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I know a lot of you hate "these movies" (not me), but say what you will about them, the one sheets are gold.

I read that as "Eon McKay" for some reason and then read your first sentence. Yes, I was having a laff.

sidehacker wrote:I read that as "Eon McKay" for some reason and then read your first sentence. Yes, I was having a laff.

oh man, his porns are the best. (although the musical aspects always throw me for a loop)

Did they make this on a weekend for $200?

Jon Brion, Nels Cline (Wilco) and Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) are working together on music for the film.

Yet another Will Ferrell Netflix rental for me, though that bunk bed scene had me ROTFLMAO.

Something about the question and the general eagerness about "Do you like guacamole?" that kept me laughing.

Caught this at a drive-in this week, and it's both as good and as bad as you might expect. The good parts are particularly inspired (though most of them are in the trailer), but the movie does lag through some particularly dreary sections. Worth a rental if you're into these sort of things.

Oh yeah, Jon Brion fans will be happy to know he has a new song in the film and it's quite good.

I also caught this after a dry spell of theater-going, and my god, was it ridiculous, strictly in the classic, "why?" sense of the word. Since Ferrell/McKay were let loose of the PG-13 rating, you really have to wonder how much funnier the movie would have been had all parties involved had been reigned in just a little, as the majority of the gags seem like amateur hour, or an episode of Fridays (RIP), in all due kindness. I did laugh a few times, but most of the material is a little too inside (i.e. late and lamented "Coconut Banger's Ball: It's a Rap!", here repeated in a similar style via "The Catalina Wine Mixer"), or inordinately unfunny enough to knock the wind out of your expectant gut as you await a distant laugh that (usually) never comes out of hiding, except when it does.

Until then, Steve Brule has a bright future ahead of him, Horatio Joel will hopefully be a recurring player on Online with Jimmy Fallon!, and Mary Steenburgen will continue to be sturdy enough to keep residence in my "normal person" dreams, despite that whole Ted Danson thing.

Now that I've found it, I should have just copied & pasted this particular 2 cents + tax:

Roger Ebert wrote:Sometimes I think I am living in a nightmare. All about me, standards are collapsing, manners are evaporating, people show no respect for themselves. I am not a moralistic nut. I'm proud of the X-rated movie I once wrote. I like vulgarity if it's funny or serves a purpose. But what is going on here?

Some details on the forthcoming DVD, which most interestingly will include a musical commentary:

We did an improvised musical commentary with Jon Brion playing piano with myself, Will and John singing the commentary

We did an improvised musical commentary with Jon Brion playing piano with myself, Will and John singing the commentary

That sounds sorta fun. I didn't like the film enough to feel the need to own it, but maybe I can be swayed.

Some details from the DVDTalk review on the commentary:

Commentary with Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Adam McKay, Special Guest NBA Star Baron Davis, and Scored by John Brion - I know what you're thinking, "This commentary has a score?!" Yes, yes it does! I have to say, this is the most entertaining commentary I think I've ever had the pleasure of listening to! The score for this track opens up, and John and Will are singing along to introduce themselves. It doesn't end there either. They often sing along with the music to explain some of the technical aspects of the film.

I died when I heard Reilly singing about how a lot of scenes were shot using green screen on a set, so the actors had more time to improv scenes since they weren't dealing with a hectic 'on location' schedule. Cue Will chiming in with, "Some of these green screen effects still look pretty bad!" Reilly plays right along and sings with him. Absolutely brilliant! It does get a little tiring from time to time, but these guys deserve major kudos for doing such a unique commentary.