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A few "what's the deal?" observations about Adam Sandler movies (I know, some of you dislike Sandler....):
Shouldn't the main characters in "Grown Ups" act more childish? I was under the impression that they'd be adults acting like children, but then I saw it, and they don't act childish enough. They're pretty much parents who want their kids to have the kind of fun they had as kids as opposed to being so focused on modern technology... I think it's safe to assume most parents are that way. The closest thing I can think of to them behaving like immature children is teasing each other quite a bit, but adults do tease each other in real life (I often tease people I know who are close to my age, and vice-versa). None of their antics are of the same childish quality as, say, Billy Madison setting a bag of poop on fire and putting it on someone's porch, or a football player in The Water Boy spitting in the cooler just to be mean, or teaching a kid to pee on a building in Big Daddy, or many of the antics that occur in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.
As a diabetic, I must point out that a few Adam Sandler movies have diabetes wrong (I think a few other works of fiction do, too... I wonder if TV Tropes has a "Hollywood Diabetes" trope). In Eight Crazy Nights Elanore has diabetes, and they tend to only say she can't have things with sugar or she'll die, as if only sugar is dangerous, but there are a lot of non-sugar foods that diabetics should only eat at meals or as snacks (otherwise blood sugar goes up), and diabetics should eat sugar items if they have low blood sugar. And I don't think a diabetic would get sick if they accidetally had a little sugar (there have been many times when I've gone to restaurants and they mistakenly brought me regular soft drinks instead of diet, and I've usually turned out fine... Good thing I'm able to tell if it tastes like regular right away). Of course there are a few different types of diabetes, so maybe some of these "Hollywood diabetes" examples relate to the other types, and over the years my medications have changed (from having to eat meals and snacks at certain times to being able to have meals at earlier or later times if necessary) and currently am on an insulin pump (so I'm not as limited regarding what and when I can eat).
But back to the topic of diabetes in Adam Sandler films, I must point out that scene in Just Go with It, shortly after the kids agree to pretend to be his kids and the daughter says that any information should be accepted, which Sandler's character initially uses to get the kids to eat right. He tells the boy he didn't get him any soda because he was battling diabetes, but if the kid was a diabetic (I know, he's not really) he could have given him a diet soda (unless it's believed that a kid wouldn't want to drink diet).
And on the subject of going along with any information presented in Just Go with It, the way that the boy takes advantage of it to get a trip to Hawaii, Sandler could have said he was lying and it wouldn't really be contradictory. After all, kids do lie and try to make adults feel guilty. And when Sandler tries to say that wasn't true and the girl shouts "DIE!", which is what the students in her improv class do when somebody doesn't accept information provided, that's good when people know it's an act, but the main characters' girlfriend is not supposed to know it's an act, so "DIE!" would be wrong to shout in front of her. But of course Just Go with It is one of Adam Sandler's worst movies so maybe it's to be expected.
I once saw a newspaper review of the Adam Sandler film "Funny People", which mentions that it pokes fun at the roles he often plays when showing examples of the main characters film work, in which the character plays a mermaid and a man turned into a baby... But Adam Sandler rarely plays fantasy-type characters, with Little Nicky being the only such character he's played. Actually I can't remember if the mermaid role was a character turned into a mermaid, but as far as I know Adam Sandler hasn't played characters who transform into things.
Shouldn't the main characters in "Grown Ups" act more childish? I was under the impression that they'd be adults acting like children, but then I saw it, and they don't act childish enough. They're pretty much parents who want their kids to have the kind of fun they had as kids as opposed to being so focused on modern technology... I think it's safe to assume most parents are that way. The closest thing I can think of to them behaving like immature children is teasing each other quite a bit, but adults do tease each other in real life (I often tease people I know who are close to my age, and vice-versa). None of their antics are of the same childish quality as, say, Billy Madison setting a bag of poop on fire and putting it on someone's porch, or a football player in The Water Boy spitting in the cooler just to be mean, or teaching a kid to pee on a building in Big Daddy, or many of the antics that occur in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.
As a diabetic, I must point out that a few Adam Sandler movies have diabetes wrong (I think a few other works of fiction do, too... I wonder if TV Tropes has a "Hollywood Diabetes" trope). In Eight Crazy Nights Elanore has diabetes, and they tend to only say she can't have things with sugar or she'll die, as if only sugar is dangerous, but there are a lot of non-sugar foods that diabetics should only eat at meals or as snacks (otherwise blood sugar goes up), and diabetics should eat sugar items if they have low blood sugar. And I don't think a diabetic would get sick if they accidetally had a little sugar (there have been many times when I've gone to restaurants and they mistakenly brought me regular soft drinks instead of diet, and I've usually turned out fine... Good thing I'm able to tell if it tastes like regular right away). Of course there are a few different types of diabetes, so maybe some of these "Hollywood diabetes" examples relate to the other types, and over the years my medications have changed (from having to eat meals and snacks at certain times to being able to have meals at earlier or later times if necessary) and currently am on an insulin pump (so I'm not as limited regarding what and when I can eat).
But back to the topic of diabetes in Adam Sandler films, I must point out that scene in Just Go with It, shortly after the kids agree to pretend to be his kids and the daughter says that any information should be accepted, which Sandler's character initially uses to get the kids to eat right. He tells the boy he didn't get him any soda because he was battling diabetes, but if the kid was a diabetic (I know, he's not really) he could have given him a diet soda (unless it's believed that a kid wouldn't want to drink diet).
And on the subject of going along with any information presented in Just Go with It, the way that the boy takes advantage of it to get a trip to Hawaii, Sandler could have said he was lying and it wouldn't really be contradictory. After all, kids do lie and try to make adults feel guilty. And when Sandler tries to say that wasn't true and the girl shouts "DIE!", which is what the students in her improv class do when somebody doesn't accept information provided, that's good when people know it's an act, but the main characters' girlfriend is not supposed to know it's an act, so "DIE!" would be wrong to shout in front of her. But of course Just Go with It is one of Adam Sandler's worst movies so maybe it's to be expected.
I once saw a newspaper review of the Adam Sandler film "Funny People", which mentions that it pokes fun at the roles he often plays when showing examples of the main characters film work, in which the character plays a mermaid and a man turned into a baby... But Adam Sandler rarely plays fantasy-type characters, with Little Nicky being the only such character he's played. Actually I can't remember if the mermaid role was a character turned into a mermaid, but as far as I know Adam Sandler hasn't played characters who transform into things.
