"I Love You, Man" trailer officially ends my one-way bromance with Paul Rudd

Alright, the honeymoon's over. While I used to be a huge Paul Rudd fan thanks to his interesting choices of projects (Wet Hot American Summer, Halloween 6, Strangers With Candy), his ability to make incredibly assy characters seem downright charming and his propensity to drop trou for photoshoots, his recent run has pretty much swatted the bloom off that particular rose.

Following the Eva Longoria dud Over Her Dead Body, the "gay minstrel show" Saturday Night Live episode and the funny but frustratingly casually homophobic Role Models, Rudd will be starring in I Love You, Man, which from the preview above looks like it could be called Dude, Where's My Groomsman?

I won't even get into the fact that having all female friends doesn't mean that a prospective groom has to audition for a best man for his wedding (uh, how about a best woman?) or that the whole "bromance" joke is waaaaay too thin for an entire feature comedy, with or without wacky "OMG I totally went on a date with a gay guy by accident!" gags. (And is straight actor Thomas Lennon contractually obligated to only play gay roles?)

No, I'm really just kind of sad that after decades of clever quirk Rudd is slipping comfortably and quietly into roles once filled by the likes of C. Thomas Howell and Steve Guttenberg, meaning that we're all one step closer to irrelevance.

Check out the trailer (via Towleroad) after the break.