running, and crap, joke with friends is to shout "the wrong kid died" if Jim Belushi comes on the television.
― the shock will be coupled with the need to dance (jim), Saturday, 27 June 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
there is no John C. Reilly thread so I'll just say this here
Cyrus was a really annoying movie
― a man is only a guy (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 7 July 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ this thread's title
― some dude, Thursday, 7 July 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
― the shock will be coupled with the need to dance (jim), Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:11 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark
every time i watch Justified i just want Raylan's dad to say it
― some dude, Thursday, 7 July 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
Interviewed about music. Good story:
I was at some charity event. One of these big Oscar party type of things. And I think it was a party that Elton John throws for AIDS research or whatever, and it’s one of those parties where you go in and it’s super stressful because literally any time you bump into someone it’s Tom Cruise, or Tom Hanks, or Kirk Douglas, one of those type of parties.Yeah, one of those types of parties.People think, oh, you’re famous, so those are your type of people. But I really don’t feel like those are my type of people. I feel like an imposter in the room whenever I’m at anything like that, or ceremonies, or whatever. Those things stress me out. But we were invited so I went with my wife, and we walk in and we’re starving because we’d already been to a few other things before we had gotten there. So we’re like, “Let’s just get some food, and not freak out and try to talk to every single person we see. Let’s just get food, calm down, eat, and see if we know anyone here.” So we get big plates of food, and we’re looking for somewhere to sit. Everywhere was full, but we spotted two spots.So we go and sit down and I slide over with my big plate of food and my wife sits next to me and I take a big bite of prime rib, and I turn, and I’m literally shoulder to shoulder with Elton John. He’s like, *adopts British Elton John voice*, “Oh, you’ve decided to sit down next to me with your plate of food.” And I was like, “Oh, FUCK! God damnit. This is not how I wanted this to go!” But I was starving, and it was like, what’s more awkward? Getting up with a plate of food and walking away? Or just trying to just calmly eat your food and at some point mid-plate full, I said something like, “I’m a huge fan.” And he was just like, “Oh, well, of course.” Like, yeah, that’s obvious, every single person says that to me almost every day.
Yeah, one of those types of parties.People think, oh, you’re famous, so those are your type of people. But I really don’t feel like those are my type of people. I feel like an imposter in the room whenever I’m at anything like that, or ceremonies, or whatever. Those things stress me out. But we were invited so I went with my wife, and we walk in and we’re starving because we’d already been to a few other things before we had gotten there. So we’re like, “Let’s just get some food, and not freak out and try to talk to every single person we see. Let’s just get food, calm down, eat, and see if we know anyone here.” So we get big plates of food, and we’re looking for somewhere to sit. Everywhere was full, but we spotted two spots.
So we go and sit down and I slide over with my big plate of food and my wife sits next to me and I take a big bite of prime rib, and I turn, and I’m literally shoulder to shoulder with Elton John. He’s like, *adopts British Elton John voice*, “Oh, you’ve decided to sit down next to me with your plate of food.” And I was like, “Oh, FUCK! God damnit. This is not how I wanted this to go!” But I was starving, and it was like, what’s more awkward? Getting up with a plate of food and walking away? Or just trying to just calmly eat your food and at some point mid-plate full, I said something like, “I’m a huge fan.” And he was just like, “Oh, well, of course.” Like, yeah, that’s obvious, every single person says that to me almost every day.
― That's So (Eazy), Thursday, 27 March 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
this movie is pretty clearly the best thing Apatow ever touched, thank christ he didn't direct it
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 04:06 (eight years ago) link
I thought you were reviving this because of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpQBxSD1l9E
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 06:00 (eight years ago) link
iiiijjjj thoroughly OTM
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 22 May 2016 03:11 (seven years ago) link
I also liked that all of the Beatles went uncredited
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 22 May 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
people who don't like ths movie are dumb and also wrong
― qualx, Sunday, 22 May 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
it's like if Spinal Tap was made without jokes
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 22 May 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
I'm gonna beat offAll my demons
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 22 May 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
Freaks and Geeks was great and Superbad definitely very good, but is Apatow gonna just, like, recycle the same five actors in every movie now?
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:27 AM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 22 May 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
v hot c.2007 take
is judd apatow still alive?
― qualx, Sunday, 22 May 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
Has Reilly even been in any other Apatow films?
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 22 May 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
he produces the Ferrell/McKay movies
― Number None, Sunday, 22 May 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
Every time The Martian is on cable and we end up watching the back 70 minutes or so, I end up thinking they should've used this version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2Va7ruWgg
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 27 December 2016 04:36 (seven years ago) link
This is, of course, brilliant:
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/5/29/18642513/walk-hard-dewey-cox-oral-history-john-c-reilly-music-biopic-jake-kasdan-judd-apatow
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2019 01:08 (four years ago) link
reinforces the general sense I get that Eddie Vedder is a mensch
― Simon H., Friday, 31 May 2019 11:00 (four years ago) link
Kasdan: He’s not doing a bit. He’s finding the emotional truth of what he’s playing. Even if what he’s playing is crazy. And that’s his great gift.
yeah this is the magic of john c reilly right here
― naked rollercoaster-riding world record holder (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 31 May 2019 11:39 (four years ago) link
That was a pretty good read. I wished they'd talked about the Beatles scene because that really killed me. It was strange to have a major studio produce a movie that was such an acute parody. If you had a system where you rated movies based on how good you expected them to be vs. how good they actually were, I think this would be my highest rated movie ever.
― frogbs, Friday, 31 May 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
I have avoided this film up to now but this thread has me convinced.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 31 May 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
I saw Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time recently and was expecting it to be dumb as hell, but still couldnt believe how much of it seemed to be deleted/alternate scenes from Walk Hard. Observation in the article about how everyone who enters a room in these movies is immediately a major character is hilariously spot on. In Bohemian I laughed particularly hard at the dad character, like his entrance is literally him walking through a door wearing a suit after a long hard day of 'business' and immediately telling his son to give up his dreams. Everything is so absurdly rushed and compressed.
I know Walk Hard bombed but some part of me still hoped it had maybe contributed to that genre dying out, cant believe we are going to be subjected to yet another cycle of these horrible films.
― One Eye Open, Friday, 31 May 2019 15:14 (four years ago) link
it's time for dewey cox 2: harder
― Jeff the grown man (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 May 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
Dewhemian Coxhody
― One Eye Open, Friday, 31 May 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
*Dewey Cox rumble*
"Mama...just killed a guy."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
on rewatch, the funniest scene was the Dewey/dad duel. Raymond J Barry is a treasure
― Simon H., Friday, 31 May 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
fitting that he eventually went on to play the shittiest southern daddy in tv, arlo givens
― Jeff the grown man (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 May 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
this movie is a solid 7.5
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 10 July 2020 12:06 (three years ago) link
On a scale of 6? Agreed!
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 10 July 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
lol otm
― bat ain't Thad (sic), Friday, 10 July 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
Dewey, I'm cut in half pretty bad
― lumen (esby), Friday, 10 July 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
I found this to be a long unfocused mess with a few high-quality lols.
― the shock will be coupled with the need to dance (jim), Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:02 AM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
revise this a little bit, this is very good. underrated
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Friday, 10 July 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
The oral history gave me so much more appreciation for the care that went into this
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 10 July 2020 22:07 (three years ago) link
I'm sure I mentioned this above, but I went into hysterics in the movie theater such that I was surprised no one shushed me
― this has been the best year fuiud (rip van wanko), Friday, 10 July 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
I’ve rewatched this movie twice this year. It’s amazing how they successful nail and skewer so many music biopic cliches while still pulling off some of the emotional notes those cliches try to hit! The songs strike a balance between straight-up goofing on artists and repurposing musical styles to the point where they might be real songs — and you realize how silly some of the cultural touchstones they’re evoking are when put out of context.
One Eye Open is otm that somehow Bohemian Rhapsody came out years later and somehow managed to use all the same cliches again, but in an insanely sanitized way because it’s a family movie
― solo scampito (mh), Friday, 31 July 2020 03:58 (three years ago) link
Watched it this week and kept thinking about how absolutely terrible it would have been with Will Ferrell in place of Reilly.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Friday, 31 July 2020 04:16 (three years ago) link
One of the good things about this movie is Ferrell's lack of involvement in it.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 31 July 2020 04:46 (three years ago) link
― lumen (esby), Saturday, July 11, 2020 7:01 AM (two weeks ago)
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Friday, 31 July 2020 05:27 (three years ago) link
fake liverpool accent "great record, great record" is now a permanent part of my vocabulary to the point where i must come across as a right weirdo to people who havent seen it (most people)
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 31 July 2020 07:48 (three years ago) link
absolutely. the supporting cast + cameos are all game and funny (I particularly appreciate Vedder's straight-faced RRHF speech) but it's impossible for me to imagine anyone but JCR killing it like that
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Friday, 31 July 2020 12:38 (three years ago) link
one of my very favorite lines comes early, when he's at the talent show, watching the tap dancing girl or whatever: "How are we gonna top that?!"
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
My fav supporting cast bit is John Michael Higgins as the engineer when they record "Walk Hard", his performance as he's dressing down JCR slays me so hard.
This is one of those where I have to actively try not to rewatch it too often in order to not spoil it.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 31 July 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
goddammit this is a dark fucking period!!
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 July 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
every time I see this movie I end up singing Dewey's rendition of 'That's Amore' for a day or two afterward
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 31 July 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
I also say glate lecold a lot in my head
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Friday, 31 July 2020 23:23 (three years ago) link
^^^^same
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, 1 August 2020 00:05 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g_xaVNY9P4
Beatles!! Stop fighting here in India!!
― frogbs, Saturday, 1 August 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link
the ending montage where a bunch of moments that weren’t in the movie, including jack black as elvis waving a switchblade at dewey
― solo scampito (mh), Saturday, 1 August 2020 02:39 (three years ago) link
This will rule
This Friday I'm joined by @kalebhorton and @AlanSiegelLA to talk about the only biopic that matters: WALK HARD. *Tim Meadows voice* Trust me, you do want part of this shit. Until then, you can find all 30 episodes at the link below.👇👇👇https://t.co/l4ac6wSrYj pic.twitter.com/ANVPZdPtje— Soundtracker Podcast (@Soundtracker_) March 23, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link