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Love Guru sucked why? Aug. 5, 2008
Source: MTV
by: Mike Sampson

Leave it to a spiritual guru like Deepak Chopra to help get to the real reason of why Mike Myers' first original comedy in years, THE LOVE GURU, failed so miserably: it "needed more humor." Well surely you and I could have figured that out (and I haven't even read the Bhagavad Gita) but Chopra has a unique insight seeing that he's buddies with Myers and actually has a cameo in the movie. Chopra says that humor mixed with spirituality can work if done properly but "frankly speaking, this was not a good attempt." Yeouch. Is brutal honesty part of what they teach you in the New Thought Movement? Apparently now an expert on comedy, Chopra offers up his two cents saying, "I think what he could have done was have been a little less gross about some of the jokes." Has the Guru ever seen AUSTIN POWERS? Juvenile humor can work as long as its funny. THE LOVE GURU just wasn't funny enough. Chopra continues to pontificate on humor and spirituality but he started namechecking metaphysics and I tuned out. To read more about it check out the MTV Movies Blog.

Extra Tidbit: Chopra runs a comic book publisher with Richard Branson.

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Poopy-Underwear on Aug 6 2008, 3:45:29 AM writes:
OUCH...
I think that since he was in the movie he should hold his fucking tongue.
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RemberSamJankis on Aug 5 2008, 11:30:10 PM writes:
SHOE1985..
Just because a movie is a comedy doesn't mean you need to "leave your brain at the door." Movies that just insult your intelligence shouldn't be tolerated. Yes, The Love Guru was expected to be a no-brainer stupid comedy, but you shouldn't say all comedies are like that.
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shoe1985 on Aug 5 2008, 11:02:53 PM writes:

JesseNick, when you go to a movie called The Love Guru, what do you expect? Do expect one of the greatest movies ever? When you saw the previews, you could see it would be a dumb comedy, so why walk into the theater with your brain?

Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were not that good of movies. I don't see the fuss? But I do love everything Apatow has done. Freak and Geeks is the greatest show ever made, Undeclared is up there with it.
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JesseNick on Aug 5 2008, 10:18:15 PM writes:
RE: SHOE1985
You don't have to leave your brain at the door in comedies. Just look at most of the Apatow movies. Shaun of the Dead. Hot Fuzz. Just to name some recent ones. Great comedies. AND smart. Leave your brain at the door? It's that kind of attitude that lets these people keep feeding us crappy movies.
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shoe1985 on Aug 5 2008, 9:11:33 PM writes:

I didn't think it was that bad either. Was it a great movie? No, but I expected that. I left my brain at the door, which is what you do with comedies, and I had a fun time with the movie. Even my friends enjoyed it, and they all wanted to hate it.

Sure, some of the jokes were misses, but that is expected with these types of movies. You could do far worse than The Love Guru.
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Disillusion Ed on Aug 5 2008, 2:38:30 PM writes:
HERE'S WHY
The Love Guru sucked because it simply wasn't funny. At all.

...Oh, and because Jessica Alba was in it. She's great to look at, but is arguably the worst actress of our time.
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SeymourClearly on Aug 5 2008, 2:26:58 PM writes:
NO LOVE FOR GURU
In my opinion, the problem with the Love Guru is the fact that it is just a rehash of Austin Powers. Myers needs to come up with some original stuff.

J. Burton- How the heck did you sit through a Larry the Cable Guy movie?
Larry is the anti-christ of comedy!
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solidsnake58 on Aug 5 2008, 2:17:57 PM writes:
I AGREE WITH JACK BURTON
I enjoyed the Love Guru. It wasn't as good as Step Brothers, but it had a lot of funny parts. I don't know where all the hate comes from.
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J. Burton on Aug 5 2008, 2:03:37 PM writes:
CHECK IT OUT
I've heard people say that Love Guru is horrible. Now I'd say that level of criticism is a bit harsh. Actually extremely harsh. You see, I lost a bet once and had to sit through Larry the Cable Guy's Recent Movie called Witless Protection. Now this movie was truly horrible. PAINFULLY UNFUNNY. Light years away from Myers' recent effort.

So cut The Love Guru some slack, because quite simply, it wasn't that bad, and has some good moments. Myers is still a damn fine comedic actor and writer.
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