Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Saw Walk Hard last night. Hilarious! Perhaps not a laugh-a-minute but plenty funny.

John C Reilly cracks me up so bad with just his expressions. Jenna Fisher (Pam from The Office) was fantastic in the "Reese Witherspoon" role. It was mostly a scene-by scene spoof of Walk the Line with some references to Ray, the Doors, and all other musician biopics. Cinematically it matches Walk the Line perfectly - they didn't cheap out on anything, from film quality to set design to costuming. The "we are in this decade now" style of costuming is a joke in itself, and I found myself laughing at that as much as any other gag.

The movie is riddled with familiar faces from the Apatow and SNL/30 Rock groupings, leading us to say "dude, it's him!" every time someone came on the screen. They must've had a blast making this thing.

Another great Apatow-related movie. From the previews we realized that he's been busy throwing his money around, and there are many more lined up to come. Yay.