A good movie

I remember it very well, back in 2000, ‘Jackass’ was at the time a big hit on MTV but, to be honest, it seemed to be so stupid so I pretty much boycotted the damned thing. Eventually, it took me more than 20 years to finally watch this movie and you might wonder why I changed my mind. Well, the main reason why was because, back in 2022, ‘Jackass Forever’ was actually hailed as one of the best movies of the year by Indiewire, no less than that. This surprising critical praise really intrigued me and I thought I might as well check this franchise after all. Well, after all these years, I have to admit that I actually enjoyed the damned thing. Basically, it is some kind of weird and sometimes fairly extreme candid camera show but its random aspect was actually quite appealing. Eventually, the only scene which I found truly disgusting was the one during which one of the guys was peeing on some snow and then eat it up as if it was some kind of ice-cream but it was actually the only thing which I found really repulsive. Concerning the violence and hazardous stuff, I wasn’t shocked either which was a relief. Eventually, they took a bunch of grown-up dudes who followed the same mentality of a 12 year old kid fantasizing about the most weird ‘What if…’ scenarios but actually acted upon these sometimes really misguided ideas. However, while I always thought that it was about some morons actually hurting themselves just to excite some rather sick-minded viewers, I was actually surprised by how creative they were. Anyway, to conclude, even if I still don’t think that it was really hilarious, I have to admit that the damned thing was actually quite entertaining and I think it is worth a look, at least if you like the genre.