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My Deepest, Deepest Shame: I Love Jackass

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (26)

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I give an immense amount of shit to the Jackass movies — some may remember my review of Jackass Number Two, which was one of the more popular reviews on the site. But the reality is, for all its disgust, for all its homoerotic undertones (or maybe even because of it), I will watch the shit out of a Jackass movie. Few movies have made me laugh as much, even if I am also bathing in a deep sense of shame. But there it is: I love Jackass, and for everyone who hails the first six or seven years of MTV as its glory era, I still prefer the middle era — the one with “Jackass” and “Beavis and Butthead.” There is little funnier than watching a bunch of morons cause harm to themselves.

Here’s the trailer for Jackass 3D, which looks like more of the same. Only in 3D. And you know what: That’s totally fine with me. I’ll probably mock the third movie senselessly as well, but underneath, know this: I will be laughing my goddamn ass off.











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Amen.

p.s. that last bit definitely got the attention of about half the office.

Posted by: D-Day at August 6, 2010 10:39 AM

Dustin...I am right there with you laughing my ass off at these movies. But, have no shame. And especially...don't hide it. I'm sorry...prat falls can sometimes be funny...these guys just amp it up to the ridiculous and the extreme.

Look i equate these movies to this logic...

They do EVERY SINGLE THING you've ever imagined doing to one of your friends as a prank/bet. And the fact that they have a blast doing it, no matter how cruel, and everyone involved knows it's for nothing more than stupid humor and childishness...it makes it enjoyable.

Has Jackass ever pretended to be anything else?? No. It is what it is, unlike every other shit sandwhich Hollywood has put out where they TRY to convince us that XYZ-Movie is going to be the greatest movie ever. Jackass tells us they're gonna do dumb shit and fuck each other up...and guess what, you might laugh. Then, inevitably, you do.

I respect honesty.

...and someone willing to take it in the nuts for my enjoyment.

Posted by: PissBoy at August 6, 2010 10:42 AM

that little guy in the jackass movies always makes me laugh; is that wrong?

Posted by: splinter at August 6, 2010 10:54 AM

I saw the original Jackass movie in the theater and I cackled at it like a dumbass. I could not WAIT to buy it on DVD. I still watch the shit out of that movie, and the old episodes, and laugh my ass off. I will be seeing this in the theater if I have to go by myself.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at August 6, 2010 10:57 AM

Yeah. I laughed.

Posted by: Jim Doggie at August 6, 2010 11:02 AM

Yeah. I laughed too. Three times.

Posted by: , at August 6, 2010 11:11 AM

I'm with you. Jackass is more like a horror show sometimes. I find myself cringing and looking away more at Jackass then a hard core gore movie. I think the show and movies work because the guys are likable and even though they egg each other on really like each other. Also, they are genuinely terrified half the time and that makes it even funnier. Like when they shut Bam in a trailer with a snake and as he freaked out asked "Are you crying?!" and he responded "YES!!"

And my wife is the biggest Jackass fan I've ever met.

Posted by: TylerDFC at August 6, 2010 11:14 AM

I didn't. I've only seen the first one, but I didn't see anything funny in it.

I just don't get most physical humor, though. Watching people hurt themselves...not funny. I could never understand why Moe poking Curly in the eye was supposed to be hilarious, or why lighting a fart was an epic joke.

Oh, well. Glad there's more than one type of comedy in the world.

Posted by: Wednesday at August 6, 2010 11:17 AM

Well, it is hilarious. And balls out stupid. But you just can't be classy ALL the time.

Posted by: Katers at August 6, 2010 11:17 AM

I can't wait to see it, the trailer made me laugh sooo hard ! I keep playing it again and again. It made my day (well the end of it) :)

Posted by: MachinesASous at August 6, 2010 11:28 AM

I watched the first movie with my best friend when he lived in Brooklyn, and I have never laughed so god damned hard in my life. We had to pause the movie to give us time to recover from those bouts of cackling where you can't breathe and think you're gonna die. My ribs actually hurt the following morning. To this day I can not watch the scene on the gold course when they're blowing the bullhorn without crying.

Posted by: Julie at August 6, 2010 11:36 AM

*golf course.

Posted by: Julie at August 6, 2010 11:37 AM


^^^^^ Cougarmony. C O M ^^^^^ A 35+ year old female who is on the "hunt" for a much younger, energetic, willing-to-do-anything male. The cougar can frequently be seen in a padded bra, cleavage exposed, propped up against a swanky bar in San Francisco (or other cities)waiting, watching, calculating; gearing up to sink her claws into an innocent young and strapping buck who happens to cross her path. "Man is cougar's number one prey"

Posted by: cuttiebabe123 at August 6, 2010 12:04 PM

Yes, I laughed. Hard.

I was a fan of the show -- and it wasn't just pratfalls. One of my fave episodes was when the team joined the Gumball 3000 (the cross-country race). Oh and when they kidnapped Brad Pitt. That was epic.

And the movies have just taken that little extra notch upwards in insanity.

I will be watching this. And I make no excuses for it.

Posted by: Fredo at August 6, 2010 12:30 PM

In one of those movies, someone puts a little matchbox car into a condom, lubes it up and sticks in up his ass. Then he goes to a proctologist to complain that he's feeling pain. The doctor x-rays him and sees the matchbox car.

I don't think I remember what happened next because I was rolling on the floor crying with laughter.

Don't be ashamed; they're fucking hilarious.

Posted by: superasente at August 6, 2010 1:03 PM

I fucking hate Jackass. All my friends LOVE it. I think it is the dumbest thing to ever grace a TV screen. Think of it this way...Jackass can be to blame for half the fucking reality shit you see on TV. Because everyone loves to see someone else in misery.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at August 6, 2010 1:56 PM

God, Matchbox Ass made me lose it, too. Also, the slow-mo opening sequence to Carmina Burana of the first one just. fucking. killed me. I can't help myself.

Posted by: Tammy at August 6, 2010 2:29 PM

There is little funnier than watching a bunch of morons cause harm to themselves.

What you mean is there is nothing funnier than watching a bunch of morons cause harm to themselves.

My sister and I watched it religiously and so did my Mom. Laughed our asses off. Can't wait

Posted by: captainfireypants at August 6, 2010 6:40 PM

@DeistBrawler, Man, you HAVE HIT THE NAIL on the... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I have to watch that again. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha. Right in the nuts! What?

Posted by: JudoChop at August 6, 2010 6:40 PM

I resisted Jackass for years; despite my brother's repeated pleas to give it a chance, I thought I was far too intellectual and highbrow to enjoy watching a bunch of cute boys abuse themselves. Boy, was I wrong about that! I now own all the DVDs of the show and movies, and will totally see this one in the theatre, for the 3D. I can't wait!

I also love Nitro Circus and the Dudesons.

Posted by: natalie at August 6, 2010 8:17 PM

I love these movies too, but the scene where they are giving themselves papercuts (in the webbing between their fingers, etc) still makes me tense up and want to throw up, a little.

Steve-O and his enormous abuse tolerance crack me up - is that so wrong?

Posted by: llp at August 6, 2010 10:55 PM

Offensive? You bet.
Sophomoric? Of course.
Horrendously bad taste? Yep!

Will I watch this? YES. I love watching people humiliate themselves. I sat through the "drinking horse semen" scene in the second movie, but dimly recall it because I was laughing so hard my sides ached.

Posted by: The Wanderer at August 6, 2010 10:58 PM

Well, these guys are responsible for the absolute glut today of viral videos wherein people (mostly guys, of course) try to de-nut, impale, or otherwise fuck themselves themselves up, so... thanks? Attack Of The Show could not exist without you.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at August 6, 2010 11:18 PM

i always thought, considering our culture's obsession with comfort and painlessness, that jackass was a near religous celebration of life by rejecting safety and comfort. like a baccanalian glee at renouncing dignity, reason and purpose and embracing a violent chaos.

Posted by: idleprimate at August 7, 2010 4:58 PM

I'm sorry. Lowbrow or not, I will defend the Giant Slappy High Five Hand as The Most Awesome Thing Ever until my dying day.

Posted by: Craig at August 10, 2010 1:22 AM

I love jackass and im not ashamed i love it and i can watch it forever :P

Posted by: Alexandrina at January 20, 2011 1:18 AM