A Million Ways To Die In The West
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A Million Ways To Die In The West
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crisper57
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I think it looks funny. And terrible. And funny again.
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man...talk about your vanity projects! This has Baseketball written ALL OVER IT.
Much like Trey and Matt, Seth McFarlane is a comic genius writing wise, but that doesn't mean he has comic acting chops...or acting chops period.
my bet is it's one of the biggest bombs of the year. It's got a huge cast, is period and a Western, which means that budget's going to be around 100 mil. No way it makes anywhere near that, IMO.
Much like Trey and Matt, Seth McFarlane is a comic genius writing wise, but that doesn't mean he has comic acting chops...or acting chops period.
my bet is it's one of the biggest bombs of the year. It's got a huge cast, is period and a Western, which means that budget's going to be around 100 mil. No way it makes anywhere near that, IMO.
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Another Red Band trailer.
Looks like fun. Take it for what it is.
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Agreed. Sheer goofy fun.
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
Release Date: May 29, 2014 (p.m. screenings)
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Screenwriter: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Sulkin, Wellesley Wild
Genre: Comedy, Western
MPAA Rating: R (for strong crude and sexual content, language throughout, some violence and drug material)
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Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, Neil Patrick Harris
Plot Summary: Seth MacFarlane directs, produces, co-writes and plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert in "A Million Ways to Die in the West."
After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.
Release Date: May 29, 2014 (p.m. screenings)
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Screenwriter: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Sulkin, Wellesley Wild
Genre: Comedy, Western
MPAA Rating: R (for strong crude and sexual content, language throughout, some violence and drug material)
Website: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Google+
Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, Neil Patrick Harris
Plot Summary: Seth MacFarlane directs, produces, co-writes and plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert in "A Million Ways to Die in the West."
After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.
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Well played sir, you were pretty much spot onabout everything except the budget. (I read that it cost less than Ted and came in around 40million, dont shoot the messenger that's just what I read) http://time.com/2807521/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west-box-office/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29
But it definitely flopped.
More importantly, you were totally right. Basically into the first 5 minutes all I could think was man Cheese totally nailed this right on the head.
It was funny dont get me wrong, there were some disgusting gags that had the whole audience going which was fun, and a bunch of funny lines but overall it just didn't work. Seth was super awkward and it really just had the feeling of a bunch of Seth Mcfarlane gags jammed into a western setting but felt way out of place. I kindof felt like he made the movie just to make out with Charlize a bunch of times, cant say I blame him... lol
Definitely a vanity project.
However, the fact that they spent so little making it pretty much takes away most of the humiliation of it flopping I think or would you disagree?
Anyway, good call Cheesetrodaumus!
However, the Django cameo was awesome. 
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probably...but I think it will allow studios to keep MacFarlane from making himself the star again.
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It was silly, goofy and funny. If I had read the script first, I would not have gone. But, I didn't, and I am glad I didn't. I just enjoyed it for what it is. I can afford a few bucks to laugh at a silly movie, and I did. Life is short, enjoy it. Next...
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Saw it last night
really funny movie
really funny movie
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me and the girlfriend saw it on Saturday. It was funny and had some hilarious parts but she said she gets to pick the next movie. She laughed but I'd wait for Netflix or on demand. If you need a laugh, go see it. If you want an in depth plot line then this is not for you.
Definitely not for kids.
Definitely not for kids.
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WHA....Whe....who......when did you come back!!!
Good to see you M-Dog! Hope all is very well with you and yours!
I thought the movie looked pretty bad and TED was way way way overrated. Glad I passed. Will wait for Netflix.
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good to see you too big guy! I've mostly been posting in the daily workout forum for the past few months.
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If I had never seen a preview, I would have loved it. But all the best gags were given away in tv spots.
I always try hard to avoid previews of comedy
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Terrible movie. Tried REALLY hard to be Blazing Saddles and failed miserably. Waste of a cast and the humor was more disgusting than actually funny.
I'm sorry..... I thought is was damned funny. No Oscar winner for sure, and due to some blue and bathroom humor, not for everyone.... but my wife and I laughed out loud numerous times.
And Seth was spot on about how rotten it was to live in the west in the 1880's.
And Seth was spot on about how rotten it was to live in the west in the 1880's.
I loved this movie as well. I expected it to be horrible, but complete it was the complete opposite! This is my type of comedy and its always funny seeing the voice of "Ted" coming out of Seth in a movie
Seriously, this movie had a couple parts that were funny but this was a bad movie.
Brutally bad. If he was aiming for Blazing Saddles ( which I hated ) he swung and missed.
Just recently watched it. Ridiculous, but plenty funny if you like ridiculous comedies.
From IMDB trivia:
Neil Patrick Harris gets to say his famous catchphrase from How I Met Your Mother (2005) when he is challenged to a duel by Albert: "Challenge accepted!" However, neither of the writers knew this when they were writing the movie, and later during test screenings they didn't know why audiences were laughing.
Ha!
Still made over $80M on a $40M budget.
From IMDB trivia:
Neil Patrick Harris gets to say his famous catchphrase from How I Met Your Mother (2005) when he is challenged to a duel by Albert: "Challenge accepted!" However, neither of the writers knew this when they were writing the movie, and later during test screenings they didn't know why audiences were laughing.
Ha!
Well played sir, you were pretty much spot onabout everything except the budget. (I read that it cost less than Ted and came in around 40million, dont shoot the messenger that's just what I read) http://time.com/2807521/a-million-w...ign=Feed:+time/topstories+(TIME:+Top+Stories)
But it definitely flopped.
More importantly, you were totally right. Basically into the first 5 minutes all I could think was man Cheese totally nailed this right on the head.
It was funny dont get me wrong, there were some disgusting gags that had the whole audience going which was fun, and a bunch of funny lines but overall it just didn't work. Seth was super awkward and it really just had the feeling of a bunch of Seth Mcfarlane gags jammed into a western setting but felt way out of place. I kindof felt like he made the movie just to make out with Charlize a bunch of times, cant say I blame him... lol
Definitely a vanity project.
However, the fact that they spent so little making it pretty much takes away most of the humiliation of it flopping I think or would you disagree?
Anyway, good call Cheesetrodaumus!
However, the Django cameo was awesome.
Still made over $80M on a $40M budget.
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