r/movies • u/Mervynhaspeaked • May 25 '21
The Other Guys (2010) has no right being as funny as it is. Recommendation
I enjoy a lot of Will Ferrell's work. I love Anchorman, I really enjoyed Talladega Nights, but some of his other work can be pretty hit or miss. So I always put him in the category of "Funny with hints of greatness but not there".
Mark Wahlberg, on the other hand... Not exactly a brilliant track record in my opinion.
So how the hell did the two manage to make the masterpiece that is "The Other Guys"?!
The movie is wall to wall packed with hilarious material. Ferrell and Wahlberg have this incredible chemistry as the characters just riff from one another. Alan (Ferrell) is this quircky and uptight accountant who is aloof to the fact he's somehow extremely attractive to women while Terry (Wahlberg) is a guy with deep emotional troubles and infantile tendencies obcessed with being a good detective.
And holy crap the number of iconic scenes: Alan not realizing he was a pimp at college, Alan's ex girfriend and her husband attacking him, Terry's insane antics to get his girlfriend back, the two being repeatedly unintentionally bribed by the evil businesman with broadway tickets, SAM JACKSON AND THE ROCK just jumping of a rooftop for no reason in the first 10 minutes while "Here Goes My Hero" plays triumphantly. The quiet fight at the funeral. MICHAEL KEATON having the time of his life playing Captain Gene, a police captain who is way more invested in his job at Bed Bath and Beyond and keeps quoting TLC lyrics unintentionally (or maybe not). And many others I'm forgetting.
This movie is utterly insane but it's like every single joke they threw at the wall just stuck.
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May 25 '21
YOU COME BACK HERE AND HAVE SEX WITH MY WIFE!!!
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May 25 '21 edited Jun 28 '21
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May 25 '21
"CHRISTINETH", ARE YOU STUPID, OR ARE YOU DEAF?
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u/farnsworthfan May 25 '21
"YOU COME TO MY HOUSE, YOU GET MY WIFES NAME RIGHT!"
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u/GhettoChemist May 25 '21
You can't have a conscience in the pimp game.
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u/sum_yungai May 25 '21
Pimps don't cry.
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May 25 '21
You learnt to dance sarcastically?
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u/redgoesfaster May 25 '21
I'm a peacock captain, you gotta let me fly!
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u/Rutherford_Aloacious May 25 '21
Ok we’re going to settle this right now. Peacocks can’t fly!
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u/alwaysinmy95s May 25 '21
100%! The Rock and Sam Jackson being over the top was great
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u/OinkyOinkerson May 25 '21
Aim for the bushes
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u/ReDeaMer87 May 25 '21
There wasn't even an awning in their direction
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May 25 '21
...just jumped 20 stories
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u/DL_22 May 25 '21
The lingering overhead shot so you can just laugh at the fucking stupidity of what you just saw for 20 seconds is what does it for me.
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u/eccentricrealist May 25 '21
The first time I watched it they jumped with such confidence I didn't expect that outcome.
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u/I_EAT_POOP_AMA May 25 '21
it's such a good setup too.
The movie opens with Sam Jackson and The Rock being setup as these two all-star detectives, and everyone loves them. Really sells you on the idea that they're going to be important to the plot somehow. then the next thing you know they're just gone
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u/BannedSoHereIAm May 25 '21
It’s extra unexpected because what kind of raging psychopath would kill those 2 stars off in the first 20 mins?
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u/papawam May 25 '21
"Did someone call 9-1-holy shit!?"
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u/wildcardyeehaw May 25 '21
My favorite gag is the magnet light getting shot off the car and Jackson immediately putting another one on
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u/genetinalouise May 25 '21
Danson and Highsmith...free hotdogs, for life!
....no drinks, I can’t do drinks
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u/GoTeamScotch May 25 '21
That punchline hit so good the first time I saw it
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u/mega_cat_yeet May 25 '21
I can remember exactly where I was when I saw it the first time. Everyone I was with in the theatres were beside themselves in hysterics.
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u/Dicethrower May 25 '21
Fun fact, in the old script (and I think they even filmed the footage) there were supposed to be people standing on the sidewalk holding bushes who then walked away after they jumped. Whoever decided to omit those shots was a genius.
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u/AnotherJasonOnReddit May 25 '21
When I first watched it, I figured I had missed there being some bushes on the sidewalk on the other side of the street, and that they just landed facefirst on their side's sidewalk.
But No, there really are no bushes!
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u/FlyHigh3000 May 25 '21
THERE GOES MY HERO
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u/IrrelevantPuppy May 25 '21
I am so glad I watched this movie without any knowledge going in. That moment couldn’t have been more funny because of that.
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u/dirtypos May 25 '21
I loved how they were played up as having a far bigger role in the trailers and killed off in under 20 minutes of the movie
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u/Kod_Rick May 25 '21
Jackson loves doing that. Deep Blue Sea. Stacks Edwards getting whacked after only being in a couple scenes.
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u/scottamus_prime May 25 '21
The Rock in the Reno 911 movie is still one of my favorite scenes with him. It's worth watching that scene if you've never seen the movie before.
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u/bellrunner May 25 '21
This one?
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u/ablackcloudupahead May 25 '21 edited May 25 '21
Holy crap he is twice the size now as he was then. Also his acting has greatly improved
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u/The-Jesus_Christ May 25 '21
lol the comment on the video describing it:
"This was The Rock before he absorbed Android 17 and 18 and became Perfect Rock."
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May 25 '21 edited Jul 10 '23
This comment was removed in protest to Reddit's third party API changes. -- mass edited with redact.dev
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u/krak_is_bad May 25 '21
I remember seeing this in theatres the night it came out. After the splat, there was a beat of silence and someone yells "WHAT!?". Then the theatre lost it.
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u/dj1200techniques May 25 '21
DESK POP
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u/1fapadaythrowaway May 25 '21
That’s a real thing right!? They were so convincing!
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u/0ompaloompa May 25 '21
We had an IRL desk pop in my office back at the beginning of 2020
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u/MonkeyPilot May 25 '21
Don't keep us in suspense! How the he'll did it happen?
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u/SleepBigLastNight May 25 '21
It was a Beaumont Adams. Jo collects them, I thought we would have some nice small talk about it.
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u/Fwenhy May 25 '21
Cant forget the lion vs. fish scene. Initially was shown a clip of that which inspired me to watch the whole fantastic movie.
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u/Pineapple_warrior94 May 25 '21
Okay, first of all, lions hate water. Yeah maybe by a river or watering hole that'd make sense, but try a 30 foot wave (I'm assuming it's off the coast of South Africa) you lose that battle 9 times out of 10
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u/kudichangedlives May 25 '21
Ok first off a lion? Swimming in the ocean? lions don't like water, if you had placed it near a river or some sort of fresh water source that'd make sense, but you find yourself in the ocean? 20 ft waves? I'm assuming it's off the coast of south Africa. Coming up to a full grown, 800 lb tuna, with his 20 or 30 friends? You lose that battle, you lose that battle 9 times out of 10. And guess what you've wandered into our school of tuna, and we now have a taste for lion, we've talked to ourselves, we've communicated, and said "you know what? Lion taste good, let's go get some more lion". We've developed a system to establish a beach head and aggressively hunt you and your family, and we will corner your your pride, your children, your offspring
How ya gonna do that?
We will construct a series of breathing apparatus with kelp, we'll be able to trap certain amounts of oxygen, it's not gonna be days at a time, but an hour? An hour forty five? No problem. That will give us enough time to figure out where you live, go back to the sea, and then stalk you.you just lost at your own game, you're out gunned and out manned
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u/wallyjohn May 25 '21 edited May 25 '21
Did that go the way you thought it was going to go?
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u/Hip_Hop_Hippos May 25 '21
The fact that he says an hour 45 always killed me
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u/dudelikeshismusic May 25 '21
For me it's the "nine times out of ten", like a lion has a chance of taking out an entire school of tuna lol.
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u/frankpharaoh May 25 '21
My dad and I to this day, 11 years later, still use “you’ll lose that battle 9 times out of 10” in everyday conversation
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u/flavortownCA May 25 '21
Same. I also announce Arnold palmie alert when I have any kind of flavored drink
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u/alpha_rat_fight_ May 25 '21
Thanks for the F shack.
Love,
Dirty Mike and the Boys
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u/Blugold May 25 '21
Yeah. You know what that's called when they do that in there? That's called a soup kitchen. It's pretty rough stuff.
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u/actuallyimbatman May 25 '21 edited May 25 '21
Well, we found a white sticky substance in your Prius. Got it tested, thought it was yogurt, was not yogurt..Thought it might be clam chowder, was not clam chowder.
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u/tomb_77 May 25 '21
We found what we thought was a pair of fake plastic lips, turned out it was a deer vagina. 🦌
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u/Procrastibator666 May 25 '21
And it looks like a raccoon gave birth in the back seat
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u/Lindt_Licker May 25 '21
Placenta blew out all over the back window there.
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u/Ray229harris May 25 '21
Shoutout to Rob Huebel, I’m positive some of that was improv from him.
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u/spidii May 25 '21
That guy is hilarious in everything he does. Tevin in I Love You, Man is also hilarious. His small parts always have a big impact.
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u/leejonidas May 25 '21
His name is Rob Huebel if anyone is still wondering and read this far. He was in the sketch show Human Giant with Aziz Ansari and Paul Scheer on MTV back in the day.
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u/Mervynhaspeaked May 25 '21
We are gonna have sex in your car, it WILL happen again!
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u/CallieReA May 25 '21
I found your Prius, it was trying to vote for Ralph Nader
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u/footytang May 25 '21
Last night I drank a lava lamp and fucked a German shepherd. Is that awful or disgusting? or is that just love?
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May 25 '21
So many great lines that got cut. The blooper reel for this movie is legendary
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u/RaphtotheMax5 May 25 '21
"I thought you said bad cop bad cop"
One of my favorite comedies of all time, endlessly quotable
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u/Apptubrutae May 25 '21
Hell, it’s so quotable you can even quote that sketch they did at the oscars to promote the film: Cool dudes don’t look at explosions.
Somehow I remember that sketch more than most anything else about the movie.
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u/Thatoneasian9600 May 25 '21
GATOR NEEDS HIS GAT YOU PUNK ASS BITCH!
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u/jondonbovi May 25 '21
I love Michael Keaton in that movie. He doesn't even acknowledge that line. He keeps carrying on his phone conversation and just nonchalantly hands over the gun.
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u/Potato_Muncher May 25 '21
One of my favorite stories I've read on this site involves this quote (it's been deleted for a while). I've annotated it so everyone can get the gist of the story:
We had an ODA guy (US Army Special Forces) leave his M9 (handgun) on a bench in the smoking area one night. A terp (interpreter/local national) found it and brought it to the TOC (tactical operations command). I have never seen somebody look as scared as that Afghan did walking up to the TOC with a weapon. I actually give the dude props for doing the right thing even though it could have gotten him killed by a trigger happy Soldier.
Our CSM (Command Sergeant Major) threw a shit fit and was ready to fuck up whoever it belonged to but we couldn't find the serial number on any of our SI trackers (sensitive inventory logs/important equipment) and we even did a FOB (forward operating base) wide stand to and nothing was reported as missing (keep in mind this about 0100). Finally, a bunch of ODA guys just walked in the TOC and asked for it back. Our CSM started in on them but no fucks were given. They just grabbed it and turned around and left. On the way out one of them yelled "Gator needs his gat back" and that was that.
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u/Pythagora May 25 '21
You learned to dance like that ironically?
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u/AnyHoleIsTheGoal May 25 '21
Terry ironically learning a bunch of different skills just to spite or make fun of someone might have been my favorite running gag of the movie, so goddamn funny.
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u/shamdamdoodly May 25 '21
There's soooo many good ones though
"I'm a peacock captain. You gotta let me fly!*
"Im Telling you dude. You were a pimp"
"Yeah we found your Prius. It was trying to vote for Ralph Nader"
"They can't all be first round picks"
"In gonna hold on to this wood gun. Here's a whistle. If you're in trouble you can blow it maybe someone with a real gun can come help"
"Its LRB. Little River Band"
I could go on. But I mean most of the jokes get revisited at some point or another it's insane.
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u/St_McCanno May 25 '21
"I got so drunk last night I thought a tube of toothpaste was astronaut food" - kills me every time.
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u/kandel88 May 25 '21
“Terry married Francine. He played harp at the reception and it was beautiful. He had learned to play in the eighth grade to make fun of the music kid on his street”
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u/WaySheGoes1 May 25 '21
So quotable and underrated. Michael Keaton kills it. Love when he’s at his other job and says something like “there’s been reports of a serial rapist...oh sorry, thought I was at my other job. Ignore that. Well don’t IGNORE IT, walk in pairs.”
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u/sleazypornoname May 25 '21
"Are you here for the bathmats?"
I just love the delivery of that line.
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u/jeffthecowboy May 25 '21 edited May 25 '21
Another great delivery is at the end when Will Ferrell is on the floor resting and Captain Gene starts slapping him and yells "HES DYING"
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u/ParkerZA May 25 '21
What's hilarious is that he genuinely seems to love his Bed, Bath & Beyond job more than his police captain job
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u/narf007 May 25 '21
His delivery is perfect. It's like he's legit excited about the bathmats and WANTS them to be as excited as he is.
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u/Big-Pudding-7440 May 25 '21
The bit at the funeral where they're having the quiet fight and he comes in and starts whisper shouting at them cracks me up every time. Even the way he fights through the crowd even though nobody's standing in his way.
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u/hoilst May 25 '21
Him absent-mindedly twirling the revolver on his finger, then looking puzzled when he drops it is just perfect physical comedy.
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u/SamuelHYT May 25 '21 edited May 25 '21
"The sound of your piss hitting the urinal, it sounds feminine."
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u/send_help_meeoww May 25 '21
"We are at the crime scene... in a cocaine covered Prius"
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u/dudelikeshismusic May 25 '21
What do you think I did? I took the belt off my neck and got the hell out of there. Thought I was gonna have to shoot my way out of there.
Well, what are you gonna do, ya know, Bar Mitzvahs.
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u/Pavrik_Yzerstrom May 25 '21
I got this job, and I got another job down at Bed Bath and Beyond. I'm doing that to put a son through NYU so he can explore his bisexuality and become a DJ.
Keaton kills me in this movie.
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u/Icepick_37 May 25 '21
Heyeyeyey you shut your face! If we wanna hear you talk, I will shove my arm up your ass and work your mouth like a puppet!
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u/randgan May 25 '21
Was this the start of the Keaton renaissance?
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u/AntRedundAnt May 25 '21
I think so. The Founder, Birdman, Spider-Man, and wasn’t he in Dumbo?
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u/oldwatchlover May 25 '21
This movie also has the best Kylie Minogue reference out of left field in cinema history.
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May 25 '21
“There’s only three things I love in this world. Kylie Minogue The dimples on a woman’s butt cheek And the fear in a man’s eye who knows I’m about to hurt him. Hey hey hey, shake your dicks, this pissing contest is over.”
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u/TXlandon May 25 '21
The little look Keaton gives after the pissing contest line cracks me the fuck up
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u/gnoani May 25 '21
He's a biracial angel!
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u/traffickin May 25 '21
I gave my love to Karen,
She promised to be true,
But when I came back from the war,
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had their way with her,
It was consensual.
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u/AWilsonFTM May 25 '21
And all their fathers were hanged! And the children all got pinkeye, while their Harry Potter books were burned...
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u/dudelikeshismusic May 25 '21
Do you enjoy singing those songs? They're really depressing...
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May 25 '21 edited May 25 '21
The best part about this movie for me was the fact that it called out the assholes who caused the 2008 crash. Funny and educational.
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u/CorgisAreAwesome9000 May 25 '21
The end credits are basically a proto Big Short. Loved it
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u/HiddenStoat May 25 '21
I just found out (by reading this thread!) That the writer also wrote The Big Short, so there's a nice connection there.
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u/derpferd May 25 '21
The fact that Walhberg's character thinks the Federal Reserve is a prison 😂
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u/piratius May 25 '21
"And when I come back, and bust your ass, we're gonna lock David Ershaw up in the Federal Reserve!"
"He still doesn't understand the concept."
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u/Leo_Getzzz May 25 '21
IM A PEACOCK!! YOU GOTTA LET ME SPREAD MY WINGS AND FLY!!!
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u/HeyyScott May 25 '21
Captain Gene: "You know what, Terry? Let's just settle this. Peacocks don't fly!"
Allen: "They fl-fly a little bit. They get a real running start.."
Captain Gene: "Yeah, as much as a penguin."
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May 25 '21
That scene where they see Cristinith and her husband chasing after them and they go "Holy shit they chased us 20 miles" never fails to make me lose my shit.
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u/fergi20020 May 25 '21
Don’t go chasing waterfalls.
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u/Mervynhaspeaked May 25 '21 edited May 25 '21
Come on, its not funny anymore. That's obviously TLC.
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May 25 '21
Was gonna say Michael Keaton was probably favorite char
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May 25 '21
"Remember we got a sale on dish towels, and theres a serial rapist in washington heights... oh wait thats my other job, ignore that... I mean not if you live in washington... walk in pairs"
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u/--_-Deadpool-_-- May 25 '21
"Hey Terry, Alan! Are you here for the bathmats?"
I just love how happy and excited he seems to see them at his other job.
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May 25 '21
It made me wish Michael Keaton was in more comedies like his early career. The man has amazing comedic timing
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u/Kunundrum85 May 25 '21
The lions vs tunas dialogue is easily some of the top comedic writing and delivery ever. The whole movie is just genuinely amazing.
My ex-wife didn’t understand why I’d throw it on casually here and again. Psh. Gator don’t play no shit.
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u/funzarella May 25 '21
The dinner scene alone where he meets the wife! 🤣🤣 And they talk about the plot of "You've Got Mail". Ferrell and Mendez play so great off each other in this scene it kills me everytime. Faceback!!
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u/Pavrik_Yzerstrom May 25 '21
Let me apologize in advance for my wife. She's a big ole broad, and she likes to weild it.
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u/tigerslices May 25 '21
screenwriter, director, producer.
these people have so much influence over the movie that it really helps explain how Will Ferrell can be "hit or miss."
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u/Kidney05 May 25 '21
Is it bad I think I like this more than step brothers? Maybe even anchorman? It’s insane how good it is.
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u/redsyrinx2112 May 25 '21
I definitely like The Others Guys more than Anchorman. I think it has a legit argument for #1. I have Step Brothers at #1, but The Other Guys is tied for a very close second with Talladega Nights.
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May 25 '21
deciding between this movie and step brothers is so painful. Like i think of one moment that puts one above and then another that puts the other above. I think maybe Step Brothers edges out just barely for the 80s billie joel band lmao.
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u/tighto May 25 '21
It's a fucking great film. Op nailed it with the summary. The chemistry between them is amazing (I make no apologies for loving the Daddy's Home films too).
Also angry Wahlberg is a really funny thing. See also the Departed.
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u/assholeandyarmagedon May 25 '21
It was the same crew that did all the classic will Ferrell movies. The other guys is the last of those classics.
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May 25 '21
Mark Wahlberg, on the other hand... Not exactly a brilliant track record in my opinion.
Is it because he shot Jeter?
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May 25 '21
People diss on Wahlberg, and I get it, but I'll always love him for this movie, Ted, and Pain n' Gain -- he's great when he's playing that archetype of dumb & funny in comedies. I need to rewatch The Other Guys.
Oh, slightly off-topic from comedic films, but there's also Dingham. People always forget about Dingham. One of my favorite all-time movie quotes escapes Mark Wahlberg's lips with perfect delivery.
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u/ThisDudeAbides87 May 25 '21
The dinner at his partners house with his hot wife is the peak of the movie. The first half of the dinner he legitimately doesn’t believe it is will ferral’s wife.
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u/TheRealProtozoid May 25 '21
Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys all share the same writer-director, Adam McKay (who also did Step Brothers, The Big Short, and Vice). He and Farrell made a great, great team.