MacGruber Intro by Jorma Taccone at SXSW
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Saturday Night Live mainstay, Jorma Taccone, provides a quick intro before his feature film directorial debut, MacGruber.
Saturday Night Live mainstay, Jorma Taccone, provides a quick intro before his feature film directorial debut, MacGruber.
[...] MacGruber, which began as a small Saturday Night Live sketch back in 2007, has today turned into a feature-length film thanks to director Jorma Taccone (writer on SNL). Suffice to say, if you don’t care for the skit, which parodies the popular MacGuyer character from the late ’80s, you won’t care for the movie. MacGruber solicits audible laughs through absurdity and shock, which is, of course, expected. It’s hard not to chuckle at Will Forte bunny-hopping around nude with a celery stalk up his ass, or Val Kilmer playing a villain named Dieter Von Cunth; and the various occasions to declare that it’s time “to pound some Cunth.” MacGruber is pure blockbuster silliness, executed in a decently (and unexpectedly) seasoned way. [...]