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By: 2nd ASPEYA 2008 # 4: Gazz’s TOP 25 OF THE YEAR! | Stale Popcorn

2nd ASPEYA 2008 # 4: Gazz’s TOP 25 OF THE YEAR! | Stale Popcorn — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:10:19 +0000

[...] You can resist it as much as you like, you can pick fights with it over the use of the R-word or the race-angle or whatever the hell you so like, but at the end of the day this is a very funny (even when you take out the controversial humorous elements, it is still hilarious!) and is a fantastic satire of the movie industry and movie-making in general. On top of that, it’s surprisingly impressive in the action stakes – the tongue-in-cheek opening movie-within-a-movie is nothing if not thoroughly involving, even with its intended awfulness on show! From it’s fake advert and trailer pre-studio logo “false start” right the way through to Robert Downey Jnr’s audacious supporting turn and Tom Cruise’s ‘dance’ over the end credits, this is just great entertainment! [Read my full review by clicking here!] [...]

By: Gazz

Gazz — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:51:45 +0000

I get ya Grundy but they worked as two separate “funnies” for me! What’s it going to take to get Bill Hader his own movie man?
That guy is having a stellar year!

By: Gazz

Gazz — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:50:08 +0000

I’m going to download that Ludacris song, cheers Kris!

By: Grundy

Grundy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:44:10 +0000

Pretty much, Hader bouncing up and down in the background is what made the first dance work for me.

The second time was just pointless.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:28:36 +0000

The final one was “Get Back” by Ludacris. The first one was “Low” by Flo Rida.

By: Gazz

Gazz — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:15:39 +0000

I thoroughly agree with you about Downey Jnr. And it’s only going to get better for him isn’t it because he’s making excellent, interesting choices that are going to come to fruitation in the best ways possible.

I mean, could you imagine – if they land together – a better triple bill over one particular summer silly season, in the hands of one particular actor then watching IRON MAN 2 / COWBOYS vs ALIENS / SHERLOCK HOLMES (even though Jude ****ing Law will be in it!)?

Re the “dance” Grundy, I’m the complete opposite to you – which is often the case with me and you, and one of the major reasons I like seeing you in the talkbacks. Seriously. I thought the first dance was okay but what made it entirely funny was Bill Hader’s stuff in the background. The final dance was what absolutely destroyed me!
I thought that was hilarious!

What was the song over the final dance though? I’d like to get a hold of that!

By: Grundy

Grundy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:17:05 +0000

The first dance was alright, the second one over the credits was pointless over kill.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:33:36 +0000

The Cruise dance was fun, simply because I knew both of the songs they used, as did my friends, and we were ****ing JAMMING in the theater. That being said, he wasn’t as rioutously funny as some people led me to believe prior to watching it. It felt more like a gimmick than a performance.

And the Tivo stuff was garbage.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:30:29 +0000

I loved this movie, and I LOVE Downey SOOOOO very much. He kills with just a look or a smirk on his face. I laughed harder at his “script! book! spit that shit out!” outburst than in any film this year. I love that guy, and I’m so happy he’s gotten his life together. I’m glad he’s getting so much POSITIVE press for a change.

By: Grundy

Grundy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:03:21 +0000

Rain of Madness is pretty ****ing funny. You get more Coogan and more Downey.