“Walk Hard” Is Funny, but Cover Your Eyes

Well, it started with “Borat” deciding to show a fat man’s junk, rub it in Borat’s face and then kept running reel for a lot longer than any shock value would require. It was hilarious, gross, shocking, and highly entertaining although most don’t like to admit that last part (especially guys).

Now, “Walk Hard” decides to follow suit with its own shot of the male genitalia. (I’m trying to talk about schlong without sounding crude here so excuse the fancy use of ‘male genitalia’). You go in expecting a silly comedy and are then surprised by the scene showing naked women. You’re okay with it, though, as far too many movies have showed women’s bared breasts that it’s no longer shocking to see on the big screen. But then this movie pushes it with a man’s butt shot. In the scene, Dewy Cox is seated on the floor leaning against his bed facing the camera. His friend stands in front of him, with his buttocks to the camera (the audience) and then walks away. You think it’s over – it was just a man’s butt, no big deal. A short moment later in the same scene, the same man reappears but this time standing next to Dewey, which means – you guessed it, his junk is now facing you. And it’s not one of those one second shock shots either. They know audiences, especially men, will look away at first sight, so they leave it on screen long enough to make sure you get a decent look, enough to inspire true shock which is so hard to get in Hollywood nowadays (pardon the hard pun, but it’s hard to blog about xick without those slipping in, you see what I mean – another one just came without effort, and there was another).

All in all, though, this is a very funny movie. MY favorite scene is the duet with Darlene where they sing lyrics that seem innocent and country, but are filled with sexual innuendo (like my last paragraph). A few examples:

In my dreams you are blowing me…. some kisses.
Let’s just do it (supposed to be duet).
Can you feel me creeping up behind you?... You can just come in my back door.

You get the picture. Now, I know this genre is not for everyone. So if you don’t like crude humor, stay away. You’ve been warned. But if you love humor of all kinds, you will enjoy!

I give it a 9 out of 10.