The 40 Year Old Virgin

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I liked this movie way more than the Wedding Crashers. Is that an unpopular opinion? Am I in the wrong thread?

No way! I'm not gonna lie, I really didn't get that much enjoyment out of Wedding Crashers. Aside from a few scenes, it just.. wasn't that funny to me. The 40 Year Old Virgin, however? WELL!

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One of the things I really liked about this movie was that it was able to contain scenes of utter sweetness but it never got mired down in treacle. I mean, the scene where Andy confesses that he is still a virgin is so sweet that it brought tears to my eyes (seriously - I am a big sap) but it was immediately followed up by a guy in a car yelling "Get out of the road, virgin!!" and that prevented the movie from becoming a "Wait till love" message film or something. Most movies can't (or don't) combine humor and sweetness so effectively. Like, Wedding Crashers (imo, ymmv obviously), they lose sight of the comedy to focus on the serious stuff or they never get near the serious stuff because they focus on the comedy. It is a difficult thing to pull off but 40YOV did it seamlessly.

[laconicchick]

I agree completely, ThursdayNext.

[india7]

Not that I ever liked Michael McDonald to begin with, but I can't hear ANY of his music anymore without Paul Rudd's "Ya Mo Be There" line running through my head and making me crack up!

[Maddiemoo]

This flick's been playing a lot on HBO lately, which has only reaffirmed my love for it. Seriously, I desperately need "Life's Not About Butthole Pleasures" on a t-shirt.

[laconicchick]

"What's this?!"
"*siiiigh* A vagina."
"And this? What is this, your date rape drug?!"
"It's a mentos. They're the freshmaker."

Heeeee. I love this movie so, so much.

[johnboysmole]

I'm getting ready to go out to breakfast and all I can think of, yet again, is:

"Aaaahm Huuuungry. I want some fuckin' french toast."

[firstaid]

This flick's been playing a lot on HBO lately, which has only reaffirmed my love for it. Seriously, I desperately need "Life's Not About Butthole Pleasures" on a t-shirt.

Bwah!!! I love that old Indian guy!!! I will do his whole little speech and crack people up!!" Everybody can't be a pussy magnet Andy!!!"" Life's not about Pussy juice cocktail,It's not about shit stained balls, Cincinnati bow-tie... Life's not about butthole pleasures Andy".....

I could watch the waxing scene over and over again and just crack up every time.

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I guess my unpopular opinion is while I did think some of the movie was very funny, I don't think this is a movie I would watch again and again.

But the "butthole pleasures" guy is fucking funny.

[ladymadonna]

Hee! I was tweezing my daughter's eyebrows the other day (our girl was booked at the salon and I couldn't get her in for an arch) and she was all: "OH! KELLY CLARKSON! OH, NIPPLE FREAK! (she said freak instead of fuck because she's a good girl, and it was all the funnier)"