I DID IT

And this movie looks stupid

Until Will Ferrell shows up. Before that anyone who found that movie funny needs their head examed. It’s predictable tired humor that only people who haven’t seen a real comedy would find humor in. The same people who thought Dodgeball was funny. Anchorman, now there is a true comedy classic, with charm and personality.

and boy did I laugh my ass off. Vern wasn’t the only one to revv his engine over Talladega…. Check out my review @

http://www.movietack.net/r982-talladega-nights-the-ballad-of-ricky-bobby-movie-review.html

Okay….that statement gets my “What the Fuck are you talking about????!” Award…

I’m there!

I better go get my head “examed” because “Wedding Crashers” was one of the best comedies to come out last year. I like “Anchorman” but “classic”…not a chance.

That’s got to be one of the best lines ever written.

..making prank calls to a deaf woman. A victimless crime.

The only funny part is when the brother demands the painting back and Vince Vaughan says NO, IT WAS A GIFT. Other than that IT’S A CHICK FLICK AND ONLY GIRLS LIKE IT. Also, on Anchorman’s fight scene: I understand Luke Wilson being there. Vince Vaughan, of course. Ben Stiller without a doubt. So what the fuck was Tim Robbins doing there?

every moment he has in Wedding Crashers is gold. The rest I can do without. I fee like I’m in Highlander right now.

A radio dj here who I trust reviewed this film and said he was amazed at how unfunny it was. He said people were laughing, but at things that just weren’t very funny. Two scenes total that are really great and the rest is sheer lameness….unless you are a NASCAR lover.

i’m sorry but some movies these days whether we notice it or not are resembling all these other great movies from 8-10 years ago and guess what, it just doesn’t help last year’s so called “box office slump” and i just saw the ant bully and no, not paris hilton {rim shot} it’s that new computer animated tom hanks produced flick with nic cage, julia roberts and paul giamatti i saw it with a bunch of kids{i may see cars at last next week with my sis and this movie with her and others opening nite friday} and thought it dragged in some parts but picked up speed later on and it did have some private part jokes and clever ideas {jelly beans as sweet rocks} although it was very similar to antz, a bug’s life and honey, i shrunk the kids, it was a pretty good film with good animation, voice work and i liked it. this movie looks freakin’ funny. “i represent corona EXTRA!!!”

Vern, that was aweful. It was like me back in college when a professor said you had to write certain amount of words on an essay so I would BS three to four paragraphs on a topic closely related. So you chose Cars and feeling bad for a train? Or Mr. Miagi? Also, NASCAR gave them full cooperation and even supported the jokes thrown at NASCAR fans, which I am not a fan of.

BTW- You are right about Wedding Crashers, it blew.

Anyways, I am glad you liked it and further cemented my proof that Will Ferrell is the comedy gold right now. I can’t wait to see the two kids performances! And I would have loved to have seen Steve Carell take the part they offered him. I can’t wait for their final film in their trilogy to see what they come up with next.

I dont hate Will Ferrell, I think some of his old SNL Skits were great, and I laughed like…3 times in Anchorman. But put any of his films against Dumb & Dumber. And you see, they just arent that funny. Maybe I will be impressed at some point in the future. But for right now, Ill stick with his Harry Carey Routines, and Robert Goulet.

will ferrell was in my fucking town saturday night visiting his cousin’s college roomate’s friend’s sister of something, i don’t know. anyway, that clip from wedding crashers is at you tube.com {type wedding crashers in search and go to the 3rd page}

There, I said it.

Don’t worry about it. The slack-jawed Wal-Mart crowd will never notice. I mean, come on. Have you ever seen these people? Sleeveless t-shirts with Dixie flags on the back. Women with bellys to rival their beer guzzling husbands, and rat-tailed mongoloids with no goddamned manners at all. Of course, I just went to Busch Gardens over the weekend and had to share space with these people so maybe I’m a bit biased. Oh, yeah. Will Ferrell is done folks. Not funny.

Cmon now, I laugh all the way through the previews every single time! Who seriously thinks of cougars, lines like “Dear Lord Baby Jesus” and naming their kids that.

The only funny parts in Wedding Crashers were Will Ferrell’s part, Vince Vaughn’s motorboat comment and the whole jerkoff scene under the table which I laughed at the first time only. And Dodgeball did suck.

Anchorman, Old School and The 40 Year Old Virgin are all classics. If I am a betting man, this one will be right up there with them.

it being a movie for girls) is that Owen Wilson doesn’t work as a crasher. I know they hired him for his ‘dopey falling for a chick’ persona (see? chick flick), but he’s just not believable as a babe hound. Also, while Will Ferrell was funny, they made him kind of pathetic (see? chick flick) … it would’ve been better if we was normal except for the fact he scammed chicks at funerals. But of course, then it wouldn’t have been a chick flick. All the men had to be Neutered, Vaughan by hooking up with a crazy girl that dominated him, Wilson by becoming a sick love puppy, and Ferrell by living with his mother.

“Ricky Bobby doesn’t even sound like a real name”

I think that was point. Its a parody of Nascar names like Dale Jerrit.

are you referencing Mario Kart? “I’m Wario, I’m a gonna ween!!”…because if you are, you know that giggly little Toad has the best line, “he he he, I’m the BEST!” (imagine it in his voice and it’s funny)

hunts, and roots for Bama even though he never went there) tells me this is an actual name of a NASCAR guy.

Ferrell is at his best when he creates an original character that exist in his own universe. When he does romantic comedies or worse. Family comedies. As himself. He’s not funny.

Srsly. Radio DJs are just pissed because their medium is crap and they make shit money.

lame, unoriginal, not funny, takes cheap shots, anti-american if anything, needs to stop. On the other hand wedding crashers is a FUCKING CLASSIC, I LOVE THAT SHIT

When the grandpa is telling Will Ferrel’s wife that they are raising Walker and Texas Ranger wrong. Wife: “If we wanted them to be wussies, we’d have named them Dr. Quinn and Medicine Woman!”

Right there with My Best Friend’s Wedding and Bridget Jones’ Diary.

Could be good after all.

Saw it last night. Fucking hilarious. A couple of jokes fall flat, but I can’t wait to see it again so I can catch the 20 or so jokes missed because the audience was laughing so hard…

I hate NASCAR, but isn’t this the first NASCAR movie since Tom Cruise was in Days of Thunder?

How can you say this is unoriginal, anti-American or even not funny. I just don’t understand.

youtube.com . Just search for “ali g”. The “feminism” bit and the Posh/Beckam interview are classics and are probably his best of all time. The Buzz Aldrin interview and the Pat Buchanan “sandwich war” interview are very funny, too. The dangerous drugs and dangerous weapons bits are funny, too. The Sam Donaldson interview is funny, too. The Noam Chomsky interview is pleasant, and the juxtaposition of those two is interesting, even though the actual interview isn’t the funniest. The Ali G Indahouse excerpts are lame. In general, the bits where he interviews more than one person at the same time are not as funny. The Borat bits are surprisingly not very funny, considering the rave reviews that the Borat movie has been getting on AICN. The Andy Rooney interview is not funny but is kinda sad because Rooney seems like a jerk. Yes, I wasted a ton of time the other day watching a bunch of these clips.

Your “something your friend’s girlfriend who you hate would claim is really good” assessment of Wedding Crashers is not only exactly how I felt about the movie, it’s the best quote I have ever read in a film review in my life. I even go as far as to quote that line everytime someone brings that movie up. Of course my friends aren’t AICN savvy, so I just say “some guy on this movie website said this”.

funny or informative. The whole nature of the pun is lost on him.

I seriously thought I was the only person in America who hated Wedding Crashers. Apparently a few people out there still have some sense.

I was quoting the Ricky Bobby ad.

Was make me look even more forward to “Borat” this Fall. Can’t wait for that flick.

Vern, go finish that GED! And AICN, please get an editor.

The three reasons I will see this movie. Those guys know how to play parts. Ferrell i can do without. He’s obvious and boring at this point. but the reviewer was right, Wedding Crashers was a 2 hour douche commercial.

trying to front on Vern? Vern’s reviews have *style*, folks, the kind of style that one must have read a lot to appreciate. Since Vern has been posting reviews here for like 5 years or some shit, I submit to you that he is not, in fact, mildly retarded, but is cultivating a persona. When he makes bad car puns and comments on them, he is commenting on the Shalits of the world, that still think that is a clever way to talk about a film. It takes a lot of brains to play dumb this well, but it also takes a lot of brains to understand the genius of it. Sorry God Shamgodd, Damer1, and YackBacker, better luck next time. btw, YackBacker, I know you’re not a newbie, so I expected more out of you.

IF you say that I have credibility and DO NOT need to fellate some bullshit movie. AND if you write me a compare and contrast essay about TOKYO DRIFT vs. TALLADEGA NIGHTS. It has to be a serious well thought out essay though, no shortcuts. I demand elbow grease. You know what, on second though, in the name of world peace, you don’t have to write the essay. I accept. Good luck with the heat and the headache bud, thanks for the apology.

The crop is failing.

I like the movie, where he runs around in his underwear, and shouts a lot…

to fellate or not anything he damn pleases.

Vern is right about Wedding Crashers, though you immature “he-man woman haters club” types are taking the “chick flick” thing a bit too far. One day, you will kiss a girl and hopefully realize they are really alright. The problem with Wedding Crashers is not that it’s a chick flick, but that it is a lame, formula Hollywood comedy pretending to be edgy and naughty. Mainly, it is just not that funny.

I wasn’t sure about seeing this, but if Vern is this enthusiastic, it’s worth a look.

And yes, you should check out Ali G. And Deadwood and The Wire, too, though I’m not sure of the relevance.

Vern’s reviews on this site are some of the best out there. Not only does he give you a good idea of what the movie is about he also writes some of the funniest reviews I have ever seen. Vern, Keep it up man your reviews are the best on this site.

no political dickheads I’ve noticed, even though you pushed the button… lol

I’m not a newbie, strictly speaking. I registered about five years ago and used to comment a lot. Just been away for a while.

I love the site, but my one complaint about it back then, as now, was that pretty much anyone can post an unedited, hastily assembled, sloppily punctuated, grammatically challenged, rambling, poorly constructed review and get it published.

This is a written medium; people come here to read words written by others (and respond to them in the talkbacks). Soooooo, maybe there should be a little quality control on the reviews that get posted — a proof-reader, an editor, an automatic grammar/spell-cheker. That’s all I’m saying.

Yeah, I know I don’t have to come here if I don’t like it. Problem is, I do like it. I’d just like it more if the guys responsible for content were a little more conscientious about QC on the stories/reviews that get posted. Or, if you’re writing a review and you know you’re not a whiz-bang writer or speller, show the thing to your girlfriend, your buddy, whomever, and say, “Hey, I’m gonna submit this thing for publication on AICN. Do you think maybe you could help me put it in a little better shape?”

With that said, I’m off to fuck myself and stop taking this shit so seriously and quit being such a tool, as I’m sure I’ll be encouraged to do.

As Pee-Wee Herman might say, “I meant to do that…”

Oh, so that’s what you meant when you called me mildly retarded and said I should finish my GED. I thought you meant that I was mildly retarded and should finish my GED. Well I have a challenge for you bud. I challenge you to take the above review and edit it in some way that would make it better. Or at least explain what it is about it specifically that you find so god damn lacking. I’m not saying it’s my best review ever but I bet you don’t go typing off unsolicited writing advice to Rex Reed or Richard Roeper or some of these other jokers. Dear Rex Reed, you are a moron, suck my dick asshole (translation: I find that your reviews lack depth and rely too heavily on cliches and formulas).

You’re right — that was rude of me, even ignorant. (I don’t know shit-all about you.) I apologize, seriously. I don’t write to Reed and Roper because either they are good writers to begin with or they have good editors. Here’s what I’ll do, though. I’ll take a paragraph from your review and proof/edit it, and then I’ll post the original and the edited versions. Or, if there’s some way I can email you, I’m happy to do that, too.

Like I said it’s a good cast, and there’s another Oscar nominee in there besides Reilly (Amy Adams), but I would like to single out child actor #1 and child actor #2, who play Ricky’s sons. These kids are hilarious, first as some foul mouthed little bastards and then they’re even funnier when they have a profound change in life. They could’ve gotten away with the one-note joke of having them as little GUMMO type shitheads, but they go the extra mile. (a mile is a distance that a car drives, get it)

As I said, it

On the edited version, I

Thank you for the apology and for accepting Vern’s 2006 Red Pen Challenge. However, I don’t agree with your editing and I honestly wouldn’t submit to this sight anymore if they wanted to edit my writing like that. Some of your changes are fine (not better, but not an embarassment) but I think alot of what you’re doing is just taking the tone and personality out of my writing. If a man likes a run on sentence then let him write a run on sentence. This is America. There are different ways to express yourself and it happens that I’m not trying to be the guy you’re trying to make me into. That might be foolish of me but I don’t think so. This talkback is probaly pretty much dead by now but if there’s anybody out there still reading I would like to know which version they prefer, if any. Just out of curiosity.

I’m not against tightening though, and I am always striving for excellence, so thanks for the criticism.

You obviously learned some rules that your English teacher taught you in school. But did nobody tell you that once you know the rules, then you are free to break them, if it serves a purpose and if you are good enough? Did no one point out that Shakespere often was ungrammatical for his own reasons? You seem to be in your late teens or early twenties. Once you live a little, you’ll lighten up and laugh at yourself, I’m sure. In the meantime, you are laughable and boring. As someone once said in a movie or something, “you are so far behind that you think you’re ahead”.

Totally true. I’m just not sure Vern knows the rules. That’s why I suggested, snottily, that he finish his GED. And that’s why I edited the paragraph the way I did — to demonstrate the rules, to give Vern a jumping-off point. Yes, he can and should develop his own style from there. That style just needs to be more reader-friendly, I think. But if you and he like it, more power to you. I already apologized to him for being an assbag in my first post.

Footnote: As for being a clueless teenaged rube, I’m 40, and have made a good chunk of my living over the past 10 years through writing and editing.

Eraser X is right, I am like Shakespeare. Anyway, everything’s cool, don’t worry about it bud.

I hate to break it to you, God/Sham/God (edited for proper spelling and grammar), but you might just possibly be missing the point. I’m a member of the grammar police myself, but this just isn’t the place for it. Please try to understand: When Vern first arrived at AICN, there were a thousand God/Sham/Gods in the talkbacks, and all of them were calling Vern a retard for his glaring mistakes in spelling and grammar. So, trust me when I tell you that Vern has already had his mistakes pointed out to him. He knows what a run-on sentence is. He knows that it’s called a “website” and not a “web sight.” Most of the talkbackers eventually figured this out and stopped trying to fix his grammar, realizing that it was an element of his writing style and not simply the result of ignorance. Still, every time he reviews one of these big mainstream movies, somebody (either a newbie or just the sort of talkbacker who doesn’t read reviews of straight-to-video Steven Seagal movies) has to pipe up and educate Vern on the proper use of the comma. He already knows. He has his reasons for writing the way that he does.

trying to educate another guy who needs a GED: Ali G: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3hd19voNX30

Will Fall On Deaf Eyes, Seeing That No Respectable Person Will Still Be Checking This Talkback ***** I’ve been coming to this site for about a year. When I first read a Vern review, I bust a gut. Funny, funny stuff, and not necessarily at the expense of easy, obvious targets. But over time, they have become less so – or maybe with more exposure it became apparent that Vern’s a one-melody guy, even if the notes sometimes change from review to review. Vern’s review style in a nutshell – pick a basic joke, ride it through the entire review, call attention to it when it starts to lose steam in the hopes that ironic self-awareness will give it a bit more gas to make it to the end. Sometimes, the joke is very funny. More often lately, it’s not, at least to me. Picking on grammar is petty and easy – Vern’s reviews are tiresome because he repeates his once successful formula ad nauseum.

Duly noted, thanks. Vern seems a decent guy, and if you and he say that “this isn’t ignorance; it’s just his style, which he and others like,” then fine.

Shamgodd’s okay. At least he realizes he was wrong to attack Vern’s intellect the way he did, and his name is not gramatically incorrect, but is purloined from a forgotten NBA backup point guard, I think it was.

Vern is a masterful reviewer. I am a film critic myself, and read a LOT of reviews, and he is probably the most consistently funny and insightful film writer around. Certainly, he’s a better read than me, though I do use proper grammar in all my reviews.

Blackwood, so wise, explain to me, what is the “one joke” that Vern is running into the ground in this particular review, for example. What you have presented here is not a thoughtful and coherent argument, but an ad hominem attack. Please explain yourself.

by blackwood ******* The one joke of the above review is

Blackwood, thank you for responding. Sorry you find it difficult to take me seriously. I do, too. I misunderstood your original point, which I did not take to be, “Vern’s one joke is, I’m dumb, and he repeats it ad nauseum.” If you’re tired of Vern, that’s fine, but I find that there is much going on beneath the schtick that makes his writing worthwhile, and that goes for his politcal rants as well as his reviews on the films of cinema. And I don’t see his references to Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Steven Seagal, and Torque as being cheaply ironic, ha-ha-look-how-dumb-I-am-pretending-to-be-type comments, as you apparently do. I think Vern genuinely appreciates those things, and genuinely considers himself intelligent, so his reference to them in this context is more a matter of him pointing out that we all, even a vaunted AICN film critic, have our own very individuated obsessions when it comes to film, and that perhaps it is not for us to judge other people for theirs.

Anyway, I continue to enjoy his work.

Someone mentioned Vern’s political reviews – they are potent. (He should do more of them, though I understand why he might not want to.) As for the movie, I’m surprised to hear Ricky Bobby is all that funny. The previews made me think it might be moronic and regrettably dull. After reading Vern’s review I MIGHT go see it.

Fucking garbage