Jackassing towards Gomorrah

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jackass.jpgSo yesterday I went to go see Jackass: The Movie. It couldn’t have better exemplified what George Will means when he talks about the moral decay of America. But the way I see it, if you’re on a cruise ship to Hell, you might as well enjoy the ride and double up at the buffet table.

The New York Times’ review calls the movie, “crude, brutal and obscene.” And they’re right. You normally expect the Jackass gang’s antics to make grandma blush, but some of the things they did in this movie (that apparently they couldn’t do on TV) go beyond pranks or stunts. I’m thinking about eating a urine-soaked snowball and giving themselves paper cuts in the webbing between their toes and fingers.

The Times also says that the movie’s stunts “provok[e] a spasm of revulsion that mutates into shocked, involuntary laughter.” And lots of it. The whole time I had that belly pain you get from laughing too hard. Considering all the crap that Hollywood wants to convince us is comedy these days, I’d say I got every penny’s worth.

I won’t ruin it for you by recounting all the stunts, but one of the best is the opening scene that is depicted in the movie’s poster. Johnny Knoxville and the rest of the gang are in a giant shopping cart going downhill. They are in their usual regalia and are shoving and punching each other mercilessly. Then cannons begin to fire bricks and pieces of concrete at them as they zoom by. It’s a beautiful thing.

The New York Post calls it “the worst movie of the year.” E! Online says it’s “the funniest film of 2002.” I say don’t miss it. And take grandma with you.

Oct 27, 2002 | Comments

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