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08-21-2008, 02:07 PM
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This place needs a Walk Hard thread.
I missed this when it came out in theatres - in fact, most people did. It cost $30 million to make and only made $18 million at the box office. A total and complete flop, except...
This is simply one of the best music comedies since Spinal Tap. This movie should have been HUGE - I have no idea why it did so poorly. It's wildly original, seriously funny, intelligently written, and completely scathing of rockstar egos and lifestyles. It goes way beyond being a simple Walk The Line or Ray parody. It touches on every major musical genre shift from Elvis to punk to hip-hop. It skewers the music industry at large, decimates the rockstar lifestyle. Absolutely hilarious.
I'd expect an intelligent demographic like TalkBass to appreciate this movie. If you haven't seen it, see it. Seriously. This movie deserves to go down as one of the greatest music movies ever made. |
08-21-2008, 02:14 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | In my mind
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Other than a few funny lines, I thought the movie was TERRIBLE. I'll probably watch it again, though. |
08-21-2008, 02:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | I'll agree, it was pretty awesome. Glad to see John C Reilly is finally getting some spotlight.
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08-21-2008, 02:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orlando | | | I liked it. Lots of good laughs. I saw it before I saw the Johnny Cash movie... now that I've seen it I need to see Walk Hard again.
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08-21-2008, 02:31 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | IMO the reason it did terribly was because -like most shows from the currently-popular batch of comic actors- all the lines are delivered like a 12-year old, practically waving their arms and saying "I'm being funny now, look at me be funny, what a funny thing for me to say", and then repeating the same poop joke over and over. I would have liked it otherwise, say if it was a Christopher Guest movie, or Peter Sellers back in his prime, and written for their style. |
08-21-2008, 02:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South Side Chicago | | | I own it and I think its hilarious. I may watch it tonight when i get home. |
08-21-2008, 02:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | Tim Meadows is still criminally under-appreciated. Walk Hard is proof of how outrageously funny that man is.
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08-21-2008, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by sarcastro83 Tim Meadows is still criminally under-appreciated. Walk Hard is proof of how outrageously funny that man is. | I wasn't a big fan of the movie, but his scenes were easily the funniest. |
08-21-2008, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by sarcastro83 Tim Meadows is still criminally under-appreciated. Walk Hard is proof of how outrageously funny that man is. |
You never once paid for drugs!
Great movie, I was expecting a lot less, but it is really well done. John C. Riley is much funnier when he gets away from Will Ferrill.
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08-21-2008, 03:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Till You never once paid for drugs!
Great movie, I was expecting a lot less, but it is really well done. John C. Riley is much funnier when he gets away from Will Ferrill. | I dunno, I think they play off of eachother quite well. Just when they stand alone, Ferrel's very "I'm going to beat you over the head with this gag" and Riley is much more subtle...
The bit with the Beatles was pretty good, too.
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08-21-2008, 03:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Suffolk County,NY | | | Really well done, skewers all the genres. I actually play with a band that sounds like some of Dewey's stuff, particularly the toreador jacket scene. |
08-21-2008, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania IMO the reason it did terribly was because -like most shows from the currently-popular batch of comic actors- all the lines are delivered like a 12-year old, practically waving their arms and saying "I'm being funny now, look at me be funny, what a funny thing for me to say", and then repeating the same poop joke over and over. I would have liked it otherwise, say if it was a Christopher Guest movie, or Peter Sellers back in his prime, and written for their style. | I didn't get that from this movie at all. In fact, it struck me as being a rather different sort of humor that I hadn't really seen in a movie before.
Perfect example: when Dewey and his brother were little kids, running around playing, you just KNEW something terrible was going to happen to Dewey's brother. Yet, the entire time, he was saying stuff like, "Isn't it great to be alive?", "Ain't nothin' bad going to happen today", and "When I grow up, I'm going to be an astronaut, a world class musician, and president of the united states". Then the machete fight... my god, the machete fight. Hahahahaha!
"This was a particularly bad case of being macheted in half." |
08-21-2008, 08:01 PM
| | Notes we play > Gear we play them on | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Wisconsin | | This movie was brilliant. When he walked into the bathroom with the row of sinks I was laughing pretty hard.
Also, you get to see Jenna Fischer (Pam from The Office) looking pretty fine.  |
08-21-2008, 08:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | THE WRONG KID DIED THAT DAY!
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08-21-2008, 08:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Man, it was a funny movie. I loved the "Brian Wilson" Phase.
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08-21-2008, 08:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WHINE-DER, GEEE-A | | "You pay the monkey more than us! The other day, I had to borrow money from the monkey!"
love this movie. John Lennon: Hey everyone! I've got a new mantra. Ommmmm Paul's a big fat c***!
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08-21-2008, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange This place needs a Walk Hard thread.
I missed this when it came out in theatres - in fact, most people did. It cost $30 million to make and only made $18 million at the box office. A total and complete flop, except...
This is simply one of the best music comedies since Spinal Tap. This movie should have been HUGE - I have no idea why it did so poorly. It's wildly original, seriously funny, intelligently written, and completely scathing of rockstar egos and lifestyles. It goes way beyond being a simple Walk The Line or Ray parody. It touches on every major musical genre shift from Elvis to punk to hip-hop. It skewers the music industry at large, decimates the rockstar lifestyle. Absolutely hilarious.
I'd expect an intelligent demographic like TalkBass to appreciate this movie. If you haven't seen it, see it. Seriously. This movie deserves to go down as one of the greatest music movies ever made. | Best line "You didn't once pay for drugs."
Second best "Not once"
The drugs scenes were funny thats about it. Not amazing though.
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08-21-2008, 08:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oklahoma City, OK | | | Classic film IMO. After seeing it more than 4 times or so, I realized that I too have to think about my entire life before I go onstage. I"m only 26, so I get to the gig about an hour earlier than normal nowadays.
To me, its up there with the Big Lebowski in my own pantheon of awesome movies. |
08-21-2008, 08:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, TX | | | It turns all your bad feelings into good feelings... its a nightmare. Hilarious movie.
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08-21-2008, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperDuck Also, you get to see Jenna Fischer (Pam from The Office) looking pretty fine. | This is the main reason I want to see this movie.
She. Is. Gorgeous.
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