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The Official RAZZIE® Forum : Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? http://www.razzies.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; The Official RAZZIE® Forum : DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? : Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:34 +0000 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:50:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.70 360 www.razzies.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4013 The Official RAZZIE® Forum http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_images/RazzieLogo02.gif http://www.razzies.com/forum/ Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : "DID YOU HEAR" BAD THINGS... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=39295#39295 Author: Vits
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Posted: February 09 2011 at 12:50pm

"DID YOU HEAR" BAD THINGS "ABOUT" THIS MOVIE?CAN'T REALLY BLAME YOU(***/*****):

The movie has Marc Lawrence's typical great humour,which helps overcome the cliche plot.

So what is the problem with this movie?In one scene CLAY says he read a famous book and MERYL realizes what she thinks about country people are just stereotypes.A second later he says he only read the cover,feeding the stereotypes.The movie is fullof scenes like this.And the stereotypes about city people aren't helpful either.

Sarah Jessica Parker was nominated for the "Worst Actress" Razzie.I wouldn't she was that bad,but she's very over the top.Meanwhile,Hugh Grant and Mary Steenburgen's efforts were almost minimum.Heck,Sam Elliot and Wilford Brimley were seemingly reading their lines!

The ending was longer than needed.I mean that in the sense that it seemed to last forever,and that what they showed was unnecesary,and that it gave the feeling it was going to end differently.

Grades: C- in the U.S. and 4,5 in Chile.

]]> Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:50:13 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=39295#39295 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : I just saw this and gave it 5/10.Review... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=39252#39252 Author: Vits
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Posted: February 08 2011 at 4:49pm

I just saw this and gave it 5/10.

Review coming soon.

]]> Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:49:38 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=39252#39252 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : This film is about a separated... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=34772#34772 Author: Carpet
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Posted: September 23 2010 at 11:09pm

This film is about a separated couple who has to move to a small townin the countryside, after witnessing a murder. I thought "Did You Hear About the Morgans" was funny! Yes, the plotfollows the same formula as all romantic comedies, but it isenjoyable and fun. There are some laugh-out-loud moments, such as theangiography joke, or the "fourteen political followers" joke. I think it presents the life of a small town in an entertaining and humorous way. Iparticularly liked Mary Steenburgen's character, when she talked aboutreconciling with her husband because of lots of cows, she looked sogenuinely reminiscent the amazing feeling. This backdrop of a smalltown provides the catalyst for a change in the Morgans' relationshipstatus. Sometimes, a change is what is needed for things to go well!

]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:09:45 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=34772#34772 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : Ah good, as always, a Top 10 with... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32658#32658 Author: BurnHollywoodBurn
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Posted: July 04 2010 at 9:35am

Ah good, as always, a Top 10 with all the movies that belong there. And I sure can't disagree with #1!]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:35:40 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32658#32658 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : '009 #40: 2012 #39: Know1ng #38:... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32655#32655 Author: GTAHater767
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Posted: July 03 2010 at 11:37pm

'009

#40: 2012

#39: Know1ng

#38: Fame [remake]

#37: Saw VI

#36: Fast & Furious

#35: Amelia

#34: The Final Destination

#33: Halloween II [remake]

#32: Dance Flick

#31: Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

#30: Dragonball: Evolution

#29: Spread

#28: G-Force

#27: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

#26: My Life in Ruins

#25: Friday the 13th [remake]

#24: Year One

#23: F. U.: Fired Up

#22: I Hate Valentine's Day

#21: The Stepfather [remake]

#20: The Ugly Truth

#19: The Unborn [remake]

#18: Whiteout

#17: Transylmania

#16: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

#15: Hannah Montana: The Movie

#14: Imagine That

#13: Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

#12: Jennifer's Body

#11: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

#10: Bride Wars

#9: Did You Hear About the Morgans?

#8: Obsessed

#7: The Pink Panther 2

#6: Miss March

#5: G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

#4: All About Steve

#3: Land of the Lost

#2: Old Dogs

#1: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

]]> Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:37:53 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32655#32655 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : Well,GTAHater767,every time you... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32651#32651 Author: BurnHollywoodBurn
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Posted: July 03 2010 at 10:33pm

Well, GTAHater767, every time you mention your infamous Bottom 40 Lists, I'm tempted to ask you what the rest of the list is like.

So, what was on the rest of your list for 2009?

]]> Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:33:21 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32651#32651 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : Thanks to Sarah Jessica Parker... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32646#32646 Author: GTAHater767
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Posted: July 03 2010 at 6:48pm

Thanks to Sarah Jessica Parker (just watch episode 1402, The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs), DYHAtM? got #9 on my Bottom 40 Films of '009.

KYUU BAN

]]> Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:48:17 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32646#32646 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : Well, one man's Razzie contender... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32633#32633 Author: BurnHollywoodBurn
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Posted: July 03 2010 at 2:19pm

Well, one man's Razzie contender is another man's treasure I guess. Other than the horse-faced SPJ getting and for Worst Actress, the movie was otherwise under the Razzie radar.]]> Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:19:08 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32633#32633 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : Overall, I found it Very Funny,... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32629#32629 Author: newskycars
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Posted: July 03 2010 at 4:44am

Overall, I found it Very Funny, and not one joke in the entire film failed for me. If you want to laugh, watch this movie. The acting wasn't wonderful, but the script was pretty good. Go and get it .No one knows his way around romantic comedies better than Hugh Grant, who tends to drift through their formulaic paces with light charm, glancing wit, and affable self-deprecation. But his pinched facial expressions become an inadvertent commentary on the movie he’s making, as if he plainly realizes that his one-liners are tanking. There are countless moments throughout the film when writer-director Marc Lawrence pauses for a laugh line, but the jokes hang there for an eternity while Grant winces apologetically, like he’s just shattered a dish. And Lawrence’s script—an unwieldy cross between remarriage comedy, broad fish-out-of-water farce, and mild thriller—keeps deepening his embarrassment as the film plods along.

]]> Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:44:06 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=32629#32629 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : Originally posted by GTAHater767I... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=28367#28367 Author: Michaels
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Posted: January 28 2010 at 6:57am

Originally posted by GTAHater767

I hope you have bigger fish to fry than Sarah Jessica Parker's role in this one...

We do: Megan Fox, Sandra Bullock, Kate Hudson/Anne Hathaway, and Beyonce.]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:57:41 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=28367#28367 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : I hope you have bigger fish to... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=28357#28357 Author: GTAHater767
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Posted: January 27 2010 at 8:54pm

I hope you have bigger fish to fry than Sarah Jessica Parker's role in this one...

]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:54:12 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=28357#28357 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : True enough, she doesn't... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27634#27634 Author: dEd Grimley
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Posted: December 23 2009 at 11:14am

True enough, she doesn't mix well with a lot of people in
Rom-Coms.]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:14:01 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27634#27634 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : To be perfectly honest, Sarah... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27620#27620 Author: augusta87
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Posted: December 21 2009 at 7:15pm

To be perfectly honest, Sarah Jessica Parker's chemistry with costars in other films (Failure to Launch, anyone?) has produced similar results. I haven't seen this film yet, but it fairly screams out for a "Worst Screen Couple" nomination.

By the way, with such a year for bad comedies, it might be time to break out our "Worst Excuse for a Comedy" category. A "Worst Chick-Flick" category is still not a bad idea either, though.

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:15:09 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27620#27620 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : Well, the studios that make movies... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27607#27607 Author: Michaels
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Posted: December 19 2009 at 5:30am

Well, the studios that make movies have to release them eventually. Too bad for some of them, they are released opposite mega wannabe blockbusters like "Avatar," in the wake of which they are left for dead.

Funny thing about "Avatar": Everyone is asking if it will make "Titantic" money. From what I have read, "Avatar" cost $300 million to make and another $200 million to market. That means it has to make more money than "Dark Knight" just to break even!

Originally posted by moviewizguy

Do I sense counter-programming?
RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: Counter to what?!? Other than IT'S COMPLICATED (which will likely crush this film come next week) almost every comedy in current release sux on some level. MORGANS looks to me like One More Nail in Hollywood's "Romantic Comedy Coffin." And if you mean counter to AVATAR, if Cameron's latest manages to deliver even half of what industry experts expect it to, it will suck the life out of everything else in the marketplace this weekend...

]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:30:26 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27607#27607 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : I think it's fairly well... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27595#27595 Author: dEd Grimley
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Posted: December 17 2009 at 8:20am

I think it's fairly well timed, actually, if they had indeed planned to release it... Hugh Grant hasn't been a draw in years, and SJP has only been coasting. So it probably didn't cost a lot to make.
Also, the solo positive review on RT right now calls it a made-for-cable movie.
The thing about this kind of monstrosity is that there IS an audience of desperate, lonely women who will still go and see this. It's release is the fault of the audience, and while I doubt the size of this particular audience is going to make up for the overall cost, it's apparently big enough for them to take this stupid gamble.]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:20:25 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27595#27595 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : These guys picked the wrong time... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27588#27588 Author: MiguelAntilsu
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Posted: December 16 2009 at 3:51am

These guys picked the wrong time to release this film 'cause it's gonna lose out at the box office to Avatar.

]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:51:24 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27588#27588 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : Hmm, a married couple has to enter... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27584#27584 Author: Michaels
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Posted: December 15 2009 at 1:12pm

Hmm, a married couple has to enter the witness protection program and have to go from the big city into county life. Wait a second, Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley already made that movie! In that case, can this be added to the Worst Rip-off/Remake thread?!?

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: I assume you're referring to FOR RICHER OR POORER, a 1997 flop which was actually about a married couple who flee from IRS harassment by trying to "blend in" with an Amish community. Technically, though similar to THE MORGANS, that film isn't quite close enough to make this an obvious rip-off of that.

]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:12:52 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27584#27584 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : Do I sense counter-programming?... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27583#27583 Author: moviewizguy
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Posted: December 15 2009 at 10:09am

Do I sense counter-programming?

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: Counter to what?!? Other than IT'S COMPLICATED (which will likely crush this film come next week) almost every comedy in current release sux on some level. MORGANS looks to me like One More Nail in Hollywood's "Romantic Comedy Coffin." And if you mean counter to AVATAR, if Cameron's latest manages to deliver even half of what industry experts expect it to, it will suck the life out of everything else in the marketplace this weekend...

]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:09:38 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27583#27583 Remind Us Again: WHERE Is the FUNNY Part? : IN a YEAR CRAMMED with CRUMMYCOMEDIES,... http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4013&PID=27581#27581 Author: HeadRAZZBerry
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Posted: December 15 2009 at 9:29am

IN a YEAR CRAMMED with CRUMMY COMEDIES, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT the MORGANS MAY BE the PERFECT "LAST ONE OUT the GATE"...

PROMOs for THIS LOOK LIKE EVERYONE INVOLVED WAS MORE CONCERNED with THEIR PAY CHEX CLEARING the BANK THAN with ANYTHING THEY WERE DOING on the SET.

THE STORY IS YET ANOTHER ONE of THOSE PREPOSTEROUS/ONLY-in-the-MOVIES SCENARIOS (COUPLE-on-the-OUTS FORCED to JOINTLY SIGN-UP for a WITNESS RELOCATION PROGRAM) THAT HOLLYWOOD HACKS LOVE to DREAM UP.

THE TWO "ROMANTIC LEADS" LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE ABOUT as MUCH "CHEMISTRY" as OIL and WATER.

AND THERE's NOT EVEN a SINGLE GOOD-SIZED CHUCKLE ANYWHERE in the FILM's ENTIRE AD CAMPAIGN.

IF YOU'RE ONE of THOSE PERVERSE PEOPLE WHO GO to COMEDIES NOT to LAUGH, THIS MAY BE for YOU...

AS for the REST of US, WE'RE GLAD 2009 IS ALMOST OVER. WHADDA YEAR for LOUSY MOVIES IT's BEEN...and WHADDA JOB IT's GONNA BE NARROWING IT DOWN to JUST FIVE NOMINEES in EACH RAZZIE® CATEGORY!

If audiences are even half as bored watching this as the two stars looked while making it, MORGANS could the "sleeper" of the year!!

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