As kinda requested from Jeff, this is going to be a movie review. On what? Well, if you couldn't tell from the logo, it's Jackass.
And not just Jackass: The Movie, but also Jackass Number 2 and Jackass 2.5.
So let's get this idiot special rolling.
First, I want to talk about the first Jackass movie, but before I can do that, I have to give you a bit of background. Jackass was first a TV series aired on MTV. It ran for about 3 seasons. Although I never got to watch any of the original episodes, it's pretty much the same thing as the movie (or should I say, the movie is the same thing as the TV series?). This movie isn't really a movie at all, but it's more of an extended TV show, I'm guessing. So I'm not going to attempt to review it in the fashion of the other movies I've reviewed. But that isn't to say that these are bad movies. In fact, these were probably the funniest movies I've seen in my life.
All of these movies star Johnny Knoxville and other "stuntmen"/idiots who just do crazy stuff. People like Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, and Jason "Wee Man" Acuna. All of these people make the movie great and it was really entertaining because they just add a certain element to the movie that probably wouldn't have been in there if it was anyone else doing the stunts.
I watched the unrated versions of all 3 movies, and I'm not really sure what difference that makes. I know that they uncensored some stuff that would have been censored if it had been on TV, but I think that's about it.
Oh man, I almost forgot to say what the movie is about. Well, pretty much, it's Knoxville and everyone else doing stupid stuff. For example, Knoxville got shot in the stomach with a 40 gram sandbag traveling at 250 feet per second. The mark it left 2 days after that was about as big as an orange. That's just a little taste of what they do. The possibilities are endless. Which is unfortunate. For them.
Well actually, now that I realize it, there's not a whole lot to say about the movie. So I'll just talk about them...whatever I can talk about.
The first movie was awesome. I had never seen Jackass on TV before, so this was like "WOW" to me. The opening scene is hilarious: All the cast members are in or on a huge shopping cart speeding down a roadway with cannons of rocks firing at them. It was so good that I had to keep watching no matter what. And good thing I did. I don't remember ever laughing so hard in my entire life. Seriously. If you have never watched Jackass before, TV or movie, and you're as immature as me, then you'll definitely LYAO. Whereas other stunts may have been planned with safety in mind, safety is the last thing you'll find on Jackass. These guys throw themselves into any dangerous situation and just do it. Steve-O walks on a tightrope with aligators below him, Bam jumps into a ceiling fan, and Pontius ties a bottlerocket to his stick and fires it off. It's stupid shit like this that just make me laugh.
The stunts I see in Jackass can probably be classified in seperate categories. There are the dangerous animal ones, inflicting pain on body parts, eating disgusting things, and doing public stunts. In each category, someone seems to vomit at least once. Which is AWESOME. Not really, just kidding.
A lot of the stunts that I saw had high danger potential, but the vicitms walked away with probably the least amount of damage so that they could keep living, but the most so that they couldn't move. Somewhere in that range.
Now that I've talked about the first Jackass movie, let's take a look at number 2. Oddly enough, that's what it's called: Jackass Number 2. Not much more to say, since it's pretty much the same as the first Jackass movie, just with different stunts. But it's still just as awesome, if not awesomer. The stunts, in my opinion, were worse in this movie. I can't really compare them, because there's all sorts of different factors that people would bring into the topic. Just trust me. And when I say that the stunts are WORSE, I mean that it's worse for the perfomers and better for the viewers. The things they do are more dangerous, more disgusting, etc. For example, the opening scene in the 2nd movie was way more dangerous than the opening scene of the first: the whole gang is running down the street from a crowd of running bulls. It was a very appropriate way to open up Jackass Number 2. Also, in the movie, the stunts are like that. The fart mask makes Steve-O puke it up. And probably one of the worst stunts here is the brand. In case you don't know what a brand is, it's like a stamp, except the stamp is made out of metal, and you heat it up and you press it on skin to leave a burned mark of your choice. Farmers use this on their cows to help identify their own. Except this brand was for humans, and it was in the shape of a dick. It hurt to watch.
I think that there were a lot more injuries on Jackass Number 2 than in the first Jackass movie. Not that I'm counting, but it just seemed that way to me.
Not only were the stunts really funny, but all kinds of little things the crew does is hilarious. There's a bunch of side clips in between stunts (it was like that in the first movie) and the guys prank each other or give commentary on the situation. Stuff like that made these movies shine.
I also have to say that the ending scene was really strange. It was so out of place that it was just awesome. (It starts at the Bear Trap, for those of you who are gonna watch)
OK, THAT'S ENOUGH. No, just kidding. We still have to cover Jackass 2.5.
Jackass 2.5 was a DVD only release. It's pretty much just leftover footage from the 2nd movie, with a lot of commentary. Being on DVD didn't make this any different than the previous 2 movies. Jackass 2.5 was a lot of fun to watch. Even though it makes you feel like you're losing brain cells.
Jackass 2.5 had toned down stunts, in my opinion. So the funny factor had to really rise up out of these to make them great. And they were. The stunts in this show were just as creative as the previous ones. And with hilarious results. I really want to know how they get these ideas. But since this movie is like a leftover, there are less stunts, as a result, which kind of made the movie a letdown. It didn't affect me THAT much though, as I still laughed my way through 1 hour of crazy guys. I think there were more pranks on this one, which is just as good as a stunt. These ones, unlike the previous ones, were crazy funny to watch and were more involved in the movie, whereas other pranks would just be like a clip shoved in between stunts.
All three of these movies were excellent, but you have to be in the right mood to watch them. Actually, I think I'd laugh in any situation if I saw this movie. Well, most situations. Johnny Knoxville was a great host, and he has the 2nd greatest laugh I've ever heard (1st place goes to Aaron T). Each one of the Jackass Guys were awesome in their own way and this kept the whole movie fresh.
Some stunts that I thought were physically impossible were actually done on film in these movies. Like chugging beer through your asshole. So thanks, Jackass. You've turned my thinking around and upside down. I also thought that the stunts were pretty well thought out because of the creativity of it all. Well maybe I'm looking too much into this movie; it's time to wrap things up.
Jackass (1st movie) gets a score of 9.5 out of 10 because it's just way unlike anything I've ever seen. It was funny, exciting, and crazy mixed in a blender and shitted out of a cactus needle into an eyeball of a shrimp.
The second movie, Jackass Number 2, gets a score of 9. It was lower than the first because it was a bit more disgusting which kinda took away from the fun, but it didn't hurt the score that much.
And Jackass 2.5 gets a score of 8 out of 10 because it was a DVD release after all, so what do you expect. It's leftover footage, but it's still kinda good leftover footage. Entertainment is what you look for, and this movie has it.
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