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Build Me Up, Buttercup v. Something About Mary Thread.
« on: March 27, 2017, 10:16:28 AM »
 Clem Curtis -

Build Me Up Buttercup singer Clem Curtis dies, aged 76...

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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2017, 10:26:40 AM »
The price he paid to live this way.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2017, 10:33:28 AM »
From building up buttercups to pushing up daisies.

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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2017, 10:44:16 AM »
Probably about time to watch There's Something About Mary again. The BMUBC video at the end is stellar, and exactly how closing credits should be done.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2017, 12:10:42 PM »
That's a great song, an all time classic. RIP.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2017, 06:03:33 PM »
Quote from: El Barto on March 27, 2017, 10:44:16 AM
Probably about time to watch There's Something About Mary again. 

The single most overrated movie of all time.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2017, 06:11:24 PM »
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Quote from: El Barto on March 27, 2017, 10:44:16 AM
Probably about time to watch There's Something About Mary again. 

The single most overrated movie of all time.
Eh, humor is a personal thing, so to each their own. However, it's not highly enough regarded to actually be overrated. 7.1 on IMDB. 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. Ebert gave it 3 stars. I know more people that hate it than like it. Considering how funny I think it is, I could make a better case that it's underrated.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2017, 06:14:33 PM »
I'm surprised it's rated so low. I'm the only person I've ever met that didn't think it was a great movie.

All good. I had heard so much about it, and I remember thinking how not funny it was.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2017, 07:51:21 PM »
Quote from: TAC on March 27, 2017, 06:14:33 PM
I'm surprised it's rated so low. I'm the only person I've ever met that didn't think it was a great movie.

All good. I had heard so much about it, and I remember thinking how not funny it was.

I thought it was decent, not great. I can't stand Ben Stiller. He's one of the least funny people I've ever seen try to do comedy. Joe Pesci does better comedy in a dramatic role. Ben and his buddy Owen Wilson - not funny.

I don't necessarily think it's overrated. When it came out it was a big deal, but it has not stood the test of time. It's an average movie with an average cast.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2017, 09:00:22 PM »
Ben Stiller isn't that funny in it, but he's not really supposed to be.  He is, more or less, the straight man upon whom all of the hilarity happens around.  Matt Dillon is hysterical in that flick, and the supporting cast is damn good (Chris Elliot, the guy that plays Tucker, etc.).  So many classic lines in that flick.  Overrated?  No way.  My brother and I saw it in the theater when it first came out, and the whole place was roaring with laughter throughout.

Honestly, the only movie I've seen where Stiller actually is really funny was Dodgeball, and that was largely because he was playing such a ridiculous character.
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« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2017, 10:11:42 PM »
Tucker was the one that killed me. When he switches from the high-brow Brit to the hick accent it's priceless. Most of the tertiary characters are great, as well. Mary's folks. The two cops. Magda. While the writing isn't all that great, there are a ton of classic, over the top gags in there. The zipper accident, Mary with the "hair gel," any scene with the dog, the cops beating the shit out of Stiller, the singer/narrator. Great stuff. Young Frankenstein it's not, but it's still damn fine work.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2017, 10:22:00 AM »
Really dislike that movie, and Ben Stiller in general.  My favorite role for him was in Dodgeball.  He was playing the villain, so it was OK to watch the movie and hate him at the same time.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2017, 10:32:30 AM »
I absolutely cannot stand Owen Wilson.

I'm used to him as Lightning McQueen, but other than that, he's just horrible.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2017, 12:54:48 PM »
Quote from: TAC on March 29, 2017, 10:32:30 AM
I'm used to him as Lightning McQueen
WHY
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2017, 01:08:57 PM »
Quote from: hefdaddy42 on March 29, 2017, 12:54:48 PM
Quote from: TAC on March 29, 2017, 10:32:30 AM
I'm used to him as Lightning McQueen
WHY

Because I've seen Cars literally 1000 times.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup, Break Me Down, Buttercup
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2017, 02:44:17 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2017, 02:53:44 PM »
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup v. Something About Mary Thread.
« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2017, 02:59:37 PM »
Why not?
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup v. Something About Mary Thread.
« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2017, 03:00:07 PM »
I've seen Cars approximately one times.
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« Reply #19 on: March 29, 2017, 03:03:15 PM »
If I didn't have kids, I would've seen it none times.

It has a great ending though.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup v. Something About Mary Thread.
« Reply #20 on: March 29, 2017, 03:05:42 PM »
It has a great pretty much everything.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup v. Something About Mary Thread.
« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2017, 05:45:42 PM »
I love the song "This Is The Day" by Ivy and the montage with it.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup v. Something About Mary Thread.
« Reply #22 on: March 30, 2017, 08:24:09 AM »
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It has a great pretty much everything.
Not for me.  I like most of Disney/Pixar's output, for sure, but the Cars franchise is bottom of the barrel.  By a long way.
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Re: Build Me Up, Buttercup v. Something About Mary Thread.
« Reply #23 on: March 30, 2017, 08:27:18 AM »
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Quote from: bosk1 on March 29, 2017, 03:05:42 PM
It has a great pretty much everything.
Not for me.  I like most of Disney/Pixar's output, for sure, but the Cars franchise is bottom of the barrel.  By a long way.

Yip.

And from what I hear - Cars 2 isn't much better...
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