The Change-Up

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Re: The Change-Up

#71 Post by akh43 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:16 pm

Diane65 wrote:
yogi wrote:Terrible, I really hated this.

I can handle the predictability, the body swap genre is very well populated and Ive seen many of them, but I found both the lead characters quite unlikeable and the whole thing devoid of laughs.

Maybe I'm getting old, but the characters seemed to be going out of their way to mess each others lives up and the amount of unnecessary swearing, especially in front of the kids was really off putting.

Nothing had any consequences, deals were lost, wives upset and the whole thing just trundle along from point A to B ticking off the body swap staples as it went. When Sabrina was insulted then cajolled into the date I lost any shread of patience I had left with it.

Er, on the plus side I suppose there is a lot of nudity so one for teenage boys to watch out late at night when it gets to TV.
I actually thought that is was quite funny, I know it was a bit basic but I enjoyed it.
I didn't see you I was near the back sat next to steve and behind akh43?
I enjoyed it as well, plenty of laughs, I enjoyed the main characters and loved the scenes with the babies, my friends also enjoyed it.

Good to see you again Diane and nice meeting you Steve, good to meet another fmuker.
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Re: The Change-Up

#72 Post by opas » Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:27 pm

I like Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds so I was looking forward to this. It did have its funny moments but I can't say I really liked it. Was very crude and I'm not sure all jokes worked for me, it felt forced and a bit tedious at times. Not the best comedy I've this year seen by a long shot. 5/10.
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Re: The Change-Up

#73 Post by yogi » Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:35 pm

akh43 wrote:
Diane65 wrote:
yogi wrote:Terrible, I really hated this.

I can handle the predictability, the body swap genre is very well populated and Ive seen many of them, but I found both the lead characters quite unlikeable and the whole thing devoid of laughs.

Maybe I'm getting old, but the characters seemed to be going out of their way to mess each others lives up and the amount of unnecessary swearing, especially in front of the kids was really off putting.

Nothing had any consequences, deals were lost, wives upset and the whole thing just trundle along from point A to B ticking off the body swap staples as it went. When Sabrina was insulted then cajolled into the date I lost any shread of patience I had left with it.

Er, on the plus side I suppose there is a lot of nudity so one for teenage boys to watch out late at night when it gets to TV.
I actually thought that is was quite funny, I know it was a bit basic but I enjoyed it.
I didn't see you I was near the back sat next to steve and behind akh43?
I enjoyed it as well, plenty of laughs, I enjoyed the main characters and loved the scenes with the babies, my friends also enjoyed it.

Good to see you again Diane and nice meeting you Steve, good to meet another fmuker.
I was near the front, you may have heard me tutting and sighing at the film! :D

Glad you all enjoyed it more than me though.
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Re: The Change-Up

#74 Post by julieisbored » Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:51 am

I rarely go to see comedys, ,mainly because I laugh like a drain, but I really enjoyed it.
No much in the way of a plot & I agree very predictable but we certainly had a few laughs.

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