So, due to tech and what not, I did not get to see my previous "Must See of the Weekend" until today. That's ok, though, because millions of others did, making it the number one movie in America this past weekend!
So funny considering that the whole film is nothing more than straight men running around, inflicting pain on each other, laughing about it, vomiting, running around naked or near, and being about as sexually questionable with each other as it gets. Yet they are straight men.
Hmmm...and why do I love these films? Hmmm...
Johnny Knoxville
Who one might call the head "Jackass". Already an iconic figure in his aviator sun glasses and dangly cigarette.
Bam Margera
Who looks much more like a man in this second film, and less like a long haired boy. His terrorism of his poor parents continues in the sequel, and though not as funny as when his mother found an alligator in her kitchen, still made me laugh...
Ryan Dunn
Who sports a shaggier look this film, and who seems to step up into action more in this film.
and Chris Pontius...
AKA Partyboy. Who is not only funny and cute, but also apparently heads a rock band, who recorded a song for the "Number Two" soundtrack called "Karazye". Below is the video...
WARNING-VIDEO BELOW REFLECTS MOMENTS OF BAD TASTE, VIOLENCE, AND BLURRED NUDITY...VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED...
(Which means that most of the people who read this blog will push play below, no doubt)
Uncle Fred, Matt, and I went to a matinee this afternoon, and all had a great time. While disgusting at times, and pugilistic most others, it still appealed in the way that cartoons do. In fact, Knoxville and his crew are rather like living cartoons...except dirtier.
And wow. Anytime I tell people that "Jackass" is one of the gayest things I have ever seen, and they look at me strange...they won't after this movie. Especially...
SPOILER ALERT-SPOILER ALERT-SPOILER ALERT
When the whole cast fronts a huge production number with chorus girls and boys, dancing and singing a very well known Jerry Herman song..."The Best of Times is Now".
And then the set falls on Knoxville, and Rip Taylor comes out and throws confetti.
Oh, and John Waters makes a cameo in the film. He makes "Wee Man" disappear.
If you have any kind of a blue sense of humor, don't mind watching guys get the shit knocked out of them, and don't gross out easily, go and see this film.
Wow, with that many stipulations, you would wonder "who would go to see it?"
But obviously, people did. Making Knoxville's gang of Jackasses appear to have the last laugh of all.
2 comments:
You're not the only one who thinks that Jackass was the gayest show on tv (or movies for that matter). When Johnny Knoxville was interviewed by the Advocate, they addressed similar issues. :o)
I'll have to wait for this movie to come on cable. There are certain things in this movie that I know I just can't handle, and I'd like to be able to change the channel or fast forward when it gets to be too much. Of course I can't do that in a theater.
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