Go see it!!!
Gary and Sheridan and Sheridan's wife, Karyn, and I all went to see it Saturday night.
It's a hoot!
It's definitely more of a "Will Ferrell" <sp?> movie than a "Make fun of NASCAR" movie. But I love his movies. And there was some incredible camera work!!!
And something I hope becomes a trend. The scenes in the trailer and commercials? Either shot from a different angle, or put inside a more whole context, making them funnier. Like the part where he's saying grace. What they used for the commercials isn't even half the gag of that scene. So there weren't those "gaps" you usually encounter where it's just not all that funny because you've seen the scene a hundred times on TV already.
One thing they did that Sheridan and I found funny because we've commented on it before, but I doubt they were quite savvy enough to have done this intentionally...
You know how in any movie where there's racing happening, they'll be in the middle of a race, and something will happen, so "now it's on!"? What do they always do at that moment?
Shift!
Leaving me thinking "Okay, you were racing, but you weren't in the right gear?"
Then again, maybe it was intentional since surely they know that in NASCAR you use the shifter when entering or leaving the pits but nowhere else.
