is he the son of lawrence?
― stevie, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost
yup
― remy bean, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:20 (sixteen years ago) link
all is forgiven, morbius
― omar little, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
preview was terrible
― jergïns, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link
liking this movie might depend on how much you're entertained by stuff like this.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Come on Hitler, I'll buy you a glass of lemonade.
― jaymc, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate biopics. almost as much as sports movies.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, can anyone even remember 'the aviator'? was there a single scene that stayed in the mind for more than a couple days?
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, the one where his room is full of jars of his own pee and covered in tape or whatever
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link
i didn't want that memory.
cate blanchett scrubbed up nicely, but otherwise ech.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, November 1, 2007 6:44 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
THEN PERHAPS YOU MIGHT LIKE A MOVIE THAT IS MAKING FUN OF BIOPICS
― n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
huh
Anyways, preview is not very good but unlike the sourpusses on this thread I will remain optimistic because it is a genre ripe for parody and I like a lot of the people involved. Thanks.
― n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:49 (sixteen years ago) link
pre-empted as a critique of the Musician Horseshit Biopic by I'm Not There
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
previews are for shit, almost universally. anything with a plot: they tell you the fucking plot. comedies give you (watered down versions of) the most obvious jokes.
good point morbs: no-one has ever spoofed the musician biopic before.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
i though the preview was funny
― remy bean, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:52 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Dr Morbius, Thursday, November 1, 2007 6:50 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Who gives a shit?
― n/a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
(serious question)
im sure the existence of im not there will make the jokes in this goofy comedy much less funny.
ha xp
― s1ocki, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe I'm juvenile for laughing at "It doesn't say Cox unless I say it tastes like Cox!"
― milo z, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
i thought the patrick duffy & elvis scenes were hilarious
― deeznuts, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
one thing that i kinda lliek about this movie is that they're casting all the "famous people" roles rather than forrest gumping it or making up composite characters.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
You can just say "Across the Universing it"
― nabisco, Thursday, 1 November 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
this looks fucking awesome. john c reilly kicks ass. http://www.brulesrules.com/Logo2.gif for your health!
― chaki, Thursday, 1 November 2007 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
how can this fail?
http://cache.defamer.com/assets/resources/2007/11/dewey-cox-thr.jpg
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 11 November 2007 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link
this looks funny to me.
― latebloomer, Sunday, 11 November 2007 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
-- s1ocki, Thursday, November 1, 2007 6:58 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link
otm. paul rudd as john lennon!
― latebloomer, Sunday, 11 November 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd be more excited about this if I hadn't seen the TV Set, but I'm really psyched to see John C. Reilly go for this.
― da croupier, Monday, 12 November 2007 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
this is really fucking funny.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 09:29 (sixteen years ago) link
How funny we talkin? Funniest of the year kind of funny?
― Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 10:06 (sixteen years ago) link
fucking end-of-year-lists mentality!
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 10:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm looking forward to this more than anything else from Apatoworld this year.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link
this just sorta looks like a wayans brother movie to me so far...i hope im wrong.
― ryan, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
no, they're not releasing Musician Biography Movie until next summer.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
it includes a great spoof of 'dont look back'.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i really really want to see this so bad
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Fully stoked! And John C. Reilly can actually act whereas Will Farrell is an embarrassment solid through.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
the first ten minutes of the film shown here for free!!
http://movies.ign.com/articles/840/840333p1.html
― latebloomer, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
"Dewey, I've been halved!"
― latebloomer, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link
That clip definitely reaffirms what a dull director Jake Kasdan can be and that the film is too high-concept to offer the kind of non-stop riffing "from the folks that brought you Knocked Up And Superbad" implies, but I laughed enough that I'll definitely still be checking it out.
― da croupier, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I love biopic parodies. I've been wanting to do one about Abe Lincoln forever!
"Young Abraham Gironomo Lincoln, born to a family of poor immigrant grape-squashers in Illinois wine country, heads off to battle in the Civil War and comes home a war hero. Emboldened by his newfound celebrity, he starts on a campaign for the White House, running against John Wilkes Booth, an actor-turned politician. Musical score by The Aphex Twins."
― latebloomer, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:37 (sixteen years ago) link
basically my mind was warped by Yahoo Serious at a very young age
― latebloomer, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:38 (sixteen years ago) link
clarity!
― da croupier, Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:47 (sixteen years ago) link
"this is a particularly bad case of getting cut in half"
― Simon H., Saturday, 8 December 2007 05:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Will Ferrell was really good in STranger Than Fiction. dude can be funny he just picks bad material.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 8 December 2007 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link
uh?
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 8 December 2007 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry I should have italicized what I was responding to:
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 8 December 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
This is not heresy and I shall not recant.
― Abbott, Saturday, 8 December 2007 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
you don't have to....I will never watch Anchorman again
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 8 December 2007 16:21 (sixteen 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
Listening to this now having finally read the Ringer piece. I rewatched this this weekend and have been marginally obsessed all over again. I really do need to see the director’s cut.Can we agree that the real tragedy of this movie is that Glen Campbell never recorded a version of Beautiful Ride (as he stood on the precipice of death)?
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 16:31 (two years ago) link
Slightly off topic but thread title hits a bit different now given the fallout between Ferrell and McKay's split up over Reilly's casting in the Lakers show.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
garbled that but you know what I mean
Was thinking the same. Show is a bit of a trashfire but Reilly is gr8 in that.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 00:24 (two years ago) link
Officially over this take, true even tho it may be
Hard to think of a single film released in my lifetime that has caused more artistic devastation than Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Every conventional biopic released since has been accidentally hilarious because of it— Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) April 24, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 24 April 2023 15:19 (one year ago) link
the wrong kid died
― mh, Monday, 24 April 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link