Worse move MM made.
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lukejbarnett — 5 years ago(February 14, 2021 02:18 AM)
one of the biggest mysteries in the world is why most people hate this movie and say its' a horrible movie not worth anything. it's a really good movie maybe even a great movie. i really enjoyed it. it's so brilliant and genius and original.
the story, his character, the genius comedic acting by myers the ways he does things with his character and the funny lines that are so clever and genius make the love guru a really good movie.
i think it was too clever and unique and different for people to understand it and thus like it. so that's just on them.
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knoxfan2008 — 15 years ago(June 08, 2010 01:03 AM)
I recon Myers was the best thing in love guru. He was the best actor with the best timing, even though his writing wasn't very good. The poor supporting cast turned love guru from mediocre to bad.
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thomaspetcher — 15 years ago(June 11, 2010 11:57 AM)
He's had an odd career, but 'cat in the hat', pretty much from there his career has been nose diving ever since, Shrek movies have kept him around. The Love Guru was an awful film imo, not funny at all, maybe if I was 12.
I grew up with some of his films like Waynes World, and So I married an axe murderer, Austin powers, and they were really funny films, but I think the well is empty now. If he wants to still be around he needs to reivent himself 16d0again, maybe that's what he's doing with the inglorious basterds part. -
aworlddrivenbyfear — 15 years ago(June 18, 2010 10:09 AM)
I agree 100% with your post. Hopefully he's come to the point in his career he can try his hand at dramatic roles. Inglorious proved that he can pull it off, but I think with some theater work could help him with that. Unlike Adam Sandler, who used up the last of his funny 15 years ago, I really want Meyers to make it. One more film like "Love Guru", though, and I'll regret saying that.
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lukejbarnett — 5 years ago(February 14, 2021 02:22 AM)
what are you talking about? justin timberlake is great and verne troyer is great and it was such a lovable and touching tribute to verne, myers working with verne again and beautifully one last time.
the writing is great, very clever original and unique and intelligent writing
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mal karma — 15 years ago(June 26, 2010 11:01 AM)
Didn't see Love Guru or Cat so I ca't comment. I think it's a tie between Goldmember and Shrek 3. I'd probably go with the latter though, Goldmember has its moments.
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TorontoJediMaster — 15 years ago(October 07, 2010 07:21 PM)
I don't think any of his movies are particularly funny. It seems his thing is to constantly do an English or Scottish accent as a tribute to his father, and ignore whether the material is funny or (just as importantly) the characters are any good.
The Love Guru
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Tresix — 15 years ago(January 02, 2011 12:51 PM)
To PhizzyG, I saw
Wayne's World
about a year after it came out on cable. I should say that I didn't even like it as an "SNL" skit. It really surprised me that I like the second
WW
flick. I saw the first two
Austin Powers
movies some years after they came out. Still haven't seen the third one and I'm not in a big rush to do so neither.
Yippee: "For king!"
Yappee: "For country!"
Yahooie: "And, most of all, for 10 an hour!" -
stephenmonachello — 15 years ago(January 24, 2011 05:50 PM)
The Love Guru just ahead of the Cat in the hat
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tiger01 — 14 years ago(June 11, 2011 12:05 AM)
The Love Guru
, without question, is the biggest mistake Meyers ever made. At least with
The Cat and 2000the Hat
(as awful as a film that was), it recouped its initial investment (barely) and appealed to children. TLG was a failure of epic proportions, and it did not help that Mike sunk his own money into that as a producer.
I know it is kind of coincidental, but I really compare that film to his Shrek costar's (Eddie Murphy) disaster -
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
. Murphy never quite recovered from that (in terms of live action films) and has been doing his work mainly in voice-overs in the Shrek films, same as Mike. It remains to be seen whether Meyers will make a comeback or not. Maybe the well is just dry as others have said. He's certainly made enough money and entertained millions of people over the past two decades anyway that no one could blame him if he retired. -
newsfop — 13 years ago(July 22, 2012 10:28 AM)
I saw it finally this weekend and I would agree that of all Myers' work, it's probaly the worst thing I've seen him in. The only reason I kept watching was because of Myers' momentum. I didn't particularly like his character, and the rest of the cast seemed to only serve as moveable scenery. I think a lot of talent was wasted in this movie. There WERE some very good ideas that also didn't get the right opportunity to mature. If this was done as a straight-up Bollywood spoof, it could have really been something. However the toilet humor proved too much. I've seen the same jokes done by the same actor too many times, and they just weren't funny anymore. Also, many attempts at humor came off either insensitive or just flat-out creepy. A CGI meshing of Myers' head on a kid's body was one of the weirdest things I'd seen in a long time.