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One spy thinks HOT ROD misses the ramp!!!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. This flick seems to be really splitting the audience. I've heard people calling HOT ROD the funniest movie ever and then there are people like our below spy who think it's... well, not. I really liked the trailer and I hope I fall into the camp of the people that think it's the funniest ever. Here's the review that says I shouldn't be signing up with those guys just yet. Enjoy!

Whats up Harry just want to drop in a review for the new Andy Samberg movie "Hot Rod" which I saw at a Chicago screening last night. I guess it was inevitable due to the success of Napoleon Dynamite that a knock off would be made. This movie has a similar thrift store aesthetic as ND. In fact in one scene Rod does a sweet jump on his moped in front of a Salvation Army. This whole movie seems like such a copy of Napoleon Dynamite that at one point while watching it I was thinking "why did Paramount just make this the sequel to Napoleon Dynamite?". Its seems like the most logical next step for the ND character and would surely make an easy 100 mill at the BO. The plot is basically the same plot we've seen before the antagonist needs to save something in this case its not a children's home (Blues Brothers), the family business (Tommy Boy), their house (Brady Bunch Movie) you get the idea, instead Rod needs to save his step dad who needs a heart transplant. So Rod has the epiphany to do one huge jump over 15 buses in order to raise 50K. The back story is he thinks his dad was Evel Knievel's mechanic and wants to be like him. As every movie has an antagonist Will Arnett is the Billy Zabka of this story. But the only badass thing he really does is not give Isla Fisher a message. Real badass. Isla Fisher is cute and plays the love interest of Rod. Her role basically requires her to wear tight jeans and ride a moped. Prob the easiest paycheck an actor has ever recieved. Rounding out the cast is Ian McShane who is actually really good as the step dad, Sissy Spacek as Rod's mom, Jorma Tacone as Kip Dynamite, I mean Kevin, Rod's step brother and Bill Hader as a guy who likes the party. Bill Hader was actually one of the only bright spots in the movie. I really like The Lonely Island just this movie doesn't do them justice. If you want to see what the Lonely Island is really capable of check out "Stork Patrol" on Youtube the Asian guy from Stork Patrol is even in "Hot Rod".

Johnny Roastbeef


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by all
Jul 6th, 2007
04:19:58 PM
second?
by SavageDragoner
Jul 6th, 2007
04:21:34 PM
It looks funny, but comes out the same day as Bourne..
by paulmkelly
Jul 6th, 2007
04:22:41 PM
Awesometown, is in fact awesome!!
by SamBlackChvrch21
Jul 6th, 2007
04:24:18 PM
Rodimus Prime
by SavageDragoner
Jul 6th, 2007
04:25:13 PM
Looks like a 2 hour skit.
by kikuchiyoboy
Jul 6th, 2007
04:30:24 PM
this will lose big time to superbad
by Reynard Muldrake
Jul 6th, 2007
04:31:26 PM
"Why didn't Paramount just make this the sequel to ND?"
by Johnny Breakfast
Jul 6th, 2007
04:36:03 PM
Had tickets to a screening...
by Heckles
Jul 6th, 2007
04:46:50 PM
Sandberh has 2 kind of funny skits... thats it.
by modlight
Jul 6th, 2007
05:00:31 PM
Napolean Dynomyte Sucked.
by JimboTHC
Jul 6th, 2007
05:00:55 PM
SNL and This Movie
by Philselway22
Jul 6th, 2007
05:01:18 PM
SNL funny?
by Heckles
Jul 6th, 2007
05:29:37 PM
(Rodimus Prime)yeah hoping news on hot rod in TF2
by Eh Nam1313
Jul 6th, 2007
05:34:14 PM
Kung Pao
by Mr_Deadite
Jul 6th, 2007
05:50:00 PM
This movie doesn't look like Napoleon Dynamite at all.
by Freakemovie
Jul 6th, 2007
05:52:15 PM
Heckles - SNL
by Philselway22
Jul 6th, 2007
05:52:15 PM
After Reading the "Review"
by Mr_Deadite
Jul 6th, 2007
05:53:14 PM
Oh, Good. This thread hasn't gotten too big...
by farleydave3
Jul 6th, 2007
06:11:06 PM
At first I thought it was going to suck...
by farleydave3
Jul 6th, 2007
06:16:49 PM
Soyleant Mean pretty much nailed it...
by farleydave3
Jul 6th, 2007
06:22:16 PM
Now, one thing Johnny Roastbeef failed to mention...
by farleydave3
Jul 6th, 2007
06:27:20 PM
NO real Lonley Island Fan
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Jul 6th, 2007
06:36:16 PM
farleydave3 do you work for the studio?
by spectrebeeyatch
Jul 6th, 2007
06:49:38 PM
This movie is really funny...
by InsertCoolNameGuy
Jul 6th, 2007
07:45:10 PM
a song for you...
by longevitymonk
Jul 6th, 2007
10:50:14 PM
andy samberg is not funny
by WolfmanNards
Jul 6th, 2007
11:36:34 PM
right enough....
by RockLobster800
Jul 7th, 2007
08:23:11 AM
farleydave3
by Mr_Deadite
Jul 7th, 2007
11:00:55 AM
Just no
by finfangfoom
Jul 7th, 2007
12:16:35 PM
saw a preview in union square
by Mr. Osato
Jul 7th, 2007
01:38:34 PM
Saw this a few months ago - not good
by Doc_McCoy
Jul 7th, 2007
02:22:47 PM
the real deal
by antdevil
Jul 7th, 2007
03:10:54 PM
he was funnier on channel 101
by Darth Lebowski
Jul 7th, 2007
04:18:41 PM
Another SNL idiot trying to be the next Will Farrell
by Cinemajerk
Jul 7th, 2007
06:32:05 PM
How can you IDIOTS compare this movie to Napoleon D?
by Cinemajerk
Jul 7th, 2007
06:36:17 PM
sweet Goodfellas ref...
by CopOnTheEdge
Jul 7th, 2007
08:25:09 PM
Cinemajerk
by InsertCoolNameGuy
Jul 8th, 2007
04:23:18 AM
meh
by vezner2007
Jul 8th, 2007
10:54:21 AM
What is so wrong with doing Napoleon Dynamite sequels?
by Mel Garga
Jul 8th, 2007
02:13:57 PM
This preview..
by BeatsMe
Jul 8th, 2007
08:23:27 PM
It's PROTAGONIST.
by SG7
Jul 8th, 2007
11:41:25 PM
Heh.
by Peg Entwistle
Jul 9th, 2007
07:12:12 AM
Samberg's funny in a digital short, but if I had
by Borgnine JR
Jul 9th, 2007
09:03:53 AM
Bill Hader website
by sisko199
Jul 15th, 2007
11:13:52 PM
this movie
by helga56
Aug 8th, 2007
05:27:16 PM

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