that was tough , tough to watch .

Speaker 1

I give this movie a 10 out of 10 and I think it's maybe because I'm filled with nostalgia . You know , I'm like she's hot , he's hot like I didn't even think about , like , oh , his body being , like you know , a , a tool for comedy . The whole I was just like , yeah , he's just being a dude and just doing the most .

Speaker 2

But I think it's also . I really do like forgetting sarah marshall , but I think comparing it to the wedding singer and it's like I mean , it's both like the similarities . It's like the guy gets broken up with yes , they write songs about it . Yes , they perform the songs in front of the new girl , and then I'm like it's beat for beat , the same movie , right like jason , it was right there .

Speaker 1

It was right there now . It was right there Now that you put it in perspective . It was right there .

Speaker 2

So I feel like I don't know . Just for noticing all that , I rated it lower to a seven . That's a good point . That's a good point .

Speaker 1

The Wedding Singer . It is not certified , but it does get a 72% out of 69 reviews . What do you rate that film ?

Speaker 2

I give this one a 10 out of 10 .

Speaker 1

I do too , and I think it deserves a 10 out of 10 .

Speaker 1

No , sentimental , yeah , and you know what it's like , how you've clearly pointed out the story . The writing is better , the character development is better and I think for me it's like the song's even catchier . Yeah , yeah , um , I do love that . Um , forgetting , sarah marshall did have end credits , um , and that they were the ending credits of sarah marshall's new show , animal instinct , yes , which I thought was was funny . But I also like the ending to the wedding singer , like that song , which I can't even pronounce the band I don't even know how to pronounce the band , but I love the song . True , I love that . It's sang by Steve Buscemi . Yeah , I thought it was good and um yeah , is this a better group of friends ?

Speaker 2

better actors were they sober ?

Speaker 1

I don't know , I don't know , but you know what ? Try again . Try again , jason , try again . Thank you .

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