• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Weren’t most of the “stars” in this movie only there because someone involved called in favors?

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      Yep, and it was actually made over a long time, whenever the actors were between projects and a few days of shooting playing something different sounded nice. Also, each famous actor was used to goad the next. (Specifically, the Hugh Jackman-Kate Winslet segment which was shot first.) And the segments themselves were also directed by stars like Bob Odenkirk or Elizabeth Banks.

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      2 months ago

      Clooney is known to have a sense of humor. He’s part of the reason South Park got produced. For a South Park special they had him cameo as a dog and all he did was bark.

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        He’s a real cheeseball in Burn After Reading. Still manages to be a charmer even though he’s a pretty sad guy.

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    Because clooney is a smug bastard. With Lemmy being so small, I’m sure you’ve heard me say this multiple times before this topic. It’s surprising how often I have to call clooney a smug bastard, but here we are.

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        I haven’t seen the movie, but I’m confident he was smug in that role. Because George Clooney was played by George Clooney…the smug bastard.

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          Its a show on hulu. He’s a dumb guy who gets cuked by his wife by the main character. He didn’t write the role, he adapted it from the book. And that’s the (minor) character he played.

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    This movie is such a trip. I unironically love the first half of the skits, up to and including the superhero dating.

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      All I remember is the Terence Howard skit and how it felt like a cheap knock off (but still chuckle worthy) of a Chapelle or Key and Peele sketch.

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        Oh yeah, that one is great one too! Definitely the highlight of the weaker second-half in my opinion.