The best social commentary of a couple years ago?

[CynicalGuitarist]

Well, I've seen "the 40 year old virgin" twice... and I must say it's great. It really grew on me. Not because I like to laugh at others miseries, but (probably unknowingly) this film shows everything wrong with America. All in one picture. I guess it may just be the fact that I can relate with the main character on so many different levels, but can anyone else relate?

 

If you haven't seen it, or hated it, I recommend looking at it in a different light (like I did)...

 

Just a thought.

[quietgrl]

CynicalGuitarist,

 

I've never seen the movie "The 40 year old virgin" because I don't need to watch a movie that is almost base on my life already. I keep hearing the movie is good but i can't watch the movie.

[astromantic]

i watched it on dvd.. while I figure the language could be a bit cleaner but I guess amongst guys they talk like that.. it was a good movie. It did point out what is wrong with the accepted mainstream ideal and poked fun at it in a good way. There were a few moments I cringed but overall I was laughing with the movie.

[CynicalGuitarist]

i watched it on dvd.. while I figure the language could be a bit cleaner but I guess amongst guys they talk like that.. it was a good movie. It did point out what is wrong with the accepted mainstream ideal and poked fun at it in a good way. There were a few moments I cringed but overall I was laughing with the movie.

 

Yeah, men talk like that alot when not in the presense of any women. I liked how it presented its message in kind of a south park-esque way... sometimes I felt "mm... should i REALLY be laughing at this?" because it's so damn true.

 

Whoever wrote that film must've been a virgin for a long time... or made fun and stereotyped them back in hell school... er high school.

[Alone_Forever]

I have the DVD. It is a very good movie, with a surprisingly warm heart once you get past some of the language. (I had expected it to ridicule or dehumanize the lead character far more than it did.)

[New_Horizons]

Well, I thought the humor was rather coarse and slapstick. But I liked the theme of the movie because it hits home hard.