One thing this film does draw from Hill's earlier one is an impressively obscure soundtrack that might start with the Band but immediately segues to groups like Pyramid, whose musical vigor far exceeds their songwriting gifts.
lol pyramid
― 14 karat gold steen computer wizard (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
im dying here
― s1ocki, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
someone help slocki--hes posted twice about how hes dying and you guys are just c/ping trade reviews???
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
guys please
― s1ocki, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
rip slocki
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
not been confirmed but damn this was a shock
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
that's what you get for posting on ilx without a helmet
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
feel so bad for liam neeson right now
what's weird is he kept posting for awhile and seemed okay after he hit his head
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
based on the rule of threes i'm worried about catherine o'hara
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks guys, i really appreciate it, im just happy i can still read and post on ilx from heaven
― s1ocki, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link
jesus its hotter here than i expected
― s1ocki, Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
and there doesnt seem to be much else BESIDES ilx
had no used for him but RIP
― the name's ban. suggest ban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 March 2009 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
lamp has no shot at winning the 2009 best poster in a supporting role award after this
s1ocki, Best Supporting Actor
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 March 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
(sheeeit missed that)
this is gonna owne so hard
― through hellfire and aspergers (cankles), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 12:29 (fifteen years ago) link
man i love eastbound & down so much
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 14:01 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^
― the rickey henderson of sbs (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^^^
― A Very Powerful Whale Runs To Heaven (latebloomer), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Is E&D better than the karate movie? Cuz that was okay, but nothing special. Really wished they kept the original ending where he killed his wife at the end.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
guys you should all see this film, the writer/director is this dude i worked with three years ago on a show, i was there when he got the news from sundance about foot fist way and he is a real good dude, i am happy to see him doing so well. and the yuan bros, who play the yuen bros in the film, are buddies of mine.
― CNTFACE (omar little), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
some dude I met once shoots gun w/ them I think I don't really remember
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i saw this last night. it was awesome. not nearly as fucked up as I was hoping but it was really violent which was good. Jody Hill always puts the BEST music in his stuff, the opening credits have a classic song that was so good to hear and there were tons of other great tunes at very good moments. Danny McBride makes a cameo. Faris was good, Rogen was really fat. All in all a good time at the movies.
― crab ringgoon (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Friday, 10 April 2009 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
oh yeah, there's also the obligatory drug binge montage which was also really fucking awesome (this time it was mixed in with gratuitous ass kicking instead of Kenny Powers' stumbling and mubmling). I think I had my expectation set a little high because this movie was great thinking back on it but I was a tiny bit disappointed
― crab ringgoon (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Friday, 10 April 2009 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i love east bound but this was dumb. POINTLESS & UGLY IMO
― A B C, Saturday, 11 April 2009 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
rip fatty rogen. he was kind of cute with the buzzcut
― A B C, Saturday, 11 April 2009 00:58 (fifteen years ago) link
this was so good
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 11 April 2009 02:59 (fifteen years ago) link
genuinely shocking in places and hilarious
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 11 April 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
this is dividing people up good - trusted critics enjoyed it but friends said it was completely laugh-free. seeing it this weekend.
― Simon H., Saturday, 11 April 2009 03:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Is the rape scene handled as distastefully as I've read it was? I get that he's supposed to be troubled, and that he preys on Faris in an almost blacked out state, but WTF is up with her wanting it by the time it's over?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 11 April 2009 03:20 (fifteen years ago) link
SPOILER I GUESS
it was weird... it's barely even a scene - it's about 10 seconds maybe max and he's on top of her thrusting and she's on her back with a little vomit visible on the pillow and he realizes that she's not moving so he stops and she slurs "don't stop, motherfucker" - not sure what i thought of it, i think mostly it tried to further the idea that rogen's character is really fucked up and a huge asshole when he's off his meds - and in general that he's not good w/ girls which is why he fucks a girl who just threw up in front of him and is clearly drugged up - and that farris' character is a huge s lut
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 11 April 2009 03:24 (fifteen years ago) link
there were more disturbing parts, i thought
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 11 April 2009 03:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, my main concern was whether or not it plays to her character's behavior pattern or if it was just some sort of thoughtless "all girls really want it" idea Jody Hill was trying to get at (and I'd fully expect a studio to let that kind of thing slide).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 11 April 2009 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i think it was just to set up farris as a huge slut, like even tho she drank a bunch and chewed a bunch of pills and threw up and is not even attracted to rogen's character she just wants to have sex with anything
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 11 April 2009 03:35 (fifteen years ago) link
this metacritic blurb otm
Observe and Report is the rare "action-comedy" (almost always a muddled hybrid) that earns its cathartic climax. The blood is real because the psychosis is real. But somehow--the magic of comedy--it's also uproarious.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 11 April 2009 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link
from ny mag
Dargis & Armond agree: sadistic piece of shit
won't get fooled again
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 11 April 2009 05:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Worth it just for inspiring this line:
"Ronnie is a renegade: but not in the good way of downscale comic figures such as Tyler Perry’s Madea and Larry the Cable Guy."
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 11 April 2009 05:20 (fifteen years ago) link
looks like it meets j0rdan's ideal of policing for G20
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 11 April 2009 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 April 2009 05:39 (fifteen years ago) link
jesus. it's not a rape scene wtf
― crab ringgoon (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Saturday, 11 April 2009 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
lol xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 11 April 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, April 11, 2009 12:31 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark
this is otm actually
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
i think the director disagrees w/the idea that it's not a rape scene
― A B C, Sunday, 12 April 2009 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link
omg i just realized that ilx will end when tuomas gets around to renting this
― A B C, Sunday, 12 April 2009 01:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh dear lord, just the thought.
― Event Horizon (Nicole), Sunday, 12 April 2009 02:49 (fifteen years ago) link
can't wait!
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Sunday, 12 April 2009 02:59 (fifteen years ago) link
this was pretty terrible... main character was totally uncompelling... have no idea what the story was supposed to be... a lot of comedy dressing but barely any laughs... love eb&d but this = no.
― s1ocki, Sunday, 12 April 2009 04:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I was hoping to love it and only liked it; the "happy" ending (queasy or not) felt forced and the "real" love interest should not have been there. Also, Patton Oswalt is wasted. Still, I admire Hill's chutzpah.
― Simon H., Monday, 13 April 2009 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Both psyched and bummed that the trailer uses Patto - The Man, because it's a favorite of mine but also sort of a pet "deep cut" I like to play for people, put on mixes to surprise friends, etc.
― excuse me, brutality here? (Hurting 2), Monday, 13 April 2009 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I loved the Ronnie character. don't really see him as this Bickle-esque tortured monster. he was not unsympathetic at all!
― crab ringgoon (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Monday, 13 April 2009 04:00 (fifteen years ago) link
absolutely loved the soundtrack, but there was definitely an over-reliance on hpstr iPod action going on. one song isn't even over and homie is cutting right to the next.
as for the movie, I definitely didn't hate it, but there parts that were surprisingly draggy for a film so gonzo in so many respects. I thought Rogen did an admirable job, even if I thought some of Ronnie's more unsavory characteristics were a bit of a hard sell for him. the careening tone (e.g. the "real" love interest, redemption, etc.) bothered my girlfriend a lot more than me. umm lol bipolar??
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Monday, 13 April 2009 13:22 (fifteen years ago) link
ehhhhh didn't quite work, but glad i saw it.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Sunday, 26 April 2009 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
is this funnier than I Love You Man?
― akm, Sunday, 26 April 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
no.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Sunday, 26 April 2009 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
some stuff just really fell flat, like anything involving his mother.
+ there are some non-narrative movies i like just fine, eg anchorman, but this film was meant to have an arc one way or another, so having it so thrown-together didn't work.
perhaps it fell between two stools: either do a 'redemption arc' thing or just have loads of random shit like his buddy getting into heroin.
SPOILER+++++++++++++or even do the anti-redemption arc. felt bit cheated when the guy at the end didn't die because him getting shot was him getting shot was loooooool.+++++++++++++
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Sunday, 26 April 2009 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
A+ Mclusky
This movie depressed the shit out of me
Seth Rogen is still pretty hot in bad outfits with extra poundage
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 08:24 (fifteen years ago) link
has this already been and gone in the UK? imdb claims it came out on 24 april.
― caek, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 22:59 (fifteen years ago) link
awful film
― caek, Saturday, 12 September 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
worth it 4 drug montage w/ mike pena & mcbride cameo
kinda reminded me of bad santa but yeah the hipster bs needs to go
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 26 September 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
(note: could be dark and disturbing sez IFC)
― fountain bleaut (s1ocki), Saturday, 26 September 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
WHY WOULD I BLOW UP A CHIC-FIL-A, THAT SHIT IS FUCKIN DELICIOUS
― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:45 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark
― iirc flair (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 26 September 2009 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
this film isn't dark or disturbing
― cozwn, Saturday, 26 September 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
weird, weird movie but i liked it.
― omar little, Sunday, 27 September 2009 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
this was great. a few too many musical montages but otherwise, wow what a weird movie, great that Rogen put his fleeting fame behind getting something this odd made.
― the taint of Macca is strong (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
This movie was like Taxi Driver written and directed by a semi-literate Everybody Loves Raymond fan or something. Honestly I have no idea what to make of it. Just a weird and fairly pointless film.
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 October 2009 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I just saw this and didn't care for it at all. I wanted to laugh harder at the parts that actually were funny, but even the best scenes had annoying elements (usually music-related... god damn was it overbearing) that kind of made my laughter stick in my throat.
It felt to me like Hill couldn't decide if he wanted to make a comedy or a pointless Taxi Driver knock-off. It came out like Punch Drunk Love 2. After this movie, I think I have decided that Hill is a juvenile hack who is really lucky to be surrounded by talented people.
― Buck Utah (rockapads), Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
he's a pretty sharp motherfucker
― jØrdån (omar little), Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
the word "juvenile" came to mind strictly because of how he writes female characters. they are either helpless and innocent with hearts of gold, shallow sluts, or shrews. none of them ever have big parts - they are just there as an end-zone mechanism for the fat anti-hero.
― Buck Utah (rockapads), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i would not subject my girl to any of his stuff.
aren't you nice
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
my wife loved Observe and Report
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Shakey, how could you? That poor woman, you should have protected her.
― lift this towel, its just a nipple (HI DERE), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
i wouldn't let my girl watch pretty woman because everyone in that movie was either helpless and innocent with hearts of gold, shallow sluts, or shrews
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I wouldn't let me girl watch pretty woman because I wouldn't want her to get the impression that horse-faced whores make lots of money
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I wouldn't subject my wife to "Pretty Woman" because she'd make me watch it with her and srsly fuck that.
― lift this towel, its just a nipple (HI DERE), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
my girl was down w/this film
― jØrdån (omar little), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
ok you do realize it sounds like you're saying you're worried pretty woman would give your horse-faced wife ideas or something
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
aw, you're ruining it
― lift this towel, its just a nipple (HI DERE), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha er uh oh no that isn't what I meant
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cx22bAOuyVg/Rl9bGM_1RzI/AAAAAAAAAP8/mQnphkM4zCY/s400/Corey+Arnold+Horse+Face.jpg
"HOW MUCH?????"
― lift this towel, its just a nipple (HI DERE), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
actual lol
guys, i wasn't saying i kept her from Hill's stuff - just didn't recommend it.
― Buck Utah (rockapads), Thursday, 19 November 2009 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
do you judge all movies you subject her to on the strength of the female roles?
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:12 (fourteen years ago) link
cuz you never know, she might think anna faris plays a pretty funny shallow slut in this
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
That's doubtful.
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
well, i wouldn't recommend this particular movie to anyone... but in general i doubt there would be much for her to enjoy in any of Hill's stuff. possibly Eastbound & Down if she could stick it through to the last few episodes. we have watched and enjoyed some manchild-with-crush-on-one-dimensional-female comedies together in the past, but Hill's stuff is mean enough in other aspects that i doubt she would enjoy.
i chose the word "subject", because she wasn't interested in the first place, so i would have had to talk her into it.
― Buck Utah (rockapads), Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Watching this right now. I don't think I like it very much. This is bumming me out. :(
― ENBB, Friday, 24 December 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
this movie was pretty mediocre to bad. had no consistent tone and didn't know what it wanted to be, was like a three-headed Cerberos film that didn't stick to anything long enough.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 31 July 2011 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
after seeing all of Eastbound and Down, it feels like this part must have been written for Danny McBride, right...? Feel like it would have been an immensely better film with him in the lead.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
I think about this movie at least a couple times a year, it's due a proper re-evaluation (even if the infamous sex scene is awful + not funny and it would have been better with McBride in the lead)
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Friday, 31 July 2020 12:40 (four years ago) link