MacGruber Review Thread (Use Spoiler Tags)

[GreenScar]

Jorma Taccone Directing the MacGruber Movie with Ryan Phillippe

Screw the actual MacGuyver movie, this is all we need! Jorma Taccone, who most recently played Chaka in the putrid Land of the Lost movie, is set to make his directorial debut with the MacGruber movie based on the popular SNL skit starring Will Forte. In addition to Forte, who will reprise his role as the titular character, Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer are also in negotiations to join the cast. Kristen Wiig will reprise her role as his assistant. Taccone hasn't directed any features, but he did create the character and direct most of the MacGruber skits for SNL. Forte, Taccone, and John Solomon are writing the feature script.

The MacGruber sketches saw Forte as MacGyver's son, who always found himself, along with that week's guest star, in a room with a ticking bomb. MacGruber gets sidelined by personal issues, and the bomb goes off. The story for the film will be a bit different than what we've seen on SNL previously. The legendary, much decorated MacGruber is pulled out of retirement as a monk in Ecuador by a colonel, who needs him once more to fight on behalf of his country. This time the mission involves going up against the evil Cun*h (Val Kilmer), who has a nuclear warhead; the mission is personal because Cun*h killed MacGruber's bride.

I don't watch SNL anymore, so I'm not too familiar with MacGruber, but it sounds like it could be fun. The last SNL-ish movies we were Hot Rod and Baby Mama, but neither of those did well or were that great. I expect this MacGruber movie to get a lot of buzz, but as for if it'll actually be any good, it's too early to tell.

You can head over here to check out a 4 minute MacGruber skit from SNL

[EricJ]

So, is Lorne back to producing movies as "auditions" for his cast members, or was this just a loose-cannon on the director's part?
It's not a Tina Fey script and doesn't star Amy Poehler, so it can't be those...

[LynxFX]

As a huge MacGyver fan, this is the worst idea to come out of SNL since It's Pat.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

As a huge MacGyver fan, this is the worst idea to come out of SNL since It's Pat.

You can be a fan of both.

Have you seen the skits?

[Sponge-worthy]

So, now that the SNL sketches are getting tired and thin, the idea is to stretch a movie out of them?? Prepare for the suck.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by ryan69969

So, now that the SNL sketches are getting tired and thin, the idea is to stretch a movie out of them?? Prepare for the suck.

Lots of movies have been made out of SNL sketches (e.g., Wayne's World). It's not new.

What is "the suck"? I need to know how to prepare for it.

[jjbsn5192]

Originally Posted by Sponge-worthy

So, now that the SNL sketches are getting tired and thin, the idea is to stretch a movie out of them?? Prepare for the suck.

it's been awhile since ive seen Ryan Phillippe? in a film, he's a great actor. but alot of his film's really suck..
and Val Kilmar is like C-Class. now, he's doing such crap film's lately..

but the trailer looked decent..

[LynxFX]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

You can be a fan of both.

Have you seen the skits?

Yeah I've seen a couple, not funny, not clever, not even a good name.

What I would much rather have is a true MacGyver movie.

[cajmoyper]

IMO, SNL is as funny as it has ever been but I never really liked any of the SNL-based movies. I do hope that it'll be funny though.

[goochspot]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Yeah I've seen a couple, not funny, not clever, not even a good name.

What I would much rather have is a true MacGyver movie.

I feel they are very funny, clever and the theme song is awesome.

Now, the MacGyver show is HORRIBLE! It's up there with A Little House on the Prairie. Every and I mean every episode is the exact same. So much so, you can break down each plot point to the minute. This is what makes the sketches so funny.

So, for you to put down the sketch and then praise the show in the same breath, you obvisouly don't get the humor that Taccone and Forte were going for. But, Mr. MacGyver himself gets it.

After saying all this, I'm not sure if it would work as a movie, but I loved Hot Rod and I'll see anything that Will Forte does because I think he's a genius

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Yeah I've seen a couple, not funny, not clever, not even a good name.

You're entitled to your opinion. Just odd how much you seem to HATE MacGruber.

Re: SNL, had no idea Abbie Elliot was Chris Elliot's daughter.

[Y3k Bug]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

As a huge MacGyver fan, this is the worst idea to come out of SNL since It's Pat.

I'm a huge MacGyver fan too, but I love the MacGruber skits. They even got Richard Dean Anderson to reprise MacGyver for a few of them.

I don't know how well an entire movie of it will be, but I'll probably check it out.

***this post was made by using a dollar bill, paper clip and some chewing gum***

[Germtop]

Of the ones I've seen I've only liked two of them: the ones starring Richard Dean Anderson and Shia LaBeouf.

"So who's the lucky lady?"
"Scott"

Brilliant.

I'll keep my expectations low for the movie, though.

[Lord_Stewie]

Thats gonna a weird movie, yet hilarious.

[JOHN MFN D.]

I also saw Will Forte on Laté Night. The film may be funny!

[fatediesel]

I love the MacGruber skits but I'm not sure about a whole movie based on them. Jorma Taccone is hilarious (see Hot Rod and the J*** in my Pants SNL Digital Short) but he has no directing experience. Still, I wouldn't have high expectations for this movie and would prefer Taccone do something with Andy Samberg instead.

[ngkf7]

Wow...this just makes me miss the old SNL movie days.

MacGruber is not funny AT ALL.

[Grevlin]

I can't make it through 5 minutes of SNL much less 2 hours of one character. And messing with Mac!

I still have Swiss Army knife in my pocket to this day. It might not have saved my life on occasion-- but close.

[Marine Mike]

Macgruber!!!!!

[The Big Blue]

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.