Not the worst movie
Added 11/8/2009
I can definitely see why people gave this movie a bad review: it's kinda boring. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the film. It was good, but most of the great jokes didn't happen until the second half of the movie. And with this movie's 84 minute run-time, that's not a compliment. The comedy and semi-serious moments were just too unbalanced and choppy. I went into this movie to laugh, and laughter definitely ensued. Whether it's the sheer stupidity of the narration or a well written penis joke, I was at least entertained, and that's all that really matters.
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Funny, not Actor's Studio Material.. but Funny!!! The bad reviews are misleading!
Added 6/24/2009
Well, I thought this movie definitely shined most the time - Yes there are drug humor references.. so what? It was hilarious to watch - kept me in stitches throughout. Talking about how we could learn from the gentle ways of bigfoot while on an expedition, then filling him full of lead when they are surprised by Bigfoot walking out of a cave, when bigfoot utters "huh?"... then afterward the troop trying to justify killing him by asking the others around a campfire.. what was the last thing that horrible monster said.. and one responds.. "I think he said, huh? like he was surprised or something". Funny! A guy tattooing eyes on his eyelids so the people will think he is awake when he is asleep, the crazy voice overs to old stock animal footage.
It's a funny parody of Wild Kingdom-esque footage from the old days with some fun party humor mixed in - Yes.. if you liked grandmas boy (which I did) you will like this. It is witty, yet tasteless humor made for a sick mind - I Love it! And for all the bad reviews, I really wonder what your idea of top notch humor is... Love Guru? It is so easy to critique but I don't think this movie deserved the many bad reviews it got - we live in strange times where the movie Twilight is a blockbuster of sorts - and American Idol teens rule the ratings - a sad day for sure.
One thing I really DON'T like (and this happens a lot in movies that don't do as well as the corporation would like) is that since it didn't do so well, they didn't bother releasing a soundtrack.. there are lots of good songs on there that are credited but there are also a few that aren't credited and have no way of knowing who sung it. They may have been made just for the movie and are really good! I fear that these songs (one in particular) will never make it out of corporate limbo to my ipod because of the movie's poor numbers. I feel sorry for the musicians that will never really get their due.
There is a song in particular that I would kill to know who sung... it is being played during the RV scene when the nitrous tank springs a leak and they are partying with body paint, wedding dresses for the men, the gal is riding a guy's back like a bucking bronco, and this song that has the following lyrics is blaring; "Gonna climb a mountain for ya, gonna touch the sky, sun's burning out my eyes".. or something like that. Very cool sounding song with slow tempo, yet hard 70's rock feel - I want this song, but nobody knows squat about it. Release it already! Its been long enough! Forget the fact that the movie didn't make much.. maybe the songs will?
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"Monkeys make up over 80% of the world's monkey population." [not the smartest tools in the shed]
Added 6/8/2009
Saying Strange Wilderness is a bad movie, is a little bit of an understatement. I personally would never go so far as to say I hated any movie in it's entirety, there's always a few shining good moments one can decipher and enjoy; but then again in that context, this movie has very few.
Peter's(Steve Zahn) father was the charismatic host of 'Strange Wilderness' before his passing, a show about exploring wildlife, animals, and adventures. Of course, Peter inherits the show and wants to be just like his notable pop, but lacks so very much of his father's grace and know-how, or even common sense?
With his eccentric crew made up of Cooker(Jonah Hill), Junior(Justin Long), Cheryl(Ashley Scott), Danny(Peter Dante), Whitaker(Kevin Heffernan), and Fred(Allen Covert) the Strange Wilderness crew departs on their expedition to finding, filming and capturing the legendary Bigfoot.
As can be expected the gang runs into varies traps, and misfortunes along their path to Bigfoot, some of those being, finding their competition program's team attacked by pygmies, a guide eaten by piranhas, and one of them being brutally mauled by a shark.
Someone with an odd or different sense of humor then myself might find enjoyment in this flick(and don't get me wrong here, I enjoy plenty ridiculously silly, similar comedies), but I personally found it near impossible. I had a handful of laughs and not too much more. The violence and stupidity crosses over the line from funny to annoying, and a little pointless. I found it hard to sit through, even with a friends' persuasion.
I still find it hard to fathom that the great Ernest Borgnine signed on for even his small part in this stinker!
This is just more proof that a fantastic cast certainly doesn't guarantee a good movie.
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Nice casting, just, bad writing.
Added 6/2/2009
Even for a Happy Madison production, I expected this one to be a lot better. it makes me wonder how they got such a cast together, and it still falls flat on it's butt by the end of the film.
So it stars the guy from Joyride, who is a Wilderness show host who is trying to follow in the footsteps of his father, making a mockery of the show by adding stupid dialog over wilderness footage. That was kinda funny for a while, but went pretty dry by the end of the film.
Farvar and the other fat guy from Knocked up are here as well. However, the fat guy has some decent lines and a funny to song to sing about family, but Farvar... why even bother to cast him for the role he played in this?
The other regulars of Happy Madison movies really where the ones who let this movie down a lot. The second hand man and the dopey rocker from Little Nicky really where the odd ones out in this movie. I dunno, either there faces are too well known to be believable as these dimwits, or if they weren't friends with Adam Sandler, they'd never have gotten the roles for this one.
The movie has some decent scenes, and some funny lines, but by the end, it's just not enough to save this movie from being crap.
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Strange Wilderness - Blu-ray Info
Added 4/18/2009
Version: U.S.A / Paramount / Region Free
MPEG-4 AVC BD-25 / High Profile 4.1 / AACS
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Running time: 1:24:57
Movie size: 19,34 GB
Disc size: 22,87 GB
Total bit rate: 30.36 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 23.49 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 3141 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3141 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Subtitles: English (SDH), English, French, Spanish
Number of chapters: 11
# Cooker's Song (SD - 5 min)
# The Turkey (SD - 6 min)
# What do we do? (SD - 6 min)
# Reel Comedy Strange Wilderness (SD - 21 min)
# Deleted Scenes (SD - 22 min)
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Not the worst movie
Added 11/8/2009
I can definitely see why people gave this movie a bad review: it's kinda boring. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the film. It was good, but most of the great jokes didn't happen until the second half of the movie. And with this movie's 84 minute run-time, that's not a compliment. The comedy and semi-serious moments were just too unbalanced and choppy. I went into this movie to laugh, and laughter definitely ensued. Whether it's the sheer stupidity of the narration or a well written penis joke, I was at least entertained, and that's all that really matters.
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Funny, not Actor's Studio Material.. but Funny!!! The bad reviews are misleading!
Added 6/24/2009
Well, I thought this movie definitely shined most the time - Yes there are drug humor references.. so what? It was hilarious to watch - kept me in stitches throughout. Talking about how we could learn from the gentle ways of bigfoot while on an expedition, then filling him full of lead when they are surprised by Bigfoot walking out of a cave, when bigfoot utters "huh?"... then afterward the troop trying to justify killing him by asking the others around a campfire.. what was the last thing that horrible monster said.. and one responds.. "I think he said, huh? like he was surprised or something". Funny! A guy tattooing eyes on his eyelids so the people will think he is awake when he is asleep, the crazy voice overs to old stock animal footage.
It's a funny parody of Wild Kingdom-esque footage from the old days with some fun party humor mixed in - Yes.. if you liked grandmas boy (which I did) you will like this. It is witty, yet tasteless humor made for a sick mind - I Love it! And for all the bad reviews, I really wonder what your idea of top notch humor is... Love Guru? It is so easy to critique but I don't think this movie deserved the many bad reviews it got - we live in strange times where the movie Twilight is a blockbuster of sorts - and American Idol teens rule the ratings - a sad day for sure.
One thing I really DON'T like (and this happens a lot in movies that don't do as well as the corporation would like) is that since it didn't do so well, they didn't bother releasing a soundtrack.. there are lots of good songs on there that are credited but there are also a few that aren't credited and have no way of knowing who sung it. They may have been made just for the movie and are really good! I fear that these songs (one in particular) will never make it out of corporate limbo to my ipod because of the movie's poor numbers. I feel sorry for the musicians that will never really get their due.
There is a song in particular that I would kill to know who sung... it is being played during the RV scene when the nitrous tank springs a leak and they are partying with body paint, wedding dresses for the men, the gal is riding a guy's back like a bucking bronco, and this song that has the following lyrics is blaring; "Gonna climb a mountain for ya, gonna touch the sky, sun's burning out my eyes".. or something like that. Very cool sounding song with slow tempo, yet hard 70's rock feel - I want this song, but nobody knows squat about it. Release it already! Its been long enough! Forget the fact that the movie didn't make much.. maybe the songs will?
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"Monkeys make up over 80% of the world's monkey population." [not the smartest tools in the shed]
Added 6/8/2009
Saying Strange Wilderness is a bad movie, is a little bit of an understatement. I personally would never go so far as to say I hated any movie in it's entirety, there's always a few shining good moments one can decipher and enjoy; but then again in that context, this movie has very few.
Peter's(Steve Zahn) father was the charismatic host of 'Strange Wilderness' before his passing, a show about exploring wildlife, animals, and adventures. Of course, Peter inherits the show and wants to be just like his notable pop, but lacks so very much of his father's grace and know-how, or even common sense?
With his eccentric crew made up of Cooker(Jonah Hill), Junior(Justin Long), Cheryl(Ashley Scott), Danny(Peter Dante), Whitaker(Kevin Heffernan), and Fred(Allen Covert) the Strange Wilderness crew departs on their expedition to finding, filming and capturing the legendary Bigfoot.
As can be expected the gang runs into varies traps, and misfortunes along their path to Bigfoot, some of those being, finding their competition program's team attacked by pygmies, a guide eaten by piranhas, and one of them being brutally mauled by a shark.
Someone with an odd or different sense of humor then myself might find enjoyment in this flick(and don't get me wrong here, I enjoy plenty ridiculously silly, similar comedies), but I personally found it near impossible. I had a handful of laughs and not too much more. The violence and stupidity crosses over the line from funny to annoying, and a little pointless. I found it hard to sit through, even with a friends' persuasion.
I still find it hard to fathom that the great Ernest Borgnine signed on for even his small part in this stinker!
This is just more proof that a fantastic cast certainly doesn't guarantee a good movie.
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