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Love Artie, but....

posted 17 years ago by dgthompson
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I have been Stern's biggest fan since 1984, I think Artie is the best thing to happen to Stern along the way, I love everything about Artie... however, this movie was horrible! The biggest problem I think was the director. It felt like a movie some high school kids made - none of the dialogue flowed at all. Cut to person 1, they would say their line, stop. Cut to person 2, they would say their line, stop. Like they only used 1 camera in the shoot. Every line was it's own shot. There was hardly every a natural flowing dialogue. Second was the cursing. I am all for cursing, I curse a lot myself - but there are only so many times you can say the f-bomb before it gets very stale. Artie also isn't a leading man. He should stick with playing the buffoon sidekick. I realize this was supposed to be a low-brow, dopey movie... but it fails at that as well.

Again, I love him, but this movie was horrible. 3 out of 10.

[–] pete008 17 years ago

Guess it depends on the expectations you have before watching. I thought this film was even better than I thought it would be. C'mon they spent 2.5 million on this, they had fun & it was fun to watch.... 6.5 out of 10

[–] todd-477 17 years ago

RE: dgthompson

The comment about the director is out of ignorance. If you have a problem with editing in the future, learn about film making and comment accordingly.

This film was scripted outside the acceptable boundaries of the perceived American value system, however, I thought it to be accurate in the portrayal of NE Coastline Americans.

It is funny, well written, delivers on every joke and has an enduring idea that a bum can bag a fantastic woman. The only criticism I have is that the girl was only demonized in exposition and not in character (no redemption)---her character was lovable.

I'd expect that the people opposed to this film are repulsed by the language. I find it sad that people would like to censor or restrict language as a way of expression, but then the seriously repressed are prone to such opinions (which are not usually original but handed down by some dogma).

I found it one of the most accurate East Coast representations I've ever seen with Good Will Hunting in the chase, however I will not accept a math genius ignored by all teachers until janitorialism a spat of reality.

I really enjoyed this film. Arty is talented. His comedy is better than HS.

Please disregard dgthompson's blog--it's uninformed. He/she knows nothing.

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[–] aristaeus77 17 years ago

Im a Big Artie fan, but im sorry..i couldn´t force my self to see the complete movie, i really tried,but had to give up after 30 minutes. I didn´t have any high expectations on this movie, but man did Artie suck as an actor,i don´t even think i laught once. But we still love you, your fat *beep*

[–] dslanderville 17 years ago

Hey Todd,
It's funny you mentioned Good Will Hunting.
You sound just like that pony-tailed douche in the Harvard bar.
How you like them apples?

Go see Mystic River.

[–] furiousneon 17 years ago

I thought it was hilarious. Me and my friends have been quoting it for weeks now. I know some prick will come on here and try to rip me apart cause I'm 19 and me and my friends dont know what "good" movies are, but I think anyone who's not expecting Citizen Kane or a "smart" comedy of any sort (lets be real, this movie falls back on crudeness like there is no tommorow) will be very amused through out.

[–] impybat 17 years ago

I agree with you, it was freaking hilarious. Artie is a brilliant comic, but his specialty is making it up on the fly at the Howard Stern Show. He is great at ad libbing and throwing in some great one liners. This movie delivered just what it was supposed to. Artie was generous in that he saved some of the funniest lines and parts for the supporting cast. I loved the old pitcher, he was great. "When I was in prison, I *beep* guys bigger than you!!". The women in the movie were also very funny. I also liked the ending, because it would have been too cliche to have Arie hit a slow motion home run. Him and Linda driving away with the trophy was a great way to end it.

[–] zimbabweed 17 years ago

I dont think alot of people outside of New Jersey or Long Island would get this movie.

All my friends think it's hilarious.

Especially all the through the roof Guido jokes.

[–] HollywoodNY 17 years ago

Artie should leave the movie writting and making to the movie writers. He was good in old school and even that Norm Mcdonald piece of crap. The movie had some funny lines all of which could have probably fit into a mad tv episode. He has a good thing with Stern and should get the "I'm going to be a big tv or movie star again someday" out of his head and stick to what he is good at telling great stories. If you think his movie is bad well don't rent his dvd stand up it's the whisky talking, They were the same recycled stories he has told so many times, I think the coke was talking and the herion was talking and the Jack and cokes were talking, the only problem is nobody know's what Artie was talking about.

[–] HooverJorge 17 years ago

haha u thought he made this movie to become a big tv/movie star again? lol he just made this movie to have fun and make a movie that just relied on hey me and my friends are exactly like this type of stuff. F the acting and the camera work and the dialogue and *beep* just sit back and relax and watch a funny ass movie about a bunch of drunks just hanging out, i love artie lange and everything he does, hes soo funny and this was just a typical artie movie :)

[–] cmsacco-1 17 years ago

I'm with you dg. Editing was awful. I thought the same thing: what could have been good jokes were ruined by bad editing. It killed their timing. It was EXACTLY like you said: no continuity. Like everyone read their lines separately then they spliced it together to make it look like they were together. Line ... long pause ... joke ... long pause ... reaction shot ... line ... long pause ... joke ... long pause ... reaction shot.

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[–] TheSeeker7 17 years ago

I'm a big Stern fan, I'm a big Artie fan (though actually lately I think as he personally spirals towards oblivion, his attitude HAS gotten worse), and granted not like I expected the comedy of the decade, but yea I too am left with a sort of "uhh.. ?" feeling from this.

And about the directing, this was the first significant thought I had about the movie. Well, and the editing. I had to come here and look on IMDB to check if this was Sebastiani's first directing gig, wasn't surprised to see it was. This was possibly the most awkwardly directed and edited movie I've ever seen. Sudden and very bizarrely composed closeups out of nowhere in the middle of action (and plus those closeups weren't even done necessarily as a static shot, but obviously using the camera handheld, making them even more awkward).

[–] A_Boy_And_His_Dog 17 years ago

I like Stern and and Artie too...... but you're right.... for some reason this movie felt like it had been written and directed by one of the actor's kids or something..... couldn't even come up with a good title.... I mean it fits the movie but does it really have to be the lowest possible brow? I+Beer, therefore, = Beer League? John Madden wrote this movie.

"the movie's called Beer League, because you see these guys, they um, they're pretty drunk, and that's why they like beer, so I called the movie Beer League. And this guy, Lange, is one of the best receivers in the league, although he mostly 'receives' beer. Another reason why this movie is called, um... Beer League."

[–] cflr 17 years ago

I love Artie on Stern too but 3 out of 10 is too generous for this piece of garbage movie. I'll give it 0.5 out of 10 to be nice. This is one of the worst movies that I have ever seen.

[–] drew0726 17 years ago

this movie is halarious. so *beep* off.