Comments | rockmarooned: Life is funny, but not ha-ha funny.

rockmarooned

Life is funny, but not ha-ha funny.

Aug 11, 2005 08:17

Glory unto a new column on film comedy.

Comments 13

slightlyoffaxis August 11 2005, 13:46:52 UTC

Yay Broken Lizard!

aliwilliams August 11 2005, 13:47:08 UTC

Do you really think it hurt Club Dread to open opposite The Passion? I really can't imagine there was much overlap. Well, maybe for stoners. "Dude, we could see the funny movie? On the island? Or the one in frickin' Aramaic! DUDE!"

rockmarooned August 11 2005, 13:59:13 UTC

I think The Passion sucked up so much media attention -- especially in a normally competition-light release period -- that awareness of Club Dread was probably hurt a bit. But, you're right, it probably wasn't a case of the target audience getting busy with Jesus. And the marketing was really bad -- the commercials, I remember, had a pretty high "what the hell is that??" quotient.

I do think that the release date could've been a factor in it turning out to be one of the lowest-grossing wide releases of the year, rather than making $15 million or so but not expanding on the Super Troopers audience.

This comment is also for Ethan and Marisa. wonkywheels August 11 2005, 14:09:51 UTC

Speaking of Dukes of Hazard, I cannot even begin to express how annoying it is that Jessica Simpson is covering "Son of a Preacher Man." How dare she?

Re: This comment is also for Ethan and Marisa. rockmarooned August 11 2005, 14:12:31 UTC

She is?? I only knew about the "Boots" cover... is this also for the Dukes soundtrack? Will she appear in an accompanying stripper/line-dancing video for it?

Re: This comment is also for Ethan and Marisa. slightlyoffaxis August 11 2005, 14:26:39 UTC

The JS "Boots" video makes me think of two words, and the second word is "quake."

Re: This comment is also for Ethan and Marisa. wonkywheels August 11 2005, 14:36:23 UTC

LOL. Yuck. I haven't actually seen the video. I don't think I want to.

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wmetoile August 11 2005, 15:00:34 UTC

The crew may have had a great time making it, as I'm sure Sandler's guys always do, but it doesn't show on screen; the movie is half-hearted.

Maybe in 40 years a visionary filmmaker will remake, say, Billy Madison as a stylish, sexy classic, in manner of Ocean's Eleven (original stars had a heap of fun, made below-par movie; remake is infinitely better due to brilliant director and enormously famous cast). No? It was a thought.

rockmarooned August 11 2005, 15:08:20 UTC

Ha. At least Billy Madison has evidence of fun onscreen (or as I call it, "Norm MacDonald"). I really thought Longest Yard should've been a shoo-in but where were the damn jokes??

fuzzplugjones August 12 2005, 21:49:08 UTC

Great article. Unfortunately, the only thing it really makes me want to do is watch Super Troopers :-).

Hey, what's your e-mail? I want to send you a short film my friend Phil and I made. It's about the darkness and tragedy of the human condition, or something art-faggity and film-festivalish like that.

rockmarooned August 16 2005, 02:24:49 UTC

It's jhassenger(at)wesleyan.edu... or, actually, if it's a big file, jesseagain(at)yahoo.com.