First, confession... I've had a crush on Will Forte for years. I think he's adorable.



Anyway, his film MacGruber opens today. I think it's one of the least funny recurring skits I've seen on SNL in recent years, but the reviews of the film have been really quite positive so far. I dunno whether to pass on this one. Any of y'all planning to see it... and willing to admit it?
[Edited 5/22/10 4:24am]

I'm goin. The SNL movies can be awful, but occasionally, I've had subzero expectations and been pleasantly surprised.

Superstar is awesome. The Ladies Man is infinitely quotable. Night at the Roxbury can elicit a chuckle.

So MacGruber may be better than you think.

I don't get MacGruber.

Seems dumb

Mach said:

no me gusta

I've never laughed at a Macgruber skit, and SNL movies rarely turn out well. But I think Will Forte is kinda hot. The nude pics they've released of him for the movie are funny and surprisingly sexy (except for the photoshopped junk).

Efan said:

I've seen those. I agree.

Lammastide said:

Yeah, he moved up a couple notches after I saw those. But Jason Sudeikis remains my real SNL crush.

NY Daily News gave it one star.

I actually find some of the 45 second skits hilarious. But this has all the makings of a train wreck.

Like when they tried to turn those cave man commercials into a weekly TV show.

uPtoWnNY said:

Ouch.

It's been doing OK on Rotten Tomatoes so far. Around 65% fresh, last I checked: http://www.rottentomatoes...macGruber/

If you don't laugh every single time MacGruber gets blown up....then I guess your humor standards are higher than mine.

Lammastide said:

Agree. Supposedly, the flick's a "hard-R" and much funnier, but that remains to be seen.

I think Kristen Wiig's hot,



but - unless somebody whose opinion I trust tells me it's hilariously funny - I won't be seeing it.

Ace said:

She can be pretty sharp.

it was an okay skit. When they had an advert for it after one of them, I thought the show was still on. It doesn't look that interesting.

Mach said:

Critics are raving about it though, saying it's the funniest action cop movie since Beverly Hills Cop. That's a pretty tall order.

Stax said:

He's supposed to be like Macgyver's dumb cousin or something.

Lammastide said:

I agree completely.

I was shocked when I found out they were making a film of it.
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ernestsewell said:

i get that.

I dont get why it is funny.

I have ZERO desire to see this movie.

Stax said:

He's supposed to be like Macgyver's dumb cousin.

It's a spoof on Macgyver. Do you get that part?

PunkMistress said:

I don't know how it could hold up for 2 hours when it can't hold up for 2 minutes

Mach said:

Saturday Night Live Skit, so yeah

NDRU said:

It's supposed to be lots of bawdy humor and gratuitous nudity (much of it Forte's). Totally adolescent stuff, but if you expect that going in, supposedly they pull it off unusually well here.

I dunno. Toilet humor does little for me, but I'd get a kick out of looking at Forte for 90 minutes.

Lammastide said:

Actually I like both him & Wiig, I just don't really like Macgruber, so who knows?

"15 seconds, MacGruber!"

"Throw me that paperclip!"

"You got it, MacGruber!"

*BOOM!*

That's the gist of every single skit. One the one hand, it sucks. It's just not funny.

On the other hand, there's so little background or existing "mythology," if you will, so they have absolute freedom to turn it into anything they want. Maybe there's a funny story there. If the writers and other creative folks actually did that, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

metacritic gave it a 45.

Lammastide said:

Perhaps you forget the definition of toilet humor.

PunkMistress said:

Exactly. In fact, that description was funnier than any MacGruber skit I've ever seen.