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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 21, 2011 13:47:59 GMT -5
Ryan Dunn, the lead actor in Haggard: The Movie, died on June 20, 2011. Rating: ★★★ In honor of the late Ryan Dunn, I felt I needed to watch Haggard: The Movie. I watched the sequel to the film made six years after this, Minghags, and really enjoyed it. Seeing this one, it clears up a lot of the confusion I had with Minghags. I wasn't aware this was the predecessor to the film, but seeing it now, really makes me take a liking to Bam Margera's independent style of filmmaking. Before Jackass, Bam Margera took part in a series of videos he called CKY (named after the band). He wound up making several volumes of him and his friends, like Raab Himself, Ryan Dunn, Rake Yohn, etc, goofing around and being themselves. Then he went on to be a member of Jackass and do his own MTV shows like Bam's Unholy Union and Viva La Bam. Haggard: The Movie was the middle of the road coming out in 2003. A year after the first Jackass movie. It's supposedly a true story remade with the characters in the movie are played by Bam's friends. Ry (Dunn) is upset when he finds out his girlfriend Glauren (Rivell) wants time apart. He then realizes that she is hanging out with a heavy-metal punk nicknamed Hellboy (Yohn). To help their friend out, Valo (Margera), Falcone (DiCamillo), and Raab Himself (Raab) all try to vandalize Glauren's house. But Ry is still sinking deeper and deeper into a mental depression. The humor is totally up my alley with lots of rough housing, name calling, and well acted, natural conversations. The movie is not too long or too short. It is perfectly managed. The only downside is it has one montage too many. Many of the montages in the movie are set to skateboarders with rock music by CKY, Gnarkill, and H.I.M. in the background. I have no problem with any of the music played, but there are at least four montages in the film that go on for way too long. Other than that, the film is pretty close to perfect. I was under the assumption that since most of these guys are used to doing dangerous stunts they couldn't really do justice acting in a full length movie. I was way off. They pulled if off perfectly. In no way was I expected Bam and Dunn could both act as well as they did. Between the soundtrack, the filming style, the humor, the acting, and the story, Haggard: The Movie wins in every category. Except the fact that the number of montages can be tedious, and the subplot of an invention doesn't really take off as much, but we see it done with more in the sequel. Haggard: The Movie is not only a great film, but a great way to remember an amazing actor and daredevil. Starring: Ryan Dunn, Jenn Rivell, Bam Margera, Brandon DiCamillo, Chris Raab, Rake Yohn, and Vincent Margera.
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Post by hawk on Jun 21, 2011 14:05:12 GMT -5
Great Review... Its about time somebody actually got the facts right.. Nobody ever realizes that CKY is also a band! That picture is actually my desktop background right now. Did you watch the unrated version where the shit they tape to the garage door is uncensored or did you watch the censored version? I have the censored version..
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 21, 2011 16:34:00 GMT -5
Great Review... Its about time somebody actually got the facts right.. Nobody ever realizes that CKY is also a band! That picture is actually my desktop background right now. Did you watch the unrated version where the shit they tape to the garage door is uncensored or did you watch the censored version? I have the censored version.. I watched the uncut version. And also, I like a lot of CKY songs.
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Post by hawk on Jun 21, 2011 18:13:11 GMT -5
Oh cool.. The censored version is annoying...
CKY is da shit.. Definitely one of my favorite bands.. I listened to all of their albums last night lol.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 22, 2011 8:35:18 GMT -5
Oh cool.. The censored version is annoying... CKY is da shit.. Definitely one of my favorite bands.. I listened to all of their albums last night lol. I love that "Teenagers were meant to fuck" line. Then Bam "Did she say teenagers were meant to fuck?" That's good. Raab Himself was a damn character in that movie; "You paint your face fluorescent yellow and you want a sip of my booze? Fuck off."
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Post by hawk on Jun 22, 2011 12:32:30 GMT -5
Raab was great.. I wish he was in Minghags.. But hes not really good friends with Bam anymore... You can tell Mark the Bagger was kind of a replacement for him in the movie..
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 22, 2011 13:06:10 GMT -5
Raab was great.. I wish he was in Minghags.. But hes not really good friends with Bam anymore... You can tell Mark the Bagger was kind of a replacement for him in the movie.. My favorite moment in Minghags; "Homeboys shot me in the ass when I was ridin' my diamond bike home." "Did they take the bike?" "Hell yeah they took the bike, whatta think they left it and shot me in the ass?"
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Post by hawk on Jun 22, 2011 13:36:49 GMT -5
Haha.. I bet you were wondering where the diamond bike came from... You should of watched Haggard first..
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 22, 2011 13:40:09 GMT -5
Haha.. I bet you were wondering where the diamond bike came from... You should of watched Haggard first.. Oh yeah, I was confused. I knew about Haggard, but didn't know Minghags was like the followup. I may rewatch Minghags. I really liked it the first time around, but I'm sure I'll appreciate it more now that I've seen the original. I see Ryan Dunn doesn't reprise his role as Ry.
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Post by hawk on Jun 22, 2011 14:10:32 GMT -5
Pretty much everyone is a different character in Minghags.. Bam was Valo in haggard and Lenny in minghags.. Rake was Hellboy REMEMBA.. And so on.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 22, 2011 14:14:14 GMT -5
So it's not a sequel because of the name changes, but it is because of the diamond bike. Odd as hell. My video will be up in exactly seventy two minutes.
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Post by hawk on Jun 22, 2011 14:21:25 GMT -5
The garbage juicer DOOD.. It was one of the inventions in haggard and was pretty much one of the main things in Minghags..
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 22, 2011 14:22:54 GMT -5
The garbage juicer DOOD.. It was one of the inventions in haggard and was pretty much one of the main things in Minghags.. Regardless, both were still great. Does Haggard have any extras?
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Post by hawk on Jun 22, 2011 14:25:15 GMT -5
Oh fuck yes.. I'll write it out for you..
Full Length Making of "Haggard" - (40:22) HIM "Heartache Every Moment" Music Video - (3:56) CKY "Attached at the Hip" Music Video - (3:05) Body Bag at Dump (Skit Too Gnarly For Jackass) - (2:55) Trailer - (0:60)
Remember this is the censored version.. The one you got may have more..
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 22, 2011 14:30:32 GMT -5
I can't wait for that making of. The CKY music video I think I've seen. I bet you didn't know, I really like their music.
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