2/24/2023 0 Comments Movies like grown ups 2However, if we take Pixels as an example, it’s clear to see how fun can be turned into boredom so easily. There are of course very few comedies that have really good stories in and of themselves, even films like Anchorman aren’t riveting watching, but the hilarious humour makes up for it, because that’s what the point of the movie is. Normally, the focus on normal people over ridiculous characters (which we’ll get onto in a minute) is less annoying, but replacing it with a slow-moving, humdrum story that doesn’t disguise the bad comedy is the big problem. However, so many Adam Sandler movies, such as Grown Ups and Pixels, are just tedious, and that makes them almost unwatchable. There are hundreds of silly comedies that you can just watch and not laugh, but not hate. They’re meant to be comedies! Going into a Sandler movie, I always expect juvenile humour, but I can turn a blind eye to that and try to enjoy the film as an easy-going comedy, but when the films get dull, then it gets painful. The other worst writing mistake that these movies often commit is just being so boring. There’s no way that this level of comedy can be excused with the ‘it’s all in good fun!’ line, because it isn’t! It’s not funny! There are some things that you just don’t go and make fun of, and that’s what makes these sorts of Sandler movies go so wrong. We’ve seen offensive comedies in Sandler’s repertoire before, such as You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, which offends all sorts of racial minorities and tries to exploit that for laughs (but gladly fails). (By the way, I’d like to shout out writer David Caspe for having written that shameful and vile script.) The worst way in which I’ve seen the writing in Adam Sandler movies go is down the offensive route, with the 2012 comedy That’s My Boy (my personal most hated Sandler movie) as the prime example.Ī stupid, turn-your-brain-off comedy is acceptable, but there becomes no excuse for it when it starts getting mean-spirited. That’s My Boy makes fun of some of the most appalling things, including incest, racism, paedophilia and all sorts, and when the comedy really isn’t funny, which the lazily-written script isn’t, it makes it even more horrible to bear. There is of course the evidence that they’re generally lazily-written comedies, relying more on toilet humour as a way to get cheap laughs rather than try to inject any genuinely funny jokes into the film, but you can’t just dismiss these movies as ‘stupid’ and leave it at that. Sandler is involved with the screenplay in some of his movies, like Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, Jack And Jill and You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, but more often than not, he’s not the one doing the worst crimes. This is by far the biggest problem with all Adam Sandler movies, so frankly, it’s not entirely his fault. However, there is still a popular consensus that a lot of his films are very poor, and that’s what this post is all about. So, what I’m saying here is that, if you like Adam Sandler movies, that’s perfectly fine, you’re not in a huge minority. Four of his last five films have made over $100m at the global box office, and he’s been nominated for, and even won, various Kids’, People’s, and Teen Choice Awards. What’s more is that there is clearly an audience for Adam Sandler movies, otherwise he wouldn’t keep making them. Sandler is also pretty good in the lead voice role in Hotel Transylvania, and his dramatic performances in films like Men, Women And Children and Punch-Drunk Love aren’t usually as appalling as his more ridiculous comedies. They’re not great, but they’re silly, harmless comedies. Go back to the 1990s, and some of his comedies, including Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison, aren’t appalling. NOT ALL ADAM SANDLER MOVIES ARE TERRIBLE! Yes, the majority of his movies are generally stupid, lazy and unfunny, but that doesn’t speak for every movie. However, is that actually true, and if so, why is it that Adam Sandler movies are so bad? It’s a tired cliché now, but Adam Sandler movies are generally considered to be the equivalent of cinematic poison.
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