MACGRUBER - May 23rd

[Emperor]

http://iamrogue.com/macgruber/

 

"Holy shit.  There's like a million wires in here.  I am more like a three wire guy.  Theres a green one.... Oh there's like a bunch of green."

 

I admit... I thought this was a dumb idea for a movie.  But after seeing the preview I might be wrong....

[Zashara]

Wow I can't believe they are making a movie out of this.

[Emperor]

Did you see the trailer though!  Your reaction was mine too, but this looks like it could be good...

 

[Krakalakachkn]

ARGH!  You beat me to it!  I was just about to post that trailer!

 

I think it has potential to be hilarious; I like a description I read that compared it to an R-rated Pink Panther.

 

"Why don't you stick it where the sun don't shine?"

 

"And where would that be?"

 

Your...butt, your butthole"

[SinisterDeath]

I can't get the trailer to work. put in 1974 for age, said 'age could not be varrified', put in my real dob, still nothin... I think there site is borked.

[Silver]

Same, no trailer for me.

[Krakalakachkn]

Emp fail

 

try this one:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=62492

 

[Krakalakachkn]

Potential bad news

 

When it was an NBC "Saturday Night Live" sketch it wasn't a problem. The upcoming feature version of "MacGruber", a not so thinly veiled spoof of classic late 80's adventure series "MacGyver", may be hitting a legal snag according to Latino Review

 

A scooper tells the site that the laws of parody are extremely strict and the show's creator Lee David Zlotoff "is in the wings I hear tell with the Madre of all lawsuits... he’s looking at Relativity [Media, production company] for dollars, Mucho Dolares, and it seems likely that he would get it too."

 

Part of the reason is that Zlotoff apparently has a film version of "MacGyver" in the works over at New Line Cinema.

[Krakalakachkn]

The movie comes out on May 21 and I am super excited.  It looks so good.

 

Here's an early review from IGN.

 

Saturday Night Live has been the inspiration for some of the funniest films of the last few decades, with the likes of Wayne's World and The Blues Brothers changing the comedy landscape for the better. The show was also the breeding ground Coneheads, It's Pat and A Night at the Roxbury, however, so it isn't all good on the SNL adaptation front.

 

Mercifully, MacGruber -- just about -- falls into the former category. Based on the sketch of the same name and starring Will Forte, the concept is a simple one: the title character is a MacGuyver-esque American hero who is none-too-bright, with his particular blind spot being explosives.

 

On TV, the comedy traditionally revolved around Mac accidentally blowing s**t up, and the filmmakers have taken the 'if it ain't broke' approach to the movie, with Grubes doing much the same thing on the big-screen.

 

Beyond the MacGuyver spoof, however, the film takes shots at pretty much every action movie of the 1980s -- from First Blood to Lethal Weapon to Die Hard -- and the result is a feature that does for that genre what Austin Powers did for 1960s spy flicks.

 

When the action starts Mac is a changed man, hiding from his past -- Rambo-style -- in an Ecuadorian monastery. Duty calls, however, and when arch-nemesis -- and the man who killed his wife -- Dieter Von Cunth lays his hands on a nuclear warhead, MacGruber has little option but to come out of retirement to save the world.

 

Mac sets about assembling a team of the best-of-the- best,

and when they get blown up, he is forced to work with straight-laced soldier Dixon Piper and sometime love interest Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig).

 

And that's pretty much it in terms of plot. Nobody goes to an SNL movie for storyline, however, and thankfully, MacGruber brings the funny in spades.

 

Having honed their characters on the TV show, Forte and Wiig deliver a comedy masterclass, with the pair seemingly prepared to do anything to raise a laugh. Highlights include cross-dressing, throat ripping, and a sex scene that has to be seen to be believed.

 

They are ably, and surprisingly, supported by two actors not normally known for their comedic roles. Ryan Phillippe excels as Piper -- the straight man to MacGruber's clown -- and when you see what he does with a stick of celery, you won't believe your eyes. Similarly, Val Kilmer has a blast playing villain Cunth, effortlessly transitioning from smart to sophisticated to ridiculous over the course of a scene, and getting maximum laughs out of his name (the "H" is silent).

 

It's also refreshing to see comedy this mean and nasty. MacGruber is sexist, racist and homophobic, and the film pulls no punches in playing as politically incorrect as possible. With this R-rated effort following hot-on-the heels of last summer's similarly outrageous The Hangover, it seems that American comedy is back in the gutter, which can only be a good thing.

 

It's not all perfect, however, for while the gags come thick-and-fast, they are also very much hit-and-miss. The film has a tendency to repeat itself too, so while a joke about a license plate is initially funny, it wears thin the fourth of fifth time around.

 

When the film is funny, it's very funny, however. The transition from show-to-screen has clearly been a smooth one, and if MacGruber hits as big as he deserves to, we could be seeing a lot more of his mullet on the big-screen in the future.

[Cillian]

I saw the ad for this on TV today and I have to say, it really looks awful.