movie thoughts: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

[orangerful]

Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story (Two-Disc Special Edition)

'Walk Hard' is a straight-forward parody is the tradition of 'Airplane' and the Naked Gun movies.  It's not meant to be anything more than a string of ridiculously silly moments, poking fun at the rock star bio-pic genre.  I didn't remember that it was a Judd Apatow film until the credits began to roll (though I should have known when I saw the penis; I remember that he said on Daily Show back when 'Superbad' came out, that his next goal was to get a penis in a shot).

I don't want to give away any of the gags, so much of what made it funny was the sheer randomness of it all.  Let's just say, if you're in the mood to just put your brain on cruise control and enjoy an hour and a half of giggles, this movie is for you.  If you've seen 'Walk the Line', 'Ray', ...et al., then you'll get extra giggles.  If you enjoy playing "Spot Judd Apatow's friends or people that really wanted to work with him" (Frankie Muniz?!?) you'll have a good time too. 


I'd give it 3 outta 5 stars - Silly and fun; great with popcorn.

Originally posted on orangerful.vox.com

Comments

[lostacanthus.livejournal.com]

I generally liked the movie. :) I watched it on the computer, and I ended up spacing out through most of it. >_< (At one point I actually cleaned out the fridge while it was playing.) So I'm probably going to watch it again. And I LOVE the soundtrack!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

that's what AD did too. He couldn't take watching the movie all the way through and kept wandering off and doing other things while listening to it in the background. It is probably safer not to get the full exposure (pun intended!)

[bittertwee.livejournal.com]

That was a pretty random penis. I'm glad to know it was just about Apatow checking off "penis shot" on his to-do list.

Man, I just got this sudden shooting pain in my head.. If I have a stroke, please let it be known that "That was a pretty random penis" were my last words. kthxbai

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

LOL! I'll make sure I work it into the eulogy somehow. ;)