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True Stories by Rob Corddry: First-Ever “Rob is in a movie being released this weekend” Review

The First-Ever “Rob is in a movie being released this weekend” Movie Review!


I play a small but fun role in a hilarious movie opening this Friday called The Ten. It was directed by David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer) and stars every member of his former sketch group, The State, as well as many huge Hollywood stars like Winona Ryder, Famke Jansen and Adam Brody, to name just a few.

I’m never one for shameless self-promotion so I find it hard asking you to go see this very funny movie. It’s only in thirty-or-so theaters, which places it, at best, in the “art-house” category. Suffice to say, we would definitely benefit from your purchasing a ticket. But I understand that there are a lot of great movies premiering this weekend and I would rather you go see a movie that fits your tastes than go to a film you’ve been pandered into seeing.

To which end, I’ve written short reviews for some of the movies opening on the same day as The Ten. I hope this collection inspires you to make an informed choice. At any rate, you can’t go wrong with any of these movies, they are all special in their own way! Have a great weekend and keep reaching for the stars!


The Bourne Ultimatum
This movie has AIDS. Don’t go see it. You’ll get AIDS. Guaranteed. This movie claims to have caught AIDS on a recent trip to Africa after it was bitten by a Rhesus monkey, but I have first-hand information that this movie caught AIDS after it fucked the whole UMass basketball team. This movie is a slut.


Hot Rod
Far be it from me to give career advice, but after having been voted “The Funniest Man on the Planet” by the Internet, the last thing you should do is go make a porno. And what run-of-the-mill fare! As far as I can tell this skin-flick is about a guy with a moustache who rides a motorcycle to the various places he fucks Isla Fisher.

Don’t get me wrong; I love Andy Samberg. I think he has taken Saturday Night Live into the digital age and the show hasn’t been this funny since it was all about Will Ferrell’s tummy. But what a terrible porn name! Andy Samberg? I assume he got it from the infamous “Hot Samburg,” which is a cross between a “Dirty Sanchez,” a “Doggy in a bathtub” and a “Bullwinkle.” Don’t go see this movie. It may also have AIDS.


Underdog
My friend, Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee is in this movie and I wish her the best, but this is one of those movies that takes unnecessary liberties with an established and beloved character. Underdog was a cartoon that was watched by, literally, HUNDREDS of fans, and they will not take kindly to Hollywood messing with their favorite talking-dog superhero.
Speaking of which, IMDB claims that Underdog came into being after “a lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers.” But we all know that it was drugs that gave “Shoeshine boy” his awesome abilities. He took a “super energy pill” and could suddenly fly. This was edited out of syndicated broadcasts. Also edited out of broadcasts is Samantha Bee’s drug use. She is rarely not high. Ticket sales from this movie will go straight up her nose. Don’t go see it.


El Cantante
If you’re a racist (and who isn’t) you will hate this movie.


Bratz: The Movie
I hate to admit it but this movie genuinely scared the pants off me. I watched most of the movie through the slits of my fingers. I found myself yelling at the screen, “No! Don’t go in that door! (Wearing that!)” I had nightmares for days after screening it. This movie is a masterpiece of Modern American Horror. If you love scary movies, line up early for this future classic. Line up early, buy a ticket for The Ten, and sneak into Bratz.


Becoming Jane Austen
Finally, a movie set in 1795 that’s not based on a Jane Austen novel.


The Ten
The most important movie ever made. Ever heard of the Ten Commandments? Well, this movie has that shit inside of it! This movie is funny. It stars Gretchen Moll and Jessica Alba so it is also sexy! It also stars Liev Schreiber so it is Tony Award winning! It stars Ron Silver so this movie loves America! It also stars Paul Rudd so it is funny, accessible, charismatic, handsome and versatile! It also stars Rob Corddry, which means it’s bald and has to buy a house. Please go see it.


I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry
This movie opened a few weeks ago but it’s still doing way better than it should be. Don’t go see this film. Please? Just go see The Ten. We really need it. Did I mention that director David Wain has Parkinson’s disease? That is the honest-to-god truth. His drugs are very expensive and if you go see I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry you are literally killing him. By the way, I am in I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry. That’s how much you should go see The Ten.


Blame it on Fidel
I’m bored. Did I mention I have a daughter to feed? Yeah. And the residuals I get paid from you seeing The Ten go directly into her mouth. The money I get from you seeing Chuck and Larry will have AIDS. That’s a fact.


Summer ’04
Is this really a movie? Oh my God, we’ll definitely beat this one. I think it’s German. Ha! I hope so. We’re going to destroy this movie!
Oh shit, I just IMDB’d it. It says it’s, “A German film made in the French mode.” Holy Shit! We are going to bury this movie! The “French mode”! Oh man!


Charlie Bartlett
Have you seen Rushmore? Then you’ve seen this movie. Go See The Ten.

 

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Rob_Corddry

Rob_Corddry

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

AUG 01, 2007 08:26 AM

Hubba Hubba indeed Jenni. Hubba Hubba indeed...

Saraah

Saraah

Los Angeles, CA
March 2007

AUG 01, 2007 09:49 AM

Rob_Corddry said:
1. Thanks Toothpickmoe for writing possibly the most pretentious comment ever. But you are right, I am way funnier than Kai Ryssdal. I appreciate your appreciation but I do not want to get coffee with you.



Please tell me you Googled Kai's name for proper spelling and you don't actual have that knowledge stored permanently somewhere. You might need that brain space for something! Keep it open.

Also: I will see The Ten, if only in an attempt to cleanse my psyche of the nightmare I endured sitting through Chuck and Larry last weekend. It nearly singlehandedly put me off movies forever. Not your fault! But still.

Siv

Siv

SUICIDEGIRL

District Of Columbia, USA

AUG 01, 2007 12:03 PM

On the sheer hankie-thin wisp of a possibility that you will comment back to me (and validate my dreams and naked internet lifestyle choices), i commit myself to saying that i will go see this movie-film. With bells on. Like a small cat.

I also would like to use the phrases "Tommy Shaw from Styx" and "drosophila" in a sentence. Boom sucka boom!

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

AUG 01, 2007 01:51 PM

toothpickmoe said:
I haven't laughed out loud (yes, I spelled it out) that many times reading one thing that wasn't written by an NPR alum ever. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

The wife and I will happily help feed your baby and buy you a house (boat).


I think we* need to make this an SGLA event.




*you.

Jon_Kesselman

Jon_Kesselman

Brooklyn, NY
August 2006

AUG 01, 2007 02:48 PM

ncorddry said:
who wants to take the over/under on whether or not "the ten" makes 10 million this weekend?

smart money's on under


honestly, you're a douche


nailed it!



ncorddry - I'm friendly with David Wain, and an independent filmmaker myself. You have absolutely no clue how impossible and exhausting it is to get a movie made, yet alone a movie as different and funny as 'The 'Ten' is. So, let me help you out. David probably made the film for around 3 million dollars. The film is an indie that was picked up by a studio for distribution -- again, the odds of this are impossible as well. The studio probably put up a few million (if that) for the films' Print and Advertising (marketing and cost of the prints and shipment of prints to theatres).

So, that being said, if the film does make 10million in its opening weekend domestic Box Office (which is probably not likely only due to the fact that is in limited release), it's already a major hit. If you want to be a hater, go hate shitty studio films. Not films made by people for the love of making films. There's typically no money in independent film; they are made because a grup of people are passionate and believe in what they are creating together.

Rob Corddry -- is a funny, funny man who actually contributes something positive to the world. You on the other hand, are a 29 year-old who brags about being unemployed.

Honestly, you might be the biggest douche I've ever read a comment from on this site.

The_Reverend

The_Reverend

United Kingdom
September 2004

AUG 01, 2007 02:50 PM

Get Moe to get it sorted. He's the man for a soiree... one suave motherfucker.

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

AUG 02, 2007 01:59 PM

Jon_Kesselman said:

ncorddry said:
who wants to take the over/under on whether or not "the ten" makes 10 million this weekend?

smart money's on under


honestly, you're a douche


nailed it!



*SNIPPED*

Rob Corddry -- is a funny, funny man who actually contributes something positive to the world. You on the other hand, are a 29 year-old who brags about being unemployed.

Honestly, you might be the biggest douche I've ever read a comment from on this site.


Hey, um... Jon... You know Nate Corddry, Rob's brother, was born in 1977, right?

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

AUG 02, 2007 02:31 PM

bean said:

Jon_Kesselman said:

ncorddry said:
who wants to take the over/under on whether or not "the ten" makes 10 million this weekend?

smart money's on under


honestly, you're a douche


nailed it!



*SNIPPED*

Rob Corddry -- is a funny, funny man who actually contributes something positive to the world. You on the other hand, are a 29 year-old who brags about being unemployed.

Honestly, you might be the biggest douche I've ever read a comment from on this site.


Hey, um... Jon... You know Nate Corddry, Rob's brother, was born in 1977, right?



man, that's one hell of a coincidence ain't it?

also:


Finally, a movie set in 1795 that's not based on a Jane Austen novel.



do i even need to comment on that line, or did it just reach out from the screen and jerk everyone else off too?

Jon_Kesselman

Jon_Kesselman

Brooklyn, NY
August 2006

AUG 02, 2007 11:42 PM

d20 said:

bean said:

Jon_Kesselman said:

ncorddry said:
who wants to take the over/under on whether or not "the ten" makes 10 million this weekend?

smart money's on under


honestly, you're a douche


nailed it!



*SNIPPED*

Rob Corddry -- is a funny, funny man who actually contributes something positive to the world. You on the other hand, are a 29 year-old who brags about being unemployed.

Honestly, you might be the biggest douche I've ever read a comment from on this site.


Hey, um... Jon... You know Nate Corddry, Rob's brother, was born in 1977, right?



man, that's one hell of a coincidence ain't it?

also:


Finally, a movie set in 1795 that's not based on a Jane Austen novel.



do i even need to comment on that line, or did it just reach out from the screen and jerk everyone else off too?




That is last time I ever stand up for a bald actor's movie again.

And of course. d20, I knew that Nate, the equally famous brother of Rob Corddry, was born in 1977. Everyone knows that!

Just like everyone knows that Stephen Baldwin was born in 1966.






Rafi

Rafi

Santa Monica, CA
January 2003

AUG 04, 2007 01:41 AM

I saw this tonight. It was quite a goof!

girlysound

girlysound

Ann Arbor, MI
February 2007

AUG 04, 2007 03:53 PM

damn! of course a movie that i would actually pay to see comes out when I am miles from a theater that would show it.

LizardAM

LizardAM

Islip, NY
November 2006

AUG 07, 2007 03:33 PM

So you are saying that your movie is better than a 'run-of-the-mill' porno & catching AIDS? Bitchin'

Umm.....While I am at it.....Can you please go back on the Daily Show? Pretty please with sugar on top?

deafmetal

deafmetal

Brooklyn, NY
July 2007

AUG 09, 2007 05:45 PM

Mistah Rob Cordry, Misty Rob Double-Dordry!

You Sir, are a really "great" writer.

I enclose the pertinent talent descriptor in non-inverted quotes because by "great" I (obviously) mean "in one hundred years people will discover your writing on a hot-dog shaped USB flash drive, lovingly dusted out of an archaeological dig occurring at the legendary Fresh Kills Landfill, and it will immediately be declared the output of the early 21st century's most important bald manmedian.

Obviously.

I myself will be reading everything authored by your hand when I am not drooling in a heap on my couch as The Daily Show plays in the background.

Huzzah!

Sincerely,

.n

Rob_Corddry said:
The First-Ever "Rob is in a movie being released this weekend" Movie Review!


I play a small but fun role in a hilarious movie opening this Friday called The Ten. It was directed by David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer) and stars every member of his former sketch group, The State, as well as many huge Hollywood stars like Winona Ryder, Famke Jansen and Adam Brody, to name just a few.

I'm never one for shameless self-promotion so I find it hard asking you to go see this very funny movie. It's only in thirty-or-so theaters, which places it, at best, in the "art-house" category. Suffice to say, we would definitely benefit from your purchasing a ticket. But I understand that there are a lot of great movies premiering this weekend and I would rather you go see a movie that fits your tastes than go to a film you've been pandered into seeing.

To which end, I've written short reviews for some of the movies opening on the same day as The Ten. I hope this collection inspires you to make an informed choice. At any rate, you can't go wrong with any of these movies, they are all special in their own way! Have a great weekend and keep reaching for the stars!


The Bourne Ultimatum
This movie has AIDS. Don't go see it. You'll get AIDS. Guaranteed. This movie claims to have caught AIDS on a recent trip to Africa after it was bitten by a Rhesus monkey, but I have first-hand information that this movie caught AIDS after it fucked the whole UMass basketball team. This movie is a slut.


Hot Rod
Far be it from me to give career advice, but after having been voted "The Funniest Man on the Planet" by the Internet, the last thing you should do is go make a porno. And what run-of-the-mill fare! As far as I can tell this skin-flick is about a guy with a moustache who rides a motorcycle to the various places he fucks Isla Fisher.

Don't get me wrong; I love Andy Samberg. I think he has taken Saturday Night Live into the digital age and the show hasn't been this funny since it was all about Will Ferrell's tummy. But what a terrible porn name! Andy Samberg? I assume he got it from the infamous "Hot Samburg," which is a cross between a "Dirty Sanchez," a "Doggy in a bathtub" and a "Bullwinkle." Don't go see this movie. It may also have AIDS.


Underdog
My friend, Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee is in this movie and I wish her the best, but this is one of those movies that takes unnecessary liberties with an established and beloved character. Underdog was a cartoon that was watched by, literally, HUNDREDS of fans, and they will not take kindly to Hollywood messing with their favorite talking-dog superhero.
Speaking of which, IMDB claims that Underdog came into being after "a lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers." But we all know that it was drugs that gave "Shoeshine boy" his awesome abilities. He took a "super energy pill" and could suddenly fly. This was edited out of syndicated broadcasts. Also edited out of broadcasts is Samantha Bee's drug use. She is rarely not high. Ticket sales from this movie will go straight up her nose. Don't go see it.


El Cantante
If you're a racist (and who isn't) you will hate this movie.


Bratz: The Movie
I hate to admit it but this movie genuinely scared the pants off me. I watched most of the movie through the slits of my fingers. I found myself yelling at the screen, "No! Don't go in that door! (Wearing that!)" I had nightmares for days after screening it. This movie is a masterpiece of Modern American Horror. If you love scary movies, line up early for this future classic. Line up early, buy a ticket for The Ten, and sneak into Bratz.


Becoming Jane Austen
Finally, a movie set in 1795 that's not based on a Jane Austen novel.


The Ten
The most important movie ever made. Ever heard of the Ten Commandments? Well, this movie has that shit inside of it! This movie is funny. It stars Gretchen Moll and Jessica Alba so it is also sexy! That's a hat-trick! It also stars Live Shrieber so it is Tony Award winning! It stars Ron Silver so this movie loves America! It also stars Paul Rudd so it is funny, accessible, charismatic, handsome and versatile! It also stars Rob Corddry, which means it's bald and has to buy a house. Please go see it.


I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry
This movie opened a few weeks ago but it's still doing way better than it should be. Don't go see this film. Please? Just go see The Ten. We really need it. Did I mention that director David Wain has Parkinson's disease? That is the honest-to-god truth. His drugs are very expensive and if you go see I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry you are literally killing him. By the way, I am in I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry. That's how much you should go see The Ten.


Blame it on Fidel
I'm bored. Did I mention I have a daughter to feed? Yeah. And the residuals I get paid from you seeing The Ten go directly into her mouth. The money I get from you seeing Chuck and Larry will have AIDS. That's a fact.


Summer '04
Is this really a movie? Oh my God, we'll definitely beat this one. I think it's German. Ha! I hope so. We're going to destroy this movie!
Oh shit, I just IMDB'd it. It says it's, "A German film made in the French mode." Holy Shit! We are going to bury this movie! The "French mode"! Oh man!


Charlie Bartlett
Have you seen Rushmore? Then you've seen this movie. Go See The Ten.



mc_frontalot

mc_frontalot

Brooklyn, NY
August 2007

AUG 10, 2007 10:34 PM

Just got home from The Ten. It is one big hot mess o' hilarity; highly recommended. See also: Wain on Showalter's talk show (Showalter's show is the one funny thing on a terrible internet page called "college humor.")

hellomrworld

hellomrworld

Westbrook, ME
December 2003

SEP 03, 2007 11:21 AM

Really want to see The Ten on DVD .. live in Portland, Maine .. so movies like this don't get in the theatre (but Chuck and Larry gets 5 screens) ....

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