list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Wedding Singer on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Wedding_Singer/116286/default.aspx Title: The Wedding Singer
Year: 1997
Director: Frank Coraci
Plot: Mousse up your hair and pull your Missing Persons records out of mothballs for this romantic comedy set in that era of questionable fashion decisions, the '80s. In 1985, Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) is a vocalist whose rock band stubbornly refuses to get off the ground. In the meantime, he makes a living playing wedding receptions, where his easy charm and ability to schmooze brings him a steady income. Robbie meets Julia Sullivan (Drew Barrymore) when she's working as a waitress at one of his wedding gigs; he immediately takes a shine to her, but since he's engaged, he keeps his distance. Robbie learns that Julia is also engaged; unfortunately, her fiancée Glen Gulia (Matthew Glave) is an obnoxious, self-obsessed yuppie who is chronically unfaithful to her. When Robbie gets stood up at the altar by his fiancée, it's a crushing blow to his ego, and he moves from working weddings to bar mitzvahs to avoid the humiliating issue of matrimony, and he considers giving up on music altogether. In time, Robbie realizes that he needs to step in and stop Julia from marrying Glen before the woman he's come to love ruins her life. Adam Sandler's former Saturday Night Live co-stars Kevin Nealon and Jon Lovitz make cameo appearances, as do Steve Buscemi and Billy Idol -- as himself. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:00:49 GMTThe Wedding Singer1997Frank CoraciMousse up your hair and pull your Missing Persons records out of mothballs for this romantic comedy set in that era of questionable fashion decisions, the '80s. In 1985, Robbie Hart (<a href="/players/P____62990/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Adam Sandler</a>) is a vocalist whose rock band stubbornly refuses to get off the ground. In the meantime, he makes a living playing wedding receptions, where his easy charm and ability to schmooze brings him a steady income. Robbie meets Julia Sullivan (<a href="/players/P_____4289/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Drew Barrymore</a>) when she's working as a waitress at one of his wedding gigs; he immediately takes a shine to her, but since he's engaged, he keeps his distance. Robbie learns that Julia is also engaged; unfortunately, her fiancée Glen Gulia (Matthew Glave) is an obnoxious, self-obsessed yuppie who is chronically unfaithful to her. When Robbie gets stood up at the altar by his fiancée, it's a crushing blow to his ego, and he moves from working weddings to bar mitzvahs to avoid the humiliating issue of matrimony, and he considers giving up on music altogether. In time, Robbie realizes that he needs to step in and stop Julia from marrying Glen before the woman he's come to love ruins her life. <a href="/players/P____62990/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Adam Sandler</a>'s former <a href=/films/220811/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Saturday Night Live</a> co-stars <a href="/players/P____52034/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kevin Nealon</a> and <a href="/players/P____43478/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jon Lovitz</a> make cameo appearances, as do <a href="/players/P_____9838/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Steve Buscemi</a> and Billy Idol -- as himself. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide54Tag Target (>10)55253http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t76450lugab.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Wedding_Singer/116286/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/lizardbajema/archive/2008/6/10/31069.aspx Post By: lizardbajema
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Body: For some reason, this movie never gets old for me. Every time I watch it I laugh a little bit harder and enjoy it a little bit more. I watched it three times in one day last week, and still wanted to watch it again a few days later. Adam Sandler is great, as well as Drew Barrymore.
]]>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:55:02 GMTlizardbajemalizardbajema Blog6/10/2008 3:55:02 PMFor some reason, this movie never gets old for me. Every time I watch it I laugh a little bit harder and enjoy it a little bit more. I watched it three times in one day last week, and still wanted to watch it again a few days later. Adam Sandler is great, as well as Drew Barrymore. http://www.spout.com/blogs/eagle795/archive/2007/8/24/18736.aspx Post By: eagle795
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Post Date: 8/24/2007 10:42:14 PM
Body: The 80’s are now fodder for retro themes. Other than the fact that it makes me feel old, it also makes me laugh. The in jokes and references are right on the money and the music brings back memories. I wonder if they’ll do a sequel set in the 90’s sometime soon?
]]>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:42:14 GMTeagle795eagle795 Blog8/24/2007 10:42:14 PMThe 80&rsquo;s are now fodder for retro themes. Other than the fact that it makes me feel old, it also makes me laugh. The in jokes and references are right on the money and the music brings back memories. I wonder if they&rsquo;ll do a sequel set in the 90&rsquo;s sometime soon? http://www.spout.com/groups/Totally_Over_rated/Re_Your_overrated_list/170/6288/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 3/12/2007 12:27:14 PM
Body: [quote user="Windbreaker"] Interesting, Riss, that your list contains some of my favorites: Collateral, Crash, Wedding Singer, Toy Story, and Gladiator. [/quote]Heh, and your list contains some of my favorites! A Clockwork Orange, Reservoir Dogs, Magnolia. And Sin City is pretty close to my top too.Would I expect these to be on any kind of best list? Well that's hard to say. A Clockwork Orange is the most likely.
]]>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:27:14 GMTRisseladaTotally Over-rated3/12/2007 12:27:14 PM[quote user="Windbreaker"] Interesting, Riss, that your list contains some of my favorites: Collateral, Crash, Wedding Singer, Toy Story, and Gladiator. [/quote]Heh, and your list contains some of my favorites! A Clockwork Orange, Reservoir Dogs, Magnolia. And Sin City is pretty close to my top too.Would I expect these to be on any kind of best list? Well that&#39;s hard to say. A Clockwork Orange is the most likely. http://www.spout.com/groups/Totally_Over_rated/Re_Your_overrated_list/170/6261/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Windbreaker
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Post Date: 3/10/2007 12:29:33 AM
Body: Looks like the original list is getting plenty of debate. It feels like a tangent to list some of my own. I took a look at the IMDb Top 250 list and came up with the following over-rated flicks. Keep in mind, I'm not saying they're bad -- just not worthy of "Best Of" lists.American BeautyAmerican History XA Clockwork OrangeReservoir DogsSin CityV For VendettaMagnoliaMonsters, Inc.Interesting, Riss, that your list contains some of my favorites: Collateral, Crash, Wedding Singer, Toy Story, and Gladiator.
]]>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:29:33 GMTWindbreakerTotally Over-rated3/10/2007 12:29:33 AMLooks like the original list is getting plenty of debate. It feels like a tangent to list some of my own. I took a look at the IMDb Top 250 list and came up with the following over-rated flicks. Keep in mind, I&#39;m not saying they&#39;re bad -- just not worthy of "Best Of" lists.American BeautyAmerican History XA Clockwork OrangeReservoir DogsSin CityV For VendettaMagnoliaMonsters, Inc.Interesting, Riss, that your list contains some of my favorites: Collateral, Crash, Wedding Singer, Toy Story, and Gladiator. http://www.spout.com/groups/Totally_Over_rated/Re_Your_overrated_list/170/4060/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 12/6/2006 12:22:12 PM
Body: [quote user="Rock"][quote user="Risselada"] I Am Sam - WOW...why was this on your list?Shrek - Must not like animated movies?Selena - Didn't like J-Lo doing the film? I thought it was a great biopic on her life.Million Dollar Baby - GREAT FILM. What didn't you like?The Wedding Singer - Good film. But not sure that it was hyped to begin withMeet The Parents - Good film. Hilarious sceens. again I'm not sure there was alot of hype to begin withTrue Lies - Personally my favorite film of both Arnolds. I thought both Arnolds interacted well together. I'd like to see a return of those charactersBad Boys II - While it was a decent film. I too didn't think it lived up to the original filmToy Story - I really think you don't like animated moviesThe Whole Nine Yards - Great film. Almost as good as the Hudson HawkMen In Black II - I thought it was a worthy sequelThe Truman Show - I believe that film showcased Jim Carrey's best acting abilitiesLiar Liar - Again, Jim Carrey's best acting but in a comedic role. I thought it was his best comedy.Fahrenheit 9/11 - I soo dislike Michael Moore.Meet the Fockers - Funny film. Field of Dreams - You must not be a dreamerAlien Vs. Predator - They must continue this series. I loved it.Gladiator - WHY is this on your list?[/quote] [/quote] A lot of these I don't like because they are what I usuaully call manipulative. I am watching them and I can feel the filmmakers trying their hardest to make me feel a certain emotion. Sometimes they succeed. However if I can feel them doing it, then it seems false. It seems like it's a trick and there's no reason for it. I Am Sam is probably at the top because I give it the worst rating possible. Let's get some sweet innocent mentally challenged people, a precocious, lovable child, people that want to fight for a cause against those darned courts. And of course lots of Beatles music. Who the hell doesn't love the Beatles? When you look at the cirumstances of the movie it's so untrue. Things never could or ever would happen the way they ever do in that film. But they put you in the most emotionally reactive situations possible. Why? As an exercise? Weird that you mentioned Hudson Hawk. I've never seen it, but my impression was that it was in the same category as Ishtar and Waterworld as movies that had a lot of hype and budget to them, but then totally tanked.
]]>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:22:12 GMTRisseladaTotally Over-rated12/6/2006 12:22:12 PM[quote user="Rock"][quote user="Risselada"] I Am Sam - WOW...why was this on your list?Shrek - Must not like animated movies?Selena - Didn't like J-Lo doing the film? I thought it was a great biopic on her life.Million Dollar Baby - GREAT FILM. What didn't you like?The Wedding Singer - Good film. But not sure that it was hyped to begin withMeet The Parents - Good film. Hilarious sceens. again I'm not sure there was alot of hype to begin withTrue Lies - Personally my favorite film of both Arnolds. I thought both Arnolds interacted well together. I'd like to see a return of those charactersBad Boys II - While it was a decent film. I too didn't think it lived up to the original filmToy Story - I really think you don't like animated moviesThe Whole Nine Yards - Great film. Almost as good as the Hudson HawkMen In Black II - I thought it was a worthy sequelThe Truman Show - I believe that film showcased Jim Carrey's best acting abilitiesLiar Liar - Again, Jim Carrey's best acting but in a comedic role. I thought it was his best comedy.Fahrenheit 9/11 - I soo dislike Michael Moore.Meet the Fockers - Funny film. Field of Dreams - You must not be a dreamerAlien Vs. Predator - They must continue this series. I loved it.Gladiator - WHY is this on your list?[/quote] [/quote] A lot of these I don't like because they are what I usuaully call manipulative. I am watching them and I can feel the filmmakers trying their hardest to make me feel a certain emotion. Sometimes they succeed. However if I can feel them doing it, then it seems false. It seems like it's a trick and there's no reason for it. I Am Sam is probably at the top because I give it the worst rating possible. Let's get some sweet innocent mentally challenged people, a precocious, lovable child, people that want to fight for a cause against those darned courts. And of course lots of Beatles music. Who the hell doesn't love the Beatles? When you look at the cirumstances of the movie it's so untrue. Things never could or ever would happen the way they ever do in that film. But they put you in the most emotionally reactive situations possible. Why? As an exercise? Weird that you mentioned Hudson Hawk. I've never seen it, but my impression was that it was in the same category as Ishtar and Waterworld as movies that had a lot of hype and budget to them, but then totally tanked. http://www.spout.com/groups/Totally_Over_rated/Re_Your_overrated_list/170/4052/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Rock
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Post Date: 12/6/2006 9:21:17 AM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] I Am Sam - WOW...why was this on your list?Shrek - Must not like animated movies?Selena - Didn't like J-Lo doing the film? I thought it was a great biopic on her life.Million Dollar Baby - GREAT FILM. What didn't you like?The Wedding Singer - Good film. But not sure that it was hyped to begin withMeet The Parents - Good film. Hilarious sceens. again I'm not sure there was alot of hype to begin withTrue Lies - Personally my favorite film of both Arnolds. I thought both Arnolds interacted well together. I'd like to see a return of those charactersBad Boys II - While it was a decent film. I too didn't think it lived up to the original filmToy Story - I really think you don't like animated moviesThe Whole Nine Yards - Great film. Almost as good as the Hudson HawkMen In Black II - I thought it was a worthy sequelThe Truman Show - I believe that film showcased Jim Carrey's best acting abilitiesLiar Liar - Again, Jim Carrey's best acting but in a comedic role. I thought it was his best comedy.Fahrenheit 9/11 - I soo dislike Michael Moore.Meet the Fockers - Funny film. Field of Dreams - You must not be a dreamerAlien Vs. Predator - They must continue this series. I loved it.Gladiator - WHY is this on your list?[/quote]
]]>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:21:17 GMTRockTotally Over-rated12/6/2006 9:21:17 AM[quote user="Risselada"] I Am Sam - WOW...why was this on your list?Shrek - Must not like animated movies?Selena - Didn't like J-Lo doing the film? I thought it was a great biopic on her life.Million Dollar Baby - GREAT FILM. What didn't you like?The Wedding Singer - Good film. But not sure that it was hyped to begin withMeet The Parents - Good film. Hilarious sceens. again I'm not sure there was alot of hype to begin withTrue Lies - Personally my favorite film of both Arnolds. I thought both Arnolds interacted well together. I'd like to see a return of those charactersBad Boys II - While it was a decent film. I too didn't think it lived up to the original filmToy Story - I really think you don't like animated moviesThe Whole Nine Yards - Great film. Almost as good as the Hudson HawkMen In Black II - I thought it was a worthy sequelThe Truman Show - I believe that film showcased Jim Carrey's best acting abilitiesLiar Liar - Again, Jim Carrey's best acting but in a comedic role. I thought it was his best comedy.Fahrenheit 9/11 - I soo dislike Michael Moore.Meet the Fockers - Funny film. Field of Dreams - You must not be a dreamerAlien Vs. Predator - They must continue this series. I loved it.Gladiator - WHY is this on your list?[/quote] http://www.spout.com/groups/Totally_Over_rated/Your_overrated_list/170/4033/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 12/5/2006 4:50:55 PM
Body: Swingers's detail pageI thought I wouldn't like participating in this group at first because it get's frustrating complaining about movies, but I can't seem to hold myself back. Puhnner, you asked me to list some of my overrated movies, referring to my definition of overrated by ratio. Well I'm not sure if this is going by the same criteria, but I've come up with a list from another source. I also rate movies at the website movielens. It will give you recommendations based on your ratings and whatnot. It also gives some interesting statistics. For one, it tells me which movies I have rated the lowest compared to the average rating on their site. So I have looked at that list and picked several of them. The thing about this method is that I am not using what my impression of the ammount of acclaim a movie has received for the ratio but rather what the ammount of acclaim a website thinks a movie has based on the votes from it's users. Some of these movies I have not seen for a long time, so my feelings about them are not as immediate in my memory, but maybe it will give some dicussion. I Am SamShrekThe CoolerCrash (2005)In AmericaSelenaMillion Dollar BabyThe Wedding SingerChungking ExpressThe Lion KingEmpire RecordsAnything ElseMeet The ParentsTrue LiesBreathlessThe Nutty Professor (1996)Bad Boys IIJules and JimOpen WaterWhale RiderAmerican PieToy Story10 Things I Hate About YouSwingersGrand CanyonRuthless PeopleHappy, TexasWhat the #$*! Do We Know?!BanditsA Fish Called WandaThe Whole Nine YardsHigh FidelityMen In Black IIVanilla SkyE.T.The GameThe Truman ShowLiar LiarFahrenheit 9/11CollateralMeet the FockersField of DreamsLawrence of ArabiaBig DaddyThe GraduateHaiku TunnelAlien Vs. PredatorArlington RoadLa Femme NikitaGladiatorThe Motorcycle Diaries Also, I have added the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to the overrated list for this group. I also want to say I often hope my list in this area will stay short. Many of these movies I have had an impression from the start that I would not like it. I usually have a good sense ahead of time about what movies I will like more or less. I can't tell exactly how much I will like a movie, but I'm usually pretty close on the general range of how much I may like it. Most of these movies I was coerced into seeing. Some of you may argue that the fact that I told myself I didn't want to see it in the first place may have had an effect on how much I liked it. Such as if I go in telling myself I won't like it, I'll probably find more reasons not to like it. That may be true to some extent, but not enough to really effect my decision that much. Go ahead and ask me about these selections and make a list of your own using whatever criteria you feel is appropriate.
]]>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:50:55 GMTRisseladaTotally Over-rated12/5/2006 4:50:55 PM<a href='http://www.spout.com/films/Swingers/93403/default.aspx'>Swingers's detail page</a>I thought I wouldn't like participating in this group at first because it get's frustrating complaining about movies, but I can't seem to hold myself back. Puhnner, you asked me to list some of my overrated movies, referring to my definition of overrated by ratio. Well I'm not sure if this is going by the same criteria, but I've come up with a list from another source. I also rate movies at the website movielens. It will give you recommendations based on your ratings and whatnot. It also gives some interesting statistics. For one, it tells me which movies I have rated the lowest compared to the average rating on their site. So I have looked at that list and picked several of them. The thing about this method is that I am not using what my impression of the ammount of acclaim a movie has received for the ratio but rather what the ammount of acclaim a website thinks a movie has based on the votes from it's users. Some of these movies I have not seen for a long time, so my feelings about them are not as immediate in my memory, but maybe it will give some dicussion. I Am SamShrekThe CoolerCrash (2005)In AmericaSelenaMillion Dollar BabyThe Wedding SingerChungking ExpressThe Lion KingEmpire RecordsAnything ElseMeet The ParentsTrue LiesBreathlessThe Nutty Professor (1996)Bad Boys IIJules and JimOpen WaterWhale RiderAmerican PieToy Story10 Things I Hate About YouSwingersGrand CanyonRuthless PeopleHappy, TexasWhat the #$*! Do We Know?!BanditsA Fish Called WandaThe Whole Nine YardsHigh FidelityMen In Black IIVanilla SkyE.T.The GameThe Truman ShowLiar LiarFahrenheit 9/11CollateralMeet the FockersField of DreamsLawrence of ArabiaBig DaddyThe GraduateHaiku TunnelAlien Vs. PredatorArlington RoadLa Femme NikitaGladiatorThe Motorcycle Diaries Also, I have added the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to the overrated list for this group. I also want to say I often hope my list in this area will stay short. Many of these movies I have had an impression from the start that I would not like it. I usually have a good sense ahead of time about what movies I will like more or less. I can't tell exactly how much I will like a movie, but I'm usually pretty close on the general range of how much I may like it. Most of these movies I was coerced into seeing. Some of you may argue that the fact that I told myself I didn't want to see it in the first place may have had an effect on how much I liked it. Such as if I go in telling myself I won't like it, I'll probably find more reasons not to like it. That may be true to some extent, but not enough to really effect my decision that much. Go ahead and ask me about these selections and make a list of your own using whatever criteria you feel is appropriate. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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