1. "Looks pointless, but his response to the bomb is great" In response to Reply # 0
I like Forte, but unless the lead up to the release packs some punch, I'll be passing. You got me Wayne's World 2, Coneheads, Night at the Roxbury, Mango: The Movie...
6. "15 minutes in, I regretted going to see this movie." In response to Reply # 0
There were a few good laughs but most of the film was painful. I don't know what I expected; it's the typical amazingly stupid so a few jokes land style from SNL. If you like SNL, you might like this but I thought it was fucking terrible.
7. "RE: MacGruber Red Band trailer. No, really" In response to Reply # 0
The movie nobody asked for. One of the worst characters in SNL history. How did this get greenlighted? Was the budget too high for a movie about Kristen Wiig's aunt?
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10. "Really uneven. Very funny in spots, very predictable in others." In response to Reply # 0
The sex scene was outstanding. Val Kilmer was very funny. Any of Kristen Wiig getting to do her trademark under-her-breath delivery was funny. And even if Forte wasn't doing funny things, I admire him for being so goddamn strange.
But yeah. This movie didn't work as well as I wanted it to. When I saw it was by the guys who did Hot Rod, I was REALLY excited. But it let me down overall.
14. "Agreed about the universal appeal" In response to Reply # 13
I think that if you like the humor in sketches, there's a good chance that you will like the movie.
I thought there was a good range of jokes. The whole thing with the license plate cracked me up. The whole implicit joke in the fact that MacGruber's whole style is straight out of 1989 but he faked his death in 1999 implying that he was already a fossilized relic when he fled to Ecuador makes me laugh. They hit the audience over the head with some stuff but allowed other humor to breath. I appreciate that in my comedies.
20. "License plate obsession was hilarious." In response to Reply # 14
And that's one of the things that was great about it...those unexpected takes on movie tropes--for instance, the spin on the vengeful man visiting his loved one's grave?
I knew they were going to do something ill; I didn't predict how far Taccone/Forte would take it.
MacGruber's 80's quirks as well. His reverence for that cassette deck and choice of music as he drove around the city.
Phillipe was effective as his straight man. I thought his use of MacGruber's "technique" in the climax was funny/creepy/awkward all at once.
However, there were a ton of predictable, standard d**k and bodily function jokes, but I think the more creative/funny stuff carried it.
21. "RE: License plate obsession was hilarious." In response to Reply # 20
Yeah, another "Please...I will suck your dick" begging scene is not what the comedy world needs right now. A lot of the crude dialogue was eh. I feel like for every shock bit that I chuckled at (the upper decker) there were three that I shook my head at (pound some Kunth).
I was expecting some assorted celebrity cameos including RDA (I got a lot of wrestler cameos instead) but I'm sort of glad I didn't get that.
I also thought that the credits was particularly amusing with the glossed over headline about him being a hero and killing 200 people or the extended play version of the song.
24. "I thought the matinee was $5...." In response to Reply # 0
Turned out it was $6.50....I wondered how they were gonna make this work cause the joke of MacGruber is how he takes too much time bs'n to diffuse the bomb.....drawing him out into a full character was hit and miss. Some times I laughed, other times I was on AIM. The sex scenes were TOOO hilarious tho....my laughter really echoed in the empty theater. It was cool for some laughs/waste an afternoon, woulda been better @ $5....*shrugs* I'd see it again on Showtime or some sheeit 8)
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25. "This was actually pretty funny" In response to Reply # 0
Was it retarded? Yes.
But it had some pretty hilarious moments. Phillipe was a great straight man for Forte and Wiig had her moments as well. Val Kilmer also did a decent job in his role. Lots of quotables in this movie.
28. "this was WAY better than it had any right to be" In response to Reply # 0
MacGruber is probably one of my least favorite recurring SNL sketches, period, partially because they did it so damn often in such a brief period, and it was the same mediocre joke every time. The first twenty minutes had me questioning my pick but I really wanted something to laugh at so I stuck with it and after the exposition got out of the way I found myself watching a really enjoyable b-movie.
Will Forte is awesomely hilarious when he's stripped from the restrictions of basic cable television, hitting his awkwardly ridiculous peak with the Vicki St. Elmo sex scene and all of his scenes with Val Kilmer. I loved the hero/villain relationship essentially being a couple of dorm buddies taking their petty rivalry over a girl to the very top of the international crisis food chain, although I also have to mention the catalyst for their feud was MacGruber's one truly ugly bit of plotting. It's really hard to make a character stealing his best friend's girl and convincing her to abort his unborn child someone audiences can root for, luckily Forte's charm leading up to that twist (along with the movie's many other inane, lackadaisical plot elements) allow us to forgive MacGruber begrudgingly. Besides, Cunth's death is one of the more epic treatments I've seen.
I'm truly shocked at how pleased I was with this movie as a whole, it zipped right on by and kept me laughing throughout thanks to plentiful one liners and a charming cast. My only other gripe is that nothing came of the license plate obsession, which was the only running joke in the film I felt had any impact (especially compared to MacGruber's out-of-character obsession with dick sucking) but after a pair of great setups the joke's left without a conclusion and that bummed me out. I wouldn't have recommended the theater experience to anyone but this is a pretty great late-night stream on HBO, especially if you're a fan of Forte's goofiness.
30. "I know I'm like, the guy always bumping threads" In response to Reply # 0
and the last post in this thread, but MAN.
in the middle of Forte getting his due for Nebraska and Last Man on Earth, this REALLY deserves another look.
I reiterate I hated the sketch as much as the next dude, but this is this generation's Hot Shots / Hot Shots Part Deux. Just so perfect if you're a fan of goofs skewering action flicks.
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