I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell -- movie trailer

[Samr]

The movie opens September 25th. Check out the trailer, it just went up today.

I've been following this guy for about the past 6 years, and I'm making the call now: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell will be the highest grossing comedy of all time (overtaking "The Hangover," which recently overtook "Wedding Crashers").

The movie website (http://www.ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com)

[PaulGreco]

That's looks awesome man!!!

"Where the ho's at?"

--PG

[Samr]

The best line I have ever heard was at the beginning, though I am certain it is going to offend the larger portion of the viewing audience.

The writer of the movie has had a blog running all throughout production, and he wrote early on that there was a conscious decision to NOT include the "good lines" in the trailer. (Keep in mind, this trailer had to be MPAA approved so there couldn't be nudity, cursing, etc)

[METALMiKE]

I'll probably see it, but I didn't think it was all that funny from the trailer to make the assumption it will be the highest grossing comedy of all time.

[Samr]

I didn't make the prediction from the trailer. But, you can feel free to call me wrong on this. I'll bump the thread in a few months when I'm right.

Read some of the stories the movie is based on here: http://tuckermax.com/

[METALMiKE]

Oh ok, gotcha.:toast

[brettn]

I love the book and think Tucker's hilarious even if his some of his stories seem exagerrated. That being said, the trailer was mediocre at best. It almost looks like a cheap straight to DVD release. I hope I'm wrong because I really want this movie to be good.

[atxrocker]

I am not impressed.

[Heath Ledger]

I'll make a prediction of my own, that trash won't pull in one tenth of the doe the Hangover pulled in. Period. I didn't really find anything funny in the trailer. It's an Indy comedy with little known actors and actresses. And without Mike Tyson this movie fails.

[Heath Ledger]

.I've been following this guy for about the past 6 years



Stalker. G.T.F.O. with your lame prediction.

[Samr]

I love the book and think Tucker's hilarious even if his some of his stories seem exagerrated. That being said, the trailer was mediocre at best. It almost looks like a cheap straight to DVD release. I hope I'm wrong because I really want this movie to be good.

From what I understand based upon the information he has provided, there are two kinds of trailers: Green band, and red band. Both of them have been produced, both of them will be released.

The trailer on the website is GREEN BAND, as it has been approved by the MPAA for viewing by all audiences. In this context, the green band trailer has been edited to receive a "G" rating, even though the movie received an "R." (so how the mpaa ignored the AIDS and black joke was beyond me)

The RED BAND trailer will be released later, and it is essentially what you see on youtube. Red band means it cannot be shown to all audiences (eg it can't go on daytime tv) because of nudity, language, sexual references etc. The red band trailer in the IHTSBIH context will be an "R" trailer for an "R" movie.

So basically, what you see on the website now (wait a bit for the red band) is the watered down, relatively non-offensive version of what is really in the movie.

[METALMiKE]

WOW, I just read the one where he tries buttsex... gross.

[Samr]

I'll make a prediction of my own, that trash won't pull in one tenth of the doe the Hangover pulled in. Period. I didn't really find anything funny in the trailer. It's an Indy comedy with little known actors and actresses. And without Mike Tyson this movie fails.

His book has been on the NY Times bestseller list for over three years now for a reason. Like him or dislike him, the dude undoubtedly has an audience.

[Heath Ledger]

He may have an audience, but this crappy movie will not have 1 100th the advertising budget of the hangover nor does it have any well known cast members. It appears it will be a straight to dvd film or maybe limited release in theaters.

Judging by the trailer its not even the closest thing to being a funny movie. Not even a snicker out of me. This is one movie they better not hold the funny moments from the trailer, because there is nothing to be desired in the trailer.

It's okay to be a fanboy though. Im sure you will see it and tell us how great it was.

[johnsmith]

I like Tucker Max but I was out East one time at a bar he was supposed to be at, we closed the place down and never saw him once and it wasn't a big enough bar to miss him. The next day he was talking about his night at the very same bar that he never even went to so I never totally believed his stuff after that.

I still like his writing though and the dude is funnier then hell.

[Heath Ledger]

This pretty much sums up that trailer.


Never heard of him but that looks awful" --http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/08/04/dont-watch-tucker-max-i-hope-they-serve-beer-in-hell-trailer

Don't Watch: Tucker Max' I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Trailer

"Freestyle Releasing has debuted the first green band trailer for Tucker Max' I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell today and it's worst than I could've ever imagined. You see, this movie is an adaptation of one of the many disgusting stories told by Tucker Max, one of this world's biggest idiots who has somehow made it big by writing about debauchery and belligerence. Of course, by saying that, he's probably going to hunt me down, but who cares. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell looks about as amateur as anything I've ever seen. No wonder the studios all stayed away from this - it shouldn't have ever been made. Watch it only if you want."

--http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/08/04/dont-watch-tucker-max-i-hope-they-serve-beer-in-hell-trailer/

"this looks awful and i don't care what you fanboy's say Tucker Max *beep* sucks." --http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/08/04/dont-watch-tucker-max-i-hope-they-serve-beer-in-hell-trailer/

"Well, here's a chance to see a trailer for a movie that never should have been made. For some reason professional creep Tucker Max wrote a book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell,"
--http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Trailer-I-Hope-They-Serve-Beer-In-Hell-14222.html


"It's one thing to see a trailer this gross, but it's another to think of it in context of The Hangover, a movie that wasn't remotely mature or subtle, but at least wasn't outright hateful. " --http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Trailer-I-Hope-They-Serve-Beer-In-Hell-14222.html

Tucker Max is a sociopath. Other sociopaths praise and worship him as their idol. For some reason, having a serious psychological disorder has become synonymous with *success*...and people wonder why Dubya got re-"elected."

It's better to be psychotic and do what you want than it is to actually be concerned with how your actions affect other people. ----http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Trailer-I-Hope-They-Serve-Beer-In-Hell-14222.html


http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/08/04/i-hope-they-serve-beer-in-hell-movie-trailer/

" it doesnt look as funny as I would have hoped."

"Could we have a movie that will generate more savage, hateful reviews than the current reigning champion for 2009, The Informers?"

"Straight to DVD. Poor Jesse Bradford."

"Looks like the Hangover...only not funny."

"None of the jokes land well. This is further proof that Tucker Max has no sense of how to deliver a joke or humorous anecdote. His stories are completely and utterly humorless, the kind of sub-par humor drunk college kids love! He cannot write a dirty joke, and nobody in this movie seems to be able to deliver one. Don't *beep* on thy name of inappropriate humor in such a way!"

"Also like you said he just comes across as hateable without the enjoyment factor on the screen."

"For some reason, much like the one described above, I love the Tucker Max stories. I WANTED to think this trailer makes the movie look entertaining, but it doesn't. I will wait and rent it."

--http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/08/04/i-hope-they-serve-beer-in-hell-movie-trailer/

"It does justice to the script. That's all that needs to be said. Except for this, from Tucker himself:

Yes, the tickets are only $10. I know we could have charged $20 or even $30, but we decided that if the point of this is to reach out to fans and experience the movie with them, then we should make the price as low as possible to include as many as possible.

Why not $50?" --http://gawker.com/5329857/poop-on-a-fat-midget-stripper-as-you-watch-this-tucker-max-movie-trailer


some twitter tweets form twitter.com

brandonrowland: the trailer for tucker max's movie is out today on myspace and it looks like *beep*

EthanFixell: Trailer for the new Tucker Max movie came out today, and as much as I loved his book, this....does not... look good... http://bit.ly/13T9ya

DrewAtHitfix: Yep. That trailer for that Tucker Max movie looks exactly as wretched as one might suspect. Well-played, women-hating mental midgets!

rejects: I've seen derivative 'American Pie Presents' titles that looked better than that Tucker Max movie...

MortiisCOF: @torpey I just don't like Tucker Max... he's an ass... that's why ppl think he's funny but it doesn't do anything for me.

bdgrabinski: "Anything The Hangover can do at the box office we can beat. Easily." Tucker Max

Destral: Wow, they actually finished Tucker Max' movie

scnn: Poop On a Fat Midget Stripper As You Watch This Tucker Max Movie Trailer: If you didn't like our bootleg leaked .. http://bit.ly/137Bax

JusticePie: @spillcrew with how arrogant Tucker Max is, i was suprised when i found out he wasnt playing himself.

vikingslolol: Just watched the trailer for the tucker max movie. I'm embarrassed that I used to like him. Looks like *beep*

BradfordTweets: [BradfordTweets] Jesse Bradford is in the Tucker Max movie Joey from Hackers deserves better th.. http://bit.ly/Akgoy
about 2 hours ago from twitterfeed
--twitter.com

And if that wasn't enough here's more great reviews!


Someone Has Cleary Fast-Tracked Tucker Max's I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell For The Worst Movie Of All Time

In case you don't know who Tucker Max is (lucky!), he's some *beep* blogger who blogged about what a *beep* he was and then turned that into a book and now they've turned that into a movie, and holy *beep* you guys, I hope you brought your cyanide capsules because I'm not sure how we're going to get out of this one! The enemy is all around us!" --http://videogum.com/archives/trailer/someone-has-cleary-fasttracked-tucker-maxs-i-hope-they-serve-beer-in-hell-for-the-worst-movie-of-all-time_082841.html

If there were ever to be a movie that could best be described as “Entourage with cancer”, I hope this would be it. --http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/08/tucker-max-movie-has-a-trailer

Tucker Max is the James Frey of frat boys.

oh god. and it stars that annoying actor from gilmore girls. you know, that one.
--http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/08/tucker-max-movie-has-a-trailer

i wonder if dbag fans of the book will get all over web forums and write essays akin to a senior thesis both in depth and research legwork just to bitch that all the good parts were left out or mutilated. or is that right solely reserved for harry potter fans that live in their mom’s basement? i guess that’s different than fans who just live in their junior varsity heyday. ----http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/08/tucker-max-movie-has-a-trailer

[Samr]

He may have an audience, but this crappy movie will not have 1 100th the advertising budget of the hangover nor does it have any well known cast members. It appears it will be a straight to dvd film or maybe limited release in theaters.


Not going to argue your opinions on the trailer or predictions on the movie. When it comes out, I will let its success or lack of success speak for it.

But just to clarify because you were wrong, it is not going straight-to-dvd. There's a premier tour starting in a few days with showings in a ton of cities (http://www.ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com/tour/). Tickets have been available for about a day now, and they're almost all sold out.

Nationwide release September 25th (so it'll be in the major theaters in SA... AMC, Northwoods, Quarry etc). Marketing and PR is all done by a company called Pandemic Marketing, run by the former head of Lionsgate Entertainment. Fox is actually handling the dvd distribution.

As for well known cast members, Matt Czuchry was one of the lead males in "Gillmore Girls" and Jesse Bradford has been in several movies, notably the lead in "Swimfan" next to Julie Styles I believe. Keri Lynn Pratt and Traci Lords also have major parts.

Right or wrong on my prediction, my prediction still stands. Posted this to get a discussion going just because I know there are so many people on both sides (example: Gawker predicts is gonna blow). I'll either be laughing in a few months, or eating a massive pile of crow.

[Heath Ledger]

Just because they are having prescreenings that are sold out that does not mean this movie won't go to dvd before a big release. It happens all the time pre screenings are used to gauge the temperature for how many theaters they might or might not put it in, this word of mouth is not going to fare to make it get pushed to a bigger opening. Book it. Good books don't necessarily relate to good movies.

This movie was done on a $6 million dollar budget, and probably has next to Zero for an advertising budget by Hollywood standards.

Im not totally being a hater, but I smell a bomb when I see one and this one has bomb written all over it.

The trailer does not entice you to see it, even if the red line trailer had a few boobshots or one or two one liners it wont be enough to salvage the poo that it is.

[Samr]

Just because they are having prescreenings that are sold out that does not mean this movie won't go to dvd before a big release. It happens all the time pre screenings are used to gauge the temperature for how many theaters they might or might not put it in, this word of mouth is not going to fare to make it get pushed to a bigger opening. Book it. Good books don't necessarily relate to good movies.

This movie was done on a $6 million dollar budget, and probably has next to Zero for an advertising budget by Hollywood standards.

Im not totally being a hater, but I smell a bomb when I see one and this one has bomb written all over it.

The trailer does not entice you to see it, even if the red line trailer had a few boobshots or one or two one liners it wont be enough to salvage the poo that it is.


Pre-screenings were done over the course of the past several months. You can watch some of the audience reactions here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xynAU1H6GkQ).

There's a difference between pre-screenings, and a premier tour. The premier tour is not standard-hollywood, which is I'm guessing where it threw you for a loop. Authors will promote their book through a book tour wherein they do signings, discussions, etc after it has been released. This is the best thing I can think to compare the premier tour to; IHTSBIH has already secured distribution, it has a release date, it will be in theaters, it contractually cannot go straight-to-dvd at this point. The premier tour was done to build word of mouth. It was a chance to let the fans get that "first look," and a chance for the fans to tell their friends.

I don't give two flying shits about that. The way they're doing this is different, great, I'm still going to see it when it comes out, after the crowds die or whenever is convenient to me.

I'm not trying to prove you wrong or anything here, just correcting it a bit. I do agree, the green band trailer was not all that great. But the movie, I believe, will be exceptional. Happy to debate that, but I just wanted to correct you on the release aspect. Where I am wrong, point that out as well.

(For the record, I'm getting my information for this post from here (http://www.ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com/more-explanation-about-theatrical-distribution/))

[Heath Ledger]

They are doing the tour, strictly because they don't have much money to throw at it to advertise it, I get that. It's good PR. But it doesn't look to be enough. I just don't see this being one of those sleeper low budget hits even if he sold millions of books, word of mouth travels fast, audience reactions are those of fanboys who read his books, a much smaller niche. Let alone by people going out of their way to go to such premiers, these are typically the diehards of that genre/author in this case. Movies with no ad budget will need a tremendous amount of word of mouth advertising, ive read tons of reviews from people who loved his book but thought this shit was horrible and they ruined the transition.

[Samr]

Trust me, I want to kick my own ass for sounding like a "fanboy"... but I have respect for the guy. I like his humor, yes, but professionally, what he has done, and the way he is doing it, I believe will lead to success. On my behalf, and again with all due respect to you, I have a literary agent, and a manuscript in a genre on the complete other end of the spectrum. I know from the business side what the guy has done, how difficult it was, and what the numbers mean. Throwing this in here not as a plug, but in trying to add legitimacy to what he's done, though take it for what you will.

He didn't go with a big studio (despite being offered upwards of eight figures... I'll find the link tomorrow if you want), and hence a big advertising budget, because a big studio would not give him the creative control he demanded over the script. So Darko Entertainment picked it up (see the character: Donnie Darko) and it was independently financed.

Again, HE COULD HAVE GONE TO A BIG STUDIO. But he didn't. Offers were made that he declined. This could be the guy's biggest financial mistake, or his most rewarding correct call.

Again, from a professional perspective, I respect the absolute shit out of the guy. That's why I feel confident making the call. Not because I like his work (I read the book fairly recently... didn't care enough about it, really), but because I respected the way he, as a professional, went about it. I followed him well before I ever tried sports writing, or had a brain tumor, or wrote a manuscript or got signed by an agent etc.

The dude has a method behind this, and I think that method is the right way. We'll see. Ultimately, what you see on screen will be because he declined a big studio offer, not because he couldn't get one. For better or worse, again, I stand by my prediction.

[Heath Ledger]

I know your situation, Im friends with Michael Madsen, hes well known for a few big roles and every project that comes out that he does I have high hopes for but its usually a paycheck project that goes straight to dvd. So even though you want him to do well at some point you have to be realistic. In hollywood you get what you pay for, even though theres a major risk with each film, if some big dog company comes by and wants to make the movie, they have the money to throw at it and to get good talent, which goes a long way. Im sure he is rich off of his books but this was the wrong way to go, its basically an Indy flick which is climing a major mountain right out of the gate, some of those do surprisingly well on Dvd but this one looks like a failure of epic proportions for an Indy film.

[monosylab1k]

First off, that looks retarded.

Second, generally speaking, September is the month where most movie studios release their shittiest movies. Obviously there's a few exceptions to the rule, but generally a September release date is the studio's way of saying "This movie either 1) really really sucks, or 2) we don't think it will have a big enough audience to be released in the summer or during the holiday season"

[PakiDan]

I make an alternate prediction.... This movie will not have the box office success of The Hangover but will become a 'cult' comedy favorite on the lines of Supertroopers, Beerfest, etc. Some will hate it, some will swear by it. Doesn't look like this will have the distribution power behind it to make tons of money.

[Sir Larry Wildman]

I've been following this guy for about the past 6 years,

http://www.rampant-books.com/images/book_cover_web_stalkers_255.gif

[Dr. Gonzo]

This movie is going to suck as much as the Hangover sucked.

[760Spursfan]

I'll make a prediction of my own, that trash won't pull in one tenth of the doe the Hangover pulled in. Period. I didn't really find anything funny in the trailer. It's an Indy comedy with little known actors and actresses. And without Mike Tyson this movie fails.



+1

:flag::lobt::lobt::lobt::lobt:

[MadSammyboy]

Hey, Samr, your predicted 'highest grossing comedy of all time' is opening on, like, 90 screens, and none of them are in San Antonio. With a killer distribution model like that, this movie should be overtaking 'The Hangover' any day now, huh?

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Who hasn't had a night at a strip club that resulted in hooking up with some of the strippers with the evening ending in a jail cell much to the shagrin of your significant other?

I mean, we've all been there right?!! What's creative about that?

[MadSammyboy]

"...I'm making the call now: 'I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell' will be the highest grossing comedy of all time." - Samr, 08-04-2009, 07:18 PM

"...you can feel free to call me wrong on this. I'll bump the thread in a few months when I'm right." - Samr, 08-04-2009, 07:46 PM

Total box office and current DVD performance for 'I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell' (http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/IHTSB.php)

LOL.

[fraga]

That movie was mildy amusing at best...nothing special...

[Bill_Brasky]

I watched it and it was decent, I chuckled a bit, but nothing special. I knew what would happen because I've read his stories. But predicting this thing to be bigger than The Hangover? :lmao

I hated The Hangover too ftr.