Has anybody here watched Waiting and/or Still Waiting? These are movies about the going-ons in a day in the restaurant business. Since I work part time in a restaurant I found them to be a pretty accurate rendition of the business. I enjoyed the first one(Waiting) more than the sequel(Still Waiting) but the second one was still enjoyable. If you like comedy movies give these a shot, and definitely give them a shot if you work or ever have worked in a restaurant.
One thing I didn't really like about the sequel was the absense of Ryan Reynolds who in my opinion added a lot to the original and pretty much made the movie. It was still good just not as good as the previous movie.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
TheRoboSleuth
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May 07 2009 11:01 pm
This and the fact that my sister works at Red Lobster is why I don't eat out much, and I never send anything back.
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May 07 2009 11:03 pm
Weren't Dane Cook and Anna Faris also absent from the sequel?
Weren't Dane Cook and Anna Faris also absent from the sequel?
I think so but I think Ryan Reynolds absence was a lot bigger. Dane Cook only had a few lines in the original, funny but he was not as important as Reynolds.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
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May 07 2009 11:31 pm
Wasn't the second straight to dvd? That would explain the cast changes.
Wanted to see the first when it came out, but it appeared like a borderline movie that could go either way. It's in my queue for my new netflix account. Catching up on movies and tv shows now that I'm done with grad school.
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May 07 2009 11:38 pm
Have Waiting on DVD. One of my absolute favorites.
Never saw Still Waiting. Without Ryan Reynolds, it just didn't seem like it'd be as funny.
Thou, because I am wroth, be not dismayed, for I shall win the strife, whoever circle round within for the defence. This their insolence is not new, for of old they used it at a less secret gate, which still is found without a bolt. Above it thou didst see the dead inscription; and already on this side of it
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May 07 2009 11:41 pm
Kubo wrote:
Have Waiting on DVD. One of my absolute favorites.
Never saw Still Waiting. Without Ryan Reynolds, it just didn't seem like it'd be as funny.
Still Waiting is still funny but I agree without Reynolds it was not nearly as funny. I still enjoyed it though.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
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May 07 2009 11:43 pm
Cattivo wrote:
Wasn't the second straight to dvd? That would explain the cast changes.
The direct-to-DVD status was a result of the cast changes, not the other way around.
And the cast changes were a result of those people's schedules or just not being interested.
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May 07 2009 11:59 pm
As someone else said, Dane Cook is only in the first one a little bit. And the womenfolk love him, so his name certainly would have helped the sequel if they could have put it on the box.
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May 08 2009 12:45 am
Maybe he didn't want to be in it. I don't care much for him anyway but his small part in Waiting was still funny.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
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May 08 2009 10:12 am
True, annoying though he might be, Dane Cook's "Welcome to Thunderdome, bitch." was one of the funniest lines of the movie.
Thou, because I am wroth, be not dismayed, for I shall win the strife, whoever circle round within for the defence. This their insolence is not new, for of old they used it at a less secret gate, which still is found without a bolt. Above it thou didst see the dead inscription; and already on this side of it
descends the steep, passing without escort through the circles,
One such that by him the city shall be opened to us.
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May 08 2009 10:21 am
Waiting was fucking great.
I was unaware that there was a second movie though.
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May 08 2009 01:25 pm
GPFontaine wrote:
Waiting was fucking great.
I was unaware that there was a second movie though.
So was I until I heard about it on the rafting trip I was on with people from the restaurant where I work.
Kubo wrote:
True, annoying though he might be, Dane Cook's "Welcome to Thunderdome, bitch." was one of the funniest lines of the movie.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
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May 08 2009 05:03 pm
Waiting was a big movie when it was out where I was. I think it's an awesome movie. I agree about Ryan Reynolds too, his stuff is what I remember most about the movie.
I haven't seen Still Waiting, but I can't see it being better than the first. It was always one of those movies that never needed a sequel.
Haven't seen it but one of my friends did and now thinks it's the epitome of humor to batwing everyone he can.
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May 09 2009 01:58 pm
IceWarm wrote:
I salute you, you magnificent bastard.
Thou, because I am wroth, be not dismayed, for I shall win the strife, whoever circle round within for the defence. This their insolence is not new, for of old they used it at a less secret gate, which still is found without a bolt. Above it thou didst see the dead inscription; and already on this side of it
descends the steep, passing without escort through the circles,
One such that by him the city shall be opened to us.
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May 09 2009 02:13 pm
I also loved whenever Naomi would be flipping out and all of a sudden be all calm and nice when she was talking to guests. I've seen that happen so many times at restaurants I've worked at. "These people don't know how to fucking order! Fucking idiots!" Two seconds later you see the same person acting all nice for the customers. Gotta love how the movie nailed that part.
Also in Still Waiting how a female server had to change an order and the cooks are all polite and when a male server does it they cuss him out. I've seen that happen in real life as well.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
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May 09 2009 09:59 pm
ive worked at Chilis, On the Border and Applebees and they nailed a ton of stuff. The part about the busers I didn't relate to because I was a buser that actually was fast and kicked ass. I made more than some servers because of that at the end of the night.
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May 09 2009 10:17 pm
Heh, I was under the impression that people hated it for some weird reason.
But yeah, I loved Waiting. I don't remember any lines but I specifically remember Andy Milonakis being in it, and the guys that stand in the back by the dumpster making up terrible raps and generally doing nothing.
Heh, I was under the impression that people hated it for some weird reason.
But yeah, I loved Waiting. I don't remember any lines but I specifically remember Andy Milonakis being in it, and the guys that stand in the back by the dumpster making up terrible raps and generally doing nothing.
I think I'll pass on the second one.
I loved Ryan Reynolds' line about T-Dog and Nick. Something along the lines of
"...and these two fun loving pieces of wannabe gangster shit are Nick and Theodore."
Theodore/T-Dog: "How fucking times have I told you, it's the fucking T-Dog yo!?"
Nick(Andy Milonakis): "Yo bitch...what makes you think I won't cut you?"
Some funny ass lines right there. Also when Nick and T-Dog leave Monty flips them the west side sign and it looks hilarious.
"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!"
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May 22 2009 01:06 am
Here's the headtrip for you:
The chick with the nasty bush at the end of Waiting?
Josie, from Beakman's World. Woah. AAaaaaand she's in the sequel.
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Not only is that not right, that's not even wrong. It's a meaningless statement. Saying something is "one molecule away" from plastic is like saying a farm is one letter away from a fart. Water is "one molecule away" from being explosive hydrogen gas.
I've seen that happen in real life as well.
