Comments on: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) http://haikufactory.com/2008/10/15/forgetting-sarah-marshall-2008/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:46:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tyler http://haikufactory.com/2008/10/15/forgetting-sarah-marshall-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-43868 tyler Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:35:19 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2008/10/15/forgetting-sarah-marshall-2008/#comment-43868 I, myself, also adore parentheses. Like, really a lot. Also, commas. I, myself, also adore parentheses. Like, really a lot. Also, commas.

]]> By: Eric, your haikuist http://haikufactory.com/2008/10/15/forgetting-sarah-marshall-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-43821 Eric, your haikuist Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:58:22 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2008/10/15/forgetting-sarah-marshall-2008/#comment-43821 Jesus, I really did go overboard with the parentheses there, didn't I? I blame Pauline Kael. Jesus, I really did go overboard with the parentheses there, didn’t I? I blame Pauline Kael.

]]> By: Eric, your haikuist http://haikufactory.com/2008/10/15/forgetting-sarah-marshall-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-43820 Eric, your haikuist Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:56:51 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2008/10/15/forgetting-sarah-marshall-2008/#comment-43820 Hey, Tyler, I keep hoping you'll reply to my movie posts, they don't get a lot of comments. I don't know if I'd agree about the predictability. I had no idea what was going to happen in Sarah Marshall, but really enjoyed where the story went (case in point is the afore-mentioned rock star character). I do think the Apatow films have a lot of similarities with each other, but (at the risk of getting all film-school), I kind of read this more as an auteur revisiting themes. Kind of like how in Hitchcock films, the characters and situations are always part of Hitchcockland (not that Apatow is Hitchcock, but you know what I mean). I think I did make a mistake, though, which was to look at it as a new genre, instead of a single director-producer putting a unique stamp on a genre. (And I really did dig Tropic Thunder, it just didn't stay with me as much as SSM.) Hey, Tyler, I keep hoping you’ll reply to my movie posts, they don’t get a lot of comments.

I don’t know if I’d agree about the predictability. I had no idea what was going to happen in Sarah Marshall, but really enjoyed where the story went (case in point is the afore-mentioned rock star character). I do think the Apatow films have a lot of similarities with each other, but (at the risk of getting all film-school), I kind of read this more as an auteur revisiting themes. Kind of like how in Hitchcock films, the characters and situations are always part of Hitchcockland (not that Apatow is Hitchcock, but you know what I mean). I think I did make a mistake, though, which was to look at it as a new genre, instead of a single director-producer putting a unique stamp on a genre.

(And I really did dig Tropic Thunder, it just didn’t stay with me as much as SSM.)

]]> By: tyler http://haikufactory.com/2008/10/15/forgetting-sarah-marshall-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-43789 tyler Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:15:49 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2008/10/15/forgetting-sarah-marshall-2008/#comment-43789 I have not seen this particular movie, but I had the opposite reaction to Tropic Thunder. Having watched Pineapple Express the week before, I found it to be a nice change - jokes that were actually written. I love the Apatow-ian stuff but it is becoming just as predictable as any other genre. I have not seen this particular movie, but I had the opposite reaction to Tropic Thunder. Having watched Pineapple Express the week before, I found it to be a nice change – jokes that were actually written. I love the Apatow-ian stuff but it is becoming just as predictable as any other genre.

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