Amazing how forgotten "There's Something About Mary" is today
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:22 PM Author: Mentally impaired theater macaca
Movie was a MONSTER, grossing $370M on a $23M budget.
But today it has like no cultural relevance.
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 3:25 PM Author: Mentally impaired theater macaca
No one ever refers back to it, in the way people will refer to ghostbusters, caddyshack, big lebowski, kingpin, wedding crashers, etc.
People will watch those movies all the time too. And they're always on TV.
Last time TSAM was on TV or you or someone you knew watched it?
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:38 PM Author: Mentally impaired theater macaca
Just re-read that article you poasted and it kinda illustrates my point.
Movies that were influenced by TSAM, like American Pie, Old School, Hangover, 40 Year Old Virgin, Bridesmaids, etc., are all over TV on a regular basis, and people routinely cite those movies.
When is the last time you heard ANYONE mention franks and beans, or Woogie, or Tucker, or anything like that? When is the last time you saw TSAM on TV?
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:21 PM Author: Crimson point organic girlfriend
great movie.
Even today, whenever I want to annoy the fuck out of my wife, any time a pretty actress comes on TV I ask her, Is that the girl from Something About Mary.
She gets so pissed--heh--its awesome.
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Date: February 3rd, 2016 4:29 PM Author: hairless drab kitty cat
Dunno if this is a big reason, but the advent of social media made the whole premise unrelatable. LOL @ the idea of driving cross-country to reconnect with a long-lost girl.
Anyone care to speculate on how Ben Stiller would have proceeded in 2016?
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:50 PM Author: Rusted mad cow disease market
I think of it frequently, but always as an example of the power of time to corrode comedy. When I saw it in theaters, it was hysterical - particularly the first scene with the balls in zipper, and the hair product scene. But there's no surprise left in that sort of humor, and so the movie now falls flat.
Still, Kingpin (1996) stands as an excellent movie, even to this day.
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Date: December 11th, 2017 2:54 PM Author: Mentally impaired theater macaca
Pretty much exactly what I'm getting at.
Kingpin is fantastic. Whenever I see it on TV (which is about 100x more often than TSAM), I always watch at least part of it.
Ghostbusters also strongly stands the test of time.
IMO time has not been kind to TSAM. I also think time has corroded Austin Powers and Wedding Crashers and the Hangover. W/r/t the Hangover, I still like parts of it, but the movie really suffers once you see how they solve the mystery.
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Date: December 11th, 2017 3:11 PM Author: Mentally impaired theater macaca
i agree.
i also think it hurts that TSAM is really a comedic rom-com.
i find something like Step Brothers to be much, much funnier on rewatch. there are so many little nuggets in that movie.
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