It’s Good News, Bad News For Mike Judge.

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1. Rhythm-X 08/21/2008 @ 12:14am

   Does GONE BABY GONE count as not crappy?  Affleck rarely drags a film down; he’s merely indiscriminate in what he chooses to appear in sometimes.  Mike Judge and Affleck sounds like a good combination to me.

2. Collin Armstrong 08/21/2008 @ 5:09am

   To be fair he didn’t *act* in GONE BABY GONE, which was excellent btw, so it might not count toward his thesp karma.  But HOLLYWOODLAND was decent.  And I liked CHANGING LANES.

   Worth noting the cast for this also includes Jason Bateman and Kristen Wiig - two big pluses.

3. Kurt Halfyard 08/21/2008 @ 8:15am

   This surprisingly does not bother me.  This could indeed be a good fit.  Affleck is much better when he is doing goofy ah-shucks (Mike Judge flirts with this style) comedy. 

   And I second the CHANGING LANES recommendation.  Everyone is solid in that.

   Gone Baby Gone was indeed excellent.

   Affleck is well on the road to mainstream forgiveness for the past sins highlighted in Todd’s post.

4. sarkoffagus 08/21/2008 @ 9:13am

   I think Affleck is fine on occasion, like the aforementioned CHANGING LANES, but I’ve never seen him display any comedic timing. Maybe it’s just because I’m thinking of his tiny roles in Kevin Smith movies, like JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK and CLERKS II, but he isn’t taking the comedy seriously. Who knows what’ll happen when he’s working with a comic talent like Judge? But I can understand why Todd is skeptical.

   And like the two previous gents, I thought GONE BABY GONE was terrific.

5. Rodney 08/21/2008 @ 9:25am

   I am going to go against the grain here and say that its Mike Judge that people should be worried about.

6. Collin Armstrong 08/21/2008 @ 9:49am

   I’ll bite - why the hate for Judge?

7. Rodney 08/21/2008 @ 10:43am

   I will pose this as a rhetorical question: what has he done since Office Space that fully or even partially executes on the single fresh idea that he seems to come up with every now and then?

8. Simon Laperriere 08/21/2008 @ 10:51am

   IDIOCRACY was really funny ! I thought it was a really fun film, not as good as OFFICE SPACE thought.

   Too bad it didn’t get more exposure, this one could have become a real hit. Maybe Judge needs Affleck in order to go back on the map.

9. eDWeiRD 08/21/2008 @ 6:17pm

   I love Jersey Girl.

   There I said it.

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