Is This 'Zohan' Trailer Any Better?
Filed under: Comedy, Trailers and Clips
I used to love Adam Sandler. For a few years, his movies even became a ritual for my mother and I, ever since we went to see Airheads on the big screen. Mixed Nuts. Billy Madison. Happy Gilmore. (We missed Bulletproof.) The Wedding Singer. Between those films and listening to "Lunchlady Land" on repeat, I was pretty hooked on the dude. And then my interest plateaued. One would think that working with Judd Apatow would bring it back, but after the the first trailer for You Don't Mess with the Zohan, that Erik directed us to in December, I wasn't so sure. It looked like a pale imitation of Zoolander mixed with hair and the Hebrew Hammer.Now a new trailer is up over at JoBlo. Is it any better than the last? I'd say so. The editing on this one certainly helps it, but now Zohan seems like a dance fest rather than a movie about styling hair and Israeli counterterrorists. Also, considering the amount of dancing in this trailer, methinks you can expect at least one retro montage, sort of like 40-Year-Old Virgin, somewhere in there. However, instead of spurning me to bounce along, I am just thinking how happy I am that my hair stylist isn't a weird man who gyrates his crotch next to my face.
I remain unconvinced about this comedy. I want to like it, but I'm beginning to think my Sandler appreciation is locked somewhere that I don't have a key for. How about you? Even if you find this (and the previous) trailer funny, has your Adam appreciation waned over the years? Or, has he given you almost 20 solid years of laughter?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-27-2008 @ 1:28PM
Maria Stahl said...
*looks shamefaced* He actually looks kind of hot with that goatee.
*kicks self* What is WRONG WITH ME?? Adam Sandler hot??
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3-27-2008 @ 1:33PM
ana said...
I'm still loyal in spirit, but lately I prefer his more serious work. I loved him in Punch Drunk Love and Reign Over Me and he was cool in Spanglish too. The last good comedy I saw him in was Anger Management and what made it interesting was that he was the straight man and Jack Nicholson was the lunatic. He seemed on the right track for a little while, and then Chuck and Larry came out.
Working with Apatow sounded like a good idea, but I think Sandler should stop playing crazy characters for a little while longer.
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3-27-2008 @ 1:54PM
DAVID F said...
Any word on when Sandler will be retiring?
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3-27-2008 @ 2:31PM
Kevin said...
I actually have less of a desire to see this movie now that I have seen the second trailer. Is there a more abused joke out there than "out of shape guy takes off clothes and wiggles crotch"? This whole trailer was 2 minutes of him half naked dancing, and I gotta say, after 2 minutes of it I'm pretty sure that I don't want to pay to see him doing it for another 88. I'll pass.
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3-27-2008 @ 5:13PM
AJ Wiley said...
He hasn't made a decent comedy since 50 First Dates, and before that, it had been a number of years since his last decent comedy.
I have absolutely no hope that Don't Mess With the Zohan will be any good, but I'm betting that he's gonna get a boost from working with Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann on that flick which Judd Apatow is actually directing instead of producing.
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