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There’s nothing more I can say about this. It’s Paul Rudd and Jason Segel being hilarious. Just watch it.

Both of the pictures below were shot by Annie Liebowitz for Vanity Fair magazine. The first ran as a cover to their March 2006 issue. It’s been lauded for its beauty, sexuality, and rarety as its not every day you convince two major actresses to appear nude on a magazine cover.

The new version is, to me, equally beautiful. Here we see Paul Rudd standing in for Tom Ford, Seth Rogen taking Keira Knightley’s place, and Jonah Hill sitting in for Scarlett Johansson. Had Rachel McAdams not decided to nix the shoot when she discovered it was to be nude she would have been in the position Jason Segel takes here. Good thing for us he is not so bashful.

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So this is why Jason Segel had long hair for so long and I didn’t get to meet him.

I think the movie looks amazing. Don’t you think? What do you think?

I may or may not chose to update this later with a more well thought out retrospective of the film. Until then, allow me to prattle on after three or four margaritas and one or two hours of the best movie I’ve seen in a long time.

I loved the movie. It was wonderful. And not just because I love to see Segel (albeit I never expected to see THAT much Segel) but because it was smart, funny, moving, and real. This took the romantic comedy genre, which has reduced itself to a meta cluster-fuck of in jokes thanks to Richard Curtis, and proved why that type of movie became so popular in the first place. It followed the same formula, but rather than the meet cutes feeling trite and the late-second-act conflict feeling forced, it played out like we were watching the lives of real people.

The supporting cast was great. The dude who played Aldous Snow (I’ll look him up later) was genius. He embodied that guy who is such a slimey d-bag that you want nothing to do with him yet, as Peter Bretter put it on the surf board “Damn, you’re cool”. Paul Rudd is also either the best actor of our time or he ad-libs every single line he speaks. His delivery is that good.

Kristen Bell is a gem. I love her. I couldn’t help feeling like her speech about not wanting to be forgotten since she won’t show her hoo-ha after her show was untimely canceled was a little true to life. Less evil villain and more realistic ex girlfriend, I actually felt bad for her even though I was totally on Peter’s side.

Mila Kunis was also fabulous. She balanced just on the brink of both emotionless tough girl and sensitive romantic. Her and Segel had great chemistry. The dinner scene between the four of them could’ve been a short film in and of itself.

At the base of it all is a story built on a metaphor. That metaphor being that every man needs a muse. That even if there is love in the home, a man can feel castrated being the purse holder while his famous girlfriend is in the spotlight. It would’ve been easy to make her vapid and self-obsessed, but she didn’t have to be. The nature of the beast is what broke Bretter in the first place. Then he meets that geek dream boat—the girl who’s pretty and confident and challenging. And with this new muse, the hero finds redemption. Puppet redemption, but a catharsis nonetheless.

That about does it. What did you guys think? Did you see it? I want you guys to go nuts so don’t worry about spoilers. That being said, if you haven’t seen the movie and don’t want to know the details, avoid these comments. In fact, why haven’t you seen it? Go now, then come back!

The movie is coming out soon and I’ve got some info and production photos to share. Let the news and media begin.

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