That was me on Saturday. I was hoping to get "Semi-Pro" but all copies were out, so I ended up talking myself into "Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story". My rationale being that it starred John C. Reilly, who's underrated as a comedy actor (Boogie Nights, Talladega Nights), and was co-written by Judd Apatow (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up).
Unfortunately, the movie was not great. It's kind of a send up of musical bio-pics, and in particular, the Johnny Cash movie "Walk the Line". The style of comedy is rather different to what you'd expect from the guys involved, it's kind of like a "Scary Movie" type thing, with lots of slapstick and sight gags. I didn't enjoy it all that much, although it does improve at the end, and there are some good cameos, like Jonah Hill, Jack Black and Eddie Vedder.
Sunday I went back to the video store (exciting weekend!) and got the movie I originally wanted, Semi Pro. It wasn't too bad, but not especially hilarious. Basically it's the movie "Major League", but remade about a basketball team. Will Ferrell was OK, but I thought Woody Harrelson was kind of wasted. Unless you really love basketball I can't really recommend this.
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