Let’s start off by saying the clip below, taken from the new Adam Sandler movie Funny People, is NSFW. So don’t click it if you don’t want to deal with a lot of swearing. About Facebook.
And apologies for the atrocious quality. The studio said it would takes weeks or something to get all the signoffs for approval, so we just found the movie on the interwebs and used that. In other words, watch this ASAP before it’s taken down, because it’s highly unlikely the studio will simply put up a bunch of ads on YouTube and realize this is great viral marketing for the movie.
Yesterday I showed a clip from the movie showing Seth Rogen asking “I wonder if Tom and Craig from Craigslist would ever get in a fight….Who’s tougher? Tom has more friends…Craig has weirder friends though. Craig has friends that are willing to do a lot more for cash, I’ll say that.”
But the really shocking stuff were the “f**ck Facebook, In the Face” comments. Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and, yes James Taylor all say it. Plus a lot of other quips, like MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson asking Sandler “Do you actually use MySpace?” Sandler replies “No, no no. I f*ck girls, Tom. I don’t have time for that.”
In all there’s about 5 solid minutes of MySpace footage, most of which is shot in front of a big MySpace logo on the stage.
Interesting use of the brand. I’m not sure I would have gone in that direction.
See the movie though. Best one this summer so far after Star Trek.
funny clip to see
The movie wasn’t that funny…the funny stuff was manufactured too much and was unnatural at all…
Oh, hi Tom!
Mike, when do we get to see the next arrington-puppet vid?
I think that this is one of the worst movies that I have paid to see, coming in just short of Transformers 2…
Aww. Robots!
You have never seen movies NOT released in 2009 ?
Strange as it seems, this brings Social Media – MySpace and Facebook and all their peers – into the world of Q ratings. All media is good media even if you get ripped and insulted. If you are being talked about, which they are, then it’s a winner.
Cool clip!
So, I wonder who *would* win the fight if Craig and Tom duked it out…?
i also loved the movie. it got a bit long but i think thats more because we weren’t expecting the movie to shift that way in terms of story. needs a second viewing. laughed hard during the first hour or so.
I love Seth Rogen, he is a funny guy! I feel for him after Megan Fox rejected his advances, he was our last great hope!!
Excellent clip. Seth Rogen is one of the funniest actors in the movies.
gotta to see this movie, very cool video. Release Date: 17 September 2009 in Germany , can’t wait to watch this.
Don’t, because its not funny at all.
I met Seth Rogen at the Thompson Hotel rooftop bar.. he was with the whole from superbad.. anyhoo I was saying something to this girl, when Seth comes over, puts his arm around her, and gives me a not as if to say, “this one’s mine.” I nodded back, so I think we’re tight now!
Really, though cool chap.
OK.. so I think my funny story about how I met Seth Rogen in LA on my 2nd to last trip got flagged as spam.. either way he’s a cool guy!
What happened to the chubby Seth Rogen? Who is that skinny guy?
Definitely not anywhere near best movie of the summer. It was way too long for its own good and quite boring at times. In my theater about 1/3 of the people walked out before it was over.
Agree with Derry, Transformers 2 wasn’t worth the money either, except for Megan Fox and the girl who was a robot.
This is the worst movie I have ever seen. I would call the MySpace footage in the middle of the movie a commercial, but even MySpace knows they suck. They couldn’t have paid too much because Adam Sandler hits the nail on the head: “No, no no. I f*ck girls, Tom. I don’t have time for that.”
Yes, many thoughts – one clip! Works the same as with eBay and eGay
Any movie where the cast is a bunch of guys who are on their third or fourth film together is usually guaranteed to suck. Those films are the ones where the stars have convinced the movie studio that they sell tickets (and frequently they do) but all the stars really want to do is get paid to hang out with their friends. You can’t blame them … but it’s also a movie to avoid.
great movie! very funny.
Not a movie to avoid. The problem here is expectations. It’s not a straight up comedy. So if you expect 40 year old virgin or Knocked Up, Judd Apatow’s last two big hits, you’ll be a little disappointed. Both those movies mixed crude humor with heart. It’s not Superbad and it’s not Pineapple Express. This one has a lot more heart, but there are plenty of laughs. I will say, like Apatow’s other work, this is also about 20 minutes too long. I still left satisfied. It didn’t suck.
lame movie unless you are one of those outliers that thinks lame is somehow intelligent
Contrary to the above, I found the *story* to be lame, while I thought the jokes were outright hilarious. Before seeing it, thought, I was warned by the “Daily Show” that the movie was “full of c**k jokes.”
“See the movie though. Best one this summer so far after Star Trek”
– You must not have seen “The Hangover”
yeah….it’s nothing compared to Hangover !!
I liked the movie, but it’s a bit too long to watch a 9 o’clock showing like I did.
Hey, Entourage mentioned Facebook too. Are you going to cover that too? Just as ‘newsworthy.’
The movie looks amazing! I’d love to go see it.
And what exactly was the point of this post? I thought I was on TechCrunch not Rotten Tomatoes…
ROFL!
“Do you actually use MySpace?”
“No, I f*k chicks.”
even those chicks being f’d don’t use mysuck
I don’t know why any of these companies would take offense to anything said in the movie.. The movie is about comedians. It’s about people making jokes. Comedians don’t personally attack something because it’s near and dear to their heart, they attack something because it might be funny. “F*ck Facebook in their faces” wasn’t really an attack, it was meant to be a comedian thinking of something off the cuff that could be considered funny by some people.
I’ve loved all of Apatow’s work (and the entire Apatow gang)..so I’m definitely watching this one this weekend.
But the funniest movie of this year has to be The Hangover
“MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson asking Sandler ‘Do you actually use MySpace?’ Sandler replies ‘No, no no. I f*ck girls, Tom. I don’t have time for that.’”
What a moronic comment. MySpace and Facebook have probably been responsible for more hook-ups than anything else in recent history.
If Sandler is f*cking “girls” that aren’t on MySpace or Facebook, he’s obviously only getting women who are well past menopause.
Good Call!! Nerd…
I just wanna say F**k Twitter… at least those other two have some kind of purpose…. wait a minute, yeah, I wanna say f**k facebook too. And to all my “friends” if you want to say something to me, pick up the goddam phone and call me!
i still want to see this movie because jonah hill has one of the best lines and deliveries i have ever heard, which i wrote down but cannot find, and it was hilarious.
…fast forward and the clip is gone. Bad marketing decision for the reasons cited.
…fast forward and the clip is gone. Bad marketing decision for the reasons cited.
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