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SponConSerdTent t1_jdf6bh9 wrote

Ah, the classic "The only things I know about America are things I read in curated internet feeds" delusion.

Hundreds of millions of people, living close to a trillion hours of life every year.

Don't let curated feeds turn you into a complete idiot.

One story of one dumbass, or even 10,000 stories about 10,000 dumbasses is a completely worthless way to analyze anything. You'll only move further from the truth as you slurp down more of the curated craziness.

You're living proof that your country has dumb people in it too.

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SponConSerdTent t1_j08mv18 wrote

I agree. Also Sandler's goofy shtick doesn't work well with dark themes. A different actor/writer could have done it justice.

The movie would work much better as a dark comedy, but Sandler doesn't really do those. Also think the movie would have been much more effective at the message if they didn't end up taking it all back in the end- like if I'm remembering correctly he ends up going back in time and gets to fix all his mistakes, completely defeating the purpose of the message in the first place.

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SponConSerdTent t1_j077tdy wrote

Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison are classics, Sandler also was amazing on Saturday Night Live. The dude is legitimately a comedy great.

I prefer comics like George Carlin with some edge to them, but Sandler's goofiness is a purer form of comedy in my eyes.

The movies Click and Spanglish were two of the worst movies I've ever seen, but I don't think you should count the flops against people. Comedy is a genre full of flops, it's really hard to tell which movies are going to be classics until the decades go by.

I don't think anyone making Tommy Boy thought "this is going to be one of the best comedy movies of all time."

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