I don’t know why Paramount Vantage launched The Foot Fist Way‘s official site sans trailer, but they’ve atoned for their sin with – what else? – a red-band spot that should give the uninitiated a much better idea of Danny McBride’s profane genius. And yet I still think you need to experience the movie front-to-back to really understand how people like Will Ferrell and Adam McKay could watch this film twenty times. I mean, I’ve seen it four times myself, and I’m itchin’ for a fifth viewing, but I don’t know if there’s any way to sell this via three minutes of extremely random gags. Frankly, it’s a movie that works better if it sneaks up on you; Vantage, inexplicably, decided against the footage-free, “Go see it because Ferrell and McKay tell you to” approach.
And before I get a string of angry emails from non-U.S. citizens… I’m sorry that the studios haven’t discovered a more effective age-verification system. Just hang loose, and keep watching the YouTubes; it’ll show up there in no time.
The Foot Fist Way will finally arrive in theaters this April 11th. Beware citizens of Portage, Ohio: it’s a limited release.
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Here it is at Funny or Die. No ID necessary.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/118fd84b68
For anyone wanting to access the red-band trailers on these sites, just use a famous person's address and name. For instance.
Laura Bush
20500
11/04/46
I just used it to watch the Foot Fist Way trailer and it worked perfectly. George Bush, Daniel Glickman, any of these people whose zip code and age is public knowledge. It's that easy.
This verification crap is bullshit and doesn't stop "under age" viewers. Do they actually have a list of everyone in the United States and their zip codes to compare against? Isn't that a bit scary just to watch a movie trailer?
Mark@ actually I believe they use the department of motor vehicles records (I know, crappy use of resources) to verify someones identity. At least this is what I was told when I asked a web developer who worked on one before.
That is a load of crap jay. The dmv doesn't verify crap for some stupid red band trailer.
That said, the part where the big guy just LAYS OUT the 12 year old then kicks him while he's down, truly made me laugh loudly.
Actually Jay is right. The verification system was put in place by the gov't to prevent underage people from seeing inappropriate material. The system wasn't implemented for this one red band trailer, but for all adult content. They dress it up differently but it is the same verification system you see on all adult content
I laughed at the part when he beat up the little kid… but not at all after that.
This seems more like some lame, half assed Broken Lizardesque attempt at a comedy. I sure hope the trailer is very, very, excrutiatingly misleading.
Thanks for the replies. I still find it astonishing that taxpayer's money is at play here and people think this will prevent minors from accessing inappropriate material. I guess it's bulletproof since no minor has a parent or legal guardian that they could claim to be… 😉
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