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Published on Friday, July 6, 2007 - 4:10pm |
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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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Reader Talkback
first 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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