Hey guys. This is my first OP. I just took a beating on some comments I just made about another movie. I just saw There's Something About Mary from start to finish, and I wanted to comment about not only the movie, but lessons learned from watching it twice.
I first saw this movie a long time ago on TV. Maybe 2001 or so. My wife and I laughed and laughed. I thought it was a great movie. Fast forward to 2022. I saw that Something About Mary was on one of those channels without commercials, so I was eager to watch and laugh again. Well, this was the theater version. I have to say, I was shocked at the vulgarity and filth of the uncut version. I had no idea the showing I saw in 2001 was heavily edited and cleaned up. It was also a lot faster paced. The reason was it skipped the filth.
For example, the movie started along well. Nice plot. The nerd helps out the addled brother and wins a prom date with the gorgeous Cameron Diaz. So far so good. But then we get 10-12 inane minutes of Stiller getting his privates caught in his zipper after masturbating while going to the bathroom when picking up the beautiful Mary. It was so silly and so drawn out and so unfunny, reminiscent of an Adam Sandler movie. You wondered what in the world happened to the great plot that had been unfolding. Meanwhile you endured the boring vulgar silliness.
There was so much bad language and sexual stuff, like with the "hair gel". It actually made the movie more tedious and not nearly as funny. LESSON: You DON'T NEED the dirty stuff. In fact movies are funnier WITHOUT the dirty stuff.
Which brings me to a broader philosophical point. Beautiful godly creations persevere while gaudy ugly evil things fall by the wayside. The great iconic movies: It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Wizard of Oz, Marty, All That Heaven Allows, all great positive films will last forever. Trashy vile filthy movies like Shampoo, Valley of the Dolls, The Heartbreak Kid, and The Last Picture Show will fade away. Christianity, my Catholic Church, all the great institutions founded by Jesus will persevere forever. The gaudy evil atheist edifices of the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, North Korea, Castro's Cuba...all will wither away and be destroyed. It works with relationships too. Hard-won relationships founded on commitment and cemented in marriage will generally stand the test of time. Frivolous sex-based cohabitations will fold up like a flimsy tent in the wind.
Sincere America-loving patriots who want the country and its families to be strong, those working for freedom, those volunteering to help the poor, the pro-life movement, Christian conservatives. They will last and prosper, even though they may face tough times. Marxist atheist groups trying to tear down this country, Antifa, BLM and their rioting and violence, leftwing politicians machinating to steal elections and keep people in a state of dependence, the abortion mills of Planned Parenthood; like the slavery proponents...they will end up on the ash heap of history
There's Something About Mary? The cleaned up version would have lasted had they gone with that. The full-length real version won't. So sad and so unnecessary.
I first saw this movie a long time ago on TV. Maybe 2001 or so. My wife and I laughed and laughed. I thought it was a great movie. Fast forward to 2022. I saw that Something About Mary was on one of those channels without commercials, so I was eager to watch and laugh again. Well, this was the theater version. I have to say, I was shocked at the vulgarity and filth of the uncut version. I had no idea the showing I saw in 2001 was heavily edited and cleaned up. It was also a lot faster paced. The reason was it skipped the filth.
For example, the movie started along well. Nice plot. The nerd helps out the addled brother and wins a prom date with the gorgeous Cameron Diaz. So far so good. But then we get 10-12 inane minutes of Stiller getting his privates caught in his zipper after masturbating while going to the bathroom when picking up the beautiful Mary. It was so silly and so drawn out and so unfunny, reminiscent of an Adam Sandler movie. You wondered what in the world happened to the great plot that had been unfolding. Meanwhile you endured the boring vulgar silliness.
There was so much bad language and sexual stuff, like with the "hair gel". It actually made the movie more tedious and not nearly as funny. LESSON: You DON'T NEED the dirty stuff. In fact movies are funnier WITHOUT the dirty stuff.
Which brings me to a broader philosophical point. Beautiful godly creations persevere while gaudy ugly evil things fall by the wayside. The great iconic movies: It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Wizard of Oz, Marty, All That Heaven Allows, all great positive films will last forever. Trashy vile filthy movies like Shampoo, Valley of the Dolls, The Heartbreak Kid, and The Last Picture Show will fade away. Christianity, my Catholic Church, all the great institutions founded by Jesus will persevere forever. The gaudy evil atheist edifices of the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, North Korea, Castro's Cuba...all will wither away and be destroyed. It works with relationships too. Hard-won relationships founded on commitment and cemented in marriage will generally stand the test of time. Frivolous sex-based cohabitations will fold up like a flimsy tent in the wind.
Sincere America-loving patriots who want the country and its families to be strong, those working for freedom, those volunteering to help the poor, the pro-life movement, Christian conservatives. They will last and prosper, even though they may face tough times. Marxist atheist groups trying to tear down this country, Antifa, BLM and their rioting and violence, leftwing politicians machinating to steal elections and keep people in a state of dependence, the abortion mills of Planned Parenthood; like the slavery proponents...they will end up on the ash heap of history
There's Something About Mary? The cleaned up version would have lasted had they gone with that. The full-length real version won't. So sad and so unnecessary.
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