'MacGruber' Movie Going for Hard-R Laughs
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I don't need to sit here and spew off a list of unsuccessful Saturday Night Live-related movies, because we're all well aware of their track record when it comes to stretching 30-second skits into full-length feature films. But maybe the problem lies in the amount of foul-mouthed filth on screen, which is why the folks behind the latest SNL flick MacGruber have decided to get completely nutty and go for a straight-up, balls-out hard-R comedy.
Speaking to Vulture about the film, SNL star Bil Hader (who's not listed as a cast member, but will almost certainly make a cameo) says, "I read the script, and it's like a hard-R comedy, and it totally works. It's hilarious. It's kind of in the vein of, like, eighties action movies, like there's a very definitive bad guy. I don't know if I can talk about the plot too much, but it's hilarious. The thing that kind of blew my mind about it is that it's like a HARD-R movie. I was like, "What is this? This is f**king ugly. You guys are really going to do this?" And they're like, "Yup." And I was like, "That is awesome. That is f**king hilarious." So far the cast of MacGruber (not counting cameos ... and we know these guys love their little cameos) includes Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe
I actually dug the whole 80's action movie vibe in Pineapple Express, but I've spoken to a slew of people who were either turned off by it or didn't "get" it. Will it work for MacGruber? Is the answer to SNL's box office woes a film that's filthy, nasty and unapologetic? What do you think the chances are of this flick actually succeeding?
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8-11-2009 @ 2:26PM
David said...
lol I think it will be great. SNL movies have a great track record for taking their skits and turning them into feature length movies. There is a full spectrum of movies to enjoy and the spectrum wouldnt be complete without movies like those. MacGruber is really limited on the show so its hard to imagine what they would do but the character and idea is based on 80's action cheese so I would expect them to really make a go and playing on that and makin it dirty. Good dirty.
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8-11-2009 @ 2:26PM
Rich said...
$7 million opening weekend... heard it here first...
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8-11-2009 @ 2:35PM
stevenh said...
SNL movies don't have a great track record, but I like the people that are involved in this project. i think it's so ridiculous, it might actually work and surprise a lot of people. the characters are there, but SNL movies sometimes focus too much on them and forget everything else, like story and jokes. i think this one will work though,
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8-11-2009 @ 3:46PM
Elijah said...
How good it can be will be directly proportionate to how much Richard Dean Anderson is in the film. Done and done.
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8-11-2009 @ 4:32PM
Astin said...
This whole thing is getting just weird enough that I'm now curious instead of apathetic. How can this be anything but terrible? But how bad will it be? Will it be so bad that it's good?
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8-11-2009 @ 5:33PM
jim said...
"SNL movies have a great track record for taking their skits and turning them into feature length movies."
What are you smoking and can you share?! I might see this one because I love Will Forte, but the track record of GOOD SNL movies is... Blues Bros., Wayne's World, and maybe Coneheads.
Have you forgotten about Night at the Roxbury, Corky Romano, The Ladies' Man, It's Pat: The Movie, Superstar?! Oh, the humanity!
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8-11-2009 @ 7:01PM
Tony le Stephanois said...
Hard R FTW!!!
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8-13-2009 @ 12:57PM
Brendan said...
Corky Romano's not an SNL movie, pal.
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