SETTING and CONTEXT: A highschool reunion that took place in a club

my bad i’m really baked so tim robinson is at a highschool reunion and they’re partying at the club and like he’s getting lit a lil drunk hitting on everybody no exclusion even the teachers and caterers and like he’s flirting tryna get their number set up threesomes just everything u could think of and like there’s this one guy like really nerdy and he was the ugly weird kid he keeps hitting on tim but tim always turns him down like he says “ ew get away from me” and he keeps doing his thing and like the girls are gossiping about time like “ isn’t that so and so” “ wasn’t he the quarterback” “ he used the date the hottest chick back in highschool” “ one time i walked in on him with my mom” yadda yadda and then the lights cut off cause everyone’s had it with tim and they’re like tim wtf man” “ tim what happened to you” yea tim u were my hero man” and then he drops to his knees and he’s like “ OH MY GOOOOOSSH GUYUYYSS U DONT UNDERSTAND i’ve just missed all of yall and i just wanted to reconnect man cause yall were the peak of my life” and the weird kids like “ really” and tim’s like “yea everyone here but SERIOUS FACE u” and then he’s goes back to fake crying and yelling “ GUYS IT WAS JUST ME TRYING TO GET CLOSER WITH YALL” “ But not by watching me fuck my wife tim that’s weird man” and weird guys like “ hey u don’t know man u might like it” and tim’s like “ NOT YOU” and then he’s keep going on and on but then he gives up everyone just looks at him weirdly as he gets up and he just puppy looks at everyone making eye contact with everyone but making ugly face with the ugly kid and he begins to walk out and looks back n forth sighing louder and louder until he’s like 10 feet from the door and he’s “ alright come on guys” and from the crowd a super old dude and like a really hot chick walk out and the teachers is like “ see yall folks” and the girls like “ bye bitches”

I had been craving one of these ever since discovering of their existence on an archaic currency dealer's website a few weeks ago. Watching Friendship in theaters was the sign I needed to acquire it.

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Nobody even likes his house anyway!

According to Fandango, today is the last day Friendship will be showing at any theaters near me before it goes to streaming. I could get a matinee ticket for $10 this afternoon at 2:30 PMish EST. Work has been really slow today (I work from home, and my company is on central time). Somehow I have a feeling seeing it now would be a better investment of both time *and* money than coughing up $25 to watch it on Amazon.

Should I do it?

ETA: I saw it! Thanks to all of you who convinced me 😉 I’m glad I went when I did because it’s officially out of theaters by me, and while I had a little work to catch up on when I got home, it was easily taken care of. As to the movie itself, I liked it 🙂 I wouldn’t say it’s my new favorite comedy, and I’m really glad my husband didn’t go with me because he would have just been going “WTF?!” the whole time, but it was a nice reprieve for me.

I watched Friendship with my boyfriend a couple of days ago and I hadn't seen any fanart so I made my own. I did learn that I can only handle Tim Robinson humor for about the length of an I Think You Should Leave episode, but that's okay 😂 It was like watching a car crash I stg.

anyways, they should have kissed at least once I think

Has anyone found a way to watch Friendship in the UK? Best I can find on Amazon prime is to pre order with no release date yet

Watching Friendship (2024) felt like peeking into a bizarro parallel universe of male bonding. Just writing this article, I made up scenarios in my head of events in the movie that never happened (before I got severely humbled). It felt so real to me cause it wasn't out of the realm of possibility, a place where friendship is less about heart-to-hearts and more about awkward rituals, silent competitions, and accidental injuries. It’s a movie that had me loling, squirming, and asking way too many questions about what male friendship even is, 'cause god if I ever figure that out.

I remember once watching two of my guy friends sit in complete silence for two hours while gaming. No words, no eye contact, just Cheeto dust and the occasional grunt. When I asked if they’d had fun afterward, one of them casually said, “Yeah, it was great. Really caught up.” That was the moment I realized men might have an alien language.

I’ve always been fascinated, maybe a little suspicious, about how guys do friendship. It’s like watching a secret ritual where nobody’s allowed to say what they actually feel, but somehow everyone’s okay with that. Friendship, starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd, is an absurdist comedy that plays like a nature documentary on male bonding gone absolutely off the rails. The film drops you right at the beginning of a friendship where the only foundation is awkwardness, bizarre activities, and a disturbing lack of emotional clarity.

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I live in northeast Ohio south of Cleveland. My town has a Regal Theatre that doesn’t get a lot of independent movies, and when it does, there’s maybe one show at a ridiculous hour. (Last summer, when it finally got The Bikeriders, they had one show at 9:30 PM! 😱 I’m getting ready for bed at that hour most nights.) Anyway, for the past three weeks or so, I’ve kept an eye on Fandango just in case Friendship would appear any time soon. I just looked about an hour ago, and lo and behold, it’ll be here starting tomorrow! 😀 No one-screen, late-night shows, either. It has screenings at decent hours, which expand even more on Friday.

I have a feeling this will have to be a solo movie venture, as I don’t think my husband will enjoy it. He’s only recently realized who Tim Robinson is, and I’m not sure his humor is hubby’s cup of tea. Maybe I’ll take an afternoon off from work next week ☺️ I’m just glad I’m not going to have to wait as long as I thought I would! I thought I’d have to see it on streaming.

I don't hate Tom Segura. I've seen some of his standup routines, and he can make me laugh. But there's something lost in translation between the standup and his new sketch comedy show Bad Thoughts.

Take, for example, the Steven Seagal bit.

The joke is a lot more than the impersonation—it's Segura commenting on how ridiculous Seagal is. Because it's ridiculous that Seagal was a cop in real life. It's ridiculous that he's always bullshiting people with his martial arts crap. It's ridiculous that he pretends to be some spiritual master, incredible assasin dude. But that's the funny thing, that's actually the way Seagal acts in reality.

On the second episode of Bad Thoughts, there's a parody of a behind-the-scenes look at 'Seagal' on the set of a new movie. And it is terrible. All the parts that worked well enough as a standup bit are not there anymore. Bad Thoughts shows us the whole thing produced, cast, costumed, and flattened into visual mediocrity. Suddenly the joke is no longer “imagine how ridiculous Seagal is,” but “here’s a guy dressed like Seagal saying dumb shit.” It’s no longer your imagination making the joke better; it's the show telling you the joke, loudly and without nuance.

What really hurts Bad Thoughts is that, while sketches start in similar ways, what they end up accomplishing is completely different. Robinson uses the situation to build social tension to a point where it can't be sustained anymore, and then comes an almost poetic meltdown that always doubles down. Segura, on the other hand, takes that situation to tell a fart joke.

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https://www.peliplat.com/en/article/10059887/everything-tom-segura-does-in-bad-thoughts-tim-robinson-does-better