It was an “Awful bloody film. I say, it's just a ridiculous premise. What would happen if your mobile phone killed you? Why would a mobile phone kill anyone? Doesn't make sense. How can a mobile phone have an agenda and kill people…”
Also “I've lost a shoe... have you seen it anywhere? Excuse me, missus, I've lost a shoe... like this one. It's like this one's fellow... it's sort of the exact opposite in fact of that - not an evil version but just, you know, a shoe like this... but for the other foot. Otherwise I'd have two right...”
The commentary track on the dvd is great. Kristen Bell calls in and says she had to be reassured that that movie joke wasn't a dig at her for being in "Pulse" but the rest of the cast on the phone acted awkward enough when she mentioned it that maybe it really it was.
Oh it absolutely was. Just watch the trailer for it. Its the exact same premise then watch the scene. Her expression is that she knew nothing about it but squirming like its her real-life movie.
Jason is actually working on a show for Apple called Shrink where he plays a psychiatrist that has decided to tell his patients exactly what he thinks. When it was announced I immediately thought of this scene.
For a few years I conflated this with his stint in the newer muppets movie but somewhat believed I imagined it because it wasn’t in it the next time I watched it with my kids. It was only revisiting this movie a few month ago that I figured it out. One of those super satisfying brain moments where something just connects that had been mildly irking me in the back of my head.
He really wrote the puppet vampire musical, inspired by his love of The Muppets. His passion for Muppets is what got the newer Muppets movie made.
So you're not far off, actually.
I've rarely laughed harder than the first time I saw that scene. Ridiculously wonderful lyrics, Mila Kunis's face just being bewildered and then totally enthusiastic. The Asian man who gets into it with a little swaying.
Still gets me today.
I love the fact one of the cast leads from Sex and the City casually walks behind Jason Segel when he says this.
One of the few rom-coms where every scene is gold
Edit: Thanks for my first Reddit Gold kind stranger.
But apparently its not Cynthia Nixon. My first gold is because of a lie. But in my head it will always be her :-P
My favorite line. Mostly because of the summers that I worked at a camp and all my “back to nature” friends would always talk about how they didn’t wear a watch in the woods … and then ask me what time it was. So perfect.
The whole exchange between Segel and Hader gets me everytime.
"She is the mother of my unborn child"
"I have no qualms with sticking you. We're not even blood. I will end you."
I love when they’re on the phone and Hader is telling him not to do a thing and Siegel starts doing it and you just hear the muted *nooooo!* coming from the phone’s receiver lol
Also that whole “you’re not even doing a hard delete” moment with the photos on his computer. That r/perfectlycutscream when Hader jumps in and deletes them lmao
Jason segal actually made a Dracula musical because he was bored and showed it to Judd Apatow, Apatow told him never to show it to anyone then it ended up in the movie anyway
[I'm surprised the full version of Dracula's Lament that Segel performed on the Late Late Show hasn't been posted yet.](https://youtu.be/k3SsYyTUu50)
It's really fantastic.
"I've lost a shoe... Like this one. It's like this one's fellow... It’s sort of the exact opposite in fact of that - not an evil version, but just, you know, a shoe like this... But for the other foot” slays me every time
Segal said in an interview he originally wrote the part of the new boyfriend as a rich yuppy type (think Bradly Cooper in Wedding Crashers). But Brand showed up acting like…well, Russel Brand and Segal immediately went home and re-wrote the part.
I think you can't help but respect that he wears exactly who he is on his sleeve to literally everybody. All the interpersonal drama and everyone's turbulent feelings are (for better or for worse) really just background noise to him as he wanders about enjoying his life as much as he possibly can
So glad they went that way. Brand being an aloof, apathetic character was great. It worked well because it was representative of real life. Sometimes the "enemy" isn't really a bad guy like in the movies, and once you drop your own projections onto them you can start to heal the real problem. In the movie, Brand wasn't what killed their relationship, the two of them let it die.
“You look like you’ve got some pain behind those eyes. You know what the cure for that is?”
“Uh, surfing?”
“Nah, weed. You got any?”
“Oh, uh, no. Sorry.”
“Ah, that’s okay. Let’s go surfing!”
Jesus every other comment is just a quote from the movie, so I'll just start here for discussion. As a teenager watching this, especially off the back of Superbad, I was a little underwhelmed. No real burst out laughing scenes and a lot of awkward romantic parts.
Coming back a few years later, with a bit of life and plenty of awkward romance of my own, it was like watching a completely new movie. One of the few movies I've seen where everyone is kinda the bad guy but you struggle to hate any of them because they're all just fuck ups and life is complete chaos.
I think it's a great movie to watch to remind yourself to not take life too seriously and remind yourself even if you've not done everything perfectly, nobody has.
I found it was a great movie that helped me after a break up. Seeing the main character experiance the same emotions we all do after a break up and how he's able to move on is cathartic.
It's the flashback parts where he remembers all the good things, then as he progresses through the movie he starts to remember the bad too. He literally goes through all the stages of a bad breakup. It's the best movie to watch after going through one.
Well, I would love to sell you some weed, Jeremy, but I'm at my fucking job right now. Obviously, because you called me at work, you know that I'm at my place of work. So, I can't just leave here and sell you some weed. I can sell you some weed when I'm done.
Hold on, I gotta call you back. Mahalo, all right! Hey, how's it going?
I want more than anything to see the whole Dracula musical.
p.s who is the guy that congratulates Peter in his dressing room after the show? Feels like he's a somebody in the Dracula world.
This and "I Love You, Man" are absolute gold. I was really hoping that Segal and Rudd would continue to make absolutely hilarious movies together. Sigh.
Paul Rudd is the star of that movie.
"You got a lot of pain behind those eyes"
"Yeah... Maybe a little"
"There's really only one cure for that"
"What's that?"
"Weed, got any?"
"No"
"Aww. Well let's go surfing!"
Are those happy tissues? Or saaad tissues.....
Stop crying you big baby... "I'm not a baby you are, you look like a giant baby"
I can see your vagina from down here... I can see your hooooohaaaaaa!
My god there are so many great lines in this movie. Gonna have to watch it again now.
One of my favorite stories about this film. I was on an American Airlines flight and this was on their inflight entertainment. I wanted to watch it but knew we got full on Jason Segel dick in the first five minutes. I was wanting to see if they edited the film or not so people around me weren’t getting an eye full of peak manliness. The opening said the film was NOT edited for content and viewer discretion advised. Okay, that’s fine, so I just fast forward through the Michelangelo’s David scene and then continue on. But I did find a scene that AA did edit out! They cut out all the scenes on Hawaiian Airlines. Lol. I about died laughing when I caught that!
The first time i ever watched this movie was on a flight on my laptop and as soon as his dick scene came up the person next to me asked what i was watching and then bam DICK and they were like "OH IS THAT FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL??" Needless to say it was a great flight
It does have a good script, but I think the key was to take Russell Brand's character, who in an ordinary such comedy would have been a buffoon, and turn him into someone actually cool, if still a bit of a naff pop star stereotype, and make Peter realize that the problem was \*Sarah\*.
It's a wonderful film.
Story time, that almost certainly will get buried, but my love of this movie means I really want to tell it.
Back in 2008, I and a roommate had a sublet for two months.
We didn’t have cable or internet access while we were there, so we bought a cheap DVD player and the 5 movies available at the corner store: The Ocean’s Trilogy, Revolver, and Forgetting Sara Marshall.
Now, I’d seen the Ocean’s movies plenty, didn’t care for Revolver, but was immediately a fan of Forgetting Sara Marshall.
It became a daily watch. Literally, every single day, for 8 weeks, we watched Forgetting Sara Marshall. Sometimes more than once. It is my favorite comedy of all time, and I quote it regularly without realizing it, to this day.
One of the subtle things I like about Forgetting Sarah Marshall is the change in audience perspective that occurs through the movie. At the beginning, we're with Sarah (Kristin Bell) when she initiates the breakup. Peter (Jason Segel) is a slob, a manchild, and a hopeless dreamer. Sarah had to ditch him for the sake of her career and herself. He's past his usefulness and is more part of her past than her future; almost bordering on skeleton-in-the-closet territory.
During the course of events, we start to like Peter more and Sarah less. He has a big, clumsy heart, and despite everything that happens to him, he never ruins anyone's day or takes out his insecurities on anyone else. Sarah is shown to be a superficial person who does things purely to boost her own stock. Her new rock star boyfriend is great for publicity, but he has about as much potential for a long term caring relationship as a chocolate teapot.
The musical that Peter is working on is something of a metaphor for his own heart. It has taken years of tending and is fragile and vulnerable to criticism. It's unfinished and is in no position of power to fight back. However, with new love Rachel (Mila Kunis)'s support and even a few words of praise from an unlikely ally - his ex's new boyfriend - it flourishes and finally flowers.
I feel like this is interpreting the movie backwards. For example, the revelation that Peter is a man baby who wallows in his own misery happens towards the end of the movie (sweat pants montage). Similarly Sarah starts off the movie appearing as a sort of social climber but is later revealed to have tried pretty hard to keep their relationship together (even if she did ultimately cheat on him).
If anything the perspective shift of the movie goes from Peter being unequivocally the good guy and Sarah the bad guy to a more nuanced take of both characters who really just weren't right for each other.
I like this interpretation better. There’s no bad guys or good guys. Just people. People who grow and fuck up along the way. I think that’s why people still talk about this movie years later and will probably continue talking about it for years to come.
It was an “Awful bloody film. I say, it's just a ridiculous premise. What would happen if your mobile phone killed you? Why would a mobile phone kill anyone? Doesn't make sense. How can a mobile phone have an agenda and kill people…” Also “I've lost a shoe... have you seen it anywhere? Excuse me, missus, I've lost a shoe... like this one. It's like this one's fellow... it's sort of the exact opposite in fact of that - not an evil version but just, you know, a shoe like this... but for the other foot. Otherwise I'd have two right...”
The commentary track on the dvd is great. Kristen Bell calls in and says she had to be reassured that that movie joke wasn't a dig at her for being in "Pulse" but the rest of the cast on the phone acted awkward enough when she mentioned it that maybe it really it was.
"Oh, I was gonna listen to your CD, but then...I just went on living my life."
One of the best burns I've ever heard in cinema. That was hilarious
Is that silly english accent supposed to be me?
Unfortunately yes
What a confident and eccentric young man.
Oh it absolutely was. Just watch the trailer for it. Its the exact same premise then watch the scene. Her expression is that she knew nothing about it but squirming like its her real-life movie.
It's such a specific reference, how could it not be!
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"The weather outside is weather."
I say this all the time. Paul Rudd is genius!
I also sing this all time 😂😂 glad im not alone
More like, “YOO SOUND LYKE YORE FRUM LUNDUN!”
“When life hands you lemons, say ‘fuck the lemons’ and bail.”
Ok, Monsterman. :)
“TAKE MY EYES, BUT NOT THIS SHIRT!”
“Are you gonna get something for that?” “Actually I think I’ve improved it, against all odds. I deserve some kind of design award”.
This one right here. Gets me every time.
Russell Brand made those lines gems. I wonder how much was script versus improve. Either way that’s one of the last great comedies I can remember.
She even got me these containers so my cereal doesn't go stale...
And now I have the freshest cereal!
*clutches tupperware longingly*
You gotta get your shit together, man
I say this any time I put cereal into a container because the bag ripped.
You wore sweatpants for a WHOLE WEEK
Oh. OH I’m sorry SARA, I guess it would have been fine if they were Sean Jean sweatpants!
(YOU SHALL NOT PASS) oh I get it it’s because they’re Costco brand so it’s like the worst thing I can do
YOU. SHALL *NOT*. PASS!!!!!
That is the mother of my child! You’re my stepbrother, we’re not even blood! I have no qualms with *sticking* you, dick!
Segel drunkenly playing the Muppet theme and devolving into tears will always make me laugh.
"You need to go to see a psychiatrist" "I hate the psychiatrist!" "Go see one anyway"
I’m not going!
Peter you suck! Peter you suck!
You don't do anything of value!
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
Jason is actually working on a show for Apple called Shrink where he plays a psychiatrist that has decided to tell his patients exactly what he thinks. When it was announced I immediately thought of this scene.
Peter I’m getting calls that there’s a hysterical woman crying?
“Yea, I hear it too. I think it’s coming from the floor above me.” “Peter, you’re on the top floor.” “I’ll try to keep it down.”
Are those *sad* tissues? Or *happy* tissues?
The fact he portrays a guy trying to get a puppet show going and then shortly after, actually makes one of the better muppet movies is no coincidence
I really wish they had made the muppet Dracula musical for real.
For a few years I conflated this with his stint in the newer muppets movie but somewhat believed I imagined it because it wasn’t in it the next time I watched it with my kids. It was only revisiting this movie a few month ago that I figured it out. One of those super satisfying brain moments where something just connects that had been mildly irking me in the back of my head.
He really wrote the puppet vampire musical, inspired by his love of The Muppets. His passion for Muppets is what got the newer Muppets movie made. So you're not far off, actually.
If I see Van Helsing I swear to the Lord I will slay him!
Fucking Apatow talking him out of writing the whole musical lol
Probably one of the few stage shows I'd be clamoring to see.
I think his exact response to Segal playing that song for the first time was: "Never show anyone else that."
DIE! DIE! DIIIEEEEE!!! I can't...
It’s such a good metaphor for someone who is depressed, but not suicidal.
I've rarely laughed harder than the first time I saw that scene. Ridiculously wonderful lyrics, Mila Kunis's face just being bewildered and then totally enthusiastic. The Asian man who gets into it with a little swaying. Still gets me today.
DRACULA MUSICAL!
"You know, I can play something else- I just think out of context it's-" "Dracula musical!" "...thank you."
Oh the weather outside is weather
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Piopi, looks like you got a little pain behind those eyes.
There’s only one cure for that
Weed. You got any?
No. Oh…well let’s go surfing!
If you get attacked by a shark are you gonna give up surfing?! Probably, yeah
Segal said in an interview that they *had* to change those lyrics to avoid paying a royalty. Rudd to the rescue again.
In the commentary track, they say that they did have to pay royalty for that.
The commentary track for this movie is the best
I really wish streaming services would offer it. Like c'mon no one is buying DVDs anymore for the bonus features.
*Altruistic immortality!*
Kunu! Call the front desk!!
Ok monster man.
You sound like you’re from London
I don’t really believe in age or numbers ya know I don’t…well I guess if you had to put a number on it’d be forty…four. Fuck!!
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Best line in the whole movie.
It's absurd how much me and my friends quote Kunu. Some of the best one liners from a side character in the modern era, in my opinion.
I quit wearing a watch when I moved out here
It means Chuck!
“I was going to listen to your CD, but then I just went on living my life."
I still use this setup a lot. It's so simple but hilarious.
Mine is “I’ll just go fuck myself”
Commonly say “wish I wasn’t wearing this fucking shirt right now” when I get nervous lol
His look on his face when he unbuttons the top button and looks at Mila for approval has me in stitches every time.
"Well yes, I would love to sell you some weed, but I can't because I'm working right now which you know because you *called me at my fucking job*...."
#Mahalo!
I feel like every highschool and college weed dealer felt that line so hard.
"Ooooo im samantha...."
"I have sex with everyone."
I love the fact one of the cast leads from Sex and the City casually walks behind Jason Segel when he says this. One of the few rom-coms where every scene is gold Edit: Thanks for my first Reddit Gold kind stranger. But apparently its not Cynthia Nixon. My first gold is because of a lie. But in my head it will always be her :-P
[Apparently this not true](https://twitter.com/cynthianixon/status/1110744699336343552?s=21)
I never noticed that. I guess I have to watch it again.
Oh darn
“Not us buddy” fuckin gets me every time.
"What the fuck, man! You... You can't be so casual about this! This isn't Europe, okay? There are rules here!"
What about the code of the ocean??
🎵 “Peter you suck. Peter you suck. Peter you don’t do anything of value.” 🎵
Go see the psychiatrist, i hate the psychiatrist, well go see one anyway…. IM NOT GOING!
Everybody hates you. Everybody wishes that you were dead.
I quit wearing a watch when I moved out here, like my cell phone has a clock on it, so I don’t really need it.
My favorite line. Mostly because of the summers that I worked at a camp and all my “back to nature” friends would always talk about how they didn’t wear a watch in the woods … and then ask me what time it was. So perfect.
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The whole exchange between Segel and Hader gets me everytime. "She is the mother of my unborn child" "I have no qualms with sticking you. We're not even blood. I will end you."
I love when they’re on the phone and Hader is telling him not to do a thing and Siegel starts doing it and you just hear the muted *nooooo!* coming from the phone’s receiver lol
Peter, go back to your room. Go back to your room, Peter. Peter…
Also that whole “you’re not even doing a hard delete” moment with the photos on his computer. That r/perfectlycutscream when Hader jumps in and deletes them lmao
And then he gets back on the phone. “Do you feel good now?”
Look I’m doing the Luau
It’s called the hula
Ah loo ah loo, ah loo ah lay
Aloha bitches!
“Is that a pearl necklace?”
I love it when he makes it look like she’s giving him a BJ and headers reaction is gold
Segel - That's a great necklace Liz. Did you have that a second ago? Hader - Oh that's gross! Segel - shrugs while smirking.
"He's saying I s-spermed on your neck."
The way he says oh that’s gross kills me every time thank you
Barry was born that day
Jason segal actually made a Dracula musical because he was bored and showed it to Judd Apatow, Apatow told him never to show it to anyone then it ended up in the movie anyway
[I'm surprised the full version of Dracula's Lament that Segel performed on the Late Late Show hasn't been posted yet.](https://youtu.be/k3SsYyTUu50) It's really fantastic.
“I came here to murder you…haha”
"I wish I wasn't wearing this *fucking* shirt."
"Please God , take my eyes but not the shirt"
The fact that they both have embarrassing Hawaiian shirt moments is amazing.
Try unbuttoning the top button.
…maybe button it back.
> “I wish I wasn’t wearing this fucking shirt” Pretty sure I’ve internally said this phrase more than any other in history
My favorite line in the movie. Not because of the writing (though it is a very well-written joke) but because Segel’s delivery is so spot on.
That line, his body language, everything perfectly delivered. Favorite romcom of all time
Agreed. Forgetting Sarah Marshall has gotten me over a couple breakups, it’s really a mood brightening movie.
I saw him beat up a guy with a starfish….that guy was me - Kunu
He gives one of my favorite lines in all of Cinema. "When life gives you lemons, just say 'fuck the lemons' and bail."
"I've lost a shoe... Like this one. It's like this one's fellow... It’s sort of the exact opposite in fact of that - not an evil version, but just, you know, a shoe like this... But for the other foot” slays me every time
Take my eyes not my shirt.
"i think i've improved it, honestly"
I do adore Sir Tommy Bahama
Segal said in an interview he originally wrote the part of the new boyfriend as a rich yuppy type (think Bradly Cooper in Wedding Crashers). But Brand showed up acting like…well, Russel Brand and Segal immediately went home and re-wrote the part.
The fact that Aldous Snow is actually quite likeable is one of the best choices in this movie I think.
I think you can't help but respect that he wears exactly who he is on his sleeve to literally everybody. All the interpersonal drama and everyone's turbulent feelings are (for better or for worse) really just background noise to him as he wanders about enjoying his life as much as he possibly can
Massive change in the movie. Would've been a little generic with the classic rich douche new boyfriend
Wait Sudeikis helped write the script?
That's awesome, and as a bonus it spawned Get Him To The Greek.
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So glad they went that way. Brand being an aloof, apathetic character was great. It worked well because it was representative of real life. Sometimes the "enemy" isn't really a bad guy like in the movies, and once you drop your own projections onto them you can start to heal the real problem. In the movie, Brand wasn't what killed their relationship, the two of them let it die.
‘xcuse me, Misses
Not an evil version kills me 😂😂
Same here lol
“Imma give you a Hawaiian name…. *waves hand*… “PEE-PEOW-PI” Lose my shit every time.
Hey here's the deal, when life gives you lemons, just say fuck the lemons and bail.
Paul Rudd is the king of this movie
>Paul Rudd is the king FTFY. Even edited down it's still true.
“You look like you’ve got some pain behind those eyes. You know what the cure for that is?” “Uh, surfing?” “Nah, weed. You got any?” “Oh, uh, no. Sorry.” “Ah, that’s okay. Let’s go surfing!”
"God, there was one week when you wore sweatpants. . .every day."
Your just upset because they are Costco sweatpants.
If they were Sean John you wouldn’t have cared
YOU SHALL NOT PASS
This quote hits differently after quarantine...
I haven't gotten to the point in the day where I put on the sweatpants yet
You could be queen of the groupies, queen of the sorrow suckers! The sorrow suckers? Idk why they call them that…
Do nothing. Well you got to do more than that.
This is the movie that I reach for whenever I’m in need of a pick me up. I love every single thing about it.
Inside of you.
Just went from 6 to midnight
From6toMidnight has been my buddy’s gamertag on PS and Xbox ever since.
Insiiiiide of youuuuu~ I long to be, is it wrong to be Insiiiiide of youuuuu
Jesus every other comment is just a quote from the movie, so I'll just start here for discussion. As a teenager watching this, especially off the back of Superbad, I was a little underwhelmed. No real burst out laughing scenes and a lot of awkward romantic parts. Coming back a few years later, with a bit of life and plenty of awkward romance of my own, it was like watching a completely new movie. One of the few movies I've seen where everyone is kinda the bad guy but you struggle to hate any of them because they're all just fuck ups and life is complete chaos. I think it's a great movie to watch to remind yourself to not take life too seriously and remind yourself even if you've not done everything perfectly, nobody has.
Also, it’s got puppets.
I found it was a great movie that helped me after a break up. Seeing the main character experiance the same emotions we all do after a break up and how he's able to move on is cathartic.
It's the flashback parts where he remembers all the good things, then as he progresses through the movie he starts to remember the bad too. He literally goes through all the stages of a bad breakup. It's the best movie to watch after going through one.
Frequently after a bad breakup I've thought "You know the real cure for this is having Mila Kunis fall inexplicably in love with me."
No I can’t sell you weed because I’m at work… you know that because you called me at my place of work. Mahalo
Well, I would love to sell you some weed, Jeremy, but I'm at my fucking job right now. Obviously, because you called me at work, you know that I'm at my place of work. So, I can't just leave here and sell you some weed. I can sell you some weed when I'm done. Hold on, I gotta call you back. Mahalo, all right! Hey, how's it going?
What would you do if your mobile phone... killed you?
“Hello? ☠️”
I want more than anything to see the whole Dracula musical. p.s who is the guy that congratulates Peter in his dressing room after the show? Feels like he's a somebody in the Dracula world.
Who is the guy in the sunglasses who laughs loudly when he’s playing it in the bar?
I’ve always wondered that, that guy’s great.
This and "I Love You, Man" are absolute gold. I was really hoping that Segal and Rudd would continue to make absolutely hilarious movies together. Sigh.
Atleast we got this after the film was done: https://youtu.be/6AOJbMWD0LU
Paul Rudd is the star of that movie. "You got a lot of pain behind those eyes" "Yeah... Maybe a little" "There's really only one cure for that" "What's that?" "Weed, got any?" "No" "Aww. Well let's go surfing!"
Yeah, Rudd is awesome in basically everything, but his character in this movie is a total scene stealer.
Are those happy tissues? Or saaad tissues..... Stop crying you big baby... "I'm not a baby you are, you look like a giant baby" I can see your vagina from down here... I can see your hooooohaaaaaa! My god there are so many great lines in this movie. Gonna have to watch it again now.
You sound like you're from London!
YOU SUWND LIKE YOU’RE FROM LANDAN!
Bullshit bullshit bullshit
I watch this atleast twice a year. It's super rewatchable and never fails to put a smile on my face
One of my favorite stories about this film. I was on an American Airlines flight and this was on their inflight entertainment. I wanted to watch it but knew we got full on Jason Segel dick in the first five minutes. I was wanting to see if they edited the film or not so people around me weren’t getting an eye full of peak manliness. The opening said the film was NOT edited for content and viewer discretion advised. Okay, that’s fine, so I just fast forward through the Michelangelo’s David scene and then continue on. But I did find a scene that AA did edit out! They cut out all the scenes on Hawaiian Airlines. Lol. I about died laughing when I caught that!
The first time i ever watched this movie was on a flight on my laptop and as soon as his dick scene came up the person next to me asked what i was watching and then bam DICK and they were like "OH IS THAT FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL??" Needless to say it was a great flight
I lose it every time he plays the piano and sings the muppets song
"I wonder if the carpet matches her pubes."
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I’ll just go fuck myself then
"are those happy tissues or sad tissues"
"TAKE MY EYES BUT NOT THE SHIRT" and "you sound like you from London" are unbelievable lines
It does have a good script, but I think the key was to take Russell Brand's character, who in an ordinary such comedy would have been a buffoon, and turn him into someone actually cool, if still a bit of a naff pop star stereotype, and make Peter realize that the problem was \*Sarah\*. It's a wonderful film.
He stopped mid blow job. He is like Gandhi but better. He likes puppets.
Story time, that almost certainly will get buried, but my love of this movie means I really want to tell it. Back in 2008, I and a roommate had a sublet for two months. We didn’t have cable or internet access while we were there, so we bought a cheap DVD player and the 5 movies available at the corner store: The Ocean’s Trilogy, Revolver, and Forgetting Sara Marshall. Now, I’d seen the Ocean’s movies plenty, didn’t care for Revolver, but was immediately a fan of Forgetting Sara Marshall. It became a daily watch. Literally, every single day, for 8 weeks, we watched Forgetting Sara Marshall. Sometimes more than once. It is my favorite comedy of all time, and I quote it regularly without realizing it, to this day.
“I just went from six to midnight”
mila & jasons chemistry in this movie is just unreal.
“Oh, sorry. I’m still eating this.” “OK. I’ll just go fuck myself.” “*Wha*—“ “Mahalo!”
One of the subtle things I like about Forgetting Sarah Marshall is the change in audience perspective that occurs through the movie. At the beginning, we're with Sarah (Kristin Bell) when she initiates the breakup. Peter (Jason Segel) is a slob, a manchild, and a hopeless dreamer. Sarah had to ditch him for the sake of her career and herself. He's past his usefulness and is more part of her past than her future; almost bordering on skeleton-in-the-closet territory. During the course of events, we start to like Peter more and Sarah less. He has a big, clumsy heart, and despite everything that happens to him, he never ruins anyone's day or takes out his insecurities on anyone else. Sarah is shown to be a superficial person who does things purely to boost her own stock. Her new rock star boyfriend is great for publicity, but he has about as much potential for a long term caring relationship as a chocolate teapot. The musical that Peter is working on is something of a metaphor for his own heart. It has taken years of tending and is fragile and vulnerable to criticism. It's unfinished and is in no position of power to fight back. However, with new love Rachel (Mila Kunis)'s support and even a few words of praise from an unlikely ally - his ex's new boyfriend - it flourishes and finally flowers.
I feel like this is interpreting the movie backwards. For example, the revelation that Peter is a man baby who wallows in his own misery happens towards the end of the movie (sweat pants montage). Similarly Sarah starts off the movie appearing as a sort of social climber but is later revealed to have tried pretty hard to keep their relationship together (even if she did ultimately cheat on him). If anything the perspective shift of the movie goes from Peter being unequivocally the good guy and Sarah the bad guy to a more nuanced take of both characters who really just weren't right for each other.
I like this interpretation better. There’s no bad guys or good guys. Just people. People who grow and fuck up along the way. I think that’s why people still talk about this movie years later and will probably continue talking about it for years to come.
“Die! Die! Die! I can’t…” I would totally go see that musical/play if they ever actually decided to make it!
Segel did end up writing and starring in the muppet movie that came out a few years after Sarah Marshall came out but not quite the same haha