Why I Walked Out of ‘Year One’ Crying (Victoria Jackson)

Andrew Brietbart Presents Big Hollywood ^ | JUne 19, 2009 | Victoria Jackson

[padre35]

As I recall, she wrote that because she was going to get married at the time?

Should be interesting to watch as she goes further down the rabbit hole ala Alice in Wonderland, I hope she can continue to keep working as Hollyweird hates it when their illusion is shattered.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I think they did, but I can’t remember precisely. I haven’t watched it recently. I always got a kick out of Yul Brynner, who is practically doing the same role as Rameses as he did as Mongkut in “The King & I.” As a kid, I got to see Brynner doing the latter on stage shortly before his death.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

The more “non-leftist in Hollywood”, the merrier it really will be for everybody!

[ElectronVolt]

Part of me says, "Get it over with." Just put porn into TV commercials, cartoons, and billboards. Remove all social boundaries. Allow sex on the street. Nationalize everything. Well, that's where we're sliding already isn't it? Hardly anyone ten years ago would have thought gay marriage would happen or auto company nationalization would slide through so easily. No matter how much we resist, this pace of degradation is accelerating.

As a ray of hope, attitudes seem to have changed since the election of Obama. A little fear of "hope" and "change" does wonders. Polls are showing the very recent rebellion against abortion, licentiousness, and socialism. Will the rebellion continue or be crushed by a fat, dumb, and lazy public?

[The Duke]

Well, Jack Black showed promise in "School of Rock" and "Nacho Libre". One could cop out and blame the script-writers, but it was JB who allowed those words to eminate from his mouth.

Eddie Murphy, Jeff Foxworthy and Steve Martin seem to me to be good examples of decent contemporary comedians. (Well, maybe Steve Martin transcends generational-classification?)

[dsc]

“Eddie Murphy”

Have you seen any of his stand-up performances?

Unless he’s had a change of heart, his act is extremely vulgar.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I tried watching “Nacho Libre”, but I just found it lacking (boring ?). I just think he’s missing some component that I find desirable in a comedic actor.

As for Eddie Murphy, I think he’s been stuck in a rut for some time. I think he was better in the ‘80s, and the same goes for Steve Martin, for that matter (although their joint production of “Bowfinger” was pretty good). My personal favorites from childhood are largely gone now, such as Rodney Dangerfield, John Belushi, John Candy, Richard Pryor, Ted Knight, etc. Nobody seems to be able to fill their shoes.

[Cicero]

Well, I wasn’t going to see this one anyway, but now I DEFINITELY won’t go and see it.

[Cicero]

Out of curiosity, I looked up Year One at Rotten Tomatoes. It got one good review and the rest were all bad. And if you check out that good review (best prehistoric movie of the year), it gets 3 out of 5.

So, even the politically correct reviewers think this one’s a loser.

[NoGrayZone]

Back in the day, I remember my Aunt Jeannie (my name sake) taking a bunch of us little ones to see Grease.

The Grease Lightening song ALMOST put a damper on things....remember the part when they sang “You know that ain't no shit we'll be getting lots of tit in Grease Lightening”......well, she had a fit!!

She attempted to cover our eyes and ears, she only had two hands and 6 kids lol. We giggled the entire ride home, as we “sang” the song...she was NOT amused.

I want to go back to the day where that was offensive. I do realize now the more we are exposed to raunch, the more immune we become.

[JoeProBono]

[scottinoc]

I too walked out of Year One; it was the first time in years I walked out of a movie and got free vouchers. Took my wife last night. The scenes in the previews were funny. Guess what, those were the only funny lines in the movie and they were used up in the first 10 minutes. It was just plain painfully dumb, and I’m not above a good brainless bit of slapstick if it’s well done.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thanks for the warning. This is a defininte DON’T SEE.

[Future Snake Eater]

I agree with the “get it over with” thing. Of course, if you say that to liberals, they’ll just laugh at you condescendingly, and say, “That won’t happen!”

Then, when it does happen, they’ll be the first to defend it.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Sobering report from an unlikely source - Wonderful to read it!

[narses]

I agree.

[Popman]

I don’t know what it is about Jack Black, he tries too hard to be funny and falls flat. I don’t think I could name anything of his I’ve found to be particularly amusing or enjoyable.

I liked Jack Black in this film. It's about the only one

[cruise_missile]

Wow. I didn’t know that kind of stuff was in that movie.

What happened to America?

I’ve always have liked Jackson.

[The Duke]

My personal favorites from childhood are largely gone now, such as Rodney Dangerfield, John Belushi, John Candy, Richard Pryor, Ted Knight, etc. Nobody seems to be able to fill their shoes.

I agree. You just can't beat "Back to School". Also Jon Lovitz in "High School High" was one of my all-time favorites ("My name is Anferny ... A-N-F-E-R-N-Y!") :D

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

Years ago, when I read he was chosen to play one of the leads in the KONG ‘remake’, I knew instantly it would suck. It did, big-time. Primarily due to One of the worst movie casts in history. I’ve despised him and Naomi Watts ever since.