Johnny Knoxville and his band of merry men are a bunch of idiots. That's the only way of describing Jackass. It's funny as hell, because everyone goes through some form of pain, like being shot in the stomach or a disco in the back of a moving van. There's rarely a moment you'll be sat not laughing or trying not to vomit.
While the first Jackass film is damn near great, I definitely prefer the second one, as it has more variety of stunts and a lot of bulls. The first one is more based on the disgusting factor, like paper cutting the middle things of your finger, y'know, the gap in the middle of each finger. Or sticking a toy car up your arse if that's your thing...
But, it achieves it's main goal, it's funny, has a large cast that each take a large amount of pain and somehow had the courage to make a second movie afterwards and then Knoxville went on to make the brilliant Bad Grandpa. It takes a lot of guts to do this, either that or it takes a hell of a lot of stupidity. Honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was both mind. The only thing I can criticise is the fact that there are a lot of times. if not all of them you'll be thinking "Why would someone do that to themselves?"
Maybe it's because of the massive paycheck that they get at the end, I dunno. But, if you do only have the chance to watch one movie before you die then watch Hot Fuzz. If you can only pick between Jackass and Jackass 2, pick Jackass 2. It's still funny but, again, more variety can be found in the second film and even Bad Grandpa.
But, is it worth watching?
Yes.
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