# Am I Insane For being excited about 'Balls of Fury'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679 "2007-08-23T19:45:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/1 "2007-08-23T19:45:14Z")
[Trailer](http://youtube.com/watch?v=PfR62ijVnmU) I know that there is a high probability that this will be horrible, or that every funny bit is in the trailer, but it has Christopher Walken, so it can’t be bad? Right? I mean, it looks friggin funny to me. Am I just setting myself up here? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/2 "2007-08-23T19:51:38Z")
I say the answer is “Yes.” Come on! It looks like shit! ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/3 "2007-08-23T19:55:55Z")
I think it will be hilarious - but not “go to the theatre” hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/4 "2007-08-23T19:56:41Z")
Yes it does, but we’re still going to go see it. Sometimes bad movies are just what you need after the chaos and stress of real life. Besides, any movie that has Christopher Walken pronouncing “What part of Sudden Death didn’t you understand?” has got to be good! ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/5 "2007-08-23T20:10:50Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] it has Christopher Walken, so it can’t be bad? Right? [/QUOTE] Click Joe Dirt The Country Bears Gigli The Prophesy 3: The Ascent ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/6 "2007-08-23T20:49:38Z")
[QUOTE=flurb] Click Joe Dirt The Country Bears Gigli The Prophesy 3: The Ascent [/QUOTE] Did you watch all of these? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/7 "2007-08-23T20:55:52Z")
Walken’s got no standards, no standards at all. He’s still my one true love and illuminates every scene he’s in, but this movie looks like pure crap and may even be overusing Ronnie. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/8 "2007-08-23T21:04:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Am I Insane For being excited about ‘Balls of Fury’? Yes, but _Not Another Teen Movie_ is one of my all-time favorites, so what do I know? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/9 "2007-08-23T21:04:50Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] [Trailer](http://youtube.com/watch?v=PfR62ijVnmU) I know that there is a high probability that this will be horrible, or that every funny bit is in the trailer, but it has Christopher Walken, so it can’t be bad? Right? I mean, it looks friggin funny to me. Am I just setting myself up here? [/QUOTE] You probably are, but you’re not alone. I’ve seen the trailer several times in the movie theater and I still laugh at bits like “You crushed lucky cricket” and “You no swat flies, you swat bees” and “Don’t be so hard on yourself, you have mad skilz…BAM” and yet I don’t feel the brain cells popping (they may be going quietly). Even if it is terrible, even if those are the only good bits (along with the rest of the trailer), I know in advance I’ll laugh at least some of the time. My husband thinks I’m crazy, but I’m definitely going. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/10 "2007-08-23T21:07:41Z")
I’m vaguely optimistic, since offbeat “sports” movies sometimes amuse (_Beerfest_) though sometimes they don’t (_Dodge Ball_). I think I was hooked by the “cheap, ugly women” line. I just hope there isn’t a sappy ending. ---
**Author:** ![fuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuffle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/11 "2007-08-23T21:07:57Z")
I think it looks dreadful, but I’ll rent it when it comes out on DVD. Christopher Walken has been hilarious in every SNL sketch he’s ever been in, and Balls of Fury looks like it’s really just an extended comedy sketch. Of course, if it turns out that “sudden death” is his only funny line, I’ll be most murderously disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/12 "2007-08-23T22:16:15Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Yes, but _Not Another Teen Movie_ is one of my all-time favorites, so what do I know? [/QUOTE] But that’s an actually good parody movie! I own it! …I guess I don’t have a leg to stand on in this thread anymore, do I? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/13 "2007-08-23T22:22:23Z")
I have a small group of friends who are very excited about seeing this film. We are all over it, possibly on opening night. First, we love ping pong (I have a table in the back yard) even though none of us is all that good at it. Second, it’s Christopher Walken. There is nothing not to like about this film, and we’re already declaring it the greatest sports movie ever. (Yeah, it’ll probably be awful, but we’re making the most of it anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/14 "2007-08-23T22:34:55Z")
Am I the only one to whom it seems the most obvious thing in the world that this project was created for Jack Black, who had enough sense to turn it down? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/15 "2007-08-23T22:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] Am I the only one to whom it seems the most obvious thing in the world that this project was created for Jack Black, who had enough sense to turn it down? [/QUOTE] Yes, but then apparently Jonah Hill turned it down too. The lead guy in the trailer is pretty annoying – just being fat and “zany” doesn’t make you funny and charismatic. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/16 "2007-08-23T22:53:40Z")
I say that the quality of the movie is directly related to the amount of cowbell that is played during the opening credits. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/17 "2007-08-23T23:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I’m vaguely optimistic, since offbeat “sports” movies sometimes amuse (_Beerfest_) though sometimes they don’t (_Dodge Ball_). [/QUOTE] Dude. Dodgeball was the _poo_. Hilarious from start to finish. It’s the only reason I’m willing to entertain the possibility of seeing BoF, but probably not until it hits the budget theatre. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/18 "2007-08-24T01:21:49Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Dude. Dodgeball was the _poo_. Hilarious from start to finish. It’s the only reason I’m willing to entertain the possibility of seeing BoF, but probably not until it hits the budget theatre. [/QUOTE] Well, it was the ending of _Dodgeball_ that put me off. I don’t mind if the underdog losers win, but please don’t introduce this big moral dilemma late in the third act where the main character has to decide whether or not to take the easy route and sell out the buddies to whom he has grown close over their trials and tribulations as they fought their little hearts out to get to the final round (Adam Sandler’s _Longest Yard_, I’m looking at **you** ). Of course, this ending could be redeemed if the main character _did_ sell them out, while yelling “So long, jerkwads!” but that never happens. Anyway, if this _had_ been a Jack Black vehicle, I’d automatically pass because I dislike him. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/19 "2007-08-24T01:43:49Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Anyway, if this _had_ been a Jack Black vehicle, I’d automatically pass because I dislike him. [/QUOTE] Ditto. Oh yes, ditto. I couldn’t think how Jack Black could be more overrated absent some sort of papal declaration of his divinity. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679/20 "2007-08-24T01:52:46Z")
I can’t explain the draw that this movie has, but I am in for going to see it. The previews are stupid funny. Maybe matinée (not full price). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-insane-for-being-excited-about-balls-of-fury/416679.md?page=2)