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Patton Oswalt wants to use THE FOOT FIST WAY to insert RATATOUILLE down all of your throats next Monday!
Hey folks, Harry here... I know I've already announced this screening, but Patton wanted to personally reach out and yank you in the general direction of this movie. SO... here he is...
“Patton Oswalt here. How are you? Oh God, that’s terrible.
Maybe this will cheer you up. Disney/Pixar and Paramount Vantage are letting me screen a pair of movies in Austin this coming Monday.
The first one, at 7pm, is RATATOUILLE. That’s the new Pixar movie. It’s directed by Brad Bird, who did TROLL 2, ANOTHER 9/12 WEEKS and that video for Whitesnake with the girl from BACHELOR PARTY. I play the lead role — a rat who wants to be a gourmet chef. This one’s going to get shown at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. It’s definitely all-ages, so bring the family. I am very proud and excited to be part of this movie — the third truly “great” film I’ve been involved with, after MAGNOLIA and DOWN PERISCOPE.
Plus, it’s a Pixar film directed by Brad Bird, which is like having a motorcycle that you can also eat and it tastes like Cheetos.
I’ll answer questions afterward, and it will be a lot of fun.
Then, at 10pm, you can meet me at the Alamo Drafthouse Lamar, where I’ll screen THE FOOT FIST WAY. I am in no way involved with this brilliant film. It was directed by Jody Hill, and written by Hill, Danny R. McBride and Ben Best. It stars McBride (along with Hill and Best) as a tae kwon do instructor whose life spins out of control. Adam McKay and Will Ferrell are releasing it next year, but they’re letting me show it now. I think Will thinks I’m Jack Black or something.
FOOT FIST WAY is the most recent great comedy I’ve seen. Like REPO MAN, RUSHMORE, DAZED AND CONFUSED, GROUNDHOG DAY and the British OFFICE, it’s confident, patient, non-needy, irresponsible and hilarious. Truly original and special. PLEASE do not bring the kids.
I’ve had some of my best movie-watching experiences seeing films in Austin. So this is very exciting for me, to get to show them at the two Alamo locations, and watch them with you guys. I hope you can make it out.”
Thanks, guys!
PATTON
For more info on the RATATOUILLE screening Click Here
For more info on THE FOOT FIST WAY screening Click Here
On a more personal note... THE FOOT FIST WAY, to me, was way more funnier than NAPOLEON DYNAMITE. Cuz, THE FOOT FIST WAY has way more skillz!
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In a silly way!
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someones Penis gets cut off in this movie.
thn it will be awesome!!! -
How he knew Bush was going to bend over and grab the ankles on ILLEGAL immigration is beyond me. He says it was because I don't make a lot of money, but I think it's actually elitists in Hollywood who don't think much of me because I'm not rich and wrapped in seaweed. But Patton's got mad skillz. So I'll go with it.
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"A Motorcylce you can also eat because it's made from Cheetos." ROTFL. Damn, I have to catch "Down Periscope" again...I know Toby "Artie-The Strongest Man....IN THE WORLD!" Huss was in that one...
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Honestly, what is the hype behind this piece of shit? For every "decent" CGI kid flick, there's 10 shitty ones, and this one falls in the latter category.
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Hes made two brilliant animated films.
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I really hope this is as good as the trailers and sneak peeks lead me to. I am excited to see it.
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Why the hype, indeed? For every Open Season, there are 10 Iron Giants or the fucking Incredibles! Why do these soul-sucking corporate whores Pixar, and Brad Bird specifically, keep trying to shove this run-of-the-mill crap down our throats? Come on, Brad! We want originality, humor, heart, and mind-blowing action sequences that are literally better than both Fantastic Four flicks combined! Is that too much to ask? *sigh* At least I can still hold out hope for the only quality animated flick coming out this summer: Surf's Up.
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...Mr. Oswalt is in it. He is the USDA stamp of approval on any movie.
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They were also animated but they were great films period. Wonderfully written with a right blend of humor, action, and character. Just great films.
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I'm actually surprised how little talk there's been about this flick.
A. Its a Pixar film, which makes for high expectations
B. Its a Brad Bird movie, which raises those expectations even higher
On the apple site they had a 6min sample with a quickie talk from Brad and I thought it was some great looking animation with wonderful characters. To me the difference between a Bird movie vs most of the other recent animation thats come out is that his characters have depth and make you feel something, they're not just there for a pop-reference punch line. In those 6 mins I really got into it and the characters. Definitely looking forward to this one, myself. -
One of the best superhero movies animated or otherwise. Maybe Bird can do something with the stale 'animated talking animal' genre. I hope Michael Giacchino is scoring it; his Incredibles music rocked.
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it's weird. "Plus, it’s a Pixar film directed by Brad Bird, which is like having a motorcycle that you can also eat and it tastes like Cheetos."
your bit about outback steakhouse gets me every time. deep fried pumpkin... -
It appears no one here can tell sarcasm when they see it.
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And well you were so nice to sign an autograph at some comic con like 2 years ago for me, how could I not return the favor?
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although i do find patton funny and pixar is fucking FLAWLESS.
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... well, not really, but for those who see Foot Fist Way you'll know what I'm talking about. I caught this at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles and I would compare it to the greatness that was the ORIGINAL Bad News Bears. No fart jokes, no over-the-top cultural references, just a damn funny movie about a guy with a passion for Tae Kwon Do who you pretty much realize has no business teaching kids anything. Kyung yet...
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...for the voice of reason to be provided by a guy named JaggedSac.
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So sweet and wholesome...
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Those things are radioactive. Nevertheless, I will certainly be seeing anything from Brad Bird.
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Incredibles was the best CG animated film for me so far. The characters were expertly developed and they were all necessary. Not one throw away character or one thrown in for a mere pop culture reference. I can't even believe that someone had attempted to place Surf's Up next to Incredibles in a talkback. Incredibles is in a league of storytelling and animation that Surf's Up will forever dream of being in. Let's just say that a DVD case of Surf's Up would be extremely blessed and lucky to accidentally touch a DVD case of The Incredibles. That 9-minute Ratatouille clip on the official site had me hooked to the characters before it was half-way done. Unlike the sneak preview in The 20 or whatever they call that crap before the trailers at the theater for Surf's Up, which accomplished annoying the crap out of me. At least the Ratatouille theatrical trailer was able to wash that crap from my mind. I'm even looking forward to Michael Giacchino's score for Ratatouille. The bits of it that can be heard in the 9-minute clip are already awesome.
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I guess Kevin James sweating on the King of Queens is funnier?
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Okay, so this line means one of four (or five) things -
A)Patton is giving an homage to Neil Cumpston
B)Patton is throwing a nudge, nudge, wink, wink, in our direction that he is in fact, the one true, omnipotent sweaty underground geek-fuhrer, Neil Cumpston
C) He was deliberately trying to plant the seed that he might be Cumpston, and thereby keep people such as 'silence' above, (and myself I suppose) geek-theorizing about Cumpston's hypothesized link to Cumpston for another year
D)It was a suspicious, but otherwise genuine coincidence, that Patton used the exact same metaphorical structure as Mr. Cumpston in thinking aloud about how cool it would be to eat a cheeto motorcycle. I find this last one highly unlikely
Unless someone knows concretely that Patton is Neil, and I'm left out on the joke, than there is a fifth option, but if not one of the other four options must be the case.
Sixth option: Twins separated at birth? -
Okay, so this line means one of four (or five) things -
A)Patton is giving an homage to Neil Cumpston
B)Patton is throwing a nudge, nudge, wink, wink, in our direction that he is in fact, the one true, omnipotent sweaty underground geek-fuhrer, Neil Cumpston
C) He was deliberately trying to plant the seed that he might be Cumpston, and thereby keep people such as 'silence' above, (and myself I suppose) geek-theorizing about Cumpston's hypothesized link to Cumpston for another year
D)It was a suspicious, but otherwise genuine coincidence, that Patton used the exact same metaphorical structure as Mr. Cumpston in thinking aloud about how cool it would be to eat a cheeto motorcycle. I find this last one highly unlikely
Unless someone knows concretely that Patton is Neil, and I'm left out on the joke, than there is a fifth option, but if not one of the other four options must be the case.
Sixth option: Twins separated at birth? -
"The Foot Fist Way" is one of the most uproariously funny films I have seen in years. It's shockingly vulgar and profane, but UNBELIEVABLY funny. Danny McBride's performance is Oscar-caliber. I had no idea this was getting a release, but, rfankly, it's WAY better than the stuff Ferrell and Shankman make themselves. Funny, funny movie.
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I was in "Troll 2", and I don't remember Brad Bird . . .
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For Foot Fist Way? Anyone? Bueller?
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So is smallpox.
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... doing some quasi Andy Kauffman thing in support of this movie. It was funny, but why the fuck is it taking so long to release this thing? Also, I can't believe I ever missed such a blatant clue that Oswalt was Cumpston.
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LAST!!
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A quick perusal of past Cumpston reviews found nods to both Cheetos and motorcycles. Give up the charade, Moriarty. Cumpston es Oswalt and everyone knows it. Your rebutals of "They are distinctly different people" only means that Patton becomes the "character" before he sits down at the keyboard. Last.
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