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It's hard to believe that anyone thought this movie was funny

posted 17 years ago by milton518
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This applies to those that were fooled into thinking it was a real documentary.
I thought it was real but had suspicions pretty early on, but not enough to suspend complete belief that it might be real. I really wasn't familiar with the genre of mockumentary. At no time did I even come close to a laugh while watching this film. There were some scenes that were maybe charming, like the pig scene, for instance. But as far as having a good belly laugh, no way.

For those who thought this was real, what scenes generated a real belly laugh for you?

To me, viewing it as possibly real, the moving was depressing. There was really not one sympathetic or truly likable individual in the whole film. If that was the intent, the film makers succeded.

[–] Eric-1226 17 years ago

It was oddly funny, but in a weird, painful and uncomfortable sort of way. Taken a few steps further, this movie would be similar to watching a movie about a man who repeatedly beats his wife, only depicting him (or her) wearing silly underwear with pink rabbits on it or some such. The viewer would get a sort of comic-relief smirk out of it, yet the imagery overall would still be troubling and depressing.

You're right, though, there was not one sympathetic or likable person in the entire film. An alternate ending, where everybody got "all blowed up" in a fiery crash (maybe all of them on board that yacht, which then could have hit a submerged German WWII-era mine, ala the St. Georges in "For Your Eyes Only"), would have been totally okay with me. Where's Jerry Bruckheimer when we need him??

[–] NolanSorrento 17 years ago

I think it's funnier that you thought it was real early on

putting the sensual back in nonconsensual

[–] Jaysdatruth 17 years ago

Are you for real? You mean to tell me nothing about this film was funny to you... I can name many parts of it that had me on the floor..

When shes by the pool calling andrew a loser and says "Im done whiff (using her accent of course with my spelling) all of U adrian, U, lewis""

wait whose lewis?? lol lmao....ahahaha

The dinner party party when she acts like a maniac and says no desert and the one guy says

" I guess were not having desert huh"" now this is after she erupts

and the father at the end was funny as hell. operation Hong kong phooey.......lol then ready to wok and roll...

Oh and when adrain and andrew knock on the hotel room and the father behind the door says who is it and adrian yells "room service"" LOL i can go on and on...

this movie was too funny

[–] big_kmc 14 years ago

Maybe the OP is taking it too seriously. I thought this movie was great. It was disturbing and entertaining at the same time. The actress was so perfectly vulnerable and then "psycho" at the same time.

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[–] recon_element 14 years ago

I agree. I didn't know if this was real or not until the "I want baby!" scene, but I was questioning it up until then, because someone making a documentary that depressing seemed feasible, but not something someone would promote as casually as this movie seemed to be. It's not a Frontline special in other words.

It was definitely dark, but I find it hard to laugh at most of what happened the movie... especially the first half. Even if something seemed funny, I felt too guilty wanting to laugh.

[–] freestrike2000 13 years ago

I think it's hard to believe that anyone could NOT think this movie was funny. "he may or may not have coffee" lmao

[–] nyctc7 13 years ago

I pretty much agree with the OP. I just watched it and it is one of the strangest movies I've ever seen. No, it did not make me laugh once.

I did not know it was fake going in, but became suspicious fairly early, especially when Lichi's English went from non-existant to being able to clearly understand and reply. And the peasant to gourmet cook thing seemed contrived. But I will confess to be fooled for a good portion of the movie.

The guy who played Adrian did a great job at portraying a working class slime ball.

I did not like the film, and no I did not laugh.

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[–] mattstevens 13 years ago

Perhaps my situation makes this film perfect for me. I am married to a woman born in SE Asia. We met overseas and I brought her over here. Culture shock hit her hard and it was a learning process. We overcame the hard stuff and are quite happy. But we both identified a bit with the oddity of it all and found ourselves laughing. I knew it was fake from the get go, but my wife was unsure until the toilet cleaning scene. Suddenly she yelled out, "This is bull****!" She got it.

I laughed out loud here and there, particularly when she went berserk at the diner.