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<rss xmlns:ps="http://trailfire.com" version="2.0"><channel><title>"Sandler and his movies" by Mystic charm</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Mystic charm/trails/35728</link><category>Mystic charm/trails</category><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Adam Sandler</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Mystic charm/marks/91824</link><description><![CDATA[Most of his characters have a short temper or fuse. Also, many of Sandler&#39;s films involve large denomonations of money and/or something worth a large amount of money ($200,000 in Big Daddy, $270,000-$275,000 in Happy Gilmore, $40 billion and Blake Media in Mr. Deeds, Madison Hotels in Billy Madison, etc.) A lot of Sandler&#39;s films involve the antagonist using an accomplice to take him down (Chuck Cedars and Mac McGrath in Mr. Deeds, etc.)]]></description><category>Sandler and his movies</category><author>Mystic charm</author><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:48:34 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:91824</guid></item><item><title>Adam Sandler</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Mystic charm/marks/91825</link><description><![CDATA[Many of his films end with a scene in which his character is being cheered on by a large audience for one reason or another (knowledge bowl in Billy Madison, baseball game in Anger Management, golf tournament in Happy Gilmore, stockholders&#39; meeting in Mr. Deeds, the airport passengers in The Wedding Singer, etc). He has also occasionally followed up the cheering scenes with a judge going the opposite direction of the crowd sentiment and ruining the moment (the Billy Madison contest and the trial in Big Daddy being two examples).]]></description><category>Sandler and his movies</category><author>Mystic charm</author><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:48:53 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:91825</guid></item><item><title>Adam Sandler</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Mystic charm/marks/91826</link><description><![CDATA[This can be interpreted as a response to the lack of realism in other &quot;cheesy&quot; movies where a dumb protagonist wins over contest judges in the end or has serious crimes overlooked by a trial judge to produce a happy ending. He is one of the phenomenal actors.]]></description><category>Sandler and his movies</category><author>Mystic charm</author><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:49:27 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:91826</guid></item><item><title>Adam Sandler</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Mystic charm/marks/91827</link><description><![CDATA[<P>Sandler&#39;s character names in many of his earlier films end with a &quot;y&quot; or an &quot;ie&quot; sound. Examples include his characters in Going Overboard (Schecky), Billy Madison (Billy), Happy Gilmore (Happy), Bulletproof (Archie), Wedding Singer (Robbie), Waterboy (Bobby), Big Daddy (Sonny), Little Nicky (Nicky), Punch-Drunk Love (Barry), 50 First Dates (Henry), and Reign Over Me (Charlie). In many of his movies, the lead female character&#39;s name starts with a V (i.e., Vicki Vallencourt, Veronica Vaughn, Virginia Venit, Valerie Veran, Vanessa).</P><P>&nbsp;</P>]]></description><category>Sandler and his movies</category><author>Mystic charm</author><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:50:29 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:91827</guid></item></channel></rss>
