Comments on: Breaking my Apatow barrier: “The 40 Year-Old Virgin” http://www.thecriticalcondition.com/2008/07/16/breaking-my-apatow-barrier-the-40-year-old-virgin/ Awesome Reviews of Movies, Music, and TV Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:53:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: chad http://www.thecriticalcondition.com/2008/07/16/breaking-my-apatow-barrier-the-40-year-old-virgin/comment-page-1/#comment-275 chad Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.thecriticalcondition.com/?p=210#comment-275 Hated "Virgin". Sure, they tack the homely virtue stuff on here and there like Post-It notes, but basically it's a potty-mouthed, junior high school level extended one-joke sex flick. I used to like Carrel (Little Miss Sunshine and his hilarious one-off bit as a tv announcer in Bruce Almighty) but he's gotten so over-over-over-exposed, like Stiller, Ferrel, Carrey et al, and we've seen just about everything he can do, and he doesn't do everything equally well--really I stay far away from Apatow, though I had the misfortune to watch the first two acts of "Virgin" before I turned of the CD player. Hated “Virgin”. Sure, they tack the homely virtue stuff on here and there like Post-It notes, but basically it’s a potty-mouthed, junior high school level extended one-joke sex flick. I used to like Carrel (Little Miss Sunshine and his hilarious one-off bit as a tv announcer in Bruce Almighty) but he’s gotten so over-over-over-exposed, like Stiller, Ferrel, Carrey et al, and we’ve seen just about everything he can do, and he doesn’t do everything equally well–really I stay far away from Apatow, though I had the misfortune to watch the first two acts of “Virgin” before I turned of the CD player.

]]> By: Mark Blankenship http://www.thecriticalcondition.com/2008/07/16/breaking-my-apatow-barrier-the-40-year-old-virgin/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Mark Blankenship Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:25:58 +0000 http://www.thecriticalcondition.com/?p=210#comment-253 Awesome! Maybe you can sell your Transformer for $500,000, and be just like Andy after all. Awesome! Maybe you can sell your Transformer for $500,000, and be just like Andy after all.

]]> By: Collin H. http://www.thecriticalcondition.com/2008/07/16/breaking-my-apatow-barrier-the-40-year-old-virgin/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Collin H. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:23:00 +0000 http://www.thecriticalcondition.com/?p=210#comment-252 I'm going to close my eyes and pretend REALLY hard that I didn't see any of myself in Andy. I can't do it. Damn you Pazuzu! To me, this movie depicts a mirror universe of my life where I never came out and experienced what all the world could offer. It's both funny and deeply unsettling to see your own past flaws played out on the big screen. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go make room on the shelves. My partner Ben is bringing home a new Transformer to me as we speak. Kalu kalay! I’m going to close my eyes and pretend REALLY hard that I didn’t see any of myself in Andy.

I can’t do it. Damn you Pazuzu!

To me, this movie depicts a mirror universe of my life where I never came out and experienced what all the world could offer. It’s both funny and deeply unsettling to see your own past flaws played out on the big screen.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go make room on the shelves. My partner Ben is bringing home a new Transformer to me as we speak. Kalu kalay!

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