Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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#1 Post by **theonlysaneone** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:35 am

Has anyone seen this yet? It was pretty good.

o_0 · #2 Post by **o_0** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:34 am

I tend to avoid movies that contain unfunny humour, NASCAR racing, and/or Southern accents.

Ugh, why didn't I listen to my mind and not go to see this movie?

At least the movie was free (American Eagle promotion).

#3 Post by **theonlysaneone** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:12 pm

o_0 wrote:I tend to avoid movies that contain unfunny humour, NASCAR racing, and/or Southern accents.

Ugh, why didn't I listen to my mind and not go to see this movie?

At least the movie was free (American Eagle promotion).

But it was funny. Also, did you recognize the French guy? That was Sacha Baron Cohen, probably one of the funniest people alive.

coming2atvnearu · #4 Post by **coming2atvnearu** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:54 pm

theonlysaneone wrote:
o_0 wrote:I tend to avoid movies that contain unfunny humour, NASCAR racing, and/or Southern accents.

Ugh, why didn't I listen to my mind and not go to see this movie?

At least the movie was free (American Eagle promotion).

But it was funny. Also, did you recognize the French guy? That was Sacha Baron Cohen, probably one of the funniest people alive.

I can't wait until Borat comes out so I can not talk about how funny it will be on here.

Kugetsu · #5 Post by **Kugetsu** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:30 pm

I want to see this movie, so long as it's better than Kicking and Screaming, which was terrible. At least this one looks hilarious.

Jean · #6 Post by **Jean** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:59 pm

I saw this movie last night. It was hilarious. I would say it's definately worth seeing.

Hil · #7 Post by **Hil** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:16 am

Saw it on Saturday. It was written by the same people who wrote Anchorman, so it was hilarious

. I love Will Ferrell, all of the other actors were very good too! Go see it, seriously, it's so good. I don't even care for Nascar or anything, but I enjoyed it.

Kugetsu · #8 Post by **Kugetsu** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:04 pm

I went. I saw. I was amazed.

I don't laugh much. This is one of the few movies in who knows how long that had me laughing quite a bit (not rolling on the floor laughing, but mostly chuckles except for a few parts that were hilarious. xD). I'd recommend it.

thelilbear · #9 Post by **thelilbear** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:59 pm

hmm... maybe I will trust you guys and go see it this weekend... it better be good or I will come back and kick all of you.

.neko. · #10 Post by **.neko.** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:40 pm

I think it looks really dumb, but as I havn't seen it I can't say for sure one way or the other. Two friends of mine are really excited about it though, apparently they see something in it I don't, like humour.

coming2atvnearu · #11 Post by **coming2atvnearu** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:23 pm

Pretty darn good. No Anchorman, but its close.

I think the genius of Anchorman was Will Ferrell's character was relatively intelligent (relatively, work with me here) which allowed the other characters, specifically Steve Carrell to function at a sillier, dumber level which was pure genius. In this movie,all the main characters are stupid which doesn't really offer them much to work against. There are brilliant moments in this film where the actors just go to town and some they're held too closely to the plot. All in all, go see it now while you have the benefit of knowing you'll see it with a large audience because your viewing will benefit from that. Unless you're sitting by some smurf teenybopped TextMessaging throughout the entire move, that little ho-bag. Anyways, go watch and laugh with the rest of the world. You'll be disappointed if you wait for the DVD.

Jean · #12 Post by **Jean** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:05 am

A friend of mine just saw the movie...she thinks it's the worst one ever made.

Well to each their own...but I couldn't believe it.

Kugetsu · #13 Post by **Kugetsu** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:37 pm

Eh, some people just don't have much, as far as a sense of humour goes.

ryan.riverside · #14 Post by **ryan.riverside** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:29 am

I thought that the scene at the end of the race was DISGUSTING!!!!

Other than that, I thought the movie was fantastic! And was Ricky Bobby's dad Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite?

coming2atvnearu · #15 Post by **coming2atvnearu** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:50 am

ryan.riverside wrote:I thought that the scene at the end of the race was DISGUSTING!!!!

Curious how in a movie where stereotypes of french people are reinforced, excessive commercialization is applauded and women are seen as gold digging bimbos, the most offensive thing to you was a kiss between two males.

Curious... do you think the makers of this movie which is set in the southern United States and is meant to appeal to a demographic who sit down on a weekly basis to watch cars because they drive really fast could possibly be going for that exact reaction? Hmmmmmm?