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Trailer here. (http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/50_first_dates/)
Release Date: February 13th, 2004 (wide)
Cast: Adam Sandler (Henry Roth), Drew Barrymore (Lucy Whitmore), Sean Astin (Doug), Missi Pyle (Noreen), Rob Schneider (Ula), Pomaika'i Brown (Nick), Blake Clark (Marlin), Lynn Collins (Donna), Allen Covert (10 Second Tom), Adam Del Rio, Amy Hill (Sue), Kevin James (cameo), Lusia Strus (Alexa), Katheryn Winnick.
Director: Peter Segal (Anger Management, Tommy Boy, My Fellow Americans, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps)
Screenwriters: George Wing (feature film debut); rewrite by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (writing team of Ed-TV, Parenthood, City Slickers); production rewrites by Tim Herlihy (Mr. Deeds, The Wedding Singer) & Adam Sandler (writing team of The Waterboy, Happy Gilmore) and Allen Covert (cowriter of Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights).
Premise: Henry Roth (Sandler), a veterinarian at an aquarium in Hawaii, falls in love with a girl, Lucy (Barrymore), with short-term memory loss (ala Memento), so that he has to keep getting her to fall in love with him every time they meet in order for them to have a relationship (since she never remembers the last time she met him). (Rob Schneider plays Ula, the Hawaiian "surfer buddy" of Sandler's character; Astin plays Drew's brother, who has a lisp).
Kill me.
..... :roll: ...this will suck
A question for the PTA fanboys:
"After Adam's performance in PDL(which he did do a great job in) do you guys now think he's a "real" actor? Or do yoou think that his choice of doing PDL was a fflash in the pannts kind of thing annd nnow it 's back to doing the same sh*t he always does?"
man i don't give a shit if he makes more PDLs.
i'll pay to see this.
It's this part I do not like:
"production rewrites by Tim Herlihy (Mr. Deeds, The Wedding Singer) & Adam Sandler (writing team of The Waterboy, Happy Gilmore) and Allen Covert (cowriter of Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights)."
Didn't he do ANGER MANAGEMENT after he did PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE? I don't think he's going to change the formula for his own movies. He knows what works and what audiences want to see him doing. PDL didn't do very well at the box office, even though it was a critical success.
Umm, way to rip off one of the plot points of "Finding Nemo"...
No thanks...
311 DOES SOUNDTRACK WORK:
On the summer tour, Adam Sandler came out to 311's show in Orange County, California. He hung out with the band on the tour bus before the show and watched the show from the side of the stage. A few months ago, Adam asked 311 to contribute a song to his upcoming movie "Fifty First Dates" (starring Adam & Drew Barrymore). The movie takes place in Hawaii - so Adam wanted a soundtrack of classic 80's songs re-created with a reggae-island vibe. 311 covered the Cure's "Love Song." Nick also produced a few other songs for the movie and soundtrack, including songs with artists Seal ("Lips Like Sugar"), Jason Mraz ("Melt With You") and Dryden Mitchell ("Friday I'm In Love") contributing vocals.
the newer adam sandler movies (mr. deeds, anger management, and, from the looks of it, this movie) are so near to being perfectly rounded comedies. they ALMOST have it down, but somewhere in the scriptwriting or direction, sandler or whoever wants to go somewhere that the material shouldn't be going. i loved anger management, but the script needed a lot of work and it could have been directed a million times better. the director for anger management is back on this movie. i listened to his commentary track and he's kind of a tool. i can see why AM turned out the way it did. to me, billy madison and happy gilmore are just great comedies, and wedding singer blended everything a sandler comedy tries to achieve and it did it perfectly. it was funny, it had a strong romance, it had bizarre peripheral characters that the audience liked, and overall, it just worked. the later ones just seem to take the points i just mentioned and exaggerate them at times, which just makes the movies uneven and not believable. i know exactly what to expect from this movie, and i'm sure i'll enjoy it, but i'll be pissed off that they didn't get it right again.
Quote from: taz.the newer adam sandler movies (mr. deeds, anger management, and, from the looks of it, this movie) are so near to being perfectly rounded comedies. they ALMOST have it down, but somewhere in the scriptwriting or direction, sandler or whoever wants to go somewhere that the material shouldn't be going. i loved anger management, but the script needed a lot of work and it could have been directed a million times better. the director for anger management is back on this movie. i listened to his commentary track and he's kind of a tool. i can see why AM turned out the way it did. to me, billy madison and happy gilmore are just great comedies, and wedding singer blended everything a sandler comedy tries to achieve and it did it perfectly. it was funny, it had a strong romance, it had bizarre peripheral characters that the audience liked, and overall, it just worked. the later ones just seem to take the points i just mentioned and exaggerate them at times, which just makes the movies uneven and not believable. i know exactly what to expect from this movie, and i'm sure i'll enjoy it, but i'll be pissed off that they didn't get it right again.
Yeah like PDL, what the fuck was that??
I recognize the text at the top of that poster. Where's it from?
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanI recognize the text at the top of that poster. Where's it from?
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Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanI recognize the text at the top of that poster. Where's it from?
mac, unless you were ironic, i think jb meant this one:
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anyway, i'd pay to see any sandler movie set in hawaii.
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Yeah like PDL, what the fuck was that??
in my mind, that's not an adam sandler movie. it's a paul thomas anderson movie. two different types of comedy.
Quote from: taz.Quote from: Gamblor du Jour
Yeah like PDL, what the fuck was that??
in my mind, that's not an adam sandler movie. it's a paul thomas anderson movie. two different types of comedy.
I know, just trying to pan to that fact by playing the 'typical' Sandler fan, "he doesn't scream really loud! this movie sucks!"
the only adam sandler top billed movie that's ever let me down was "8 Crazy Nights." i never saw "Going Overboard."
Quote from: taz.i never saw "Going Overboard."
haha, i doubt anyone did.
I did. Its so bad that it requires a new word invented for just how excrutiating it is. But that aint a Sandler flick, just some shitty, 80's, cheap-ass experiment.
And yea, '8 Crazy' was dissapointing as shite. An animated version of a Sandler film SOUNDS fun but it just didn't work.
The only two things to do with Sandler that I don't like are above. Everything else is all good with me (and yes I really liked 'Little Nicky' and 'Mr. Deeds').
'Dates' is gonna be great fun. Adam & Drew screwing around in Hawaii, sweet. I'm there.
The premise sounds funny, but I saw the commercial today and it looks like typical Sandler dreck. Rob Schneider's presence is not comforting, even if it is only a cameo. I hope PDL wasn't a one-off for Sandler. :(
Ebert gives his first *** rating to a Sandler movie (PDL was a PTA movie):
http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-dates13f.html
Quote from: Roger EbertThe movie is sort of an experiment for Sandler. He reveals the warm side of his personality, and leaves behind the hostility, anger and gross-out humor. To be sure, there's projectile vomiting on a vast scale in an opening scene of the movie, but it's performed by a walrus, not one of the human characters, and the walrus feels a lot better afterward. This is a kinder and gentler Adam Sandler.
this movie was much better then the commercials made it look. Being a sandler fan i wasnt disspointed like I was with Anger Management. What did you fellers think aboot it?
Peace
Ps- im naked.
I just saw this today. I liked it much more than I though I would, and gave me a warm feeling deep down in the cockles of my heart. And as a plus, Drew Barrymore actually looks good for a change in this one. Overall I give it three of four laughs.
And certainly this is the best Sandler movie I've seen since....I dunno, the Wedding Singer, i guess.
This is better than the average Adam Sandler movie. I don't think Drew Barrymore is a very good actress and I think she proves that once again here. But Adam Sandler is charming and funny, so that's enough to win recommendation.
i guess i enjoyed this movie but i didn't really laugh that hard. it was a nice way to spend the evening, but overall, i don't think it has much repeat value. it was just a little too sad to be funny. i liked anger management better. for a movie being billed as a comedy, this just didn't have enough laughs.
SPOILER KINDA: anybody notice the similarity one of lucy's paintings had with the PDL dvd cover? b/c I did.
Quote from: taz.SPOILER KINDA: anybody notice the similarity one of lucy's paintings had with the PDL dvd cover? b/c I did.
Yeah, i saw that also, thought it was kinda neat, and i really liked how they made fun of happy gilmore
this was fun
This movie was so light and charming. I was so surprised how much I liked it. I was skeptical about seeing it, because the previews made it look like another gross out comedy. This movie has so much more heart than the previews let on. I thought Drew Barrymore was so sweet and Sandler was the best he's been in one of these kinds of comedies. He was more 'leading man' and less 'idiot being funny.' Not to say that this movie is free from gross out humor...but it is not in excess like in some films.
fuck this piece of shit movie but damn if it aint killin the box office
Quote from: Bankyfuck this piece of shit movie but damn if it aint killin the box office
Expand your mind, Banky!
i dont post much here any more and when i do it is usually news or just small remarks. I use to love to go on at length but i just dont know....
Quote from: Bankyi dont post much here any more and when i do it is usually news or just small remarks. I use to love to go on at length but i just dont know....
Just joking, friend. You should post more with your opinions.
Something was missing in this movie for me, and I can't put my fnger on what it is. It certainly has very romantic elements, and it's heart is in the right place, but something about it just didn't connect with me. Sandler and Barrymore certainly felt like a couple, but I guess I didn't feel much chemistry between them. It could have been due to, unlike Groundhog Day, the same, but different events of the day didn't feel like it pushed the story for the characters further. And the constant trying to end scenes with a laugh just fell so flat on their faces.
And what a waste of some classic 80's songs - all poorly redone, some with a reggae beat where there shouldn't be one.
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment has announced the release of 50 First Dates, which stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. The disc will set you back around $28.95 when it hits stores on the 15th of June.
Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio (English and French)
English and French Subtitles
Commentary with director Peter Segal and Drew Barrymore
Five Deleted Scenes with Optional Director's Commentary
"Talkin' Pidgin'" featurette; Native Hawaiians define various Hawaiian slang words and phrases
"The Dating Scene" Making-of documentary; a viewer's guide through production
Comedy Central Reel Featurette, "First Look" Special Airing
HBO First Look Featurette; HBO special on "50 First Dates"
Music Videos: "Hold Me Now" by Wayne Wonder, "Love Song" by 311, "Amber" by 311
Filmographies
Bonus Trailers
Photo Gallery
Gag Reel