Review of Wild Hogs (2007) by The Fat Man Q — 24 Aug 2011

Wild Hogs grossed over $100M in three weeks. As a filmmaker, I'm gnashing my teeth and wailing over this news. How can canned nonsense like this continue to make money even after people have seen it and spread the word? Unless we've become a cruel nation that delights in pranking our fellow movie watchers, taste is something of the past. First Norbit, now this.

John Travolta plays a lipstick wearing, saggy coward. Tim Allen is a boring nobody. William H. Macy plays a stereotypical quiet nerd. Martin Lawrence is a black guy who isn't very impressive and not terribly funny. Uhhhh...did this movie get typecast, or what?

Hitting on a few high notes, one being the the OCC guys - kinda funny in the beginning, especially considering how silly they come across on their show. The other would be Marisa Tomei. Totally doesn't look 43 and was very cute and quirky-charming throughout the film. Really the only talent there. I guess you have to keep that SAG card somehow.

Biggest annoyance would be gay joke trends. I'm not going to go into my "Hollywood is two-faced" rant, but Hollywood is two-faced, claiming to be liberal and supportive of gays, and then using idiotic gay humor for cheap laughs. Worst of all, Brad Copeland wrote many Arrested Development episodes. I thought better of him.