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Netflix Doubles Down on Adam Sandler With New Four-Film Deal
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DarkLordMalik
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Click is the only good movie by Adam Sandler.
hodayathink
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Men, Women and Children was supposed to be that, but it fell flat on its face.
What you thinking...MMA as the sport. Kevin James as the best friend. We'll say maybe losing the family home or have to raise money for a dire need as the "issue". Maybe Nina Dobrev or Emmanuelle Chriqui as the pretty love interest and you have a bonafide 2.5 star hit!
Someone hasn't seen Punch drunk love
That comment is clearly craziness but Click is a legit good movie.
The scene when he's an old man is so sad.
gutter_trash
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Because they're making a few shitty Adam Sandler movies? Yeah let's just forget about all the other fantastic shows that they have.
entremet
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The Broken Ska Record
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I liked the one he did with David Spade. *shrug*
SirClinksAlot
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Yeah as shitty as his movies are they appear to do HUGE numbers for Netflix. These shitty ass movies allows them to take a shot on something like Stranger Things.
IdreamofHIME
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They should make him the bad guy for Iron Fist season 2.
TheTylerRob
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Getting rid of Arrested Development and signing for 4 new Adam Sandler movies? Fuck you Netflix.
Well Punch Drunk Love was by PT Anderson. Sandler turned in a really good performance, but the movies from his own production company tend to suck.
What? Really? Oh no... is all hope lost?
SilentRacoon
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One is satisfying a large part of their subscriber base (my family watches his shitty flicks every now and then) the other caters to a few dozen of us, just the sad result of our reality.
Bruce Springsteen
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People watch his movies and has a huge fanbase, why are people mad at this again?
I used to love that movie too but I'm not sure how it would be if I watched it today. Maybe the "no daddy no" and the tackling scenes but that's about it.
ClosingADoor
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So is this the new path for the straight-to-DVD actors? As long as it works for Netflix, continue making them.
I know everyone is going to rip on this but I'd LOVE if Sandler did a mature well written and directed serious film, maybe a dark comedy or something at least more mature and thoughtful than his usual unfunny crap. Something more in the veins of Punch Drunk Love or Reign Over Me than Grown Ups and his usual fare. Do 3 shitty dumb ass comedies with your buddies and then do one actual worthwhile movie, its not like we haven't seen him do some real acting before. Its possible and I'd enjoy seeing something along those lines.
Ninja Scooter
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Straight to DVD actors don't make what Adam sandler is getting paid by Netflix for these movies.
serenewarfare
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He's going to keep getting these deals as long as people still watch his movies, which they do.
I can't remember the number of people I heard saying "Yeah, I heard that new Adam Sandler movie is awful. I need to see how bad it is."
That's still a win for Netflix.
I can't remember the number of people I heard saying "Yeah, I heard that new Adam Sandler movie is awful. I need to see how bad it is."
That's still a win for Netflix.
Buddha Beam
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The real takeaway here is that Adam Sandler fans still have enough brain cells left to sign up for Netflix with a credit card.
Username1198
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Double down no thanks I'd rather surrender
Edit: you don't mess with the zohan his best movie btw
Edit: you don't mess with the zohan his best movie btw
Oh shut up, theres nothing wrong with calling out Sandlers expired trash
The reactions ITT...
What is surprising or a bad idea about this? That Netflix is financing Sandler's terrible movies?
Adam Sandler has always put out critically panned movies that do well with certain audiences. He's continuing to do just that, except now Netflix benefits from it. Anyone else who doesn't understand this is either too young to remember his movies have always been regarded as a steaming pile of crap by critics or too old to enjoy them for what they have always been (dumb low-brow humor).
What is surprising or a bad idea about this? That Netflix is financing Sandler's terrible movies?
Adam Sandler has always put out critically panned movies that do well with certain audiences. He's continuing to do just that, except now Netflix benefits from it. Anyone else who doesn't understand this is either too young to remember his movies have always been regarded as a steaming pile of crap by critics or too old to enjoy them for what they have always been (dumb low-brow humor).
To Far Away Times
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Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore are guilty pleasures. I know they're trash but they're hilarious.
Oh and 50 first dates was pretty great too, but most of his movies are a miss for me.
Oh and 50 first dates was pretty great too, but most of his movies are a miss for me.
Yeah I loved Billy Madisn and Happy Gillimore as a teen. I wonder how many of his films from now I would have enjoyed back then, Maybe it's not Sandler who's changed, but me?
-Pyromaniac-
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If it pays the bills I'm happy for it. Netflix killing it lately.
Uno Venova
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Nothing wrong hitting the play button every time you read about it as well.
And on that day, I will watch Iron Fist.
This is the exact thing that popped into my head too.
entremet
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Lol
You and me, man. Punch Drunk Love is probably my favorite Paul Thomas Anderson movie, with Magnolia and Boogie Nights just behind it.
Someone hasn't seen Punch Drunk Love.
This isn't exactly surprising; it's a movie that's exclusive to Netflix. And he is famous.
Whereas actually good/big Hollywood films don't come to Netflix until they've been watched in theaters and rented on other services millions and millions of times (and pirated). There's only so many people who care to wait until films come to Netflix and/or watch movies more than once if they've already seen them.
I'd be more curious to see the cost/benefit ratio. It's still probably high, but there may be other movies with a higher return on investment.
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