Category: Movies

The Dude on the Right see “Borat:, something, something, something about Kazakhstan” and wonder if you find it offensive or if will make you laugh. He like. He also like “Jackass Number Two,” and got video review finally done. It took too long, but he did stunt. Ooops.

For this movie review of “Running with Scissors” The Dude on the Right had two choices when seeing a movie, either “… Scissors” or “The Departed.” He opted for the movie with horrible pacing and a masturbation room.

For this podcast of “Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up,” Stu Gotz headed to The Sunshine State and the lovely city of Orlando to get a little frightened at Universal Studios. The Haunted Houses were scary, but not nearly as scary as the customer service he seemed to experience. Meanwhile, The Dude on the Right caught a couple of flicks, and traveled near and far for a new family member.

Two new movie reviews are posted this weekend, one being “Flags of Our Fathers,” the other being “The Prestige.” The Dude on the Right reviews them both. For the “Flags” movie, The Dude does admit that at times it gets a little confusing as the movie does flashbacks and flashforwards throughout, but thought it did a great job at telling the story of the dudes who raised the second flag at Iwo Jima. For “The Prestige” The Dude loves magic, but doesn’t like a movie that takes too long to tell how it is done, or how the story is done. He still liked the movie, though.

For this movie review of “The Marine,” The Dude on the Right found it hard to believe he would say something like “sometimes you can blow up too much stuff.” He did like “The Terminator” reference, though.

For this review of “Man of the Year,” The Dude on the Right loved the first half. The second half, not so much. He wonders, sometimes, why film folks can’t just seem to stick with what is working and instead they try to get serious.

For this movie review of “Employee of the Month,” The Dude on the Right thinks he should have opted for hanging out with Mother Nature for an hour and a half rather than seeing this movie. It’s better for a DVD or cable viewing on a snowy evening when you’re stuck in your pad. But he did laugh, and like Joe Simpson, does like Jessica’s boobs.

For this movie review of “School for Scoundrels,” The Dude on the Right saw a lot of potential for Billy Bob Thornton beating up on Jon Heder. Sadly the war they have if pretty lame.

For this movie review of “The Guardian,” The Dude on the Right actually thought Asthon Kutcher and Kevin Costner did fine in their roles, but doesn’t think this movie will be the recruiting tool for the Coast Guard the way “Top Gun” was for the Navy.

By:

The Dude on the Right
In my years of doing movie reviews I stumbled across a weird thing today: 
How do you review a movie that really isn’t a movie?  For this case it was
my review of "Jackass Number Two," and I didn’t know where to go with it,
especially since I found the movie very funny in a kind of way that can’t be
reviewed.  And maybe that is why some of the other movie critics can’t like
this movie for what it is, because this is a movie that can’t really be reviewed
in the movie review kind of way.  There is no plot development, they’re not
seeing this movie for cinematography, and there aren’t any special effects for
them to go "goo-goo, gaa-gaa" over.  Maybe they just can’t see the humor in
a guy trying to hitch a ride on a big red rocket (in this case Johnny
Knoxville), nor why anyone would want to see what horse semen tastes like. 
Yet they try to review "Jackass Number Two" like it’s "Titanic."

But really,
"Jackass," as I see it, in its core, is a movie about a bunch of dude-friends
bonding, each time, because we all do stupid stuff at times, and what worse time
than to have all of our friends around us laughing at us when it happens. 
Or in a funnier case, when all of your friends are in on a joke, tormenting one
of your friends.  Sure the likes of Johnny Knoxville, Bam, Wee Man,
Steve-O, and the rest of the Jackass boys take it to another level, but as boys,
at least those of us who got outside sometimes instead of stuck behind a
Playstation, didn’t you want to see if you could actually jump off a roof using
an umbrella to coast you down? (It doesn’t work).  When isn’t someone
getting hit in the balls not funny? (Except when it is you and your balls). 
And didn’t you ever try to jump your bike over anything? (And you crashed on
your ass to the delight of your friends).

In any case I did my review of
"Jackass Number Two," but as I look back on if after writing this blog, and
fellow critics, take this to heart, you can’t really review the movie. 
There should be only be two reviews for the "Jackass Number Two.": "It’s funny
as hell," or "I was so disgusted I wanted to walk out and vomit."  Any
reviewer who give this movie a middle-of-the road review, like 2 stars out of 4,
is copping out by A: Not wanting to admit that the movie made them laugh their
ass off, thus reducing their reviewing street-cred.  Or B: Were so
disgusted you can’t understand why guys think this shit is funny, yet understand
that some people find this funny so I have to at least give it 2 stars. 
Me, I understand the appeal of the movie, and that’s why
I gave it 5 stars out
of 5.

That’s it for this one!  I’m The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!