Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Walk Hard - John C Reilly
#1Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/23/07 at 1:52pmI'm listening to the soundtrack right now, and I know this is no surprise as he sang Mr. Cellophane beautifully in Chicago, but this man can really sing.
"Just remembering you've had an 'and' when you're back to 'or'
Makes the or mean more, than it did before..."
#2re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/23/07 at 1:54pmI try not to listen to soundtracks before watching the movie. I like being surprised.
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#2re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/23/07 at 1:54pmMr. Cellophane was my favorite song in the movie adaptation of Chicago. He is fantastic and a great singer and actor.
#3re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/23/07 at 2:09pm
I always end up listening to soundtracks first. I spoil myself.
"Just remembering you've had an 'and' when you're back to 'or'
Makes the or mean more, than it did before..."
#4re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 5:31am
Not only does he sing really well in Walk Hard, but he sings well in character and through several different 'artistic personas' that Dewey Cox adopts during his career. His Roy Orbison had me particularly impressed. Reilly's vocal range is very good - he has a rich low register, and his high notes are controlled and gorgeous.
It's baffling that he hasn't made his way into a Broadway musical yet (I know he's tried).
I really enjoyed Walk Hard. It's a damn shame that it's bombing, but I know that in the long run it will be a cult success. It's too funny to be forgotten.
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#5re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 1:24pmYeah it's a really awesome movie. Fans of Apatow will enjoy it as much of his cast is there, including David Krumholtz.
#6re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 1:28pm
Timmerbo: What shows has he tried for?
I think this movie will really 'break him out'. I know he's already a well known, and often-casted celebrity, but this movie will put him in a new place.
"Just remembering you've had an 'and' when you're back to 'or'
Makes the or mean more, than it did before..."
#7re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 2:08pmI saw him in the Boston production of Marty a few years ago. The man cannot sing. Really, I mean it, flat, and bad. I'd bet a whole hoard of money that his movie singing is tinkered with to make him sound better. That's why he'll never make it in a BWay show. In movies, great. Live on stage eight shows a week, I doubt it.
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#8re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 2:09pmOh that's too bad. Well we can enjoy him in films.
"Just remembering you've had an 'and' when you're back to 'or'
Makes the or mean more, than it did before..."
#9re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 2:15pmHe was workshopping a musical version of the Ernest Borgnine movie 'Marty' for the Broadway stage for some time. I think Amos in the Chicago movie was something of a dream role for him, as well.
#10re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 2:55pm
He sang live at the Oscars last year and sounded great - he made the usually great Jack Black sound bad. I've heard reviews that his singing as Marty was mediocre and I've got to think it was a character choice (probably a bad one). I really think the guy can sing.
EDIT: He sang quite well in 'A Prairie Home Companion' as well - particularly notable because there were mediocre singers in that film and I believe the voices were recorded live and not heavily tinkered with.
Updated On: 12/24/07 at 02:55 PM
#11re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 3:07pmWell singing a show every night is different than one night at the Oscars.
"Just remembering you've had an 'and' when you're back to 'or'
Makes the or mean more, than it did before..."
#12re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 3:11pmI always listen to the soundtrack first....it's called being informed
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#13re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 3:12pmFor the people that have seen this movie, can you come up with a reason why it is flopping so bad? Is it because it is released against National Treasure or another reason why people are not flocking.
#14re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 3:43pm
"I always listen to the soundtrack first....it's called being informed"
And some people like to go in not knowing the songs, so they enjoy them for the first time in context of the piece. It's called wanting to enjoy everything together the first time around. Different strokes...
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#15re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 5:10pmI went to a live performance of Dewey Cox and the Hard Walkers in a Chicago bar a couple of weeks ago. John C. Reilly rocked my world. He even did a cover of "Rehab" in character. Genius.
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#16re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/24/07 at 5:14pmI like John C, but this movie has DVD NIGHT written all over it.
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#17re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/30/07 at 6:51pmPlease check this movie out. It's really funny and it's getting lost in the Christmas holiday movie shuffle.
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#18re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/30/07 at 8:33pmYeah, Elphie, unless you also read the screenplay before you go into a movie, I don't think you have a point.
#19re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/30/07 at 8:54pmMy husband and son went to see the movie. When they got back, they said "Well, that's 2 hours of time I will never get back!" Both of them said it was a horrible movie. My son said it was incredibly stupid. Just reporting here.
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#20re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/30/07 at 10:32pm
It's hilarious if you watch a lot of musical biopics, especially recent ones that have come out.
It hits EVERY cliche.
#21re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/30/07 at 10:51pm
They had the first 10 minutes of this movie on some website for promotional stuff..and it looked like the dumbest thinkg ever.
Does it get better after the first ten minutes? or for you people who loved it, did you love the first ten minutes?
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
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#22re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/30/07 at 10:51pm
I think the reason it's flopping is "Walk Hard" puts a very fine point on the subject matter. Audiences now need parody movies that parody EVERYTHING that has crossed the culture in the previous year, one topic is just too little. This is the direct result of the Scary Movie franchise and the lesser parodies that came up in its wake.
I also think they didn't focus group "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" as a title well enough. I don't think it's a very good title.
My friend and I saw it the other night and laughed all the way through, but at no point did we laugh harder than during the sequence where Dewey goes to India to meditate with the Beatles.
And I WORSHIPPED the sequence where Dewey was creating his rock symphony masterpiece a la Brian Wilson's "Smile." Sheer bloody genius!
My friend mentioned that the movie didn't belong in a multiplex, but rather in an art house. That might have been another issue there.
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Cruel_Sandwich
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#23re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/31/07 at 12:19am
The first ten minutes are funny but the movie gets GREAT once it hits the Bob Dylan parody.
It's the rare comedy that has a good first half and a GREAT second half, as my friend pointed out.
And the Brian Wilson scene was HILARIOUS!
"That goat is singing more than I!"
#24re: Walk Hard - John C Reilly
Posted: 12/31/07 at 12:26amJack White's cameo is awesome.
"Just remembering you've had an 'and' when you're back to 'or'
Makes the or mean more, than it did before..."
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