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After many years of meaning to do it, I finally got around to checking out  John Huston's 1980's era dark Mafia comedy  Prizzi's Honor which starred Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner as two professional mob "contractors"  who fall in love and get married, leading to problems with the Prizzi family Nicholson is the top dog with.

Huston is renowned as having been a legendary director and he certainly knew how to work with this extraordinarily talented cast (aside from the two leads, the film also boasts the presence of William Hickey, the director's daughter  Angelica Huston and Robert Loggia) in order to extract top flight performances, with Angelica actually winning the Academy Award for best supporting actress that year based on her performance in this film.

But y'know what? I surprisingly didn't care for the film at the end of the day.  The story was in place, the idea was sound and the cast was exceptional not only in theory but in execution (pun intended)..but the plot meandered all over the place , the narrative went nowhere of relevance and my reaction after the closing scenes was "wait..that's it? Why the hell did I waste two plus hours watching this?"  I dig dark comedies as a rule, especially the ones centered around life in the mob..but this just didn't go anywhere. It also wasn't as clever  or amusing as its reputation suggests.
 I don't mean bawdy,  sight gag driven humor either. I'm talking about wry observation.  I expect a certain degree of dry humor with a film of this pedigree, the sort of intelligent comic undertone that evolves from astute observation of human behavior in unusual or extreme circumstances... and Prizzi's Honor never really hit that mark in my opinion-which may be my biggest gripe with the film. it's not particularly funny.

[GiveMeGore]

THAT'S MY BOY........  the newest film from Adam Sandlers "Happy Madison" productions.

Funniest movie I've seen in a long time. Masterpiece of modern comedy, my friends. Fucking MASTERPIECE. I think I have to say..... this might be Adam Sandlers funniest character ever. Maybe I'm bias because he's from Mass and has a hardcore Boston accent the entire movie. Ends almost every sentence with "GUY". Oh and he's got a beer in his hand literally every sequence of the movie. Literally. Probably 7 different brands too.... usually budweiser but he's also pounds Rolling Rocks and even busts out a 22 of Natty Ice, son. Natty Ice.

All of the usual suspects make an apperance including Nick Swardson. Brilliant. See this......NOW.

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THAT'S MY BOY........  the newest film from Adam Sandlers "Happy Madison" productions.

Funniest movie I've seen in a long time. Masterpiece of modern comedy, my friends. Fucking MASTERPIECE. I think I have to say..... this might be Adam Sandlers funniest character ever. Maybe I'm bias because he's from Mass and has a hardcore Boston accent the entire movie. Ends almost every sentence with "GUY". Oh and he's got a beer in his hand literally every sequence of the movie. Literally. Probably 7 different brands too.... usually budweiser but he's also pounds Rolling Rocks and even busts out a 22 of Natty Ice, son. Natty Ice.

All of the usual suspects make an apperance including Nick Swardson. Brilliant. See this......NOW.

Really? I haven't heard many good things about it. I'll probably wait for the DVD to find out though.
On the same note, as much as I don't like Family guy and Seth McFarlane's other shows, TED looks pretty funny. I' plan to try and catch t over the weekend.

[GiveMeGore]

THAT'S MY BOY........  the newest film from Adam Sandlers "Happy Madison" productions.

Funniest movie I've seen in a long time. Masterpiece of modern comedy, my friends. Fucking MASTERPIECE. I think I have to say..... this might be Adam Sandlers funniest character ever. Maybe I'm bias because he's from Mass and has a hardcore Boston accent the entire movie. Ends almost every sentence with "GUY". Oh and he's got a beer in his hand literally every sequence of the movie. Literally. Probably 7 different brands too.... usually budweiser but he's also pounds Rolling Rocks and even busts out a 22 of Natty Ice, son. Natty Ice.

All of the usual suspects make an apperance including Nick Swardson. Brilliant. See this......NOW.

Really? I haven't heard many good things about it. I'll probably wait for the DVD to find out though.
On the same note, as much as I don't like Family guy and Seth McFarlane's other shows, TED looks pretty funny. I' plan to try and catch t over the weekend.

Seriously man, I don't understand the bad reviews this one has received. Really don't. There's a joke in this one every 3 seconds. Very little time spent on the story...... they wrap everything up really tight as far as the story goes.....  if you like Grandmas Boy and Superbad, That's My Boy is right up your alley. I promise you won't be disappointed. I mean, it's got Vanilla Ice ripping a bong, man. Ice-Ice-Baby.

Adam Sandler has a trash bag with all his shit in it. "Nice Luggage.....that Louie Vuitton?"  "Fuck you talking about Louie Vuitton, it's a hefty bag GUY"