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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 8, 2017 2:38:21 GMT
I think a serious case can be made for it. Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore may be mire hilarious and Punch Drunk Love includes a great performance and artistic merit, but I think The Wedding Singer has the most overal appeal of the beat movie Sandler has starred in. Thoughts?
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Post by stephen on Jul 8, 2017 2:40:35 GMT
I think a serious case can be made for it. Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore may be mire hilarious and Punch Drunk Love includes a great performance and artistic merit, but I think The Wedding Singer has the most overal appeal of the beat movie Sandler has starred in. Thoughts? exists, so no. Honestly, I don't really get the appeal of The Wedding Singer. |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 8, 2017 3:00:12 GMT
The Wedding Singer is an actual romantic comedy that appeals to the majority?
Also, The Wedding Singer > Punch Drunk Love.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jul 8, 2017 3:17:56 GMT
I unabashedly love The Wedding Singer and yes, I think it's his best movie. Even over Punch-Drunk Love.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2017 3:38:42 GMT
Haven't seen The Wedding Singer, but I highly doubt anything can beat Punch-Drunk Love.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jul 8, 2017 3:46:13 GMT
Love The Wedding Singer, but (especially now) I find myself leaning towards Big Daddy.
And though The Waterboy is SUPER dumb, I find myself laughing each time I watch it.
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Post by morton on Jul 8, 2017 7:24:36 GMT
I like The Wedding Singer, but I don't think it's Sandler's best movie. Not even counting his more serious efforts like Punch-Drunk Love, I'm not sure that I would consider The Wedding Singer the best.
I mean it is sweet and romantic. Plus, Sandler and Barrymore have very nice chemistry. I also can't remember anything being that politically incorrect like most of his other comedic efforts. Mmm, I guess Alexis Arquette's character. Anyway, the reason I'm not the biggest fan of it though is that it's got the douche boyfriend trope which I hate because then I'm always like "if the protagonist's eventual love interest's boyfriend/girlfriend is such a douche/bitch, why did the love interest fall in love with them". I think it's just taking the easy way out instead of writing the the "douche/bitch" as being a bad person, but instead writing them as not perfect but coming up with a realistic way as to why his/her relationship is no longer working.
Like I wasn't a really big fan of The Wedding Planner because of reasons, but I did like how Bridgette Wilson-Sampras's character was written as not being the "bitch", and it was realistic that her relationship with Matthew McConaughey's character ended because they had grown apart.
Out of his comedic efforts, I think I prefer The Waterboy or even Billy Madison to The Wedding Singer. I know they're super dumb, but they still make me laugh. I like Happy Gilmore because of "The Price Is Right" scene, but I guess I find it sort of a clone of Billy Madison, so I'd just rather watch the original. Plus, I like that even though Billy won in the end, he became mature enough to realize that he wasn't a good fit to run his father's company which was refreshing since the cliche ending would have just had him taking over for his father. I also liked that they went against the grain a little by having Billy cheat during the competition.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 8, 2017 11:02:09 GMT
The Wedding Singer is an actual romantic comedy that appeals to the majority? Never a good argument to equate mass appeal with "best" though. Punch-Drunk Love by a large margin for me. |
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Post by Viced on Jul 8, 2017 13:30:40 GMT
Punch-Drunk Love is probably better, but I'd much rather sit down and watch The Wedding Singer about 89% of the time.
The Wedding Singer is the best "Adam Sandler movie" and Punch-Drunk Love is the best movie that Adam Sandler has been in.
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Post by Sharbs on Jul 8, 2017 14:44:37 GMT
PDL is quite easily the best Sandler movies, but I think Billy Madison is hands down better and funnier then The Wedding Singer
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jul 8, 2017 18:31:07 GMT
No probably not, but it his most enjoyable. I also like Spanglish and have nostalgia for Big Daddy, even though I recognize it's not very good.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 1:09:00 GMT
Punch Drunk Love absolutely destroys The Wedding Singer on every conceivable level. That's just comparing a great film to a mediocre one, honestly.
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Jul 9, 2017 1:42:35 GMT
I don't really get the love for The Wedding Singer. Other than the solid chemistry between Sandler and Barrymore the film doesn't really offer much else of substance and it's not all that different from any other typical Sandler film.
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Jul 9, 2017 2:11:53 GMT
I'd say so. It's one of my favorites. Most will probably say Punch Drunk Love though.
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Jul 9, 2017 2:37:52 GMT
PDL>>>>>everything else he's ever done.
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Post by cheesecake on Jul 9, 2017 20:51:28 GMT
The more I think about, the only Sandler movie that made me crack a smile was probably Mr. Deeds. He's just not for me, though I do like PDL.
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Post by eliuson on Jul 9, 2017 20:57:57 GMT
Don't Mess With The Zohan and I mean it.
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Post by CookiesNCream on Jul 10, 2017 1:40:31 GMT
It's one of Sandler's better movies. Though there could arguably be Punch Drunk Love. I also liked Billy Madison, The Waterboy, Bid Daddy, and such. I guess they're dumb comedies that all have their moments.
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Post by chris3 on Jul 10, 2017 3:25:14 GMT
Obviously Punch Drunk Love is the best. After that (and there's a great chasm of quality between), I do enjoy Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, and The Wedding Singer. I pretty much hate everything else I've seen him in.
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