tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post671157355613693764..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up"joe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-16926251194676181032007-07-17T14:50:00.000-04:002007-07-17T14:50:00.000-04:00jbryant-I'm clearly in the minority on both "Knock...jbryant-<BR/><BR/>I'm clearly in the minority on both "Knocked Up" and "Norbit." However, I hasten to note that I did not dislike "Knocked Up." I actually like it - a lot - I just think it's been overrated. Just as "Norbit" has been seriously underrated. But that's modern criticism for you - always in the extreme. There are never any gray reviews anymore, only black and white - either extreme raves or extreme pans. That's one reason I got out of the business. I sensed myself falling prey to those tendencies.joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-13587384047782604272007-07-17T14:43:00.000-04:002007-07-17T14:43:00.000-04:00I loved "Knocked Up." The only film this year I'v...I loved "Knocked Up." The only film this year I've paid to see twice. "Overrated?" I dunno -- are all the folks who like it suffering from some mass delusion? If so, is it the flip side of the same delusion that caused most of us to loathe ("underrate?") "Norbit," a film championed elsewhere on this site? Actually, I thought most reviews of "Knocked Up"(raves included) expressed a caveat or two. Anyway, it made me laugh a lot, and its insights about relationships felt true, if exaggerated for comic effect. I don't see Sturges or Wilder in Apatow as much as maybe Leo McCarey, whose semi-improv style of human comedy seems like a more apt point of reference.<BR/><BR/>and dave p. - hyperbole much? :) I should think the success of a fairly low-key comedy that's all about character would be seen as a good thing, even if didn't work for you. Also, many films now considered timeless masterpieces started life as yesterday's "standard commercial fare." Not saying "Knocked Up" will someday be ranked alongside "The Awful Truth," 'cause such predictions are pointless. But I sure like it right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-13985347209913851412007-07-13T02:03:00.000-04:002007-07-13T02:03:00.000-04:00Jesus, Preston Sturges!? That may be one of the gr...Jesus, Preston Sturges!? That may be one of the grossest overstatements I've heard in some time. What's next, Lubitsch? We truly are in dark times when standard commercial fare like this gets such acclaim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com