| Jackass: The Movie | | Cast : | Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius | | Director : | Jeff Tremaine | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | October 25, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | December 12, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 30, 2005 | | Summary | Not Even worth the time it takes to type this. | Content
 | I would write a review if this movie had one reason for writing one, Since it doesn't the only thing i can say is your wasting your time even reading reviews about this movie let alone watching it. So Unless your pre-adult and trying to shock your parents and or impress your friends save your cash. This Movie isn't even worth the one star i gave it however i'm not sure you can give a movie no stars. I'd give it 5 stars if they'd take it out of print and burn the master tape :) |
| Rating | | | Date | August 29, 2005 | | Summary | Being a Jackass Looks Fun...! | Content
| One could make an attempt at witty prose by comparing Jackass to the works of Kubrick, Cassavettes, Scorsese, or what have you. But look, it's a bunch of guys, some of whom have reputations in other circles, such as skateboarder Bam Margera and acclaimed director Spike Jonze, doing stunts that you may not have thought, dared or remotely considered doing, and keeping parts of the general public off guard. The gang made a huge splash on MTV, and scores of crazed teens wanted to try what these guys were doing, and maybe appear on the show. I think the quote from Millhouse on the Simpsons says it best: "All those warnings on TV make me want to do it more". The kids would get burned, broken, what have you, and parents who couldn't crack the whip hard enough at home decided to sue anyone under the sun, despite the profuse warnings on each show, as well as a timeslot shift early on in the series' life. So Johnny Knoxville became this decade's Beavis, which I guess makes Steve-O Butthead. So, after judging (perhaps correctly) there wasn't anything really left to do on TV, they decided to step things up and do a movie, and a $5 million budget led to a gross of over $60 million. Do they have enough for a sequel with those kinds of numbers behind them? I shudder to think what a sequel could bring.
As far as reviewing the actual movie goes, come on. You didn't read the first paragraph? Let me pull a quote from the back of the Paramount case: "all the jackasses you love from the mtv series are back performing stunts no one would let them pull on television." If you're still unsure, the insert, featuring the X-ray of Ryan Dunn's lower half, should tell you what kind of ride you're in for. And golf course air horn, hardware store crap and off road tattoo are among the many buckets of fun.
The disc has got its respectable amount of features. There are 27 minutes of additional footage, some of which is pretty funny, and other material was extended from the brief 20 or 30 second cuts you may have seen in the film. There are also 7 minutes of outtakes that primarily consist of flubbed lines. An MTV making of featurette is included with it, and it's basically the same EPK that was shown before, with some minor changes.
There are two commentaries on the disc, the first is with the director, cinematographer, and Johnny Knoxville. This was taped during the 2nd week of box office release, as everyone is still marveling at the box office take from week one. This sticks pretty close to the film, not really straying far, and Knoxville talks about some of the experiences with his stunts. There's a lot of "look at this!" in the commentary, which was nice, considering they aren't Scorsese and DeNiro, I wouldn't expect too much information here. The second commentary is from the Jackass crew, consisting of just about everyone involved in the stunts. The main participants seem to be Bam Margera, Steve-O and Ryan Dunn. A lot of times several people are talking at once, and a lot of people are making fun of each other, and those who didn't show for the commentary. This was taped the day after the premiere, just before the theatrical release. You're not going to get a lot of information out of these tracks, but you can tell the amount of fun that everyone had in the filming of it, and may be worth a couple chuckles to the hard core fan. Rounding out the smaller extras are a series of cast and crew biographies, and since there aren't any IMDB filmographies of note, everything is written, providing some good trivia. Since there are about 25 in all, it makes for some good reading. 9 promotional spots are included with it, and those who've seen MTV are familiar with them. There are photo and poster galleries totaling 35 images, along with music videos by Andrew W.K. and Roger Alan Wade. And finally, the 1 minute, 10 second theatrical trailer is included.
The movie is pretty funny in parts, a bit gruesome in others, and should be taken as the silly fun that it is. The decent features included with it make it easy to recommend to fans of the show, and a rental to curious observers. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | Fine if you like that kind of humor | Content
| I bought this dvd for a specific research need. This kind of humor simply is not my cup of tea. It is vulgar and peurile to me. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | The World Needs More of This and FAST... | Content
| I had heard about Jackass the Movie and just never got around to seeing it. I've seen most of the episodes on MTV and thought it was hilarious. Well, the movie is 10 times better, mainly because it's uncensored. At roughly 85 minutes, I did not stop laughing at any point during Jackass the movie. Some of the stunts in this film are somewhat crude but hey these guys are willing to do whatever they have to do to get you to laugh. Airhorn Golf is friggin hilarious, as the guys hit an airhorn as unsuspecting golfers are in their backswings. Knoxville takes a nasty spill on a golf cart and is knocked silly which is fun to watch. That isn't the only time that Johnny gets knocked unconscience because later in the film during the shopping mall boxing skit he gets pummeled by Butterbean, gets knocked out and is in his own words "slightly concussed". Alligator Tightrope is pretty funny as Steve-O tries to walk a tightrope over a pit of alligators with a piece of raw chicken dangling from his loin cloth. Yellow Snowcone is just plain foul, but funny. As is the sketch where one of the guys is holding in his bowl movement but finally craps himself in the car on the way to take a dump in a hardware store display toilet. The best sketch of the whole movie is probably when Ryan Dunn sticks a matchbox car up his heine and goes to the proctologist complaining of pain. He gets X-Rayed and you can actually see the car in his rectum. Now more then ever America needs renegade comedy and Johnny Knoxville and his crew of maniacs are writing the bible of extreme comedy before our very eyes. Highly Recommended. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 20, 2005 | | Summary | Jackass is great. | Content
| This dvd has everything it has the full movie plus tons of extras. I would recommend it for everybody |
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