Don’t bother.
Dang. I was hoping that this would be this summer’s “The Hangover.” Just really insipid, or just not very funny?
Spot
Would I like it?
I just didn’t find it very funny. There were some funny sections, but this is not even in the same area code as The Hangover. It’s typical SNL stuff, I guess. Lots of repeated jokes and predictable payoffs.
If you’re looking for a MacGyver spoof, the movie doesn’t really do it. The more familiar you are with MacGyver, the less you’ll see any real comparison.
If you want to hear Will Forte talk about fucking things a lot, maybe this is for you.
I consider myself to have a pretty broad range of comedic interest. Everything from broad comedy like Dumb and Dumber or Dodgeball, and all the way to stuff like Life Aquatic or Royal Tennenbaums. I just didn’t think this was a very funny or well produced movie.
“It’s typical SNL stuff”
Ouch! I better skip it.
It’s typical SNL stuff, I guess.
I know exactly what you are saying, but where did SNL go wrong when its first movie was the Blues Brothers?
I think it may have been after Night at the Roxbury.
Let’s look at the list of crappy SNL movies:
Coneheads
Wayne’s World II
It’s Pat: The Movie
Stuart Saves His Family
Blues Bros 2000
Night at the Roxbury
Superstar
The Ladies’ Man
MacGruber
That leaves just 2 good ones, Blues Bros and the original Wayne’s World.
Can’t argue with you there. The track record is bad.
How bad is the poo humor? All the reviews mention it. I can see the theater from my window and it’s supposed to rain tomorrow, so this was on the list.
When I saw the preview as he was about to kiss the babe and she said ‘i’m a virgin’ and he said ‘not for long’ I was dying. Probably the highlight of the movie.
Coneheads had a few moments.
Wayne’s World II had a few more moments.
I’ve never bothered seeing any of the others. And I love that the quality of the movies has basically gone down with each subsequent movie.
The movie is clearly idiotic (on purpose of course). It has a few strong moments. And by no means is it in the same formulaic, milquetoasty category as films like Dodgeball or Wayne’s World 2. It’s considerably edgier. It won’t win any oscars, but MacGruber is entertaining and I’m guessing it would be funnier the second time you saw it. If nothing else, at least it’s rated R so they can say “fuck” as much as they like. I appreciate the additional artistic license afforded to screenplay writers through unimpeded cursing in their characters’ dialogue.
Am I the only one that liked The Ladies Man?
“It says here that you like dabit? No, that’s da butt, and I also enjoy tennis”
Come on…
‘Coconut scented butt oil?! Where do you find this stuff’
‘Mostly K-mart and Wal-Mart.’
X2 on the ladies man. Not a great movie, but funny with a ton of one liners.
When I looked at the SNL movie list I finally realized that they do make some crappy movies.
“So… You don’t want a fish sandwich?”