Rama's Screen

The hero always gets the girl right? Not according to 2009. This year, a few characters end up not being with the people they care about. It’s as if the year is telling them it’s best to let go and move on or that they’re not ready yet. Changing because you want to change and because you’re doing it for somebody else are 2 different things. If you think love hurts, try not having your love returned, it really was a heart-breaking year for some while others saw it as a room to grow. I’ll share with you some examples here, but heads up, the following contains SERIOUS SPOILERS! but if you don’t care, then continue after this jump… Read the rest of this entry »

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2009 was not a good year for comedy fans. Sure we had I Love You Man, Zombieland and The Hangover to make us laugh, actually I believe that they’re going to go down as cult hits or instant classic. But then there were Dance Flick, Land Of The Lost, Year One, Jennifer’s Body, Night At The Museum 2, Bruno, I Love You Beth Cooper, The Ugly Truth, The Goods, The Men Who Stare At Goats, Old Dogs and Gentlemen Broncos. One disappointment after another, somehow something got lost in the jokes.
But what I notice happening more this year compared to the previous is that we had more comedy that suddenly switches gear to drama. I’m not talking about dramedies like Little Miss Sunshine and Juno. I’m talking about comedy movies that sell themselves as a laugh fest but they surprised us by how dramatic they could be as the plot progressed. Sometimes it works and other times it doesn’t… Read the rest of this entry »

FUNNY PEOPLE is Judd Apatow’s Citizen Kane. He incorporates his years of comedy experience into the heart and themes of FUNNY PEOPLE and make it endearing, surprisingly dramatic and yet still… Read the rest of this entry »

Comedian Aziz Ansari is back with his outrageous character RAAAANDY that will be featured in Judd Apatow upcoming comedy FUNNY PEOPLE. We laughed our asses off watching Part I and now the movie’s viral website www.laughyourdickoff has the second part of the documentary series profiling Randy and his DJ, via funnyordie. We get to see the process and how Randy treats his friends

The vibrant video above is an Inside Look from yahoo of director Judd Apatow interviewing Adam Sandler, the star of his new movie FUNNY PEOPLE. The video’s very brief but it’s cool because these two comedians used to be actual roommates back in the day and you can still sense the atmosphere of respect that the two show to each other.

As we all know by now, today’s biggest comedy director Judd Apatow has FUNNY PEOPLE this summer and it contains come fake movies starring the lead character, George Simmons, played by Adam Sandler.
Apatow’s been blogging for MTV and now he’s revealed these 3 extended clips of those fake movies that unfortunately won’t make it in the final cut but they’re here for us to enjoy online.
The first one above is my favorite because I’m Asian and there’s lots of hilarious stereotypical jokes in this one, titled SAYONARA DAVEY, a politically incorrect foreign exchange student movie featuring the M.D. comedian Ken Jeong who’s been very popular lately (Role Models, The Hangover, Couple’s Retreat)
The second one is MERMAN, a spoof of Splash, Sandler as half-man, half-fish magically gets himself a pair of legs but has a hard time walking.
The third one is DOG’S BEST FRIEND. It’s about a cop whose partner is a dog that just got shot and killed in the line of duty.

Here’s what Apatow says about the challenges of making these clips..
How does one make a fake movie clip? It was important to us that the clips did not feel like parodies of movies but instead seemed like movies that could actually get made. It makes the clips potentially less funny than parody clips because they could not be truly over-the-top awful, they just needed to be bad the way a bad movie is bad. That being said, after making each of these clips we kind of wanted to see the entire movie.

Comedian Aziz Ansari will be featured in Judd Apatow upcoming comedy FUNNY PEOPLE. He’ll be playing a comedian named Randy. The movie’s viral website www.laughyourdickoff has a part one of a documentary series profiling Randy and his DJ, via funnyordie, check out the last part where he talks about porn. I don’t care what anybody says, that sh*t is hysterical.

Gotta love red band trailers, man! And Judd Apatow comedy isn’t for kids to enjoy (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up). Universal has released the new trailer, via MySpace, that requires you to verify your age before you can enjoy some more stand-up, some more cameos, some more of Eric Bana, some more of Jason Schwartzman and Jonah Hill making fun of Seth Rogen.

FUNNY PEOPLE opens July 31st, 2009

Judd Apatow’s upcoming comedy FUNNY PEOPLE got a crapload of stars: Eric Bana, Leslie Mann,Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, Ken Jeong, Sarah Silverman and many more A-list comedians but one will stand out, Eminem’s cameo, the rapper himself told the world about it not too long ago. He should get back to acting again, he’s got some mad skills in 8 Mile. MTV has the first look photo above showing Marshall Matters talking to Adam Sandler’s character, George Simmons, in a restaurant. What do you think they’re talking about?

FUNNY PEOPLE opens July 31st, 2009 (check out the trailer)

The upcoming Judd Apatow comedy movie FUNNY PEOPLE has launched a new viral site laughingyourdickoff where you can check out hilarious stand-up clips by comedian Aziz Ansari (who cracked me up in Observe And Report) in his character RAAAAANDY! that was taped last January at the Night Of Funny People showcase. Check out one of the clips after the jump. Heads up, the jokes are not for kids to hear… Read the rest of this entry »