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  • A Futile and Stupid Gesture

    From phigan@21:3/193 to All on Thu Jun 12 15:08:33 2025
    Somehow this 2018 movie got past without me noticing, so I'm posting in case it happened to anyone else.

    A Futile and Stupid Gesture is about Doug Kenney, the creator of National Lampoon. It stars Will Forte, unfortunately, but I suppose he does an ok job in this one. It's sort of "just another" sad artist story, where they're really good, but don't necessarily know how to interpret or deal with their success.
    It's presented well, though, with some very good comedy. Maybe not exactly kid-friendly, though.


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  • From nich82@21:1/126 to phigan on Thu Jul 24 08:38:29 2025
    A Futile and Stupid Gesture is about Doug Kenney, the creator of National Lampoon. It stars Will Forte

    If anything, I found this movie to be a bit better than any of the ones they made :D

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  • From Ganiman@21:3/174 to nich82 on Sun Aug 10 12:32:23 2025
    A Futile and Stupid Gesture is about Doug Kenney, the creator of Nati Lampoon. It stars Will Forte

    If anything, I found this movie to be a bit better than any of the ones they made :D

    I thought this movie was fun and a good watch. If you like anything from National Lampoon I think you'd like it too.

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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Ganiman on Sun Aug 10 15:31:00 2025
    Hello Ganiman!

    ** On Sunday 10.08.25 - 12:32, Ganiman wrote to nich82:

    A Futile and Stupid Gesture is about Doug Kenney, the creator of
    Nati Lampoon. It stars Will Forte

    If anything, I found this movie to be a bit better than any of the ones
    they made :D

    I thought this movie was fun and a good watch. If you like anything from National Lampoon I think you'd like it too.

    "The film's timeline stretches from 1964 to 1980 and opens with
    Douglas Kenney and his classmate Henry Beard celebrating the
    release of their book, Bored of the Rings, with the Harvard
    Lampoon staff. "

    ..I have a paperback copy of the Bored of the Rings. The
    market for a copy out there is not cheap.


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  • From phigan@21:3/193 to Ogg on Thu Aug 21 09:22:59 2025
    ..I have a paperback copy of the Bored of the Rings. The
    market for a copy out there is not cheap.

    How was it?



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