Lost In Xanadu Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I know I'm in the minority, but I don't find this guy funny. Yesterday, my brother and I went to my parents house to watch the game with my dad. The trailer for Green Hornet comes on and I say "wonder how he'll work drugs into this movie." My brother asks what I meant and I said that all his comedy is based off drug use, which I don't find funny at all. My brother then counters with "Knocked Up was about getting a chick pregnant, not drugs" - he must have missed the first half of the movie! After seeing what drugs can do to my uncle and a couple friends, I've never had a need to try them, or even the least bit of curiosity. My uncle was a brilliant man who can barely walk and put together a sentence today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Nov 22 2010, 09:41 AM) I know I'm in the minority, but I don't find this guy funny. Yesterday, my brother and I went to my parents house to watch the game with my dad. The trailer for Green Hornet comes on and I say "wonder how he'll work drugs into this movie." My brother asks what I meant and I said that all his comedy is based off drug use, which I don't find funny at all. My brother then counters with "Knocked Up was about getting a chick pregnant, not drugs" - he must have missed the first half of the movie! After seeing what drugs can do to my uncle and a couple friends, I've never had a need to try them, or even the least bit of curiosity. My uncle was a brilliant man who can barely walk and put together a sentence today. QUOTE I know I'm in the minority, but I don't find this guy funny. I'm right there with you, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I've enjoyed him in most of the stuff i've seen him in. I think he's better as a supporting character like his role in 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' though. I'm not 100 percent sold on him as a lead actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) All his comedy is certainly not based on drug use - that's just not true. All things with Seth Rogen I loved or seriously liked: Superbad Knocked Up The 40 Year Old Virgin Zack and Miri Make A Porno Fanboys Stepbrothers Freaks & Geeks (tv show) Undeclared (tv show) Funny People He can be hilariously funny, but he's also a great dramatic actor too. Yeah, he's been in some movies that sucked too like Pineapple Express, and especially Observe & Report ( ), but otherwise he's one of the best things to happen to American comedy in a long time along with Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Steve Carell, etc. Love him to death! Edited November 22, 2010 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Nov 22 2010, 11:44 AM) All his comedy is certainly not based on drug use - that's just not true. All things with Seth Rogen I loved or seriously liked: Superbad Knocked Up The 40 Year Old Virgin Zack and Miri Make A Porno Fanboys Stepbrothers Freaks & Geeks (tv show) Undeclared (tv show) Funny People He can be hilariously funny, but he's also a great dramatic actor too. Yeah, he's been in some movies that sucked too like Pineapple Express, and especially Observe & Report ( ), but otherwise he's one of the best things to happen to American comedy in a long time along with Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Steve Carell, etc. Love him to death! Yeah, I know not ALL of it is, but it just seems like in 40yr old Virgin, Knocked Up, and others... that's what it was all about. basically what I was saying is joking about drug use does not = funny to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Nov 22 2010, 10:09 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Nov 22 2010, 11:44 AM) All his comedy is certainly not based on drug use - that's just not true. All things with Seth Rogen I loved or seriously liked: Superbad Knocked Up The 40 Year Old Virgin Zack and Miri Make A Porno Fanboys Stepbrothers Freaks & Geeks (tv show) Undeclared (tv show) Funny People He can be hilariously funny, but he's also a great dramatic actor too. Yeah, he's been in some movies that sucked too like Pineapple Express, and especially Observe & Report ( ), but otherwise he's one of the best things to happen to American comedy in a long time along with Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Steve Carell, etc. Love him to death! Yeah, I know not ALL of it is, but it just seems like in 40yr old Virgin, Knocked Up, and others... that's what it was all about. basically what I was saying is joking about drug use does not = funny to me. I understand that you don't like him, and that's fine, I just think the drug usage thing is a bit exaggerated. Most of Seth Rogen's scenes in 40 Year Old Virgin don't involve drugs, and in Knocked Up he learns to be more responsible, which means by the end he's doing a lot less drugs. Even still most of the jokes aren't about drugs. In Zack and Miri Make A Porno, Funny People and Superbad, all of which he's the main character or has a huge role, he doesn't do drugs at all, but there is some drinking sometimes. The only movie of his where I really think DRUGS is Pineapple Express as that's what the movie is essentially about. I really didn't care for that one myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Another reason some of Rogan's roles/humor are drug and alcohol releated is because he was still pretty young himself with a lot of his roles, he's only 28 right now. His roles were written for his specific age. In Freaks & Geeks and Undeclared he was a playing a high shcool and colloege kid so the humor refelects that. In The 40 Year Old Virgin he's just a 24 year old guy who's intrested in getting laid and not much else. In Knocked Up he's a young man who learns to be more responsible and become an adult becuase he has a child on the way. If anything the humor in his characters is right on with the age he is. Because when you're young, you don't have too many conserns in life besides getting wasted and laid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I've liked him in everything I've seen. Loved Pineapple Express too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Nov 22 2010, 09:41 AM) I know I'm in the minority, but I don't find this guy funny. +10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In A Tidewater Surge Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Aside from Freaks and Geeks and Fanboys I haven't found anything he's in funny, or at all worth seeing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I think he's okay. I can take his schtick in small doses. He's been in some pretty good movies. And I even enjoyed Pineapple Express and Observe and Report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 QUOTE (J2112YYZ @ Nov 22 2010, 09:50 AM) I've enjoyed him in most of the stuff i've seen him in. I think he's better as a supporting character like his role in 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' though. I'm not 100 percent sold on him as a lead actor. Agree with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I've only seen him in 40 year old virgin and Freaks & Geeks so for me it's hard to say. At least I didn't think he was obnoxious like a lot of actors these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-a RUSH fan! Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I am not a huge Seth Rogan fan but I have to say that 'Superbad' was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Zack and Miri Make a Porno was funny too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Nov 22 2010, 09:34 PM) And I even enjoyed Pineapple Express and Observe and Report! Pineapple Express wasn't my particular cup of tea, but I can understand people liking it. Observe and Report, however, I thought was really horrible - cruel, awful humor. I'd rate it down there with bad movies like Dodgeball and The Happening for pure awfulness. My wife and I actually walked out of the theater about 15 minutes before it was over because we just couldn't take it anymore. We kept hoping it would get better, and it didn't. Then we were just waiting for it to end, and it wouldn't. Later on I watched the end of it on cable and it was as bad, if not worse, than the rest of the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I forgot about his small role in Fanboys, but he ruled in that. "Captain Picard is not gay, he's Brit-tish." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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