Formal Film Studies. #2

For my Formal Film Studies I decided to watch three Happy Madison Production Movies.  Happy Madison Productions is an american film production group that was founded by actor Adam Sandler in 1999, their office is located in Culver City, California on Sony Pictures Studio's lot.  The three movies I Chose to watch were Eight Crazy Nights, That's My Boy, and Grown Ups 2 .  I chose these three because i have seen a lot of Happy Madison production's but never these three.

Grown Ups 2

That's My Boy

Eight Crazy Nights

Storylines:

Adam Sandler invites you to share some holiday cheer in the new, no-holds-barred musical comedy Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights. Davey Stone, a 33-year old party animal, finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far. In keeping with the holiday spirit, the judge gives Davey one last chance at redemption-spend the holiday performing community service as the assistant referee for the youth basketball league or go to jail. Davey thinks he's gotten off easy until he meets Whitey Duvall, the eccentric, elf-like head referee. The mismatch between Whitey's good heart and never-ending optimism and Davey's constant troublemaking soon have them both wondering if going to jail wouldn't have been easier! In this new, full-length animated feature about basketball, old girlfriends, holiday spirits, and the mall, Adam Sandler voices the three lead characters of Whitey, Davey, and Whitey's fraternal twin sister Eleanore! Written by Anonymous  (Eight Crazy Nights)

While still in his teens, Donny (Adam Sandler) fathered a son, Todd (Andy Samberg), and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down on the eve of his wedding when an uninvited Donny suddenly shows up. Trying desperately to reconnect with his son, Donny is now forced to deal with the repercussions of his bad parenting skills. Written by Official site   (That's My Boy)

After having the greatest time of his life three summers ago, Lenny (Adam Sandler), decides he wants to move his family back to his hometown and have them grow up with his gang of childhood friends and their kids. But between old bullies, new bullies, schizophrenic bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, psycho grade school girlfriends and 400 costumed party crashes he finds out that sometimes crazy follows you. Written by Happy Madison  (Grownups 2)

Style:

All three of these movies share the same genre and thats comedy, most of if not all of Adam Sandler's

 movies are comedy's.  Thats the main style that these movies share and that's there composition,  

the movies storyline's aren't similar because all 3 movies are entirely different movies, but they

all share the same crude humor Adam Sandler put's into his movies.  you can tell the same Film

group was responsible for all 3 because they are so similar in that category.  The movies Style

isn't to special because there not trying to WOW you by any of the shots or angles they're really

just trying to make you laugh through all of their humor, and i must add all 3 movies are very funny. 

Eight Crazy nights is different then the others though a little because it is animated, but just because

it's animated doesn't meant it's a children's movie.  i would say thats the most inappropriate out of

the 3.  

Industry:

All 3 of these movies were directed by different directors which i find weird because they're all your 

typically comedy Adam Sandler movies and they all feel the same. Also there All Happy Madison

productions obviously so why wouldn't Adam Sandler just stick with a director he liked?  Grown ups 

2 and eight crazy nights were both rated pg-13. eight crazy nights i can see why it was rated that 

because it had some inappropriate parts for younger kids but Grown ups 2 sort of felt like a "cute"

kids movie to me so i didn't understand why they were the same.  That's My Boy was rated R due to

obvious reasons and it's not often Happy Madison productions or Adam Sandler does an R rated film

so it caught me of guard a little bit because Sandler had a role that he doesn't typically act in his

other films.  

Technology:

Again these movies weren't really trying to wow you with it's great shots or hide any hidden messages 

in the films.  They didn't do anything to fancy, there goal was to make it a good and entertaining 

movie through comedy.  but having said that the composition of all 3 again was interesting.  The 

Stories in the movies are all kind of bizarre like they wouldn't really every happen but thats what

makes the movies so good because there so funny and entertaining.  Grown Ups 2 is the most realistic 

and that story probably occurs in reality. Moving back to your hometown with all your best friends

and having your kids grow up together but the other two stories plots are just a little over the edge

Culture:

All 3 movies offered a different message and that wasn't really their goal because they're comedies

so it was hard to take them serious but at the end of the movie it sort of wrapped up a big point.  

In that's my boy the message was that family is one of the most important things no matter

how messed up your family is you'll always have that to turn to for help.  in Eight Crazy Nights tells you

that no matter what someones past says there is still a good person in everyone.  The supporting actor

finds that in Adam Sandlers character in that movie and he didnt care how bad his past was but he

was willing to help because he new there was good in him.  in Grown Ups 2 it was similar to thats my boy

but a little different because this time it was family you could turn to but also your good friends. and

if you surround yourself with good people good things will happen.

Politics and History:

these films are really irrelevant to politics and history there wasn't really a connection between those

Hyperlinks

http://www.timeout.com/london/film/eight-crazy-nights

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/movies/adam-sandler-and-snl-alumni-return-in-grown-ups-2.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

http://www.timeout.com/london/film/thats-my-boy

trailer to thats my boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPV2L2CGWdQ

Research:

 "Sandler was always the class clown. However, he never aspired to be a comedian until age 17 when his brother encouraged him to perform at a Boston comedy club." "Adam Sandler is a comedy actor and thats it he's funny and goofy and he love it because thats him."

http://www.biography.com/people/adam-sandler-9542505

"Adam Sandler Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. <http://www.biography.com/people/adam-sandler-9542505>.