Talledegha nights (Ricky Bobby) FUCKIN SUCKS!

[Qdrop]

Saw it last night....

if fuckin blew. TERRIBLE CAST...TERRIBLE.
Ferrel was dialed to maybe a 5 or 6 at best....pretty flat.

the script was juvenile....the dialogue was rarely funny.
the antagonist was not funny....

i could not wait for it to end. we actually considered walking out.

it's is literally the opposite of Anchorman, despite the same people writing/producing.

i've realized these Apatow movies are REALLY about the cast....you need to have a strong cast who feed off each other and adlib....to tweek the script.


fuck this piece of shit movie.

[Rock]

i can't believe you actually thought it would be entertaining. the movie looked shit from the get go.

[Qdrop]

i can't believe you actually thought it would be entertaining. the movie looked shit from the get go.

i loved Anchorman.

this was supposed to be part 2, in thier 'common man" trilogy.

[Praying Mantis]

I thought the movie was good. Not the best but good. The whole tiny jesus grace scene and then having mos def and elvis costello was great. Gary Cole stole the movie as his dad though.

[Rock]

i loved Anchorman.

this was supposed to be part 2, in thier 'common man" trilogy.
word...anchorman was really funny. but at least the trailers for anchorman made me laugh. this did nothing to me.
the only thing funny about it to me is that all the rednecks around here that are into nascar and shit were all like "WOOOOHOOOOO! Its gonna be gud one!!!!" but they even were disappointed.

[Qdrop]

The whole tiny jesus grace scene a mildly funny running gag.

and then having mos def and elvis costello was great.?
they were visual cameos...they didn't even say anthing.

Gary Cole stole the movie as his dad though.
he barely had one humrous line. he just walked through that role.


this movie is comprable to Kicking and Screaming and Bewitched.....
just cause Ferrel is in it, don't make it funny.

[abcdefz]

Elf was all right. I rented Anchorman and probably made it through about twenty minutes.

[DandyFop]

All I want is Paul Rudd. He makes things funny. Yes....

And it is my firm belief that DAvid Koerchner (Champ in Anchorman), should never ever have a fucking role in ANYTHING ever again. I don't even know if he's in this movie, but I'm guessing he is, as it's the same people and shit. I wish Apatow would drop his ass, he sucked the engery out of Anchorman like there's no tomorrow, and he's completely incapable of playing anything other than a total hick.

[Bob]

All I want is Paul Rudd. He makes things funny. Yes....

And it is my firm belief that DAvid Koerchner (Champ in Anchorman), should never ever have a fucking role in ANYTHING ever again. I don't even know if he's in this movie, but I'm guessing he is, as it's the same people and shit. I wish Apatow would drop his ass, he sucked the engery out of Anchorman like there's no tomorrow, and he's completely incapable of playing anything other than a total hick.

he's hilarious in the commentary though

[DandyFop]

It doesn't matter!!

I've seriously thought about making a website named DavidKoerchnerIsNotFunny.Com, devoted to banning him from acting ever again.

[enree erzweglle]

These are the sorts of movies that often feel stupid if I watch them alone. I have the most fun when I see them with friends.

[DandyFop]

P.S. I'm geeking out because Judd's making a new movie "Knocked Up" with a bunch of Freaks and Geeks alumni - Seth Rogen, Jason Segal, Martin Starr, pluse Paul Rudd and B.J. Novak (The Office) are in it omgggggg

[DIGI]

I think the whole "spout out random shit" schtick (i.e. "Knights of Columbus that hurt!!!!") of Ferrell's is getting old quick. Paul Rudd is slightly amusing at best. I like David Koechner. He does well at playing a redneck, but that doesn't mean he's a terrible actor or one dimensional. I think there's somewhat of a bias on Barb's part because Koechner lacks the features of a Paul Rudd.

[beastieangel01]

All I want is Paul Rudd.

(y) (y) (y)

[Rock]

David Koerchner is good when he has very minor roles. Like in Dirty Work and 40 year old virgin.

[ToucanSpam]

I skipped this movie last night to see 'The Descent'. It may havebeen a piece of shit, but it sounds better than Talledegha Nights.

[mickill]

Paul Rudd isn't very funny at all.

And he looks like he couldn't do a push-up to save his life.

[Rock]

Paul Rudd isn't very funny at all.

And he looks like he couldn't do a push-up to save his life.
you are only saying that because you forgot about his performance in Clueless.

[beastieangel01]

Who cares about what Paul Rudd can or cannot do as an actor or with his work out. I just want to look at him, pffft.

[burbboi]

My dad is big on Nascar so we made it a family event on the weekend. I agree with Q...it was thoroughly disappointing.

This was validated by the fact that the biggest laughs to be had were during the end credit outtakes.

[Qdrop]

i love Rudd and Keorchner...and obviously steve carrol...

i'm just figuring out that when it comes an Apatow production of any kind...
the movie really lives or dies based on the depth of cast and thier chemistry, thier ability to adlib and rewrite, etc....

the cast is everything....because the plots are inherintly pretty simple, as are the scripts in general.

i hold Anchorman and 40 Year Old Virgin as example of 2 contemporary comedic masterpieces (though the Virgin actually did have a decent script behind it)....the chemistry of the cast was as essential as the cameras and the boom mics...

[jackrock]

Will Farell, Other guy + Nextel commercial + always wearing nascar uniforms + always staying in movie character = movie = poo

[Bob]

i love Rudd and Keorchner...and obviously steve carrol...

i'm just figuring out that when it comes an Apatow production of any kind...
the movie really lives or dies based on the depth of cast and thier chemistry, thier ability to adlib and rewrite, etc....

the cast is everything....because the plots are inherintly pretty simple, as are the scripts in general.

i hold Anchorman and 40 Year Old Virgin as example of 2 contemporary comedic masterpieces (though the Virgin actually did have a decent script behind it)....the chemistry of the cast was as essential as the cameras and the boom mics...

that makes sense yeah, i think these movies are largely improvised anyways. i listened to the commentary for the 40 year old virgin and judd apataow didn't seem to remember directing too much.

Paul Rudd isn't very funny at all.

And he looks like he couldn't do a push-up to save his life.

he was hilarious in wet hot american summer

[Auton]

i'm obviously the only person who thinks so, but i thought it was great. the trailer made it look retarded, and i hate nascar, but i really thought it was funny.

[abcdefz]

you are only saying that because you forgot about his performance in Clueless.


(y)

[DandyFop]

i love Rudd and Keorchner...and obviously steve carrol...


CARELL. STEVE CARELL. Yes it drives me nuts. I might add an R once in a while, but you murder it.

Paul Rudd is genius in Wet Hot. Andy is my favorite character at times - the scene where Beth tells him to pick up the plate is oscar-worthy. He's also good in the Baxter for the moment he's in it.

To randy - no, I don't dislike Koechner because he's not attractive. I dislike him because he plays a redneck. in. every. role. ever. Why the fuck was he the narrator for Run Ronnie Run? I just don't get how he's gotten so far.

[Qdrop]

that makes sense yeah, i think these movies are largely improvised anyways. i listened to the commentary for the 40 year old virgin and judd apataow didn't seem to remember directing too much.


yeah, judd Apatow and Adam Mckay....

both decent writers/producers/directors in the comic medium...
but they rely HEAVILY on thier cast for adlib preformances....re-writes...

if you actually try and watch Ricky Bobby....you'll see how they just never had many good ideas for this script...i think the orginals script was probalby 5 pages longs...with lots of "improvise here" penciled in....
but this cast they had, other than will ferrel....there just wasn't much to work with.
that big black dude from green mile? john reilly? they ain't the drop dead funny types...the kind that could just adlib and fead off of ferrel.
and the rest of the cast was fuckin useless....i mean....seriously terrible casting.
and who thought that having a gay french nascar driver would be a hilarious antagonist?
take one moment to think of all the obvious "gay french" jokes you can.
guess what...that's all they could think off too. and they tried to make a character out of it.

there were tons of scenes where the director literally just forced Ferrel and another actor face to face (with no script or dialogue), hoping they would do something funny. it was hard to watch. nothing happened....both actors would totally flounder.
and they just kept it in the movie.

[Qdrop]

CARELL. STEVE CARELL. Yes it drives me nuts. I might add an R once in a while, but you murder it.



shut up.

[DandyFop]

Q, was that improv or scripted? Either way, genius (y)

[Qdrop]

Q, was that improv or scripted? Either way, genius (y)

shut up.

[DandyFop]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA *ow ow* HAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA

[Qdrop]

i can't believe you won't shut up.

[DandyFop]

i can't believe you won't shut up.

welcome to your fiancee's world.

[Qdrop]

welcome to your fiancee's world.

would you like me to make fun of your physcial appearance and romantic choices?

you know i could do that for pages and pages....alot better than you, and cut alot deeper than you. you've revealed much about yourself on this board of the years...we all know what hurts you.
and all we would have would be pages and pages of a retarded flame fest for next to no fuckin reason.

to bring my fiance in to this and escalate it like that was pathetic.
don't do it again.

just drop it.

[DandyFop]

I'm sorry, would *badam ching* have taken the sting out of it? Sheeesh, drama Queen.

[Qdrop]

I'm sorry, would *badam ching* have taken the sting out of it? Sheeesh, drama Queen.

would a smoothing cream take the stretch marks out of your ass cheeks?
*badam ching*



(did the *badam ching* make it okay? didn't think so.)

[DandyFop]

my ass doesn't have any stretch marks, dood! My hips do though...

Anyway, I don't know about the smoothing cream...try it on your ego, get back to me.

[Qdrop]

my ass doesn't have any stretch marks, dood! My hips do though...

Anyway, I don't know about the smoothing cream...try it on your ego, get back to me.

try a smoothing cream on my ego?
to ...smooth my ego out?

i...that doesn't make a lot of sense. would the smoothing cream get rid of my ego? is that your retort?


do you ever confuse your nipples with your toes, due to thier close vacinity?

[DandyFop]

Ahem.

You have a large ego. When things grow bigger, on a person, they sometimes aquire stretch marks. See? I'm sorry I had to explain it to you.

It's sad that your insults have no ground though. My boobies still point forwards. Give me like 10 years though.

[Qdrop]

It's sad that your insults have no ground though. My boobies still point forwards. Give me like 10 years though.

sure they do, dandy.
sure they do.

and that back fat that spills out when you wear tank-tops, is intentional too, huh....to balance things out?

how does your lower back feel about all of this?
is it just like "oh for fucks's sake...i can't win!"

[DandyFop]

When did I say that my back fat was intentional??? The fuck.....?

[Qdrop]

When did I say that my back fat was intentional??? The fuck.....?

it was a play on my percieved lack of truthfullness on your part.
you claim your DD's point toward the heavens....i reply that that is about as likely as your back fat being intentional.

see? i'm sorry i had to explain that to you.

[DandyFop]

Um. I said point forwards. Not upwards. That would be a little weird.

[Qdrop]

Um. I said point forwards. Not upwards. That would be a little weird.

it's a lie either way.
doesn't matter, jugs.

[Praying Mantis]

Can we get back to the movie. Wasn't acnchorman but it was good. I don't think that it was nearly as bad as Q is portraying it.

Outtakes at end of movie were good as well.

[cj hood]

Saw it last night....

if fuckin blew. TERRIBLE CAST...TERRIBLE.
Ferrel was dialed to maybe a 5 or 6 at best....pretty flat.

the script was juvenile....the dialogue was rarely funny.
the antagonist was not funny....

i could not wait for it to end. we actually considered walking out.

it's is literally the opposite of Anchorman, despite the same people writing/producing.

i've realized these Apatow movies are REALLY about the cast....you need to have a strong cast who feed off each other and adlib....to tweek the script.


fuck this piece of shit movie.

anchorman sucked to.....the reviews i read compared the two....so i know not to see this........

[Praying Mantis]

Now I ve seen it all - Ricky Bobby "Anti-Christian?"


http://movieguide.org/?s=articles&id=129

[Justin]

This movie was tailored to the nascar fan (like myself). The directors even had to change the script because nascar thought "it was going to make them look stupid." So more than likely it could have been better.

One other point.....People still see Nascar as a redneck sport, but jesus christ its not 1950 anymore where they made moonshine and ran from the cops.

I myself wasnt a big fan at all until i went to see a race and there's like 200,000 fucking people. Complete insanity! You never think, "wow they are just going in circles."

Id compare it to (depends on what race you go to) a baseball game at Wrigley Field. You dont just go to Wrigley for the game, its the atmosphere (the people, the food, the tradition)

It's definately a sport some of you would like if you saw it in person.(either the racing or getting drunk and smoking weed in the infield with thousands of other fans)

Anyways, this is a movie tailored to nascar fans. It's not for everyone.

[cosmo105]

welcome to your fiancee's world.
jesus q, this was obviously a joke.

[Qdrop]

jesus q, this was obviously a joke.
it was a cheap, personal shot that came out of nowhere.

there was a little malice in it.





don't bring it back.

[abcdefz]

I myself wasnt a big fan at all until i went to see a race and there's like 200,000 fucking people. Complete insanity! You never think, "wow they are just going in circles."

Id compare it to (depends on what race you go to) a baseball game at Wrigley Field. You dont just go to Wrigley for the game, its the atmosphere (the people, the food, the tradition)



...this is what I hear about the Grand Prix they have here. I have zero interest, but then people tell me it's not so much about the race itself as the whole event of the race.

But ticket prices are pretty steep... :rolleyes:

[HEIRESS]

for shame

YEAH I GOT A GUT
THERE'S SOME GOOD PUSSY UNDER IT TOO
/chrisrock

[Whatitis]

I go to the California 500 every year. I call it lets be a redneck for a day. I do enjoy the racing but man the clientele is worth it alone. It's a party but some of those attendees look like they came straight outa Deliverance.

[abcdefz]

^
That's part of what's off-putting, too.

And it's kind of nice to have an area of the city where they're all rounded up for a weekend, and the rest of the streets are relatively cultured. (y)

[Justin]

i agree. Some people run with the whole redneck look, but its clear that they arent and should really put on more clothing!

california 500...is that the day or night race there?

I enjoy the night races at bristol.. Its like 200,000 people crammed into a 0.5 mile racetrack....awesome!

[Whatitis]

It's the day race. The "night" race is comming up labor day weekend.

[HOTWIFE]

I was all amped up for this movie, went out and saw it on opening night, and was disappointed. It had it's moments, but overall it sucked.

[Documad]

P.S. I'm geeking out because Judd's making a new movie "Knocked Up" with a bunch of Freaks and Geeks alumni - Seth Rogen, Jason Segal, Martin Starr, pluse Paul Rudd and B.J. Novak (The Office) are in it omgggggg
Holy shit!