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May 12, 2010

WTF? "MacGruber" Currently Earning 100% Positive Rating on Rotten Tomatoes
— Ace

Only seven reviews, but seriously, weren't you guessing 20% at best?

The scary thing is several of these reviews are kinda rave-ish. This review pans the film as stupid and unambitious and a waste of everyone's talents -- but then still says it's funny enough to see anyway.

I never really liked the sketch myself, but apparently they've made, as one reviewer says, one of the best comedies in recent years.

Two jokes I like -- the villain is named "Van Cunth," with a silent "h," and that business about parking 20 blocks away at the end of this.

Funniest MacGruber Ever: Okay, this series of short sketches had me wailing. Thanks to CDR M.

Posted by: Ace at 03:39 PM | Comments (235)
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1 I have a really hard time believing this but, if so, great--a good comedy is about as hard to find as a good horror movie. (Speaking of which: go see Lake Mungo.)

Posted by: ECM at May 12, 2010 03:41 PM (nYKDd)

A film Ace will soon decide is one of the best cinematic endeavors of the last fifty years.

And who knows? He might be right.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 12, 2010 03:42 PM (P33XN)

3 Yeah, this is gotta be some kind of joke.

I couldn't believe it when I saw this trailer in the theater the other day. A MacGruber movie? Srsly?

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 03:43 PM (c0A3e)

4 oy

Posted by: conanthelibertarian at May 12, 2010 03:44 PM (Rxmu6)

5 Hey, I lol'ed. I'm hoping this is good; I like movies and too many of them are a waste of time and cash.

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 03:44 PM (leK0F)

6 I doubt it... I really think the sketch is kind of dumb, and apart from a couple of gags, the trailers don't make me laugh. I am sort of interested to see them string together a series of unrelated dick and poop and gay and race jokes together. They seem to have decided to just throw everything at the fan, and half of it sticks.

Posted by: ace at May 12, 2010 03:44 PM (i6ROy)

7 Given that the A-Team is coming out soon, it is a well-timed spoof. I've always liked Will Forte more in movies than on SNL, so I'd give this a chance (on Blu-Ray, from Netflix).

Posted by: Holdfast at May 12, 2010 03:47 PM (Gzb30)

8 I was just at Rotten Tomatoes and saw it was rated that high. Weird. And it doesn't look that funny to me.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 12, 2010 03:47 PM (I1/U/)

9 I'll watch it in four years when it makes it to cheap cable.

Maybe.

Posted by: mesablue at May 12, 2010 03:47 PM (sl3Ei)

10 Hacked.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at May 12, 2010 03:48 PM (mHQ7T)

11 Seems funny I can't wait for it to be on HBO a million times so I can catch it in the middle then watch it to the end then try to get it when it starts.

Sort of like a delayed Pulp Fictional effect.

Posted by: JavaJoe at May 12, 2010 03:48 PM (e9JZd)

12 I should say -- in six months when it makes it to cheap cable.

Posted by: mesablue at May 12, 2010 03:49 PM (sl3Ei)

13 Has anyone seen Daybreakers? It has a 66% positive rating, which I guess makes it watchable?

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 12, 2010 03:50 PM (I1/U/)

I guess I'm just surprised Hollywood is actually releasing something, you know, half way original.

Hell, it's not a remake or a reimagining. That's surprising in and of itself.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 12, 2010 03:50 PM (P33XN)

15 >>>>And it doesn't look that funny to me. I don't think so either (except for a few jokes), BUT... there is a thing you can do in comedy, which they did here, which is just start throwing every fricken joke you can think of at the audience, which starts to work on them until they get into the spirit of it and just start laughing at most anything. I mean, if it works. But for a lot of these reviewers it seems to have had just that effect. Like Airplane. Everyone raves about Airplane. But... a lot of the jokes aren't great, exactly. What they are is extremely silly. The magic comes from the spirit of it and the sheer number of gags. The effect of having one extremely silly joke after another piled on you is to make you start grinning and then start laughing at whatever joke they tell next, even if (maybe *because*) it's even dumber than the last one.

Posted by: ace at May 12, 2010 03:51 PM (i6ROy)

Van Cunth sure has come a long way from the Iceman days...

And Powers Boothe from the era of "Wolverines!"

Shit, I'm old...

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 12, 2010 03:51 PM (Zi+FQ)

17 Aren't you punching down here, ace?

Posted by: someguy and ebert at May 12, 2010 03:53 PM (sYxEE)

18 You mean they got an A+ ?

Posted by: King Barry I at May 12, 2010 03:53 PM (sYxEE)

19 I didn't know this was from SNL, but 'OOO! An SNL movie. Those are ALWAYS good.'

Posted by: nickless at May 12, 2010 03:54 PM (MMC8r)

20 I sense astroturfing.

Hey, how about that Elena Kagan!

Posted by: It's Pat ! at May 12, 2010 03:55 PM (sYxEE)

I thought Van Cunth was Elena Kagan's nickname.

You're telling me it isn't?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 12, 2010 03:56 PM (P33XN)

22 SNL based movies had one decent one, and only because of the music.

The Blues Brothers

I didn't get into Wayne's World, and let's not even talk about The Coneheads and It's Pat

Posted by: kbdabear at May 12, 2010 03:57 PM (sYxEE)

23 100% rating for this shit sammich?

Lord, we get it, the Apocalypse is coming. Enough signs, already! We get it. Revelations, blah blah blah.

Bring on the rain of fire and shit. Let's quit with the signs and get the party started.

sheesh.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 03:57 PM (0CXTz)

24 I'll take the Stooges any day.With Curly only.Watched em 100 times and still crack up.Now they were funny. Excuse the heel he has no soul.

Posted by: ziptie at May 12, 2010 03:58 PM (0135J)

25 Roger Ebert writes "MacGruber is too jingoistic for my tastes. I mean, why can't the terrorists win for once? Are we that emotional fragile that whitey has to always win? I pray we are strong and brave enough to have our women and children murdered, then raped on the big screen.... Peace."

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 12, 2010 04:00 PM (I1/U/)

26 Val Kilmer seems to have gone on the new Supreme Court Nominee diet.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 12, 2010 04:01 PM (T0NGe)

27 Cons: one-note concept, hammy acting, SNL movie

Pros: Kristen Wiig.

So yeah, maybe it's worth watching.

Posted by: Slublog at May 12, 2010 04:02 PM (PAesc)

28 Semi- O/T: Politico and Reuters buying Newsweak

Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at May 12, 2010 04:02 PM (zgd5N)

29 Val Kilmer has sucked since Thunderheart. But admire his confidence in eating nachos as a staple.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:02 PM (0CXTz)

30 Upper-decker. Snert. If that's the general level of juvenile poop-humor I can expect from this film...I'm on board!

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 04:03 PM (O3eFQ)

31 OT: Anyone planning on seeing Che Hood this week?

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:04 PM (0CXTz)

32 All the SNL sketch-based movies I've seen were horrendous. Except for Superstar. I still think that movie is hilarious. Love quoting it.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at May 12, 2010 04:05 PM (wd0Iq)

33 Is this McGroober thing an every week gag on SNL or what? Quit watching in about 93.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:05 PM (0CXTz)

34 31 OT: Anyone planning on seeing Che Hood this week?

Hell to the No.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 04:05 PM (c0A3e)

35 26 Val Kilmer seems to have gone on the new Supreme Court Nominee diet.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 12, 2010 08:01 PM (T0NGe)

Val Kilmer is Elena Kagan's screen name.

Posted by: a guy who hit it at May 12, 2010 04:05 PM (YVZlY)

36 Ace wrote,

Like Airplane. Everyone raves about Airplane. But... a lot of the jokes aren't great, exactly. What they are is extremely silly.

I'm not sure how old you are, Ace, but the movie is funnier if you grew up seeing stuff like Bracken's World or The Bold Ones on TV, the kind of stuff that Leslie Nielsen appeared in doing roles like Drebin, but played straight. Airplane! is really a sendup of the whole corny '70s Big Men Doing Big Things milieu, and not just the Airport movies.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at May 12, 2010 04:05 PM (kJXs1)

37 I got a macgruber in my pants...and I'm lovin it baby!

Posted by: dananjcon at May 12, 2010 04:06 PM (HEt3m)

38 But is it as good as Ladies Man? That movie was Oscar all the way.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:06 PM (0CXTz)

A woman named her child La-A and the kids teacher was trying to pronounce it, "La Ah? Luh A? Le Ah?" And the mother said, "The dash isn't silent, it is Ladasha"

Posted by: RecklessProcess at May 12, 2010 04:06 PM (f7ylG)

40 Ace, you've never heard of Winnie Cooper but I'm supposed to know who the hell "MacGruber" is?

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 04:08 PM (GUY0r)

41 #39 Now thats funny! La T sha would have been to easy.

Posted by: ziptie at May 12, 2010 04:08 PM (0135J)

42 I thought Val Kilmer was going for the John Travolta character in Broken Arrow.

Posted by: Decaf at May 12, 2010 04:09 PM (NooBZ)

43 Cool. Me and Kratos got a Che Hood boycott of two going. Catch the feva!

I'll just head to the LA Renaissance Festival this weekend. More titties and cheaper tickets. And I can buy beer there.

Taking my lovely bride to see Iron Man 2 on Friday. No lefty sucker punches in that one.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:09 PM (0CXTz)

44 All the SNL sketch-based movies I've seen were horrendous. Except for Superstar. I still think that movie is hilarious. Love quoting it. Posted by: Joanie

Night at the Roxbury and Wayne's World were the only two ok one's that I can remember or admit to seeing.

Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at May 12, 2010 04:09 PM (zgd5N)

I've seen 1 commercial for this, it looked idiotic. It seems to be some sort of MacGuyver spoof.

I don't know who this actor is or what 'sketch' you refer to. Sketch? This is an SNL thing?

That show's still on??!?

Are you sure?

Posted by: Entropy at May 12, 2010 04:09 PM (eL+YD)

46
Is the extra-lame trailer supposed to help make it seem funny?

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at May 12, 2010 04:11 PM (0fzsA)

That show's still on??!Are you sure?

Posted by: Entropy

Yes, Grandpa.

Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at May 12, 2010 04:11 PM (zgd5N)

48 I thought SNL was just something for New Yorkers to jerk to between Woody Allen movies and smelling their own farts.

I hope Lorne Michaels ends his career cleaning windshields on street corners.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:12 PM (0CXTz)

49 Val Kilmer has sucked since Thunderheart. But admire his confidence in eating nachos as a staple.

Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang. But to be fair, only about 10 people saw it in the theater.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 12, 2010 04:12 PM (oHWLY)

50 Wayne's World was okay, although I had to get a little older before I watched it again and made any sense of it.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 04:12 PM (c0A3e)

And people still watch it?

Have they done anything funny in the last 10 years?

Posted by: Entropy at May 12, 2010 04:13 PM (eL+YD)

52 Hell to the No. I'm tempted, I confess. I really liked Gladiator, and Ridley Scott is one of the few directors who can really hit it out of the park. Still, I've never been all that fond of the Robin Hood story, nor of the various fictionalizations of it over the years (not even the famouse Erroll Flynn one). I might just put Chimes at Midnight in the DVD player again and watch that. (The Battle of Shrewsbury is still one of the best movie-battles ever.)

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 04:13 PM (O3eFQ)

53 I'm gonna spend an hour and a half in a theater surrounded by people who laugh uproariously at the name "Van Cunth"?

Nah. Nahhh....

This is why I don't go to movies anymore. Except for really uplifting, life-affirming stuff like "The Road".

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 04:14 PM (GUY0r)

I'm tempted, I confess. I really liked Gladiator, and Ridley Scott is one of the few directors who can really hit it out of the park. Still, I've never been all that fond of the Robin Hood story, nor of the various fictionalizations of it over the years (not even the famouse Erroll Flynn one).

.....

Um...

WHAT?

Posted by: Entropy at May 12, 2010 04:15 PM (eL+YD)

taking the heat on the Ace of Spades blog.... Macgruber!

stupid, silly and offensive... it's a stoner movie, yer either in to it or your're not.

either way, I'll download it as soon as it hit's the torrents.

Posted by: shoey at May 12, 2010 04:15 PM (yCH89)

56 44 All the SNL sketch-based movies I've seen were horrendous. Except for Superstar. I still think that movie is hilarious. Love quoting it. Posted by: Joanie

Night at the Roxbury and Wayne's World were the only two ok one's that I can remember or admit to seeing.

People! Come on! BLUES BROTHERS!

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 04:15 PM (GUY0r)

57 Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang. But to be fair, only about 10 people saw it in the theater.

Good flick. It's on AMC rotation now, which means you can watch it about 16 times a week.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 12, 2010 04:15 PM (3pCHr)

58 Graham Greene stole Thunderheart (as he does everything he's in), but Val actually kicked ass in it.

I'll have to watch Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. I always meant to. Never could get into Val after he was such a bozo in Heat.

Waynes World killed itself with the sequels.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:16 PM (0CXTz)

Like Airplane. Everyone raves about Airplane. But... a lot of the jokes aren't great, exactly. What they are is extremely silly.

There were so many clever jokes in Airplane. Maybe there were a few stoopping to the level of poop, but there were a ton of funny, original gags.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 12, 2010 04:17 PM (XdlcF)

60 Um... WHAT? Captain Blood kicks Robin Hood's ass. As does Tyrone Power in The Black Swan.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 04:18 PM (O3eFQ)

61 What was the movie where the 2 idiots were always out clubbing and they shook their heads to some neo-disco song?

Posted by: 48%er at May 12, 2010 04:18 PM (gxpfq)

62 Never heard of it, but then my ancient origins have long left me feeling blase toward this world and its aging box of toys.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 12, 2010 04:18 PM (eNxMU)

63 Ivanhoe was a better story than Robin Hood. Needed more boobies, but it was a good movie.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:19 PM (0CXTz)

64 Damn you Gary Bettman! I wanted to win the Cup again this year. You will rue this day you let an 8 seed beat me... rue it!

Posted by: Sindy "Boo Hoo" Crosby at May 12, 2010 04:19 PM (twS5J)

65 Daybreakers was okay. Decent premise somewhat ruined by hamfisted allegory. (Blood // coffee and petrol; big corporation // vampire; blah blah blah)

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 04:19 PM (4PytC)

66 Ace,

You're going to have to put some kind of cranky bastard warning on these kinds of posts. One single mention of SNL reaps a whole ass-load of comments not much different than, "Meh, they haven't been funny shince Nineteen Twickety Nine. Where is my denture lube?"

Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at May 12, 2010 04:19 PM (zgd5N)

67 Night at the Roxbury.

Otherwise known as:

Two Metrosexual Douchebags Go Clubbing

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:20 PM (0CXTz)

#63

Night at the Roxbury

Posted by: shoey at May 12, 2010 04:22 PM (yCH89)

69
What is love?
Baby don't hurt me.... don't hurt me... no more.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at May 12, 2010 04:22 PM (0fzsA)

70 These new-fangled movin' pitchers is just a fad anyway. Give me a good old daguerreotype any day.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:22 PM (0CXTz)

Is Betty White in it? Because that might make it full of win!

(Although I'm still a bit scarred by her talking about her muffin on SNL).

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 04:22 PM (VQI+O)

72 48%er, Night At The Roxbury and the song was "what is love" by Haddaway.

For about 6 weeks in the fall of 1989, the top three on the Radio One charts were: Black Box "Ride On Time", Technotronic "Pump Up The Jam", and "What is Love" at #3. I remember it vividly.

The next summer Bryan Adams was #1 for fifteen weeks: "Everything I Do I Do It For You".

The fucking Brits and their horrible fucking music taste...

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 04:23 PM (4PytC)

73 I picked up Legion recently, thinking, "How bad can it really be?" Answer: very bad indeed. Very bad. Not even due to the blasphemous premise (note: God's angels do not "possess" people), but due to the completely inept and senseless script. The SFX were even pretty sub-par. Constantine was better than this turd of a movie, and Constantine was only slightly less offensive than a dog turd on top of a wedding cake.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 04:23 PM (O3eFQ)

74 Does this movie have Schweaty Balls in it?

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:24 PM (0CXTz)

75 Grog not like!

Grog remember slapstick meant real stick. And real slap.

Grog go watch shadow puppets on A&E.

Posted by: Grog The 4% Homo Sapien at May 12, 2010 04:24 PM (zgd5N)

Roxbury--thanks guys.

That had some funny mome--I mean, I never watched that stupid shit.

Posted by: 48%er at May 12, 2010 04:24 PM (gxpfq)

What is love?
Baby don't hurt me.... don't hurt me... no more.

Go.To.Hell.

You go straight to hell for putting that in my head.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 04:25 PM (VQI+O)

78 Constantine would have been better if Keanu was tortured more.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:25 PM (0CXTz)

79 There were so many clever jokes in Airplane. Maybe there were a few stoopping to the level of poop, but there were a ton of funny, original gags.

Airplane II rehashed most of em but was hilarious anyway. Plus it had Shatner. (One of my favorite gags comes at 1:46.)

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 04:25 PM (GUY0r)

80 "People! Come on! BLUES BROTHERS!" I have yet to see that. Although, I hear they do a nice cover of "Rubber Biscuit". And I just don't find '70s-era SNL all that funny. I'm kind of an asshole.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at May 12, 2010 04:25 PM (wd0Iq)

81 Does this movie have Schweaty Balls in it? Funniest thing Alec Baldwin has ever done, I think. "Come taste my Schweddy balls!" (My sister, a devoted listener of NPR's cooking programs, laughed so hard that she almost vomited the first time she heard this bit.)

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 04:26 PM (O3eFQ)

82 What is Love stuck in my head. must initiate it's a small world defense.

followed by East Bound and Down

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:26 PM (0CXTz)

Good flick. It's on AMC rotation now, which means you can watch it about 16 times a week.

In between commerical breaks that all contain at least one ad for Breaking Bad.

I mean, fuck people, I get it. I know the fucking show is on. I like the show. I'll be watching the show. I don't need four to six ads every fucking hour telling me the show is on Sunday. Plus an overlay on the bottom of the screen that pops up during the movie telling me about, surprise, the new episode of Breaking Bad.

Even worse was driving in the car the other day and there's an ad on the radio telling me to watch Breaking Bad...

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 12, 2010 04:27 PM (P33XN)

84 I don't think they did Rubber Biscuit in the movie but it was on the album.

Posted by: 48%er at May 12, 2010 04:28 PM (gxpfq)

85 80 Constantine would have been better if Keanu was tortured more.

Agreed. Some of the weapons in Constantine were cool though - like the holy brass knuckles and the cross shot-gun...thingy.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 04:29 PM (c0A3e)

Seriously, you're calling me old because I'm not hooked on the show that cool, relevant and funny..... 20 years ago?

What do you do for an encore, crank up The Safety Dance and tell us we're too old if it's too loud?

Posted by: Entropy at May 12, 2010 04:30 PM (eL+YD)

"People!Come on! BLUES BROTHERS!" Belushi was great in that.I remember seeing Animal House in the theater when it came out.Ten times better on the big screen.Yeah,I know I'm old.High school years.

Posted by: ziptie at May 12, 2010 04:30 PM (0135J)

88 I thought MacGruber was a MacGyver spoof.Haven't watched SNL since I can't even remember.

Posted by: steevy at May 12, 2010 04:30 PM (9/NPS)

Funniest thing Alec Baldwin has ever done, I think.

Yup. I remember watching that live (which, coincidentally might have been the last time I actually watched it live) thinking, "wow, did he just say that?!"

And then I remember the canteen boy sketch and it all made sense.

He can apparently do/say whatever the hell he wants. It works I guess.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 04:30 PM (VQI+O)

90 It actually looks pretty good, every once in a while SNL gets lucky. There was Wayne's World and um........well that's about it really, although i admit to liking Corky Romano.

Posted by: koopy at May 12, 2010 04:31 PM (ctR4U)

91 I know it's probably a shitbox of a movie, but I still think I'm going to see the A-Team movie.

I'm a sucker for Joe Carnahan flicks (Smoking Aces included).

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 12, 2010 04:33 PM (0T2Zc)

What do you do for an encore, crank up The Safety Dance and tell us we're too old if it's too loud?

Damn you! I'm thinking this root beer isn't going to come out of this white shirt...

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 12, 2010 04:33 PM (P33XN)

93 Three words...Super Troopers.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 12, 2010 04:35 PM (65PDs)

94 88 Seriously, you're calling me old because I'm not hooked on the show that cool, relevant and funny..... 20 years ago?

What do you do for an encore, crank up The Safety Dance and tell us we're too old if it's too loud?

WINNER.

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 04:36 PM (GUY0r)

Agreed. Some of the weapons in Constantine were cool though - like the holy brass knuckles and the cross shot-gun...thingy.

Constantine = Rachel Weisz in clingy shirt in bathtub.

There were guns and other shit in it? Huh. Who knew?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 12, 2010 04:36 PM (P33XN)

96 Constantine was hilarious. They invent this new chapter to 1 Corinthians, which somehow survived such that it got to a freakin' printing press and attached to a copy, not of Paul's letters in Greek, but of a Vulgate of part of Isaiah in Latin.

And then the old sage who's supposedly translating the thing puts his finger on the WRONG LINE of the Latin.

I'm thinking every Biblical scholar who saw that scene wet himself in laughter.

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 04:36 PM (4PytC)

97 95 Three words...Super Troopers.

Three words? Only count two, friend.

Super Troopers was okay, but I didn't need to see Farve's junk. I'm still tramatized from that.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 04:37 PM (c0A3e)

98 Super Troopers and Beer Fest are the two greatest comedies ever. Right now.

Blues Brothers was too good to be SNL. It was lightning in a bottle.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:37 PM (0CXTz)

although i admit to liking Corky Romano.

First you said Olivia d'Abo > Danica McKellar. Now this???

Okay that's two for you. Three strikes and you're out of the closet.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 04:37 PM (VQI+O)

100 You all are mighty brave, meeting current culture head-on. I haven't been able to face it directly for about five years now. The last TV show we watched regularly was King of Queens. That's about as harsh as I can handle.

I take refuge in old films and old music.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at May 12, 2010 04:38 PM (kJXs1)

101

Movies are lame. I read books.

Posted by: Ed Anger at May 12, 2010 04:38 PM (7+pP9)

102 #97 Constantine = Rachel Weisz in clingy shirt in bathtub.

Meh. I was hoping she'd drown.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 04:39 PM (c0A3e)

103 Super Troopers and Beer Fest are the two Idiocracy is the greatest comediesy ever

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 04:39 PM (VQI+O)

104

>>Airplane II rehashed most of em but was hilarious anyway.

Heh.

"We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with!"

I think I'll use that line on the kids just to confuse them...

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 12, 2010 04:39 PM (XdlcF)

105 I remember seeing Animal House in the theater when it came out.Ten times better on the big screen.Yeah,I know I'm old.High school years. Hah. I'm not that old, but I did get to see it on a biggish screen; our highschool screened it for us sixth-formers. (Junior / Senior years, to the Yanks amongst us.)

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 04:39 PM (4PytC)

106 Baitin'!

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:39 PM (0CXTz)

107 Three words...Super Troopers.

Three words? Only count two, friend.

Super Troopers was okay, but I didn't need to see Farve's junk. I'm still tramatized from that.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 08:37 PM (c0A3e)

I see nothing wrong with his counting skills.

Posted by: Sheriff Joe Biden at May 12, 2010 04:39 PM (twS5J)

108 I agree with whoever said "Olivia d'Abo > Danica McKellar". Did you ever see Spirit of '76? Just sharing screen time with Redd Kross is an automatic 500 pts.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at May 12, 2010 04:39 PM (wd0Iq)

109 Office Space, the funniest film of relatively recent vintage.

Posted by: 48%er at May 12, 2010 04:41 PM (gxpfq)

110

Baitin'!

Uh huh. It's what morons crave.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 04:41 PM (VQI+O)

111 Super Troopers > Police Academy, any of them.

Idiocracy isn't a comedy. It's a documentary sent back in time.

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 04:41 PM (4PytC)

112 Check out Channel 9! It's the breast exam!

Posted by: Lawrence at May 12, 2010 04:42 PM (0CXTz)

113 105 Super Troopers and Beer Fest are the two Idiocracy is the greatest comediesy ever

That is a fucking fact. I'm just wondering how many more years it will be before it's regarded as the greatest documentary ever.

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 04:42 PM (GUY0r)

114 Constantine was hilarious My pastor once got on my case a little bit about my taste in movies, and mentioned Constantine prominently. I told him not to fret, because Constantine had about as much to do with actual Christianity as McHale's Navy with the actual Navy. Legion is even worse, positing a God who dispatches pistol-packin' angels who will gun down the sinners of the world. (Why God would need to actually have angels shoot evildoers rather than just drop them on the spot from an aneurysm or stroke or bolt of lightning goes pretty much unexplained.) In short, these movies simply appropriate the most surface-level Christian iconography for artistic effect, and combine it with the usual "look how daring I am!" rebellion against religion. (But note how careful they are to mock a religion that doesn't behead people for such things!)

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 04:43 PM (O3eFQ)

115

First you said Olivia d'Abo > Danica McKellar. Now this???

Okay that's two for you. Three strikes and you're out of the closet.

What do you mean? Corky was a veterinarian technician who lived with his mom and.......oh, i see

Posted by: koopy at May 12, 2010 04:43 PM (ctR4U)

116 I'm wondering if Eric Holder and Obama can find a way to arrest the makers of Idiocracy for time traveling hate crimes.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 04:44 PM (0CXTz)

117 OT, but will someone please rid me of these troublesome Habs?

I don't care who wins the Cup, just not the f*cking Habs and their garlicky cheesedick grenouille-humpin' fans on another damn Cinderella run.

Posted by: Fuck You Cammalleri at May 12, 2010 04:45 PM (3pCHr)

118

I'm wondering if Eric Holder and Obama can find a way to arrest the makers of Idiocracy for time traveling hate crimes.

It's a possibility.

Holder can testify about it before the House of Representin'

Upgrayedd!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 04:46 PM (VQI+O)

119 Does The Blues Brothers count as an SNL sketch? All they did on SNL was sing.

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2010 04:47 PM (06Pfv)

120 First you said Olivia d'Abo > Danica McKellar.

Er ... that's almost a tautology.

I would even say Olivia D'Abo >> Danica McKellar

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 04:47 PM (Qp4DT)

121 OT, but will someone please rid me of these troublesome Habs?

I don't care who wins the Cup, just not the f*cking Habs and their garlicky cheesedick grenouille-humpin' fans on another damn Cinderella run.

Posted by: Fuck You Cammalleri at May 12, 2010 08:45 PM (3pCHr)

It's ok. Let them bounce Pittsburg, then we'll take care of the rest for you.

Posted by: Boston Bruins at May 12, 2010 04:47 PM (twS5J)

122 the villain is named "Van Cunth," with a silent "h,"

Someone's an X-Files fan. *cough*

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 12, 2010 04:49 PM (OkT2m)

123 120 Holder can testify about it before the House of Representin'

Texas! What's uuuppp?!

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 04:49 PM (4PytC)

124 It's kind of an odd one to focus on, but one of the gags in Idiocracy that cracks me up the most is the conference table sitting wedged right in the middle of the big hole knocked in the Oval Office wall.

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 04:50 PM (GUY0r)

125 #116 In short, these movies simply appropriate the most surface-level Christian iconography for artistic effect, and combine it with the usual "look how daring I am!" rebellion against religion. (But note how careful they are to mock a religion that doesn't behead people for such things!)

Yeah, the cowards. For 2012, Roland explicitly stated that he didn't include images of Muslim holy sites being destroyed because he didn't want a fatwa on his head. But everything else was fair game.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 04:51 PM (c0A3e)

126

Olivia d'Abo = butterface

Srsly, that overbite. Ick.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 04:52 PM (VQI+O)

127 99 two words kratos...meow.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 12, 2010 04:52 PM (OoSkz)

128

You all are mighty brave, meeting current culture head-on.

It's not all bad.

Posted by: Entropy at May 12, 2010 04:53 PM (eL+YD)

129 Kratos,
I think you need some Shannon Tweed to help you recover.

Posted by: mpfs at May 12, 2010 04:54 PM (QuP9W)

130

126 I gotta go with Justin Long's scene--

My wife was tarded. She's a pilot now.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 04:54 PM (VQI+O)

131 121 Does The Blues Brothers count as an SNL sketch? All they did on SNL was sing.

I would say yes. They started on SNL and Aykroyd and Belushi appeared "in character" as Jake and Elwood.

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 04:55 PM (GUY0r)

132 Don't buy the graphic novel "Constantine", btw. Its author is an anti-Thatcherite wanker.

It's not Alan Moore; Moore wasn't exactly a fan of the Right either, but at least he makes an effort to understand it. And he doesn't like the Left any more either.

"Constantine" is just worthless. Ugh.

Some good graphic novels: "Y - The Last Man"; "Fables"; anything by Millar-with-an-A ("Wanted", "Kick-Ass").

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 04:55 PM (4PytC)

133 I would classify The Blues Brothers as a musical guest on SNL.

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2010 04:56 PM (06Pfv)

134 48%er, Night At The Roxbury and the song was "what is love" by Haddaway.

It's the second national anthem of Estonia.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 12, 2010 04:56 PM (OkT2m)

135 Dumb and Dumber is hilarious. It's Stooges-level hilarious. I thought I was going to hate it, and ended up laughing so hard I sprung a muscle in my stomach. The Turbo-Lax scene alone is the absolute apex of poop-humor and shall never be surpassed. (Jeff Daniels is one of those rare actors who can do great comedy or great drama -- I really liked his Joshua Chamberlain in Gettysburg as well.) But the best comedy movie ever, all things considered? I'd have to give the prize to Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, with Blazing Saddles as a close runner-up.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 04:57 PM (O3eFQ)

136

Olivia d'Abo = butterface

Srsly, that overbite. Ick.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 08:52 PM (VQI+O)

Now, now. Be nice. Olivia D'Abo is a real beauty. She was. I haven't seen her in anything in quite a few years.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 04:57 PM (Qp4DT)

137 131 Kratos,
I think you need some Shannon Tweed to help you recover.

Super idea, mpfs! Let me dig in...the vault!

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 04:58 PM (c0A3e)

138 Personally,Caddy Shack is my all time favorite.Saw that when it came out on the big screen.Man I really am old.

Posted by: ziptie at May 12, 2010 04:58 PM (0135J)

139 anything by Millar-with-an-A ("Wanted", "Kick-Ass").

I would agree with you on Volume 1 of The Ultimates. Vol. 2 not so much (aside from the fight at the end).

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at May 12, 2010 04:59 PM (0T2Zc)

140 "Super Troopers > Police Academy, any of them." Police Academy 3 & 4 are both in my top 10. I made an audio recording of #3 as a kid and would play it, to the horror of my family, on long car trips.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at May 12, 2010 04:59 PM (wd0Iq)

141 WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!

Posted by: Dumber at May 12, 2010 05:00 PM (GUY0r)

142 The last film I paid to see was the first Borat movie. How many tomatoes did that one earn?

Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at May 12, 2010 05:00 PM (w9bVp)

143 "Young Frankenstein"? snooorrrredsgasdha'll;dh

Come on, Monty. That movie had me checking my watch all the way through it. The "Putting On The Ritz" scene was good, but that was it.

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 05:01 PM (4PytC)

144 Young Frankenstein kicked ass.

Posted by: Entropy at May 12, 2010 05:03 PM (eL+YD)

145 The "Putting On The Ritz" scene was good, but that was it. I don't think we can be friends any more.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:03 PM (O3eFQ)

146 Olivia d'Abo = butterface Hit it, I would

Posted by: Yoda at May 12, 2010 05:03 PM (SwkdU)

147 You folks want a great comedy? BRAIN DONORS. Didn't run too long, never lost its pacing, and didn't have a "but seriously folks" third act of the kind that ruins 95% of movie comedies. John Turturro did Groucho proud.

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 05:03 PM (GUY0r)

148

Olivia D'Abo is a real beauty

Funny! Stevie Wonder said the same thing!

Personally,Caddy Shack is my all time favorite

Hey, how YOU doin'??

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 05:03 PM (VQI+O)

149 "Young Frankenstein"? snooorrrredsgasdha'll;dh

Hell, I didn't make it twenty minutes before I went looking for something better to do. And I grew up in Iowa...it takes very little to entertain me.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 12, 2010 05:04 PM (OkT2m)

150 Speaking of Young Frankenstein: remember the old blind man that the monster encounters after he escapes? It was years before I realized that it was Gene Hackman.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:04 PM (O3eFQ)

151

Anything and everything by Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein kicked ass.

/fixed

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 05:04 PM (VQI+O)

152 I just saw YF two nights ago based on tips from the moronosphere. Srsly.

So it's not like I'm misremembering.

Maybe I'm just missing the gene...

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 05:05 PM (4PytC)

153 How about that timeless classic Blazing Saddles,or any of the Monty Python movies?

Posted by: ziptie at May 12, 2010 05:05 PM (0135J)

154

Olivia D'Abo is a real beauty

Funny! Stevie Wonder said the same thing!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 09:03 PM (VQI+O)

LOL. You're killing me, lacey!

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 05:05 PM (Qp4DT)

155 Strange Brew with Bob and Doug is a terrific movie.

Max von Sydow is a funny m'f.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:06 PM (0CXTz)

156 Fleshy-Headed Mutants from Sector 16b!

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:07 PM (0CXTz)

157 Anything and everything by Mel Brooks I didn't think much of Silent Movie, though History of the World, Part I was funny. (Count de Monay...Harvey Korman was a frigging comedy genius. Put him with Tim Conway and they made a comedy-singularity that has never been equalled.)

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:08 PM (O3eFQ)

158 Beerfest > Super Troopers

Posted by: brak at May 12, 2010 05:08 PM (W5NBA)

159 149 a "but seriously folks" third act

Worst offender: Protocol with Goldie Hawn. Hilarious movie, and I was considering buying it, right up until Goldie stood up and gave that bullshit smalltown-girl-from-Oregon anti-Reagan speech.

Spies Like Us is just as anti-Reagan / anti-Cold-War, but at least it didn't force me to sit through a speech. And it did show us Russian brutality and Af/Pak stupidity, some non-PC moves which sweetened the medicine.

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 05:08 PM (4PytC)

160 SPACEBALLS, bitches!

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 05:09 PM (GUY0r)

161 God Bless John Candy for playing Barf. He was his own best friend.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:10 PM (0CXTz)

162 Stripes. That's the fact, Jack.

Posted by: 48%er at May 12, 2010 05:11 PM (gxpfq)

163 You won't hear a word against Spaceballs from me.

"I will not be rescued in such... filth"

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 05:12 PM (4PytC)

164

PoP, I'm not being nice, I know. But it's The Coop. I'm sure Karen Arnold (that was her name, right??) was okay comparatively speaking, but not against Winnie Coooper. Hell, even I had a crush on her I'm sure!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 05:12 PM (VQI+O)

165

Spaceballs, ha!

We ain't found shiiiiiiiiit

Blazing Saddles (which would never be made by today's movie standards btw).

Oooohhhh a wed wose, how womantic!

Posted by: laceyunderalls as lilly von schtupp at May 12, 2010 05:14 PM (VQI+O)

166 Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 12, 2010 09:12 PM (VQI+O)

I have no idea what you're referring to, lacey. I never watched The Wonder Years (not a single episode) and I never saw D'Abo in any TV series. I only know her from a couple of movies. Maybe a TV movie here or there.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 05:15 PM (Qp4DT)

167 How can you not love "Young Frankenstein?"

He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.

Posted by: mpfs at May 12, 2010 05:15 PM (QuP9W)

168 Operation Vacu-Suck!

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 05:15 PM (GUY0r)

169 170 Jim J. Bullock as Prince Valium

Posted by: laceyunderalls as lilly von schtupp at May 12, 2010 05:18 PM (VQI+O)

170 I'm really fond of the 1st Muppet Movie.

Ready lips, All-ee-gay-tor.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:18 PM (0CXTz)

171 My Favorite Year.

Posted by: nickless at May 12, 2010 05:18 PM (MMC8r)

172 173

Winner!

Posted by: mpfs at May 12, 2010 05:19 PM (QuP9W)

173 Blazing Saddles (which would never be made by today's movie standards btw). There's no way on earth Blazing Saddles could be made today -- not by a white director, at any rate. Now it would just be some lame spoof by someone like Damon Wayans or Chris Rock. In the DVD commentary, Mel Brooks said that he hired Richard Pryor to write the "black comedy" parts, but Brooks ended up doing a lot of the dialogue for Cleavon Little, and Pryor wrote a lot of Korman's dialogue. Mel Brooks had absolutely no fear. It just goes to show that modern directors are complete pissants compared to the guys who came before them.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:20 PM (O3eFQ)

174 Spaceballs is awesome, if only for hearing Rick Moranis swear up a storm.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 05:20 PM (c0A3e)

175 Hey CDR!

Posted by: mpfs at May 12, 2010 05:21 PM (QuP9W)

176 THE SUNSHINE BOYS, with Walter Matthau and George Burns, was terrific.

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 05:23 PM (GUY0r)

177

Blazing Saddles was the first movie I can remember watching. Maybe age four. I asked my Dad what a ch*nk was. My parents were, at point clued in that perhaps I was too young (duh) to be watching that movie.

Anyway, I think they done raised me right

Posted by: laceyunderalls as lilly von schtupp at May 12, 2010 05:23 PM (VQI+O)

178 Sheriff Bart: You keep drinking like that and you are gonna DIE!

Waco Kid: When?

Posted by: Waco Kid Sifty at May 12, 2010 05:23 PM (0CXTz)

179 'Scuse me while I WHIP THIS OUT...

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 05:25 PM (GUY0r)

180 Speaking of Val Kilmer, I've always been partial to Real Genius. One of those underrated 80's-era gems. ("And Kent...stop playing with yourself!")

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:25 PM (O3eFQ)

181 In your dream, are you in kind of sun god robes, with lots of naked women throwing little pickles at you?

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:26 PM (0CXTz)

182 let's not even talk about The Coneheads and It's Pat

So this is a Kagan thread then?

Posted by: Holdfast at May 12, 2010 05:26 PM (Gzb30)

183 Maybe the site was hacked given the film/skit is kind of about hacking, in a way?

Posted by: ParisParamus at May 12, 2010 05:27 PM (lf/rr)

184

I was just thinking that I can't believe how young I was when I saw Holy Grail, Young Frankenstein, etc.

My nine year old would find HG way too violent and/or gory.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 12, 2010 05:27 PM (XdlcF)

185 177 Wait until Spaceballs 2 comes.

Think they'll ever make it? I've heard rumors for quite a while... Spaceballs 2, the Quest for More Money!

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 12, 2010 05:27 PM (c0A3e)

186 Anyone remember Caveman? Ringo Starr got the Oscar for that one, didn't he? And I think Matuzak got Best Supporting. (And Shelley Long proved yet again that she'd do anything -- anything -- for money.)

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:30 PM (O3eFQ)

187 Speaking of Val Kilmer, I've always been partial to Real Genius. One of those underrated 80's-era gems. ("And Kent...stop playing with yourself!")

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 09:25 PM (O3eFQ)

Real Genius was a great movie, even with the lefty orientation. A classic. I rate it with "The Manhattan Project" - very leftarded, but a great movie, nonetheless.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 05:30 PM (Qp4DT)

188 And now Mel Brooks can't do anything but remanufacture his past successes.

Kind of like Hollywood.

Posted by: nickless at May 12, 2010 05:30 PM (MMC8r)

189 I sure as hell remember Barbara Bach.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:31 PM (0CXTz)

190 Real Genius was another of those annoyingly anti-Reagan movies.

Subtext: a technocratic shadow elite should always work to subvert the will of the less-intelligent masses.

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 05:31 PM (4PytC)

191 I laugh at all anti-Reagan movies now.

All I can think of is:

"This man saved your life."

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:32 PM (0CXTz)

192 Real Genius was another of those annoyingly anti-Reagan movies. I never really got that vibe, in spite of all the anti-Star-Wars stuff. It was more a "smart kids can be cool too!" movie -- part of why I liked it so much too. And The Mahattan Project, as progressoverpeace pointed out, though that movie was more a "dramedy" than a straight comedy flick. (Lithgow was always better in supporting roles than starring roles, wasn't he?)

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:34 PM (O3eFQ)

193 Buckaroo Banzai was a pretty damn good comedy too.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:35 PM (0CXTz)

194 And now Mel Brooks can't do anything but remanufacture his past successes.

Uh, I know what you mean, but his "original" works were parodies, and not that original to begin with, n'est-ce pas?

Posted by: ParisParamus at May 12, 2010 05:37 PM (lf/rr)

195 Lithgow = Farquaad in the Shrek movie.

Does "The Villain" count as a supporting character? Seems to me that Farquaad owned every scene he was in; all the other characters supported him. Either way, Shrek is where I first heard the name "Lithgow", and he was awesome in it.

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 05:38 PM (4PytC)

196 I never really got that vibe, in spite of all the anti-Star-Wars stuff. It was more a "smart kids can be cool too!" movie -- part of why I liked it so much too.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 09:34 PM (O3eFQ)

When it comes to movies about math or science, we never get much to choose from. I loved Good Will Hunting, even though it screwed up the math story to end up as a whiny diatribe about "love" - going against the whole real point of it. But, the few parts where the math shone brightly (not real math, but close enough for movies) was enough to make it thoroughly enjoyable.

The same for A Beautiful Mind. It would have been nice to keep the idiotic "love" crap out of it and make it more about real math ... but we're never going to see that, as those who make these movies are just too dumb to know the real stories. It's a shame, because a movie about a true genius, like Gauss or Von Neumann, doing their stuff would be a huge seller, I think. Especially Von Neumann. He was made for movies to be made about - for real.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 05:40 PM (Qp4DT)

197 200 Buckaroo Banzai was a pretty damn good comedy too.

Always left me totally cold. I even gave it several chances, wondering what everyone was seeing in that mess.

Posted by: The Wonder Between the Undead Years at May 12, 2010 05:40 PM (GUY0r)

198 John Lithgow will forever be Dr. Emilio Lazardo to me.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:40 PM (0CXTz)

199 I loved Good Will Hunting When Damon started spouting off with Zinn's "People's History of the History of the United States", I wanted to punch him in the face. I despise that movie on so many levels that it's hard to explain without an easel, paper, and several colored pens.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:43 PM (4Pleu)

200 Lithgow did a good job in Raising Cain.

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2010 05:44 PM (06Pfv)

201 The 90min Phantom Menace Guy could have a career on Matt Damon's shitty movies.

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:45 PM (0CXTz)

202 It's a shame, because a movie about a true genius, like Gauss or Von Neumann, doing their stuff would be a huge seller, I think.

Not unless it goes heavy on a love interest(s). Most people who pay to see movies don't give a shit about math or genius.

I'm still disappointed college was not as fun as portrayed in Real Genius, which I first saw at....math camp.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 12, 2010 05:45 PM (OkT2m)

203 I'll watch it in four ~~years~~ weeks when it makes it to ~~cheap cable~~ piratebay. Maybe.

Posted by: cheshirecat at May 12, 2010 05:46 PM (i2pFf)

204 The 90min Phantom Menace Guy could have a career on Matt Damon's shitty movies. Oh, I like the Bourne movies okay. But Damon lets his leftist agenda drive a lot of his career, which explains turds like The Green Zone.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:47 PM (4Pleu)

205 Uh, I know what you mean, but his "original" works were parodies, and not that original to begin with, n'est-ce pas?

There's quite a difference between writing a parody and then just taking that same script 40 years later and re-making it as a Broadway play because you're out of ideas.

Of course, if the alternative was to make more fine films like 'Dracula: Dead and Loving It...'

Posted by: nickless at May 12, 2010 05:49 PM (MMC8r)

206 I'm still disappointed college was not as fun as portrayed in Real Genius, which I first saw at....math camp.

You went to math camp? Lucky.

Posted by: Camp Crystal Lake Veteran at May 12, 2010 05:50 PM (GUY0r)

207 The first Bourne movie was OK. The rest sucked monkey ass on Main Street.

Never give an epileptic cameraman a Red Bull and yell action!

Posted by: sifty at May 12, 2010 05:50 PM (0CXTz)

208 Not unless it goes heavy on a love interest(s). Most people who pay to see movies don't give a shit about math or genius.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 12, 2010 09:45 PM (OkT2m)

I disagree. I think people are fascinated with genius, and with math, specifically. Even though they don't understand it, the equations and symbols fascinate people - even more than they like to watch medical shows that throw around jargon they don't understand, in the least.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 05:51 PM (Qp4DT)

209 A movie about a skit on a show I hate that is a parody of another show I hate. Guess how likely it is I will see it.

Posted by: Aaron at May 12, 2010 05:54 PM (XUIJ5)

210 If you want a math genius movie, Newton would do the trick.

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2010 05:54 PM (06Pfv)

211 I think people are fascinated with genius, and with math, specifically. Smart people are interested in it. Duller people...not so much. And even I have to admit that I'd rather watch big robots kicking the shit out of each other in Transformers than some mopey nutcase in A Beautiful Mind. I'd much rather read about geniuses; watching some egghead sitting at a desk for ten hours straight working out a new Riemann-Zeta function isn't all that visually compelling.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 05:55 PM (4Pleu)

212 If you want a math genius movie, Newton would do the trick.

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2010 09:54 PM (06Pfv)

That would be fantastic. And he was a major prick, on top of it, which would add some spice to the story.

Did you know that Newton calculated the end of the world, according to the New Testament, to be around 2009, or so?

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 05:58 PM (Qp4DT)

213 Does "The Villain" count as a supporting character? That just reminded me of the old movie with Kirk Douglas and Ann-Margaret and pre-Conan Schwartzenegger. Not a great movie, but a pretty fun one for a rainy weekend afternoon.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 06:00 PM (4Pleu)

214 Did you know that Newton calculated the end of the world, according to the New Testament, to be around 2009, or so?

Off by only three years.

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2010 06:02 PM (06Pfv)

215 I disagree. I think people are fascinated with genius, and with math, specifically.

People like us are. The masses couldn't care less.

The only reason Turing gets any play on stage is the tortured gay-before-it-was-cool thing.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 12, 2010 06:03 PM (OkT2m)

216 Did you know that Newton calculated the end of the world, according to the New Testament, to be around 2009, or so?

Off by only three years.

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2010 10:02 PM (06Pfv)

Oops. I just looked it up and they say he predicteded the end at 2060. I remember seeing a documentary stating that they did some change on Newton's assumption of the re-emergence of the Roman Empire and put the date around 2009.

My mistake.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 06:07 PM (Qp4DT)

217 The only reason Turing gets any play on stage is the tortured gay-before-it-was-cool thing. There's enough material to make a really good biopic of Oppenheimer, I think. He was a very strange dude in a lot of ways, but interesting. Wolfgang Pauli is another scientist who had an interesting life-story. Still, it'd be uphill work to make a successful theatrical-release movie for any of these guys. I think it would play better on direct-to-DVD, or on one of the pay channels.

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 06:09 PM (4Pleu)

218 People like us are. The masses couldn't care less.

I think you sell people short. I could be wrong (obviously) but I do think that.

The only reason Turing gets any play on stage is the tortured gay-before-it-was-cool thing.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 12, 2010 10:03 PM (OkT2m)

But no one ever made a good Turing movie (or play) about his actual work and showing him solving problems. I think that people do appreciate seeing the genius of problem solving, especially for situations they can understand (though I think there is an innate human appreciation for beautiful formulae). Like in The Manhattan Project when the kid solves the puzzle Lithgow gave him by simply spinning it on the table.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 12, 2010 06:11 PM (Qp4DT)

219 Bags of all shapes and sizes are a major weakness of many women. Truer words were never barfed out by a spambot....

Posted by: Monty at May 12, 2010 06:15 PM (4Pleu)

220 I want a Perelman movie.

Posted by: Zimriel at May 12, 2010 06:17 PM (4PytC)

221 224 Did you know that Newton calculated the end of the world, according to the New Testament, to be around 2009, or so?

Off by only three years.

Posted by: davidt at May 12, 2010 10:02 PM (06Pfv)

My mistake.

Not quite. Newton theorized the world will definitely not end before 2060. After that year, all bets are off.

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Seriously. Are you folks going to listen to a guy who hunts hobos?

...

Well ok maybe this once.

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I guess I'm just surprised Hollywood is actually releasing something, you know, half way original.

Hell, it's not a remake or a reimagining. That's surprising in and of itself.

Er, it's a spoof of MacGyver.

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Van Cunth. LOL!!!!!

Reminds me of back in the day when we would call up local bars and have the bartender page "Mike Hunt". LOL....Is my cunt here! Priceless memories!!!!

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