Adam Sandler and the Death of Comedy

Does anyone like this guy? Adam Sandler is an american comic, actor and producer who rose to fame on saturday night live, and subsequently starred in a series of hit movies, and started his own production company, Happy Madison Productions. Nearly all of the films by Happy Madison have received mixed to negative reviews, only one film to date has recieved positive reviews, and four films have recieved metascores lower than 12, classified by metacritic as being 'Intensely disliked'.

The problem i really have with this character, is that he doesn't even try to make good films. Whatever one thinks of Michael Bay, he does, i feel at least try to make good films. There was a marked improvement between transformers 2 and transformers 3, and Pain & Gain was really good. However Adam Sandler doesn't even try to make good films, there is never any story, the jokes are never very funny, and they are mostly annoying, condescending and abrasive. The paradoxical thing about Adam Sandler movies is that only immature 14 year old boys could possibly enjoy his movies, yet ironically they can't go and see them, because they're not old enough!

Adam Sandler films typically disrespect their audience, they are typical of films that look down on their audience, and that have absolutely no respect for the intelligence of the people who might go and see them. Sandler's movies always feel the need to preach a homily on how 'family is important' (cue obnoxious voice) how anyone wearing vaguely short shorts must be gay, and how any woman who is not completely subservient, must have a penis. Let us not forget how none of Sandler's movies have any women in them excluding prostitutes, strippers and teachers who sleep with twelve year olds, in fact, in Jack and Jill, Sandler himself played a woman.

Sandler films are typical stupid, screwball comedies, however unlike Something About Mary, or Zoolander, they fail to say anything about the events or places they represent (excluding You Don't Mess With The Zohan, which actually makes some interesting points about diplomacy, and Israel and Palestine) The movies use characters who are frankly obnoxious, most of whom are played by Nick Swardson (one of the least funny people to ever be in a movie) Who are offensive at best and irritating at least.

Adam Sandler is a joke, one wonders how this guy manages to have any self respect, his films are unfunny and obnoxious, plotless and boring, and have no respect for their audience. His films are terrifyingly predictable, and one wonders how a former SNL castmember, manages to be so unfunny, plus he's a republican, though we won't hold that against him. Seriously, does anyone like this man, comments in the box below!