I'm quite tired of movie studios trying to attach films like these to movies like The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Superbad. Films like Walk Hard -- they're little, red-headed bastard children. I mean, just because Judd Apatow is a producer and has a writing credit on a movie, does that really make it his? I don't think so.
Looking at the box for this movie, it's emblazoned right there on the top above the title: "From the guy who brought you Knocked Up and Superbad." I think there is a distinct difference in quality from when Judd Apatow produces a movie and when he directs it. You can see it almost immediately -- just looking at the trailer for Drillbit Taylor, you can tell it's one that he's a producer on.
So Walk Hard shares a number of similarities with Apatow's other movies. First of all, there's the cast. You see a lot of Office cast members (Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, Craig Robinson), SNL alumni (Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell) as well as numerous other people that pop-up all over other Apatow films (Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Harold Ramis). So it should have that going for it right? They're all hilarious in other places, but here... Not so much.
Penis.
That was kind of random, wasn't it? It is in Walk Hard too. Expect male full frontal nudity for no reason. That's also kind of why this movie was made: for no reason. I think they thought at one point they could turn Walk The Line into a comedy and then immediately forgot that that's what they where doing about a quarter of a way through the script. I mean, there were some moments where I laughed and I still appreciate the Tim Meadows marijuana bit...
But unfortunately, that's probably the best part of the movie and it happens only about 15 minutes or so into it with another hour and 45 minutes to go before it's all over (I watched "The Unbearably Long, Self-Indulgent Director's Cut" by the way (that's actually what they're calling it, I'm not making that up)). The rest of the jokes I laughed at mostly because of how ridiculously stupid they where. This movie probably has far more in common with Blades of Glory than it does with any of Judd Apatow's movie.
So please... Stop saying that such and such film is from the people behind Knocked Up or Superbad. It makes them look bad too when you attach their names to this kind of lesser movie. Now, let's hope Forgetting Sarah Marshall or The Pineapple Express will make up for this.
Overall Grade:
D
Looking at the box for this movie, it's emblazoned right there on the top above the title: "From the guy who brought you Knocked Up and Superbad." I think there is a distinct difference in quality from when Judd Apatow produces a movie and when he directs it. You can see it almost immediately -- just looking at the trailer for Drillbit Taylor, you can tell it's one that he's a producer on.
So Walk Hard shares a number of similarities with Apatow's other movies. First of all, there's the cast. You see a lot of Office cast members (Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, Craig Robinson), SNL alumni (Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell) as well as numerous other people that pop-up all over other Apatow films (Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Harold Ramis). So it should have that going for it right? They're all hilarious in other places, but here... Not so much.
Penis.
That was kind of random, wasn't it? It is in Walk Hard too. Expect male full frontal nudity for no reason. That's also kind of why this movie was made: for no reason. I think they thought at one point they could turn Walk The Line into a comedy and then immediately forgot that that's what they where doing about a quarter of a way through the script. I mean, there were some moments where I laughed and I still appreciate the Tim Meadows marijuana bit...
But unfortunately, that's probably the best part of the movie and it happens only about 15 minutes or so into it with another hour and 45 minutes to go before it's all over (I watched "The Unbearably Long, Self-Indulgent Director's Cut" by the way (that's actually what they're calling it, I'm not making that up)). The rest of the jokes I laughed at mostly because of how ridiculously stupid they where. This movie probably has far more in common with Blades of Glory than it does with any of Judd Apatow's movie.
So please... Stop saying that such and such film is from the people behind Knocked Up or Superbad. It makes them look bad too when you attach their names to this kind of lesser movie. Now, let's hope Forgetting Sarah Marshall or The Pineapple Express will make up for this.
Overall Grade:
D
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