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
