Allow me to retract the “official” aspect, but I stand by the rest of it.
What do you care? Some people enjoy the guy, some don’t. I really don’t care much one way or the other. But, seriously. What do you care if people want to go see the guy’s movie?
To me, if this movie is a success, that opens the door for even WORSE films being made, allowing the continued disillusion of the movie industry.
This movie could conceivably pave the way for better movies not being made (or, at the least, released) because their resources are being used to promote a film I would rather pound my nuts flat with a wooden hammer than see.
If people go see it, it only encourages “Larry” to make another movie.
Do you really want to live in a world with more than one of these? Just think of all the children who might grow up thinking that humor is about spouting catchphrases and farting - their parents may be mature enough to realize this no-talent hick isn’t a role model for life or comedy, but the kids won’t know any better!
Then, a generation from now, we’ll be subjected to the repetitious, juvenile rants of Gary the Gas Station Attendant (“FILL-R-UP!”) or Cletus the Drywall Installer (“WEAR-YER-DUST-MASK!”), and movies in which they find themselves working as, oh, probably a lion tamer and an astronaut respectively.
Don’t you see where this is headed? When the front page headline of your local paper reads “Child, 4, Mauled At Zoo After Farting On Lion”, you’ll wish you had acted sooner.
Exactly. Hollywood has been cranking the crap out at a furious rate lately, and the box office has suffered. Maybe they’ll get a clue if people continue to avoid the crap. Going to see this movie would only encourage them (and Larry) to make more crap. They don’t need any more encouragement.
I don’t know about you, but nobody is forcing me to go see any movie I don’t want to see. And you’re really worried about “a generation from now?” Let’s see…how often do you hear…oh, I don’t know…Ernest references in your everyday travels? He was wildly popular 10 or 15 years ago. How 'bout Pauly Shore? I think these things are simply phases. As I said before, I don’t really care about Larry the Cable Guy one way or the other. I think I saw him for about five minutes on Leno and that was it. If people enjoy his humor and want to see his movie, I say more power to 'em!
Besides, how do you know it won’t be good? Hmmm?
Do you mean crap like Capote? Or Brokeback Mountain? Or Good Night, and Good Luck? Or Crash? Oh, wait. I saw Crash. That was crap!
Okay, you’re downing Crash, but willing to defend Larry the Cable Guy?
Am I in Bizarro-Dope?
I’m not really “defending” him. I haven’t seen his movie and I have no plans to do so. It probably is crap! I just don’t really understand all the hatred for a guy that many people seem to enjoy. Lots of people loved Crash and, even though I disliked it, I certainly wouldn’t start a thread urging people not to see it! What do I care?
I’m not going to see the movie, but I think Larry the Cable Guy is pretty funny. I like all of the Blue Collar guys actually. Though I think Ron White is the funniest of the lot. Engvall also has his moments. Foxworthy can spin a great yarn, but sometimes he falls back on his “You Might be a Redneck If…” too much. Some of them are freaking hilarious, but it can get tired quick.
I love all of these Hollywood Insiders in this thread. . .
Like the studios are sitting there with 50 scripts about farting rednecks and 50 more scripts like “Good Night and Good Luck” and they can’t decide which ones to make. But if LtCG:HI does well. . .then what? MGM is going to force Martin Scorcese to remake Porky’s?
Spielberg’s makes Farty the Gap Toothed Clown?
If you don’t want to go see Larry because you don’t like his humor, don’t. Don’t try to act like going to see it is going to have one iota of influence on the quality of what comes out of Hollywood.
Forcing? No. But even the few moments I have to sit through commercials for movies like this, interviews on late night talk shows, etc. can cancel out all the humor from an entire night of TV, even at 60x fast forward, because he’s just that bad. The sooner people stop giving “Larry” their money, the sooner he’ll just go away.
Not anymore, thank god, but you realize they each made about a dozen movies, right?
A good movie with Larry the Drawstring Toy would be like a good soup with a big dookie floating on top (haw haw, I said dookie! GITTURDUN!). No matter what else you put in there, it’s already ruined.
- Hollywood has always turned out crap. Always; right from the moment there first was such a thing as a film industry. If you think otherwise, you just haven’t seen enough movies.
- Idiot characters and catch-phrases also have a very, very long history. Since I haven’t yet perfected my time machine that would allow us to go back for an evening of vaudeville to prove this to you, I suggest you start listening to some old time radio and some of the old Edison “comedy” records. Both are easily available, for free, all over the web. You’ll hear all the “funny” accents and irritating catch-phrases you can stand.
I think, Mr2001, the main problem is that the world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.
Look, just because there has always been crap doesn’t mean it’s inappropriate to point out crap where it exists.
Apparently, there must be a substantial market for crap. It has always existed in the entertainment field and lots of people built whole careers out of it.
I don’t care too much one way or the other about Larry, though I will say that I’m pretty sick of hearing other people hollering his catchphrases. However, if this
is really true about you, then I stand by my assessment of the true problem.
And if you think it literally is true, I invite you to look up hyperbole in the dictionary. I’m not the first one in this thread to use it.
If you weren’t talking literally, then what’s your hang-up?
OK, now we’re getting somewhere. I had no clue this movie even existed until this thread came along. This tells me I’m nowhere near the demographic for the Larry the Cable Guy movie. But you say you’ve watch interviews and sat through commercials for it? Hmmm. This tells me you have a lot in common with the target audience for Larry. What does this mean? You display outright hostility towards Larry yet you surround yourself with his fans.
I think it’s obvious. You’re a latent Larry the Cable Guy fan. Your anger is being used to mask your true feelings! It’s OK to admit it. You’re among friends here. Come out of the closet and I promise you nobody is gonna judge you. Hell, we already had our suspicions! And for the record, I support Larry the Cable Guy fans even if I happen to disagree with their lifestyle…I even think they should be allowed to marry. 
I can see all Health Inspectors protesting this movie and rioting. Holding up their test strips and thermometers, yelling “Hot food Hot and Cold Food cold” (My Husband an Registered Environmental Health Specialist so he knows health inspectors)
I was exaggerating, not lying. Interludes of “Larry” can suck the humor out of any situation, just like even the most beautiful opera won’t sound as sweet if the intermission is announced by Gilbert Gottfried. I can, however, still enjoy a night of TV even if he’s there, thanks to TiVo - just not quite as much.
(P.S. Haw haw, I said suck! GITTURDUN!)
I’ve seen one commercial and no interviews. I can only assume that as a well-known “comedian” with a movie coming out, he’s done them, and he’ll do even more if (god forbid) there’s a sequel.
Actually, it just means I watch Comedy Central. Although I suppose it’s possible that some of his fans watch the same channel, I doubt it - Comedy Central is channel 60 here, and most of his fans would be lucky to count to 12.
Just don’t let Larry hear you make references to supporting gay marriage. I don’t think he takes too kindly to “queer-lovers”.