Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2009)
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Stars: Jason Segal, Kristen Bell, Paul Rudd, Bill Hader and Mila Kunis
Hello, friends. Have you ever found yourself inexplicably craving a romantic comedy with a nice long shot of male genitalia? To 95% of my readers, I say this: neither have I. To the other 5%, I advise you to look no further than Forgetting Sarah Marshall to find exactly what you’re craving! Aren’t you glad you read this blog? I mean, where else might you be given this kind of helpful information?
I begin this entry with a completely sideways thought regarding watching movies on Television. To give you some background, I watched this Jason Segal starring comedy on FX. I don’t know if you watch films on cable, but I’m to the point I don’t think I can do it anymore. I think I’ll have to go on a strict diet of films from the theater, Netflix or on TCM. I had no clue there was a junk (male privates) shot until I read up on Forgetting Sarah Marshall from online sources. Last week, I was watching a few scenes from The Road Warrior (look for this title in an upcoming “Burke Favorite” entry) on AMC: they had the gall to cut one of the best scenes in the film surrounding dog food! There is another infamous example with Snakes on a Plane as it aired on cable recently: Samuel L. Jackson’s character is quoted in the cable version as saying “I’ve had it with these monkey fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!” Can you guess what he actually said in the theater version? Sigh. My point is this, if you want to watch a film, watch the unedited version, please? You wouldn’t read an abridged version of Hamlet or War and Peace, would you? Perhaps I’m too traditional, but to me, such a suggestion would be ludicrous!
Is Forgetting Sarah Marshall worth a watch? That is the question… And yes, it absolutely is. I just feel that it has a lot in common with other “rom-coms” from today in that it tries much too hard in certain scenes. Perhaps the awkward scenes I’m thinking of were truer than I might know: I’ve heard rumblings that the film is kind of about Segal’s real-life break up with Freaks and Geeks co-star Linda Cardellini. I suppose there’s some resemblance between Miss Cardellini and Kristen Bell. Actually, none at all – scratch that! I was more interested in Mila Kunis’ character anyway. The scenes surrounding Paul Rudd’s surfer dude and Bill Hader’s brother-in-law diminished from the film rather than improved upon the storyline or the comedy – that’s just my opinion as it relates to Sarah Marshall. I find both of those actors to be thoroughly entertaining usually.
I don’t know – this isn’t much of an entry, I’m afraid. Was I entertained by Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Yep! Sure was. Did I fold laundry while I watched? Yep! Sure did. Was I disappointed I missed Segal’s thing flapping around on my screen? Nope! Sure wasn’t! I promise a more quality entry next time, dear Reader.