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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
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Movie Journal: Walk Hard - The ...
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"There have been a number of successful, at least as measured by box-office and critical standards, biopics of legendary musicians in the last few years. Ray, Walk the Line and a handful of others have all followed a pretty standard formula. Talented young adult, tragic story, drug and alcohol abuse, redemption. It’s all very sentimental. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is just what was needed to have more than a little fun with that formula. John C. Reilly stars as Dewey Cox. After slicing his brother in half at a young age, Cox turns to music to express himself and the pain he feels. That leads him on a career path that will see him have a number of hit records, a wife and several dozen children, heavy drug use, groupie-filled orgies, an encounter in India with The Beatles, a divorce, another marriage, a TV show and ultimately a shot at reclaiming his legacy. If it doesn’t sound all that funny in the telling let me assure you that is is very funny in execution. Reilly is fantastic ... "
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"Cinematic parody as it once was is dead. And after much searching and researching, I have found the murderer of this under-appreciated sub-genre of filmmaking. It’s Waldo. Oh sure, the bespectacled, striped-ski-cap-sporting little geek likes to appear anonymous, but I am positive he is to blame for the current slate of “Movie” movies: “Epic Movie,” ”Date Movie” and, most recently, “Superhero Movie.” If he’s not guilty, ask yourself this, why is he always hiding?
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"OnceThe music is often incredibly moving (see “Falling Slowly”), but the film as a whole is not at all what critics are making it out to be. The supposed love between the two leads is not believable. Sure, the guy wants the girl and the girl is in a situation that would be ideal for the guy to fit into, but no great romantic move happens. Ironically, the music prevents the audience from learning enough about the characters to care about them, a flaw that rest solely on the script. Just a little more time spent on the leads and this could have been a great film. Instead, we get a lot of good visual music, but a great music video does not a great film make (see Idlewild). If wonderful music warrants a largely one-dimensional film, then the day of the independent filmmaker has truly dawned and not in a good way. It’s the Irish acoustic Hustle and Flow without convincing character development. Proceed with caution, but proceed nonetheless.Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Stor ... "
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The Best Mainstream Movies of 2007
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"Here is my follow-up to last month’s question of what mainstream movie will feature on the most top ten movie lists. And the winner is … Ratatouille. Oh wait, didn’t I disqualify that one for being too obvious? No? Well, I should have. Yes, according to Movie City News’ Big Ass Chart (aka Scorecard) of critics’ top tens, the Pixar movie made it on to 51 best-of lists, making it the best-grossing best movie of the year. But maybe it wasn’t the most mainstream, if you define mainstream as studio-produced fare. Under that qualification Zodiac was the best mainstream movie of 2007, having been made jointly by Warner Bros. and Paramount and showing up on 70 best-of lists. Other Warner successes include Michael Clayton, which featured on 54 lists, Sweeney Todd, which received 44 mentions, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which sh "
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Spinning The Fall of WALK HARD
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"The biggest box office news of Christmas weekend was the utter failure of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Sony launched a wide and varied marketing campaign, the film was fairly well-reviewed (earned a 78 percent “Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and yet, it only managed to gross $4.1 million over three days. That’s $1,547 per screen, so assuming tickets sold at an average $10, and each theater hosted roughly five screenings a day, that adds up to about 10 ticket buyers per show per screen. This would be a crap opening under any circumstances, but it’s expecially crap considering that it ends a long winning streak for producer Judd Apatow. So what went wrong? Let’s go to the blogs: Nikki Finke quotes a rival studio exec with the snipe, “This shows Judd Apatow is not god. Sometimes you can be too clever for your own good.” Her own diagnosis? “The problem was the movie skewed overwhelmingly male, but that guy audience went for action-adventure and sawe National Treasure and I Am Le ... "
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"The biggest box office news of Christmas weekend was the utter failure of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Sony launched a wide and varied marketing campaign, the film was fairly well-reviewed (earned a 78 percent “Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and yet, it only managed to gross $4.1 million over three days. That’s $1,547 per screen, so assuming tickets sold at an average $10, and each theater hosted roughly five screenings a day, that adds up to about 10 ticket buyers per show per screen. This would be a crap opening under any circumstances, but it’s expecially crap considering that it ends a long winning streak for producer Judd Apatow. So what went wrong? Let’s go to the blogs: Nikki Finke quotes a rival studio exec with the snipe, “This shows Judd Apatow is not god. Sometimes you can be too clever for your own good.” Her own diagnosis? “The problem was the movie skewed overwhelmingly male, but that guy audience went for action-adventure and sawe National Treasure and I Am Le ... "
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"Eventually Judd Apatow’s schtick will no longer be fresh. But it may continue to be funny, even after the viral marketing backlash. Case in point: this new sketch/advertisement for Walk Hard, which takes Apatow’s viral brand to a mega-meta level. As much as the idea of fake fights involving Apatow and his actors is now a tired concept, the video is hilarious. And as much as Apatow’s self-referential jokes about being self-referential about being self-referential are as obvious as they are mind-wrapping, the video is still hilarious.It helps that this time around, there’s more funny guys involved and more going on at once. It’s not simply funny to watch Craig Robinson chasing after Judd Apatow because he’s pissed about being in another one of his “fucking commercials”, but it’s comedic gold to inter-cut it with Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill and Ju "
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"Fall is my favorite time of year. Not just because it's the time of year when New York City is at its most beautiful, thus reminding us all why we continue in this abusive relationship with it, but because the movies start to get good again after the onslaught of big-budget blockbusters that are only occasionally watchable. People seem to think that, with each passing year, the movies get worse and worse. Well, if you're looking at crap like Transformers (the new nadir of megahit blockbuster quality), then yeah. But there's a whole crop of ambitious, interesting films that come out every fall and - even if they end up being bad - you have to give them credit for trying. Unlike Transformers. So here's my list of 15 films that I am dying to see this fall. Some are already out (and I'm negotiating with my wife to be able to find the time to see them) and some I still wait in painful anticipation for: 15. American Gangster - Ridley Scott might have actually ... "
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