A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018) - Blu-ray Forum

cinemaphile · 01-28-2018, 08:38 AM

* As usual, tried a search, came up empty. If there is a thread for this, please merge.

This premiered on Netflix today and I gotta say it's pretty hilarious. It has exactly my same kind of sense of humor. Will Forte plays the lead and his style is perfect for it. It does lose a little steam in the end, when it gets (slightly) serious, but overall was very enjoyable. 4/5
Directed by The State's David Wain, and featuring several other members in supporting roles/cameos.

cinemaphile · 01-28-2018, 08:43 AM

Random thought:

Will Forte and Domnhall Gleeson (as Doug Kenney and Henry Beard) totally reminded me of Trey Parker and Matt Stone - their jokes, their banter, even a little in their looks.

jacobsever · 01-29-2018, 01:11 AM

I have hardly no experience or knowledge of National Lampoon, but I absolutely adored this movie. Talk about one Hell of an ensemble cast. Absolutely insane how many people were in this. Extremely, extremely funny.

Joeker · 01-29-2018, 02:13 PM

I saw it last night and enjoyed. I knew nothing of National Lampoon except they were associated with Animal House.

For this movie I enjoyed the humor and was interesting to learn about the SNL guys being with Lampoon before. I'm assuming this is true because its in the movie

I think the movie would've been better without Will Forte. I have nothing against the guy, but he's 47 and was playing a 21 to 33 year old. I'm sure they could've found someone closer to Dom Gleeson's age (33-35 if I'm not mistaken). I know the age thing got played for a joke at one point but still. I guess Will really wanted to play this role.

cinemaphile · 01-29-2018, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Joeker

I saw it last night and enjoyed. I knew nothing of National Lampoon except they were associated with Animal House.

For this movie I enjoyed the humor and was interesting to learn about the SNL guys being with Lampoon before. I'm assuming this is true because its in the movie

I think the movie would've been better without Will Forte. I have nothing against the guy, but he's 47 and was playing a 21 to 33 year old. I'm sure they could've found someone closer to Dom Gleeson's age (33-35 if I'm not mistaken). I know the age thing got played for a joke at one point but still. I guess Will really wanted to play this role.

I couldnt disagree more - Will Forte was one of the primary reasons this movie was as funny as it was, and the age thing never distracted me.

Duke_45 · 01-30-2018, 12:43 PM

Had high expectations for this and was really disappointed. As a teen in the 70s, the national lampoon mags were comic gold. I would have preferred a doco on the people involved, instead of actors recreating scenes. The ending was really dumb. Not sure if that was based on actual facts, but it really was a stupid way to end an already awful movie.

castor · 01-31-2018, 05:20 AM

There's a documentary about the Lampoon called Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead that I thought was really good.

robgmun · 02-01-2018, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Joeker

I saw it last night and enjoyed. I knew nothing of National Lampoon except they were associated with Animal House.

because i grew up in the UK i knew nothing of National Lampoon except for the movies. So i was shocked at the twist ending, it really threw me for six.

I really love it but then i like these true life docu-movies

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01-28-2018, 08:43 AM	#2
cinemaphile Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Illinois Trading Score:322	Random thought: Will Forte and Domnhall Gleeson (as Doug Kenney and Henry Beard) totally reminded me of Trey Parker and Matt Stone - their jokes, their banter, even a little in their looks. Last edited by cinemaphile; 01-28-2018 at 09:16 AM.

01-29-2018, 01:11 AM	#3
jacobsever Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Denver, CO 4K collection:158 Blu-ray collection:732 DVD collection:6 Trading Score:13	I have hardly no experience or knowledge of National Lampoon, but I absolutely adored this movie. Talk about one Hell of an ensemble cast. Absolutely insane how many people were in this. Extremely, extremely funny.

01-29-2018, 02:13 PM	#4
Joeker Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2013 Location:Gotham City iTunes collection:294 Trading Score:493	I saw it last night and enjoyed. I knew nothing of National Lampoon except they were associated with Animal House. For this movie I enjoyed the humor and was interesting to learn about the SNL guys being with Lampoon before. I'm assuming this is true because its in the movie I think the movie would've been better without Will Forte. I have nothing against the guy, but he's 47 and was playing a 21 to 33 year old. I'm sure they could've found someone closer to Dom Gleeson's age (33-35 if I'm not mistaken). I know the age thing got played for a joke at one point but still. I guess Will really wanted to play this role.

01-30-2018, 12:43 PM	#6
Duke_45 Expert Member Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Upstate, NY	Had high expectations for this and was really disappointed. As a teen in the 70s, the national lampoon mags were comic gold. I would have preferred a doco on the people involved, instead of actors recreating scenes. The ending was really dumb. Not sure if that was based on actual facts, but it really was a stupid way to end an already awful movie.

01-31-2018, 05:20 AM	#7
castor Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2015 Location:Texas 4K collection:53 Blu-ray collection:617 DVD collection:94	There's a documentary about the Lampoon called Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead that I thought was really good.

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