"Jackass: the Motion Picture"

December 19, 2001 12:57 PM

"Jackass: the Motion Picture" has been greenlit. Dude.
posted by KLAX (18 comments total)

before you naysayers get started, remember: Spike Jonze...
posted by ColdChef at 1:04 PM on December 19, 2001

Poo hugs for everyone!
posted by hellinskira at 1:07 PM on December 19, 2001

hooray!
posted by kliuless at 1:36 PM on December 19, 2001

I say nay.

Spike Jonze is not King Midas, particularly when he's merely one of three producers.
posted by MUD at 1:45 PM on December 19, 2001

Ah, but what if they get Charlie Kaufman for the screenplay?
posted by ColdChef at 1:47 PM on December 19, 2001

While I will admit to having laughed at Jackass (and to having ogled some of those half-naked skater boys), for some reason this brings to mind a quote from Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "I'd say we've hit bottom. Oh, no, here's a lower place."

Hopefully there will be a Merchant-Ivory flick or something playing at the multiplex at the same time the Jackass movie opens. If only to prevent the entertainment world's yang from entirely swallowing its yin. Heh.
posted by bcwinters at 1:51 PM on December 19, 2001

spike jonze. beastie boys sabotage and fatboy slim's weapon of choice are 2 of the best videos ever not to mention the other stuff he's done. the guy is really good.
posted by suprfli at 1:51 PM on December 19, 2001

Screenplay? We're talking about a Jackass movie. Where would a screenplay fit in?
posted by eyeballkid at 1:51 PM on December 19, 2001

I think "Jackass" would make "Freddy Got Fingerd" oscarworthy.
posted by Rastafari at 1:56 PM on December 19, 2001

spike jonze. beastie boys sabotage and fatboy slim's weapon of choice are 2 of the best videos ever not to mention the other stuff he's done. the guy is really good.

Damn straight he is. Being John Malkovich anyone? But any time that I see a film promoted by the fact that its producer is a really good film-maker I immediately think, "Well, here comes another shitter."
posted by MUD at 2:10 PM on December 19, 2001

The world has a yang?


Florida? But that's America's Wang!
posted by hellinskira at 2:11 PM on December 19, 2001

And Spike Jonze was always attached to Jackass. You can see him laughing in the background of several of their video spots.
posted by hellinskira at 2:12 PM on December 19, 2001

Is it wrong to hope that this will catapult one or more participants into the Darwin Awards?

(beavis) Huhuh, catapult... (/beavis)
posted by ilsa at 4:25 PM on December 19, 2001

no. the world is going down the tubes.
posted by pete at 5:21 PM on December 19, 2001

what tubes... and why is there more than one?
posted by canoeguide at 2:07 AM on December 20, 2001

"what tubes... and why is there more than one?"

You'd think somebody would have noticed them by now.
posted by goto11 at 6:26 AM on December 20, 2001

It strikes me as incredibly absurd that someone would use a quote from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to belittle the quality of another television show. That's like quoting a Backstreet Boys song to insult N'Sync fans. Pah!
posted by Danelope at 9:09 AM on December 20, 2001

Why does Paramount/Viacom/MTV/Nick films make a decent movie from one of their properties like, say, ...Invader Zim?
posted by Down10 at 5:44 PM on December 20, 2001