Happy Gilmore

[Brad Barker]

i still remember seeing that in the theaters.

afterwards, i thought, "man, what a great movie!"



i was in...fiifth grade?

 

[SomecallmeTim]

"You're gonna die, Clown!!"

Definitely my favorite Sandler flick - though I admit that I've skipped his last few.

 

[Philbiker]

What the hell is Abe Lincoln doing with Chubbs and the Alligator in the vision at the end?

I happen to think that Christopher McDonald and Carl Weathers are hilarious comic actors as well. They are a large part of why the movie's so funny.

 

[Tom Crofts]

Yeah Chubbs Peterson is cracking!

'Cut me down in my prime' *jab jab jab*

'it's all in the hips, it's all in the hips'

As is Shooter McGavin:

'who cares about happy gilmoooooooooh my god!'

 

[I-Love-Ratm]

Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore are equally great!!
"We gonna get some sh!t and we gonna sets it on fiaaahhhh!!!"
and
"You gonna die clown" are priceless along with about a million other quotes

 

[MJ5150]

Adam Sandler's finest work?

Finest one I have seen. Then again, I am a golf fan/player. I turned off Waterboy, and The Wedding Singer after 20-30 minutes.

-Mike

 

[Mike Money]

What the hell is Abe Lincoln doing with Chubbs and the Alligator in the vision at the end?

Because Chubbs is black and Lincoln freed the slaves... Thats pretty much it.

 

[Tom Crofts]

'They wouldn't let me play on the pro tour!'

'Because you're black?'

'No! Damn alligator bit my hand off!'

'Oh my God!'

'Tore out one of that bastards eyes though'

'You're pretty sick aren't you Chubbs?'

I just wrote that (in fact all quotes so far) from memory. Me and my housemates have been caning that film way too hard lately...

 

[cueball]

This movie was just on HBO. This was definitley Sandlers best movie and watching today made me miss the 90's even more.

 

[jrthebassguy]

Happy Gilmore is his 2nd best comedic work, IMO. His best:

Who cares if the plot is ridiculous? It's funny, damnit!

 

[HOOLIGAN]

I wanna see him do a movie without a wig on his head

 

[duff beer]

Adam Sandler has never been funny. Ever. The fact that he is a highly paid "actor" only proves that people have extremely low standards.

 

[BioDriver]

Adam Sandler has never been funny. Ever. The fact that he is a highly paid "actor" only proves that people have extremely low standards.

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It's definitely his best movie, IMO. Pretty much everything he's done since Big Daddy (with the exception of Click and Zohan) has been garbage, though, especially Just Go With It, which was easily the worst movie I saw last year.

 

[bassplayer1494]

"YOUR GONNA DIE CLOWN!!!"

 

[MJ5150]

Why did I say that about Wedding Singer? That movie is funny.

-Mike

 

[NOT]

Going Overboard

No, but seriously, Happy Gilmore.

 

[tastybasslines]

Don't Mess With The Zohan is by far his finest. He made up words that sounded real in that one...like the word, "Moochentoochen."

Pure Gold...

 

[Pilgrim]

Adam Sandler's finest work?

Discuss.

Also, the bit part actors are all dire. Especially in the first 20-30 minutes or so.

It's one of the few Sandler movies I can really stand to watch. Many of the others are pretty bad and sometimes offensive (even to Sandler's characters). But I find Happy Gilmore to be quite funny and enjoyable. 50 First Dates was another decent one, but it did show that Sandler is no Tom Hanks when it comes to acting ability.

I don't know what "dire" means in the context of the original post. Its actual definition is: "Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous."

I thought the movie was well cast, and I find nothing dire about any of the actors.

 

[runmikeyrun]

I remember driving by the golf course they filmed the Bob Barker scenes (its on the coast of British Columbia on the way from Vancouver to Whistler) back around 1999 and thinking I could almost see Adam walking to his jalopy with one of those giant checks under his arm...

 

[Pilgrim]

The Sandler/Barker fistfight was a very odd but so-absurd-it-was-amusing moment.