SXSW2004–Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
“We’ll kick their asses so hard that their asses will disappear up their own asses!”
Bobby Dukes (Rob Corddry from The Daily Show) was once the greatest paintball champion in the world. (Or at least in his county.) But during the finals one year, he did what no self-respecting paint baller should ever do. He wiped. He was disqualified and disappeared for 10 years. Now he’s back to redeem himself. He wants to get a team together to enter the championship again and tell everyone that he’s not a cheater anymore. The folks that he gathers together are about the most ragtag team of paint ballers you’re every going to see. Most of them aren’t very good, but they’ve got heart. And I guess that’s all that matters.
This mockumentary was just about the funniest movie I saw at the festival. Christopher Guest has some competition now. The characters are all very funny (even straight man Bobby gets a lot of laughs) and the director, Brant Sersen, obviously loves his characters and paintball, but he loves to make fun of the guys who take it too seriously, too. He’s got a lot of affection for these losers. Even the guy who reminded me of Walter, John Goodman’s character from The Big Lebowski.
It’s a great flick with a lot of really big laughs in it. The acting is so good that it’s sometimes hard to tell that it’s just a MOCKumentary. Check it out if it gets released and comes anywhere near you.
I can’t believe this, but this is the only movie I saw today. I’m a loser.
Or perhaps I’m not.
