His presence unquestionably elevated the show and helped it achieve its strange potential. While Spike Jonze wasn't the first auteur film director to dabble in television — David Lynch and Twin Peaks immediately come to mind as one of the firsts — his involvement in Jackass heralded an ongoing trend of filmmakers with big visions dipping their toes in the small screen world. Jackass was not like the scripted reality television we have now. The three seasons on MTV were fully off-the-cuff, and provided valuable socio-cultural insight.
Up until that point — and in a pre-social media world — we never saw people's active apathy towards other humans the way we did in Jackass , making it a fascinating study of the Bystander Effect in action. This theory states that groups of people will be less inclined toward action than people witnessing something on their own. In the " Runaway Casket " stunt, Johnny Knoxville pretends to be a hearse driver with a coffin that keeps falling out of the car.
Worse, Broken Arm Guy also played by Knoxville needs help doing up his zipper after using the bathroom. Of all the dozens of people he asks for help, you can count on one hand the folks who have compassion. The gang's movie Bad Grandpa brought even more do-nothing folks from the woodwork.
It's incredible to watch people watch the titular disaster-prone grandfather Knoxville, naturally while offering little but disgust, rather than helping this old man who is clearly senile and in need of assistance. Today, we see homemade videos of human cruelty and apathy on the regular, from talk shows to the news. Jackass may not be a direct cause of this phenomenon of human behavior, but it was certainly an unfortunate observation that has only become more pronounced in the years since.
Regardless of whatever sociological observations or cultural impact the show brought about, the general vibe of Jackass is one of mindless entertainment. It is art is in its fundamental fearlessness, and it allows us to unplug from the real world, however briefly, a as we watch a bunch of stunt people make terrible decisions for laughs.
While they were making those three iconic seasons it really was all fun and games. And it shows. They remind us not to take ourselves too seriously, and to always be willing to laugh at ourselves, even when fame and fortune become part of the bigger picture. Writer Jason Concepcion hailed Jackass as a portrait of the human condition. But it's also uniquely life-affirming," Concepcion wrote at The Ringer. And though we struggle mightily, every day, to distract ourselves from these truths, we shouldn't.
Indeed, we can engage with those realities in ways that are hilarious. The ones where they dive off into the water look fun and i would do it. Most fans of this show are guys. I am a girl and I like it. I have several friends that are girls and like it. PeteRoy 12 November Johnny Knoxville and his friends show no fear in all the hilarious stuff they do in this show. Some of the stunts they do are more dangerous and nasty than what you see in "Fear Factor". Like would you agree to be in a public street plastic toilet while it being taken upside down and all the "material" in it goes down on you?
Johnny Knoxville did it. And there's that scene where Johnny Knoxville puts protection against fire and then puts meat on him and becomes the human grill. And where they put him in front of a very scary bull that chases him. Good laugh for open spirit people. It's the kind of genius idea one gets while they're half-baked. There's plenty of disclaimers calling you a dumbass if you do this stuff.
That doesn't mean you have to obey them though, just don't imitate the stuff that could get you killed Human Barbecue, Alligatorama, Self-Defense. Being a dumbass can be fun. The entertainment varies Quackle 1 March Younger audiences should watch this series, as it can provide some pretty cheap entertainment, but it depends on your sense of humor.
Other people may think it is just a complete waste of time. It's crazy to think I was watching this movie when I was maybe 7 or 8 when it took movies almost a year to come to home video, miss those days. Nostalgia aside the movie is a compilation of skits of various stunts and maybe a scenario?
But most of them are laughably stupid or cringeworthy in a way that is on par for the time period where MTV ruled and these guys were all over the channel. I doubt any sensible person seeking a great movie with well developed characters will be seeking jackass but this movie is great for laughs with friends and for guys watching this with friends get used to cringing at all the nut checks in the film. No storylines, no actors, no sets, you know Instead, you have an amazingly simple plot: young people performing daring and grotesque stunts in order to shock viewers.
And they'll try anything to freak you out, make you sick, and have you laughing as hard as you can. Here's where the different outlook comes in. As unbelievable as what these people on the show seem to be doing, anyone can be stupid. Their antics rarely have me rolling in the aisles spare 1 exception: testing the athletic supporter.
Their humor is only based on how outrageous a thing they are doing. But, what if they can't think of anything else crazy to do? What happens when they can't top the dumb things they used to do? That's when the show goes off the air, right? One can only hope.
Sometimes Jackass pushes the boundaries with its Pooh content and nudity, but its all in a good cause, this is the most original TV show ever made and is so memorable, I have probably seen several episodes about ten times over, but don't get bored, and the fact that these are all young lads, around the same age as me, I think its cool how they're all so likeable and none of them annoy me.
I just want to be friends with them all and hang around with them! Krazy with a k AtomicAnthony 21 December Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, and the rest of the cast are so funny. They're always trying new funny stuff. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a Johnny Knoxville's movie career is taking of fast. I hope Jackass does not get canceled. Who needs fancy scripts when you've got jackasses?
Gorilla Punk 30 May The TV show "Jackass" proves that you can make a show without highly paid joke writers, fancy sets, and big shot celebrities that is still laugh-your-ass off hilarious. This show rocks! The end result leaves a stench. The maniacal gang of pranksters from the popular MTV series got their first feature film with this 89 minute exercise in "I can't believe I'm seeing this" lunacy. Suffice it to say, "Jackass: The Movie" is NOT for the squeamish, as these filmmakers are determined to show you just about everything, from excrement one of the crew relieves himself in a toilet in a plumbing supplies store to vomit a dude attempts to "snort" wasabi, and immediately gets sick.
Also among the ridiculous escapades: a hysterical highlight where Ms. Margera Bams' mother comes home to find a live gator in her kitchen, Johnny Knoxville trying out his "rocket skates", and our bunch of merry men raising Hell in Japan. Which only prompts this viewer to be amused at what onlookers must think of the team as they enact all sorts of 'Candid Camera' hijinks. Some clearly look amused themselves, while others get understandably upset or downright angry.
For one thing, Knoxville and buddies blow air horns at a golf course every time somebody is teeing off. That's one good way to truly annoy your fellow man. Granted, part of that is derived from the fact that it takes some real balls for these guys to so willingly subject themselves to all this self-abuse.
Some folks may bemoan the idea of this kind of thing constituting as entertainment nowadays. But if you just want something goofy to watch while you get drunk or high with buddies, this viewer is sure that this amiable nonsense will fill the bill. Some of the brightest moments involve the gang donning makeup and outfits to pass themselves off as senior citizens, prompting bystanders to try to be good samaritans. Six out of Absolutely fascinating--an easy contender for the Worst Film of All Time.
Johnny Knoxville and his sick friends perform disgusting, dangerous stunts on themselves and others. The "highlights" include a man going to a plumbing store and doing his business in one of their toilets and we see what he leaves in the bowl ; a man urinating on a snow cone and then eating it; a man sniffing Chinese food up his nose and then vomiting; the guys use electric shock on various body parts; a man lets a baby alligator bite his nipple while he screams in pain and a man sticking a small toy car up his butt all the way in!!!!!
All these stunts have the other guys watching and laughing hysterically. What the hell is so funny watching a guy eat his own urine or vomiting all over?
This movie's idea of humor is watching people in pain or being humiliated. There's no plot. In a way, this is fascinating--if only for how infantile and disgusting a film can get. How did this get an R rating--it's NC all the way.
The only thing that kept me watching was the guys. Knoxville and some of his pals are actually quite attractive, have loads of charisma and are out of their clothes a lot there's a huge amount of male nudity. So, in the end, I hated this film but it has an audience.
Many people in the theatre were laughing loudly while I just sat there appalled. It's already a big hit too which is really sad. So, it depends on what you find funny. It will, with no doubt, wow all the teenage boys in the audience. This is one of the very few movies that actually made me laugh out loud. Please don't expect a story with characters and plot lines just because the title is "Jackass: The Movie", it's is nothing more then an extended "Jackass" episode with more dangerous and crazy daring stunts and silly situations.
But what great fun it is! Maybe the best thing about the movie is that you can really see that the guys had lot's of fun making it. I always enjoy movies in which you can see that they had lot's of fun while making it. Of course I don't like every bit of the movie. For instance I don't like the scene's in which they hurt them selves on purpose by cutting them selves with paper or when they let an baby alligator bite them, but that is just a matter of taste.
Luckily the other parts of the movie makes this up, it is absolutely hilarious! Especially the scene's in Japan are crazy as well as hilarious. However it's not a movie that you watch over and over again, after 2 or 3 times you already have seen it all.
All in all I can highly recommend this movie to everyone who likes the crazy "Jackass" humor, if you don't like the show then simply don't watch this movie because changes are you will probably hate this movie as well. If you liked the show, you will love the movie. MTV's cult-classic gross-out daredevil stunt show headlined by Knoxville nee PJ Clapp goes gonzo on the big screen for bigger, stupider and more dangerous bits of anarchy and insanity that delivers huge, gut-wrenching laughs from the most primordial and primal depths with some truly gross-out sequences and arguably original inanities at hand.
You've been warned! Dir: Jeff Tremaine. Pure spectacle without plot yet the concept has appeal. Its structure is a series of stunts all separated by a fading screen. We witness urination on a snow cone before it is digested.
Other stunts include smash up derby with rental cars, golf cart wars, a boxing fight within a department store. One of the guys has a bowel movement in his pants before finishing in a brand new toilet. This is witness by shocked employees. There is an X-ray that reveals a toy car in someone's anal track. There is tight rope walking above a pit of alligators.
And finally there is an electric shock treatment applied to the penis. Director Jeff Tremaine films it like a bad documentary, which works for the humour element. They tap into that willing urge to sin like the child wondering if he can obtain the cookie from the cookie jar without getting caught.
Pointless wretch aimed at the wrong audience. As if there is actually a right audience for this sort of thing. Johnny Knoxville leads the bandwagon and also does some stunts sportingly. There is a particular gag, named as Butt X-Ray, where Ryan Dunn, one of the stars of this hit-flick, 'inserts a toy car wrapped in a condom into rectum and getting X-rays of the car inside his anus'!
Do I need to say anything more? Ever see a movie called Idiocracy? A film that takes place in the future as we see what our society has become due to the lack of intelligence in film, television, doctor's direction in finding a cure for baldness vs.
The best stunts allow an audience to vicariously experience things that human beings most wish to avoid—the imminent threat of death, grievous injury, mutilation, revulsion, humiliation.
Hidden under the colorful plastic balls are, as the title suggests, several appallingly large snakes. This is profoundly sophomoric material. An effective Jackass stunt reminded us that—beneath the glossy personas people present to the world, these beautifully filtered images of meals and vacations and perfect friends—we bleed, we shit, and we die.
Indeed, we can engage with those realities in ways that are hilarious. Jackass grew out of skate culture, and they share a lot of philosophical DNA. One way to think about skateboarding is as an act of reclamation. The skateboarder takes existing spaces—a set of stairs, a curb, a handrail, a swimming pool, and so on—and repurposes them as a medium for public expression. A similar dynamic is at play when, say, Steve-O launches fireworks out of his anus. We all have a body.
Few of us would ever use it this way. Unfortunately, some with less training and supervision tried. In , a year-old from Connecticut, inspired by a Knoxville stunt involving a barbecue, lit himself on fire with the help of some friends, suffering second- and third-degree burns.
The first time I fed a bite to Steve-O, and he puked all over my leg. Knoxville was unwilling to compromise, and in August , he quit. MTV canceled Jackass soon after.
And though three feature films followed, an era was over. It was too good to be true, anyway. The moment in time when a show like Jackass could exist on television is gone.
Smartphones and YouTube, aided by apps like Vine, Twitter, and Instagram have effectively democratized the kind of content that Knoxville and Margera broke their bones and penises to produce.
Jackass felt special, illicit; like getting away with something. Now anyone with a phone can film, distribute, and promote their own stunts without exposing an overarching corporate entity to litigation.
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