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Will Forte Pumps The Brakes On MACGRUBER 2
Beaks here...
A couple of weeks ago, writer-director-heartthrob Jorma Taccone shocked and elated right-thinking cinephiles when he told ScreenCrush's Mike Sampson that he was developing MACGRUBER 2 with star Will Forte and co-writer John Solomon. Taccone was vague on details, but he did let slip that it would take place at Christmas as a nod to DIE HARD. A MACGRUBER sequel paying homage to the one of the greatest action films of all time? What's not to love about that?
Well, if you were to put that question to a studio exec, the answer would likely be two numbers: the estimated budget for the sequel and the total worldwide gross of the original. So when I asked Forte about the sequel at today's THAT'S MY BOY press conference, I was heartbroken but not terribly shocked to receive this response:
Will Forte: As for MACGRUBER 2, it's very much in the works. We're just... no, I'm kidding. Jorma mentioned it. He was really tired one morning giving an interview, and he said something stupid about it. Believe me, we would love... we had so much fun doing that. We're proud of it, and we jokingly talk about the sequel all the time. But I don't think anybody in their right mind would give us any money for it. If somebody gives us money for it--
Andy Samberg: I'll give you a thousand bucks right now.
Forte: There is going to be a MACGRUBER 2 then. Funded by Andy Samberg.
Samberg: On a flipcam.
After the press conference, Forte expressed his gratitude to everyone who's embraced the film, and suggested that there might be "one alternate universe in a series of parallel universes" where MACGRUBER 2 could get made. Unfortunately, I don't think we're living in that universe.
Personally, I'd suck Ryan Kavanaugh's dick, let him fuck me and fuck a random object in his Relativity Media office if he'd agree to finance MACGRUBER 2. Less humiliatingly, I'd also be willing to launch the mother of all Kickstarter campaigns. Whatever it takes to give the moviegoing public one more opportunity to fall in love with Forte's bemulleted action hero.
But seriously... Kavanaugh... just tell me what you want me to fuck.
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I like when he was having sex with the lady and making so much noise. Reminded me of when I used to spy on my Uncle having sex with his wife. He also made lots of noise.
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part 2 would be a die hard spoof and part three would rip on a first blood part 2 type story The script for part 2 is about 70 percent done and if funding was to happen we could have the film up and filming by years end So if you want us to make another one then let universal know
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June 2, 2012, 6:51 p.m. CST
I actually thought the first movie was highly underrated
by Last_of_the_Emurites
MacGruber had some of the most laugh-out-loud moments of any 'stupid' comedy I've seen in quite some time. On first viewing, it was mainly because I was expecting it to be the biggest turd in history (snobbishly because I listened to the critics and the box-office numbers during its initial run). I've seen the movie five times now, and it is now one of my most quoted movies, behind "Lethal Weapon 2" and "The Last Boy Scout."
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June 2, 2012, 6:56 p.m. CST
I really liked MacGruber. I say go on with the kickstarter campaign.
by Chris
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...fucking awful.
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The first film came out before she became a super famous. If she were to agree to do it I'm sure a studio would fund it. But is she too big now, and is it beneath her? Throat ripping is so low brow as opposed to diarrhea.
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That's My Boy was fucking awesome. Most I've laughed at a Sandman movie since fucking Billy or Happy. SEAN ANDERS IS BACK BABY! Rent NBT or go fuck yourself.
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June 2, 2012, 7:09 p.m. CST
Explain how this is possible when the first movie cost $10 million to make and
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
didn't even make that much at the box office. It was the definition of flop. Not all SNL sketches translate to movies. For every Blues Brothers and Wayne's World there's this, and It's Pat.
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Maybe I'm thinking of Stuart Saves His Family or whatever that was called.
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the original script we produced was epic and some say would have been the funniest comedy ever, but the studio got involved and cast and crew left the project so what we get now is so far from my original treatment
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Since you'll be down there already, could you suck a dick for Remo Williams 2, Willow 2, and the rest of the Golden Compass trilogy?
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Back when SNL films were being made all the time.
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It is absolutely hilarious and I force everyone I know to watch it.
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June 2, 2012, 7:30 p.m. CST
jett, why are you wasting time working on MacGruber sequels when you could have been helping Ridley flesh out a better Prometheous script?
by Inexplicable_Nuclear_Balls
We were all counting on you.
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June 2, 2012, 7:34 p.m. CST
adeceasedfan, if it wasn't in theaters it at least went DTV, but
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
I too was thinking about Stuart Saves His Family as clunkers.
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June 2, 2012, 7:37 p.m. CST
Wow, according to IMDB It's Pat was pulled from theaters after
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
one week, and uncredited work by the Farelly Brothers, and Quentin Tarrantino couldn't save it.
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June 2, 2012, 7:39 p.m. CST
With a run time of only 77 minutes? What the hell?
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
That's like a special edition of some tv show.
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I am behind this crowd funding idea.
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People ragging on it likely never saw it, because I too was EXTREMELY apprehensive about it. However, there were a few scenes that were pure genius, and the rest was above average. Sure, it's fun to shit on the SNL movies, as most of them ARE shit, but this one was actually quite clever.
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The sex scenes almost did me in
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Love Forte, and always liked the "SNL" bits, but the movie was fucking awful. With all the love it's getting in this thread, I might have to give it another chance at some point ... Of course, some fucking moron above was singing the praises of "That's My Boy," so maybe the thread is just rife with people with horrible senses of humor.
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MacGruber is by far the funniest comedy to come out in the past 5 years, trumping the likes of Step Brothers, Anchorman, Funny People, Pineapple Express, Horrible Bosses, et al. Just off the top of my head: "Putting together a team" and subsequently blowing them up, the apology scene with Piper, KFBR392 and MacGruber's Pad, the sex scene(s), the celery trick, and the list goes on and on. I really hope Forte gets leading status in more films. He's incredibly underrated and had some of the funniest SNL sketches of recent memory (look up his Hall & Oates duos with Fred Armisen or Jeff Montgomery...)
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June 2, 2012, 7:55 p.m. CST
@Grammaton Cleric Binks, What is your point? How is what possible?
by JediRob
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I like where Adam Sandler is drunk and shouting.
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June 2, 2012, 7:59 p.m. CST
Ryan Kavanaugh called, Nordling...he wants to screw you for nine minutes in a tunnel, a la IRREVERSIBLE...
by BurnHollywood
...Or as you know it, the GREATEST MOVIE OF THE LAST DECADE.
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If that's the best joke you can put into the tv trailer, no wonder you got screwed at the box office.
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MacGruber becomes the pilot of some highly advanced, nuclear-armed ice cream truck, or garbage truck, or speedboat. And there's some character with a Stringfellow Hawke-ish type name, preferably with Bum somewhere in it. And a cameo by Ernest Borgnine if he isn't dead yet.
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June 2, 2012, 8:12 p.m. CST
I like to listen to the song Cinderella Man by Rush while masturbating to porn with the sound muted
by ajit maholtra
It works perfectly. Right after the bass solo my semmen shoots out.
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Shut your butt.
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..who would you suck for a Black Dynamite 2? That's the sequel I'm dying to see.
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I literally thought I was gonna pass out I couldn't breathe. Truly the funniest, most under rated and CRIMINALLY under seen comedies ever. Preposterously funny
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his obsession with the guy in the BMW was awesome
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June 2, 2012, 8:33 p.m. CST
Garbage film that should be the gravestone for the garbage, obvious, ironic humor that SNL has been using to keep itself afloat, unfunnily, for years now.
by kevred
Everything SNL has generated for more than a decade now is absolute trash. Just lazy pop-culture regurgitation and lazy tawdriness with a crowd of unfunny people. I know some people would disagree. But it's the most pale, feeble shadow of what it used to be, and that's sad.
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June 2, 2012, 8:36 p.m. CST
GETTIN SHUT DOWN AFTER ONLY 2 WEEKS IN THE RUMOR MILL! MACGRUBER!
by Joelseph01
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Of all the movies you pretend to work on, why oh why would you want to pretend to have worked on MacGruber? Have you no standards man? I insist that on the next The Dark Knight Rises talkback, you pretend to have written the final draft in order to restore credibility to your noble fake profession.
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Felt like a first draft or outline. With jokes and good stuff still to be put in to flesh it out. It was just very paper thin on everything. It's like they sat around a table for a couple hours and worked out a rough outline and idea and then just shot that.
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the original was a steaming pile of shit.
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When the movie is completely different. And the people that did see it and didn't find it funny - I hope someone sneezes into your mouth.
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I guess I'll disagree with those who loved it, but the jokes were too few and far between to make me like MacGruber. I was really hoping to like it too, but I actually fell asleep 2/3 of the way through it. Reminds me of "Hot Rod," it has some hilarious moments, but the whole thing overall didn't mesh. Maybe I'm too old to like MacGruber. I'm over 40, and my favorite comedies of the past 20 years include Dumb & Dumber and Borat.
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Then I actually watched it and thought it was hilarious. That said you can only milk a one note joke so long. Once is enough.
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What you just said made zero sense.
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June 2, 2012, 9:21 p.m. CST
Thanks to all the five talkbackers above, I will not be renting MacGruber tonight. Was THIS close.
by CodeName
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June 2, 2012, 9:25 p.m. CST
Instead of renting Macgruber, codename will cry himself to sleep
by ajit maholtra
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It was a pretty damn good movie IMO. It's definitely one of the better SNL movies (which, yeah, doesn't say a whole lot I guess). It's kind of like Hot Rod. It is stupid but then you find yourself watching it again and then you like it. Except for I didn't know what to think of Hot Rod. I already loved Forte's MacGruber from SNL. Also, IMO, The Brothers Solomon is underrated. Not like it is some prize of my collection (got it for $3!!!) but it is pretty funny. Now, I am a fan of Forte and Arnett, so it was probably a given, but it is not bad to watch every once in awhile. MacGruber, IMO, would make a great 30 minute Adult Swim show with the likes of Children's Hospital and Eagleheart.
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How did you know? Give me some good curry recipes, please.
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Office Space didn't do well in the box office either but it's still one of the greatest SNL skits movies ever made.
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it shouldve been good, all the actors in it are good, but boy was it awful. you would like this beaks
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Put some curry powder on your pennis, and then you will have curry shrimp. Heheheheheheheheheheheheheheh.
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Please, tell me! I would love to hear the explanation!
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June 2, 2012, 10:31 p.m. CST
jesus, Macgruber was fucking awful! As bad, if not worse than all those Scary, Epic, Date etc Movies
by FreeBeer
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Thanks for the pennies.
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My childhood heroes were Sanjay Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, and Kumar Gaurav. Wish AICN would cover these folks.
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Thats cool dude. Then youre A okay. We can be buddies.
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honestly, if you didn't get it the first time it will most likely click if you give it another chance.
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It had too big of a budget, the casting was all wrong and Will Forte will never be able to open a movie. Ryan Phillippe is a horrible actor. His role really should've been played by a more intimidating actor. I don't believe he could kick anyone's ass. And let's face it, Val Kilmer's best days are behind him. With the exception of Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang he hasn't been in anything good since Tombstone. Again, you needed a better villain. Jean Claude Van Damm would've been way bette. And the movie would've worked better with a smaller budget. Yes, it was anbig budget action spoof, but it would've worked better with a smaller budget. Also it wouldn't have had to make as much. And Will Forte, who i think is very hit or miss as an actor. Most of his stuff is horrible, but he has done a few decent things that shows he's not a total retard. But he will never be someone who can open a movie. It's just never going to happen. I also think Andy Samberg is in the same boat. Their comedy styles are very perticular, but they want to make studio movies, which doesn't work out because they don't appeal to broad audiences. Hot Rod was a small comedy and still didn't do well. I just don't see them as leads. They are supporting actors at best in a studio movie.
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But I watched it with a group of people and NONE of them laughed. Oops. In fact, all but one of them hated it. The one who didn't hate it gave a vague, "it just wasn't what I was expecting". I think it will always be a limited, divided audience for that type of comedy. HELLS YEAH I'd like to see a sequel. But I'm not sure it would make any more than the first one, so they'd have to make it on the EXTREME cheap. <p> Also, I agree that I think some people might enjoy it more the second time around, once they know what they're in for.
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MacGrubber is so damned funny. I may have watched it ten times by now. I will watch the sequel 20 times. No shit. Will Forte, if you are reading this I will fuck your ghost body in a graveyard if you make this movie. I may have to get in a good throat rip, but as long as no one steals my Blapunkt then all will be well. And if you didn't like this movie than you are stupid. Really, really stupid. As a matter of fact, you're so stupid that when people ask you if you have seen MacGrubber, and you say "Yeah, I hated it. It was fucking lame.", they are thinking to themselves, That guy is really fucking stupid. MacGrubber is awesome. On a side note, it's not anywhere near as good as 'Small Wonder'
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I can hear the song now
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The problem was that it was based on a skit that was actually not that great on SNL. But the movie went way out on a limb. Ghost sex, throat ripping, homosexual tendencies, the human shield. C'mon it was fun.
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June 2, 2012, 11:52 p.m. CST
No parody that I have ever seen nails the 80's like MacGruber did.
by Ironhelix
The fucking dialogue, the music. The goddamned opening montage where he's playing the saxophone while backlit with godrays? Holy Jesus how can people not appreciate some of the funny shit they threw in there? The fucking "growling cougar" sound effect over the explosions?! The Blaupunkt? C'mon! I went to high school with people who acted just like that. Minus the throat-ripping, of course.
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Better on every level. And better acting by puppets.
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Best sex scene ever in the first one.
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gross: +$ 9,500,000 dvd: + 4,600,000 budget: - 10,000,000 ------------------------------ profit: $4,100,000 Where do the figures come from? $8.5 million domestic (boxofficemojo) $1 million international (google seached it, and wikipedia has it) 5 day dvd sales from www.the-numbers.com. These figures do not count royalties from on-demand rental services, streaming services, or dvd sales beyond the first 5 days. So, if those are considered as well, the movie likely made a 50% ish return on investment. The Chronicles of Riddick, Futurama, and several other films/tv shows have seen sequels based on the power of their dvd sales and life after they leave the theater. Someone should tell Will Forte, that overall, the film was quite profitable. Greenlighting a sequel with Christin Wig co-starring again should be a no-brainer, especially now that the "brand" is established to a lot more movie-goers.
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They probably spent 10-20 million on marketing. There goes your profit and that's why there won't be a sequel.
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June 3, 2012, 1:07 a.m. CST
Nah, most films aren't profitable until they've made at least twice their budget
by Jaka
Sometimes they have to make more than that. Theaters get a cut of that box office money. Advertising costs aren't included in that budget. It costs money to print all the reels of film. Distribution costs aren't included in the budget. That's just what it cost to make the film - sets, locations, actors, crew people, craft services, etc. It also costs money to produce the packaging for the dvds and blu-rays. You can rest assured that the first film, even with that small budget, did not see a profit.
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June 3, 2012, 2:52 a.m. CST
Since the success of Bridesmaids I think SNL films will draw bigger audiences - and the first MacGruber was actually quite good
by slayme
one of the most under-rated SNL films ever. I would LOVE to see a MacGruber too - even at a smaller budget.
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put "too" in there for some reason. Late night, but yeah, the first MacGruber DID make a profit, even if it wasn't a big one.
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Thank you, that is all.
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Again, that is all.
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June 3, 2012, 4:14 a.m. CST
I totally forgot the sex scene with Wiig. That was aces. Totally troubling MacGruber orgasm
by smudgewhat
We laughed our asses off.
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since Waynes World.
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I normally hate those SNL type, let's make a character 3 minute sketch into a movie things. But this one defied expectations. I loved it.
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Hate to be "that guy." I like liking things. But I don't know how I could have disliked the first Magruber movie any more. I like the actors. I like the filmmakers. I like the source material. I thought I was going to like it... But instead it was torturously unfunny. Like, this is one of the movies running perpetually in the 20-screen in Hell, level of awfulness. Just my two cents though. If you guys enjoyed it, that's great. But I sure as hell wouldn't greenlight part 2 if I were a studio exec. No sir. No way.
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June 3, 2012, 8:04 a.m. CST
MacGruber was awesome. The throat ripping and everything, so many amazing amazing jokes. It was very well written. Would love a sequel
by happybunni
But I'm well aware a lot of people hated it :( A lot of stupid people!
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June 3, 2012, 8:09 a.m. CST
Funny shit all over mcgruber. The human shield scene is ludicrous level.
by UltraTron
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But after a shakey start it had me crying with laughter. The sex scenes were comedy gold. It's a shame it bombed state side because that killed the film in the rest of the world who don't get SNL. There was no product recognition to help sell it. A riff on DH2 would be perfect.
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I finally saw it on cable and found it to be hilarious and a decent throwback to the classics like Airplane and Top Secret. FAiLS: Naked Gun, Superhero movie... etc TEPID and overrated in spite of popularity: Wedding Crashers, Bridesmaids UNDERRATED: MacGruber, Crazy Stupid Love
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I think all the people who watched it had no reference to the jokes in the movie. His radio and the fact he drove a cherry red miata and thought it was exotic was hilarious. The sex scenes made me cry, even the one with the ghost. celery in the ass scene was funny. It was amazing but the movie had a high number of laughs in it.
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He pimped the living hell out of the original P.O.S. and AICN blitzed their website with non-stop promos and banners. Otherwise, it's nice to read that one less Saturday Night Live 2-minute long sketch will not be making a return-engagement anytime soon.
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You even see the movie?
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June 3, 2012, 9:50 a.m. CST
The first one was garbage, most of those jokes had already been and better in Hot Shots Part Deux, don't encourage them.
by _ISITIN3D_
Also Mr Forte does good work with Tim and Eric, so I guess he's alright. But McGruber was shite.
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Wonder if he'll get an obit on here? Not exactly a geek-centric resume, but Hogan's Heroes was great, and playing the anti-Richard-Dawson in Running Man might warrant a note here. While his Family Feud is what most folks remember, I grew up laughing hysterically at him as the "bottom row middle" celeb on Match Game. That crew seemed to be having SO much fun every episode.
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Any movie that uses ELP's "Touch and Go" in a team recruiting montage displays pure genius. (By the way, that was Emerson Lake and Powell, for those who are keeping track). I probably watch MacGruber once every few weeks or so and still laugh out loud and pick up something new each time. "The game has changed!" "But the players are the same!!!"
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Seriously? Weird. I had no clue.
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PEPSUBER!!!!
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June 3, 2012, 11:34 a.m. CST
Yeah, I am starting to think that the people who didn't like MacGruber probably haven't seen any of the material it referenced.
by Ironhelix
Also, I went to high school with retards that would spend an hour explaining the virtues of Blaupunkt stereos, so this shit was funny to me. Probably COMPLETELY lost on a lot of people though.
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June 3, 2012, 11:47 a.m. CST
So awful I had to turn it off and send it back to Netflix halfway through
by rev_skarekroe
The only movie I've ever rented from there that was that terrible. I understand what they were parodying and I was expecting something along the lines of The Naked Gun or Hot Shots. But those movies had some brains behind them. Mcgruber Instead it was just unfunny garbage.
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Since I'm 42, I literally grew up with this guy. God speed my friend.
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Godspeed to a wonderful man.
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But man... I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard from a movie. The license plate obsession, his assembled team getting blown up, and his obsession with ripping Cunth's dick off and shoving it down his throat... Then the ending, where Cunth laughs cause there's no longer a dick to be ripped, so Mac just shoots him off a cliff and pisses on his corpse... my god, I was laughing hysterically. My wife was sitting with her sister in another room while I watched the movie (I thought it was gonna be horrible, so I wasn't gonna bother the wife with it), and they thought I was going insane. Damn good movie, who cares if its 'dumb humor'. It made me laugh out loud, in a major way, and there are not many movies that can lay that claim. Maybe Tommy Boy was the last one before this?
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June 3, 2012, 1:04 p.m. CST
im one of the biggest supported of macgruber and i never would of even expected a sequel, this is non news entirely
by Daniel
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June 3, 2012, 2:50 p.m. CST
am I wrong here, but didn't the first one fail miserably at the box office
by maxcherry
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all they do now is try to do the same kind of skits that were done 20 to 30 years ago on SNL and skits that only comedic theatre class goers would find funny. And for pete's sake stop the "it's live from new york" bit, it's old drop it for a while. And stop the host from doing a standup routine at the beginning of the show, 90% of SNL hosts can't do a standup routine.
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Prepare to be judged.... http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/8400166/1024/various/Judge-Dredd-film-poster---version-2bcd.jpg
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Maybe the studios are more skiddish on giving an R-rated comedy more money as they would say a family film. I just find it hard to believe that studios are thinking in depth about their projects and what they do greenlight...all of a sudden.
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...and Forte is one of the least funny "comic" actors I've seen. If he didn't get cast on SNL because Lorne liked his "look" he'd be lucky to be teaching improv classes to community theater types. And it didn't make a profit. The box office keeps 50-60% of the take so the studio is lucky to recoup 1/2 of what it makes there.
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June 3, 2012, 4:55 p.m. CST
MacGruber was a huge bomb I am surprised anyone would make a sequel
by Rob0729
If I remember correctly the movie under $10 million worldwide and wasn't a DVD/Bluray sensation like say Austin Powers or Anchormen were (both had modest box offices and exploded on home video). They had to beg and plead to do an Anchorman 2 and McGruber will get a sequel? Considering the SNL sketch was an one-joke concept that got old after the first sketch, the movie was surprising better than I expected. I didn't think it was great, but I expected garbage and I got a few laughs.
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June 3, 2012, 5:10 p.m. CST
All 22 of the people who saw MacGruber posted in this talkback
by Hesiod2k7
Seriously, the movie sucked. The recent crappy three stooges movie made 6 times the money. This reminds me of all the fools who want to reboot Buckaroo Bonzai.
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I forget at what part I turned it off. It may have been the scene where he stuck the celery stalk in his ass. I just couldn't take the awfulness any more.
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when I was watching this pile of shit. I can't even fathom how anyone could think this shitass cock-hole of a movie was in any way funny. I'm ashamed I contributed to the box office return.
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June 3, 2012, 6:52 p.m. CST
Everyone who says they hate Macruber list your top 10 comedy movies
by ajit maholtra
Naked men should not throw stones in glass houses or else everyone will see their lulla.
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June 3, 2012, 6:58 p.m. CST
no no no no NO NO NO!!!! Leave well enough alone. Who the hell would greenlight this??
by peter
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compared to this shit. I love me some Wiig, but god DAMN this movie was ass. And no, not "ASS - The Movie" funny. Just fucking unfunny. It was like a shitballs rip-off Team America, which was actually funny.
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Top Ten (in no particular) Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein Airplane Beerfest Raising Arizona The Hangover Office Space Monty Python and The Holy Grail 40 Year Old Virgin Anchorman ... McGruber isn't even in the same conversation
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He really stole the show this summer. Look out for that fucking guy, he's gonna be BIG one day.
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That's mostly a good list, except for Raising Arizona and Monthy Python and the Holy Grail. Raising Arizona is a nice movie, but not very funny. And Holy Grail is terrible. Weird British men saying Nee nee nee one hundred times in a row is not funny.
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June 3, 2012, 9:25 p.m. CST
And I've never seen Beer Fest but its directed by Jay Chandresekar from Broken Lizard and all his movies are terrible
by ajit maholtra
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If you hate this movie and I met you on the streets of Chicago I would break your clavicle.
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Those of you who get that reference ... you are of my tribe.
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I thought MacGruber was very inconsistent as well, and am not a fan. My top 10 comedies that I can immediately think of (out of order - and all after 1975, I know there are classics but I can't think of them off the top of my head) Borat Dumb & Dumber Airplane Naked Gun 2.5 (liked it better than the first) Raising Arizona Monty Pthyon & Holy Grail Austin Powers Anchorman Ferris Bueller's Day Off Christmas Vacation
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June 3, 2012, 10:23 p.m. CST
Thebige, your list is very similar to Hong Kong Cavalier
by ajit maholtra
And while it is a decent list, neither of you listed Ghostbusters or a single Bill Murray movie, so you both fail.
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June 3, 2012, 10:37 p.m. CST
this crap shouldn't even be mentioned as a comedy film, it's torture porn
by Melanie Griffiths Sour Patch
This piece of shit film shouldn't make anyone's top 1000 list of great comedies. If you think Forte's garbage compares to any of the films listed below you should officially give up on life since you've already checked out. Stripes Caddyshack Anchorman Step Brothers Slap Shot The Big Lebowski Animal House Raising Arizona Waiting For Guffman This is Spinal Tap Planes Trains & Automobiles Blazing Saddles Groundhog Day Ghostbusters Ferris Bueller
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June 3, 2012, 10:42 p.m. CST
Anybody who judges Holy Grail as "not a good movie" doesn't get to judge any more movies...
by Jaka
...or anybodies opinions of movies, or pretty much fucking anything. That movie is the definition of funny.
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I was in such shock that I misquoted you. Holy Grail is "terrible".... get the fuck outta here! Even people who don't like comedies, don't like Monty Python and don't like the fucking British understand that that movie is pure genius.
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June 3, 2012, 10:45 p.m. CST
melanie griffith listed 4 Bill Murray movies so she gets some extra points
by ajit maholtra
But why is everyone listing Raising Arizona? That movie is not funny at all. It's a really nice movie about a couple trying to steal a baby to make a family, but it's very sad movie. Here's my List: Ghostbusters Anchorman Kingpin Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Party The Jerk This is Spinal Tap Beverly Hill Cop Billy Madison Borat
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June 3, 2012, 10:47 p.m. CST
jaka, anyone who says that they cant judge movies because they dont like Holy Grail probably likes the smell of their own farts
by ajit maholtra
jaka puts his right hand over his anus when he farts and makes it like a cup, then he puts the cup over his nose and releases the fart and says, mmmmmmmm. Then he says Nee Nee Nee Nee!
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comedies I've ever had the pleasure of watching over and over. Dear Universe, more please. Seriously Lonely Island is 99% pure genius and 1% "Still better than anything else out there." Given the massive amount of talent involved - I felt kind of let down with MacGruber (though it could absolutely be because I was expecting a different movie) - If anything's for certain it's that whatever Jorma, Akiva, or Andy put out there - I'll be there opening day. They're a gaggle of stupid awesome and on a completely different level than most of the comedies out there. Not a shocker M2 is pretty much a no-go.
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...than your STANK ASS taste in movies. Nee, nee, nee, to the mother fuckin' nee!
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Back up your farts with words.
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...have to see what I come up with. I'll give it a shot before this thing drifts too far down the page. <p> Just so we're clear, though, I am just hyperbolically giving you a hard time. I think you're nuts for publicly stating that Holy Grail is a "terrible movie", but everybody is entitled to their own opinion... even if it's wrong. Heh. Now I must away! I'm about to watch the season finale of Game Of Thrones.
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Will that trend EVER go away? They already milk characters on the show, THEN they have to subject us to a movie?!?!?! It's like telling the same joke over and over again, and jokes don't get funnier with each telling, folks. Bite me, bitches.
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June 4, 2012, 4:10 a.m. CST
Herc mentioned he was expecting a different kind of movie with MacGruber.
by V'Shael
And I think that's where the marketing failed. MacGruber is not a straight forward spoof movie or one like Airplane where every one is in a comedy. It's more like the Brady Bunch Movie. Where only some of the characters are in a comedy. Everyone else isn't.
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I swear those 2 movies make me feel like some hipster elitist of comedy movies. I remember begging my friends to see them and being the only one who loved them at the theater, and now they claim "they liked it all along". I don't know, I guess I'm just on the stupid comedy wavelength in my brain a lot quicker than some people. Its nice to see a lot in this talkback are, too!
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June 4, 2012, 9:06 a.m. CST
I didn't see MacGruber....but really don't think I have to
by Jaster Mareel
I saw most of the SNL skits. Every single time I thought=......why don they keep doing these retarded things?= If the movie was supposed to be a comedy, they probably should have put something remotely humorous in the trailer. Since they didn't do that, it bombed through the fucking floor. Wanna know how bad it did? It didn't even get it's $10M budget back...WORLDWIDE! And that doesn't count the $35M or so for advertising and prints! Plus the studio only gets 55% of ticket sales anyway so it RE_HE_HE_HEALY fucking bombed. Beaks, stop using this film as an excuse to suck dick on the corner. You do it because you like it.
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I just listed my favorite comedy films off the top of my head, but if I were to add some more, they would be: There's Something about Mary Planes, Trains, and Automobiles What About Bob? (favorite Murray flick) Fletch The Blues Brothers (best SNL flick ever) Ghostbusters and BHC (I guess I viewed them more as Sci-fi and Action, but they are definitely top comedies) Young Frankenstein / Blazing Saddles - take your pick Talledega Nights: the Legend of Ricky Bobby
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June 4, 2012, 10:51 a.m. CST
I LIKE TO THINK THAT MCGRUBER AND THE AVENGERS SHARE THE SAME UNIVERSE THANKS TO POWERS BOOTHE'S CHARACTER
by Darth Busey
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June 4, 2012, 10:52 a.m. CST
AGAIN, THIS MOVIE IS NOTHING LIKE THE SKIT. THE MOVIE IS FUCKING HILARIOIUS. THIS MOVIE IS A GOOD LITMUS TEST FOR PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO LIKE IT = PEOPLE I WANT TO PARTY WITH
by Darth Busey
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June 4, 2012, 10:55 a.m. CST
"McGruber Sucked Post-Distraction Celery" UMM, NO. YOU MUST HAVE MISSED THE MCGRUBER/VICKI LOVE SCENE. TO BE TOPPED ONLY BY...THE MCGRUBER CEMETARY SCENE 5 MINUTES LATER.
by Darth Busey
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that sequel idea sounds awesome.
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Before you knock it, watch it, it's very funny. and to anyone that doesn't love it, "FUCK YOU DUUUUUDE!!!"
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June 4, 2012, 12:25 p.m. CST
Everyday's a workout when you gotta carry around a 20 lb python in your jeans.
by Tikidonkeypunch
You and your dick comments. It's fun to say them. It's fun to hear them. That's why I say them. And that's why I listen.
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June 4, 2012, 1:10 p.m. CST
AGAIN, if this film had anything REMOTELY AMUSING, they should have put it in the trailer?
by Jaster Mareel
If you're selling a comedy, why do you want people to look at their watches and roll their eyes when viewing the trailer? Nope, there was NOTHING funny in that film, I'm willing to bet a lot on that.
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I knew, before I rented it, that it would be an over-the-top, "stupid" comedy, but MacGruber was far worse than even my lowest of expectations. I got a chuckle out of the SNL skit (the first couple of times they did it) and I like Kristen Wiig, Wil Forte (at least on SNL) and Val Kilmer, but this flick was a steaming pile. I kept thinking "it has to get better," but it never did. Ugh. How embarrassing. They're not making a sequel? How on EARTH is that news? It's not news, it's just common sense.
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Can you say "one trick pony?" I knew you could.
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Thank you, Bigdada.
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