Michael Cera

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**Ahtman**

Albatross wrote:He was in 'Role Models'. It was pretty funny in places.

He actually plays a kid who's into LARP in it!

Actually that was McLovin from Superbad.

aka Christopher Mintz-Plasse

**malfred**

I'm interested in the scott pilgrim film.

**MasterDRD**

Ahtman wrote:
Albatross wrote:He was in 'Role Models'. It was pretty funny in places.

He actually plays a kid who's into LARP in it!

Actually that was McLovin from Superbad.

aka Christopher Mintz-Plasse

The post immediately before Albatross' post was about McLovin. Guess you failed your spot check?

**WARBOSS TZOO**

there's a whole lot of haters gonna hate up in this thread

**Albatross**

Ahtman wrote:
Albatross wrote:He was in 'Role Models'. It was pretty funny in places.

He actually plays a kid who's into LARP in it!

Actually that was McLovin from Superbad.

aka Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Yep, that's why when someone asked what had happened to the kid who played McLovin in 'Superbad', I said that he'd also been in 'Role Models'.

Thanks for your concern, though.

@MasterDRD -

**warpcrafter**

Kanluwen wrote:
warpcrafter wrote:I have tried to watch movies with the new crop of hot young stars (Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel) and mostly I just can't. The only one whose work I was able to sit through was Jay Baruchel in The Wizard's Apprentice and How to Tame your Dragon, and the latter was just tolerable because it was animated and I didn't have to see his constant pigeon-like head bobbing. Michael Cera reminds me of Woody Allen, and the only actor I hate more than Woody Allen is Adam Sandler. Compared to them, Hayden Christensen is a master thespian.

You've not seen Adam Sandler in "Funny People" or "Reign Over Me" then.

If I am in a theater and a trailer for a movie starring Adam Sandler comes on, I shut my eyes and put my hands over my ears and pray for death. That's how much I hate Adam Sandler.

**Marshal2Crusaders**

Jesse Eisenberg is gonna play the guy who invented facebook in a movie. I look forward to seeing this.

**MasterDRD**

Marshal2Crusaders wrote:Jesse Eisenberg is gonna play the guy who invented facebook in a movie. I look forward to seeing this.

Well by all accounts the guy who invented facebook is kinda a jackass and totally not someone we should be trusting with our personal info... Who knows, maybe Jesse can pull it off. I've only seen him in Zombieland, and he was pretty good in that.

**Marshal2Crusaders**

It has JT in it, and he brought sexy back, so it must be good.

**halonachos**

WARBOSS TZOO wrote:there's a whole lot of haters gonna hate up in this thread

You're a page too late for that, almost like admiral ackbar and his trap detecting abilities.

I just don't like the kid, he looks, really odd.

**Stormrider**

warpcrafter wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
warpcrafter wrote:I have tried to watch movies with the new crop of hot young stars (Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel) and mostly I just can't. The only one whose work I was able to sit through was Jay Baruchel in The Wizard's Apprentice and How to Tame your Dragon, and the latter was just tolerable because it was animated and I didn't have to see his constant pigeon-like head bobbing. Michael Cera reminds me of Woody Allen, and the only actor I hate more than Woody Allen is Adam Sandler. Compared to them, Hayden Christensen is a master thespian.

You've not seen Adam Sandler in "Funny People" or "Reign Over Me" then.

If I am in a theater and a trailer for a movie starring Adam Sandler comes on, I shut my eyes and put my hands over my ears and pray for death. That's how much I hate Adam Sandler.

I don't think warpcrafter likes Adam Sandler

**Kanluwen**

warpcrafter wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
warpcrafter wrote:I have tried to watch movies with the new crop of hot young stars (Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel) and mostly I just can't. The only one whose work I was able to sit through was Jay Baruchel in The Wizard's Apprentice and How to Tame your Dragon, and the latter was just tolerable because it was animated and I didn't have to see his constant pigeon-like head bobbing. Michael Cera reminds me of Woody Allen, and the only actor I hate more than Woody Allen is Adam Sandler. Compared to them, Hayden Christensen is a master thespian.

You've not seen Adam Sandler in "Funny People" or "Reign Over Me" then.

If I am in a theater and a trailer for a movie starring Adam Sandler comes on, I shut my eyes and put my hands over my ears and pray for death. That's how much I hate Adam Sandler.

Then I really suggest seeing those two movies, even with your Adam Sandler hate.

You may get some respect for him from it. Plus you get to see him get punched in the face by Eric Bana in "Funny People".

**dogma**

Punch Drunk Love was also good.

**Kanluwen**

"Punch Drunk Love" was...a bit boring to me really. Admittedly, I watched it on like TBS or something so the edits were kinda annoying.

**WARBOSS TZOO**

halonachos wrote:
WARBOSS TZOO wrote:there's a whole lot of haters gonna hate up in this thread

You're a page too late for that, almost like admiral ackbar and his trap detecting abilities.

I just don't like the kid, he looks, really odd.

I just felt that the point was worth making twice, was all.

**del'Vhar**

McLovin was also in KickAss, and I *think* Jesse Einberg was the lead.

Onto the whole Michael Cera is generic awkward guy, yeah it seems pretty much like every role hes ever been picked up for was the screenwriter just going, "hey we need a likable awkward kid, like that one from arrested development", and then Cera gets the role. Superbad was great, though not because of him, mostly McLovin and Cops + the guy I like to call "Mini Seth Rogan"

**KingCracker**

warpcrafter wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
warpcrafter wrote:I have tried to watch movies with the new crop of hot young stars (Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel) and mostly I just can't. The only one whose work I was able to sit through was Jay Baruchel in The Wizard's Apprentice and How to Tame your Dragon, and the latter was just tolerable because it was animated and I didn't have to see his constant pigeon-like head bobbing. Michael Cera reminds me of Woody Allen, and the only actor I hate more than Woody Allen is Adam Sandler. Compared to them, Hayden Christensen is a master thespian.

You've not seen Adam Sandler in "Funny People" or "Reign Over Me" then.

If I am in a theater and a trailer for a movie starring Adam Sandler comes on, I shut my eyes and put my hands over my ears and pray for death. That's how much I hate Adam Sandler.

You and me both buddy. My eyes and ears bleed just seeing/hearing his CRAP! Seriously when hes making a move, this process happens many times a day thanks to commercials.

**Fafnir**

Seriously guys, Reign Over Me. Seriously amazing movie, Adam Sandler at his best.

His comedic roles are unarguably stupid, but as a dramatic actor, he's truly talented. As a standup he's great, as a dramatic actor, he's great, but somewhere inbetween, something's lost.

But really, check out Reign over me or Funny People (and to some extent, Click and Spanglish, but they're not nearly as good as those two). Sandler is very much underrated in the field he does best.

**loranafaeriequeen**

I am definitely looking forward to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I am currently reading the comics. (I'm on volume 4).

I do agree that Michael Cera is cast as the same character in all his films, but he plays it well.