This week in the Deep Hurting Project: Going Overboard, one of two Adam Sandler films to be bad enough for The Project, the other being Jack and Jill. I did that one last year, and, unlike that one, he doesn't even list this film on his resume. It's that bad.
- 0:55: Of all the porno tapes you choose, you choose the one where the cover is Adam Sandler making the same face Butt-head makes when he's mimicking heavy metal singers?
- 1:16: Fucking Hell, the animation is hideous.
- 1:44: So, wait, is this film titled Going Overboard or The Unsinkable Shecky Moskowitz?
- 2:22: More on Generalissimo Noriega later.
- 5:07: At least they're honest about why this film was made.
- 5:12: Wow, how woke was Spain to have a transwoman who just came out last week represent them in a pageant in 1989?
- 8:00: It's so tempting to make a quip about Andrew Dice Clay, but given the time period, I'm 99% sure that was exactly the point she was making.
- 10:45: Didn't we do this? In fact, can't we have just cut the first scene where he conveyed this exact same information? Even The Room at least spaced these scenes apart.
- 11:57: That sounds like a neurological condition.
- 13:07: Taking off a girl's bathing suit and shoving it up her ass is A-OK, but fucking her is off the table?
- 13:12: Didn't even have to fire the gun. This really was a no-budget film.
- 13:42: Well, at least he got a better reception than the Cuties got when they did their dance.
- 16:11: Taking a Rain Man instead of a rain check? I'm not sure if this is one of the cases where I can say that only other people on the spectrum get to mock Rain Man. Also, director cameo?
- 18:21: I think you answered your own question.
- 18:34: You know, this forum has a three-video-per-post limit and I just wasted one on the official upload of this film. So, I hope this answers your question:
- 20:57: Not true if you're part of Project Mayhem and you live in one of the cities where they control the police. Like Bradford, UN.
Why, yes, I did watch the most famous film to ever be heavily implied to be set in Delaware a few days ago.
- 26:50: 7 Minutes exactly. That's how long this shot lasted. And to think Mike Leigh would so something like this much better in Secrets and Lies (coming soon to the Criterion Collection!)
- 27:27: You'll be one of the biggest film stars and also one of the most reviled.
- 28:25: So, why did we need that last scene? It conveys the same exact information.
- 29:25: Why did they need that nightmarish animation?
- 30:26: So, it's not entirely a no-budget song since they managed to license a Motown hit.
- 32:00: So, he can't even have a sexual fantasy without his mother interfering? Even my relationship with my dead mother isn't that fucked up.
- 33:52: Well, I guess the other guy really has no taste in comedy.
- 34:09: Why is this scene here?
- 36:51: Just so everyone's clear, this movie is framed as a movie General Noriega is watching. For context, he was one of many generalissimos America propped up in Latin America to stem the tide of Communism, in this case, Panama. He ruled from 1983 to 1989, when he proved too much even for Uncle Sam and we invaded them in the biggest military operation since Vietnam. And what else happened in 1989? This movie was released. So, yeah, this was dated instantly.
- 37:31: MUST NOT REFERENCE TRUMP! MUST NOT REFERENCE TRUMP! MUST NOT REFERENCE TRUMP!
- 38:51: Even these idiot assassins who introduced themselves by pistol-whipping themselves know how stupid this plot is.
- 40:36: Wait, she never said you looked like a Pizza, she said you smelled like an old pizza.
- 44:08: So, his hat falls into the ocean and this merits an instant funeral?
- 45:55: Why is King Neptune here? Why does he need to convince Shecky to take Dickie's old job? Especially since we have a scene just after this where Bob does the same thing?
- 50:41: Is that Billy Bob Thornton?
- 51:50: We want Dickie? Isn't he dead, as far as they know?
- 52:46: So, apparently, they convinced a band to set up all their gear on such short notice.
- 54:12: So, apparently, this was a #1 hit last week? Man, no wonder 1989 was a shit year for popular music.
- 54:32: Nice homage to Tommy Hall, there.
- 56:18: Seriously? King Neptune's right there?
- 56:45: You'd think he'd bring these feelings up earlier. He has strong opinions and his friend is an aspiring standup comedian.
- 58:25: So, it's worth noting that the next movie Valerie Breiman! directed was called Bikini Squad. And between that and this gratuitous montage of beautiful women's bodies, well, I can't find any information about whether or not she's gay, but I can't help but wonder if this is just her expressing some homoerotic stirrings within her. Also, this is a shit cover of "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet."
- 59:24: Yep, they're officially in the movie he was watching all along. What kind of time paradox is that?
- 62:17: And nobody hears him banging on the door and yelling and thinks, "maybe that fucker is actually alive" but instead that his ghost is haunting the ship. These people are idiots.
- 63:32: I'm still curious about whether it'd be appropriate to make a reference to Dennis Nilsen, who flushed the remains of one of his victims down the toilet and ended up creating problems that led to him getting caught. Then again, I'm not sure the sewage systems on a cruise ship works the same way as they do in London.
- 63:51: What's the point of this argument about which colour shirt he's supposed to wear?
- 66:35: So, you're admitting that you tortured animals as a kid? I'm just waiting for him to admit to Arson or bedwetting.
- 67:20: So, they got Milton Berle to appear in the film to give him advice. That's probably where most of the budget went.
- 69:36: So, he's talking about Emma Watson?
- 70:16: These jokes always did? If Milton Berle, a comedy legend, can't make these jokes land, nobody can. And they weren't funny.
- 71:05: So, is this supposed to be a vindication of a more wholesome type of comedy against the dirtier comics who were thriving in the 1980s? Because in this film, both types of comedy suck, because it looks like the lines are being written by a shitty writer.
- 71:45: What do you know, all he had to do is go into a disassociative fugue and that was enough to make him a hit.
- 71:50: So, what do you know, he managed to wear the pink shirt and the green shirt. I think I know why that scene about the pink vs. green shirt was made: to cover up a blatant continuity error.
- 73:34: And they care more for mugging for the camera while they're trying to find Miss Australia.
- 75:16: You also said he should be shot for shooting people who voted against him.
- 77:02: Do they have no peripheral vision?
- 78:11: Just wait until the Internet becomes a thing, Miss Australia. You'll probably find some community for that.
- 80:24: So, why are we supposed to like Miss Australia besides her being hot?
- 81:53: Dying would probably be great for your career, if Bill Hicks' career trajectory is any indication.
- 82:02: Dad watched this scene and he decided to make a reference to Frisbeetarianism, but now I'm more inclined to say Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
- 83:50: How did she win for that performance of "Advance Australia Fair"? You know what, I decided I'm going to use my third video for this post. While looking for better renditions, I found one labeled "Australian National Anthem (Earrape)" and it still sounds better than that version she sang.
- 82:12: Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
- 87:24: You know what, these idiots are somehow the best at standup comedy in this movie and they barely even speak English.
- 91:04: What kind of name is Slimy? And how does her conch shell broadcast his comedy sessions? And why would she like it when he bombed most of the times he tried? Is this like how the Happy Mondays got signed to Factory Records? By getting last place in battle of the bands and Tony Wilson deciding to sign them anyway?
- 97:10: And we're leaving on not-Andrew Dice Clay laughing like Mandark? Okay.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.