I don't get Apatow's appeal

Rating: 4/10 (11 July 2008)

I saw this based on one thing... Steve Carell's funny as hell bit in Bruce Almighty. Watching this film bored the crap out of me. There was a good scene involving chest hair, but other than that I was fidgeting to get the hell out of the theater. Call me a blasphemer, but I hate Martin Scorsese movies when it comes to drama and I hate Judd Apatow movies when it comes to comedy. One takes himself too seriously and the other doesn't take movie making seriously. They both also become enamored of actors and overuse them (Robert DeNiro/Seth Rogen). I saw Knocked Up and it sucked, as well. The common theme for the director's movies is they have one vaguely funny set piece and then "hilarity ensues" for the rest of the movie based on the "wacky chemistry" of the actors. Not a good recipe for entertaining audiences with the limited acting palette Apatow uses, IMO. I haven't seen Superbad and don't intend to; I already know about McLovin and since that is an Apatow film, there ain't much else to see.