"I'm Completely Ashamed Of Myself"

So, ok, let me ask you this. If I LIKE the trailer to Jackass: Number Two, does that make me as fucking retarded as the people that make up the Jackass team? Or just as retarded as the target audience of the Jackass movies?
Frankly, I don't want to be as retarded as either of those undesirable groups of decaying humanity... but the trailer does so many things right, it's hard to resist the temptation of leaving your mental high ground and descending into a numbed consciousness where nothing exists in the universe except tongue piercing lobsters and midgets doing death defying stunts. Christ help me.

To be fair to myself, it's only a very short, very sparse trailer. It introduces itself rather intellegently (not sarcastic) by quoting some of the worst reviews that the first Jackass installment recieved, including the respectable (Richard Roeper) and the not-so-respectable (Christian Spotlight on the Movies). Using academic pummellings as a way to promote a movie is actually quite inspired, but it really could only work with this type of movie, going by the fact that the intended audience just don't care what old people have to say about young people's movies, and that it also taps into the very effective rebellious scene.

I have to say, the stunts that are sampled in the trailer are often times impressive. Some would take a while to organise... while others would take all of two seconds to think up and do. I'm thinking of one scene with that ape Steve-O jumping on the end of the rake and then writhing in pain when he gets smashed in the face with the handle.
It's so idiotic, I know it. But there is some real energy to it all.

I don't think I have to explain why I won't be in line to see this when it hits cinemas. But under all the insane stupidity and thoughtlessness, there's real creativity and inventiveness, I feel. And I guess it makes me just a little curious to see what other completely outlandish fucked up ordeals these dickheads have thought up to torture themselves with.
And in that regard, yes, I am ashamed of myself.

Jackass: Number Two - Paramount Pictures
Anticipation Level: Low.
Look out for: "Let's remove this tooth!" Completely masochistic and tasteless, so why is it so re-watchable? Any movie with a yak in it gets props too.
US Release date: 22nd September, 2006.
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