Filmspotting #163: Knocked Up / Bug / Top 5 Opposites Attract Movies
June 1: "Knocked Up," writer/director Judd Apatow's follow-up to 2005's hilarious "The 40 Year-Old Virgin," burdens its portly, uncouth leading man Seth Rogen with a formidable task -- the "Virgin" sidekick doesn't just have to carry a movie for the first time (granted, with the help of Apatow regulars Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill and Jason Segel, among others), he also has to convince the audience that his sexy, put-together co-star Katherine Heigl could actually find him endearing. Does Rogen (and Apatow) succeed? Can a comedy that features a group of buddies developing pink eye after farting on each other's pillows actually prompt use of the word "profound"? Adam and guest host Scott Tobias from The Onion AV Club have your answers... and discuss William Friedkin's wacked-out, minimalist new film "Bug" starring Ashley Judd as a lonely barmaid who falls for a creepy former soldier (Michael Shannon) and becomes convinced that her run-down hotel room is teeming with insects. [Read Scott's review of "Knocked Up" here and his interview with Seth Rogen here.]
Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre and -- in honor of "Knocked Up" -- our Top 5 Opposites Attract Movies.
Music by Robert Pollard courtesy of Merge Records.
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Filmspotting #163
:22-13:00 - Review: "Knocked Up"
Music: Robert Pollard, "Love is Stronger Than Witchcraft"
13:30-26:26 - Review: "Bug"
Music: Robert Pollard, "Supernatural Car Lover"
26:50-30:04 - New DVDs, Donations
30:05-33:14 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Amy Fox)
33:15-44:59 - Polls, Listener Feedback (Pirates 3, 'Sea' Movies)
Music: Robert Pollard, "Dancing Girls and Dancing Men"
45:58-1:00:25 - Top 5: Opposites Attract Movies
1:00:26-1:03:05 - Close/Next Show/Pirates 3 Voicemails
CORRECTIONS/NOTES
- My goodness. Scott was right, of course. Seth Rogen discusses watching a woman have sex with a horse in "The 40 Year-Old Virgin." What was I thinking of -- the donkey in "Clerks 2"? I'm an idiot.
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Labels: Ashley Judd, Bug, Judd Apatow, Knocked Up, Opposites Attract, Seth Rogen, William Friedkin
5 Comments:
At the close of the podcast 'Mark from Dallas' left a clever voicemail on Pirates 3... he failed to mention he was citing a snippet of Mark Kermodes' rant on the same movie. shame shame
As much as I love Sam, I really appreciated Scott Tobias on the show. His Top 5 List was a lot of fun and a nice break from the "Adam and Sam are immersed the same demographic" feel I get from most of the Top 5 Lists.
But then, he admitted he hasn't seen "Harold and Maude," and I was truly at a loss for words. In fact, I'm still chewing on that one. Scott Tobias is in many ways my idea of an ideal film critic, but then this admission hits like a sucker punch. Build up my hopes and then shatter my dreams, why don't you.
Great show!
-RT
Hey guys - great podcast this week. Just want to say that the last fan review at the very end of your podcast is a 100% rip-off of the Mark Kermode review of Pirates 3. I hope that guy isn't taking any sort of post-education because the blatant act of plagiarism just disgusts me.
Jared - awesome, you caught that as well. Shame shame indeed
YES! BOBBY POLLARD!
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