Friday, May 20, 2011

Film Recommendation Friday

I decided, starting now, to make it a habit of recommending a film I really like to my readers.  I hope you like the movies I recommend as much as I do. So here is one of my all-time favorite movies, and why you should watch it.

Comedy - The 40-Year-Old-Virgin


Jesus man, where do I begin?  I saw this movie when it came out, and I was in my teens at the time.  Needless to say, it had a lasting impact on me.  The casting was great, giving Steve Carell a chance to do some of that great awkward comedy he would be known for later on in works like The Office and Dinner for Shmucks.  It also brought some new actors into the scene as well, such as Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill.  The great bro-dynamic the characters had, mixed with the horrible learning experience of Steve Carell's character, and the constant poking and prodding of Steve Carell's ego is just too much fun.  This movie also launched the career of Judd Appatow, previously only known for Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared.  This led to a string of movies, such as Knocked Up, Superbad, and Pineapple Express.  This film heralded an era of comedy, much like Adam Sandler had in the 90's.  So if you have nothing better to do on a Friday night (and I sincerely hope that is not the case), do yourself a favor and check this movie out.  Even if you've already watched it, watching it again reminds you of why this movie is so good.

19 comments:

  1. Steve Carell is amazingly hilarious. I loved this movie! I was also in my teens when I saw it.

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  2. I don't think I've ever seen this, looks quite funny though, I'll check it out sometime.

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  3. I don't know man, Judd Appatow's movies never really did it for me.

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  4. I laughed so hard the first time i saw this

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  5. Great movie, I really should watch it again.

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  6. it's a really good film, i've already watched it, i think i should watch it again.

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  7. seen it plenty of times, good old movie

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  8. This movie is hilarious. Recommended

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  9. This was pretty funny, but the Hang Over was much funnier.

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  10. Ah I have been meaning to watch this for the longest time, I shall do that now. There is a good chance I will forget immediately to do that though.

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  11. Hmm. Still haven't seen this. Guess I'll check it out later...

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  12. Steve Carell is such a good actor, that I liked this movie

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  13. This movie is hilarious, Steve Carell is one of my favorite actors

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