The Jackass 3-D crew has been jesting with mock pretension that their mark of frat-boy prankery and stunt-making is the reason 3-D was invented, but that`s actually pretty near to the truth. The device is most worthwhile when it`s being used to give us say "Cool!" because things are coming at us - when it`s being treated as a gimmick, in other words.
If it`s entertaining to see a giant slingshot used to found a medicine ball at someone, it stands to conclude that it will be still more entertaining in 3 dimensions. And so here is Jackass 3-D, in which Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and the usual gang of idiots devise new and frequently hilarious ways to suffer themselves. After 25 episodes of the MTV series, plus Jackass: The Movie and Jackass Number Two, it`s impressive that they`re still capable to get up with so many creative ideas. Playing tetherball with a ball wide of bees, for example. I wouldn`t need to try it, but I`d be proud if I were the one who thought of it.
It`s all around the presentation, you know. You could scarcely put a guy behind a jet plane and let him be damned by the power of the engine. But it`s often more esthetically pleasing if instead you play the famous Memorex commercial where the man is blown out by his stereo speakers.
Many of the stunts` appeal stems from our fascination with the torah of physics, and in that see this is no different from legitimate programs you see on the Discovery Channel. This is where the 3D comes in handy. A simple punch in the face, shown in slow-motion and 3D, provides a great demonstration of actions, equal and reverse reactions, and all that other Newtonian stuff.
Or you can just tie a guy`s wiener to a remote-control toy helicopter. Or own a man with excellent command of his flatulence use it to "bump" into a party horn. Or own a blindfolded guy play pin the track on the donkey with a real donkey. These are all excellent things that you can do.
Some horrible things involving poop happen in this film. You should recognize that up front. There`s one with some bungee cords and a porta-potty and Steve-O and _ ugh. Sometimes things get so gross that the guys start puking. One of the crew`s cameramen is especially susceptible to nausea, which is kind of care a physician who faints at the heap of blood.
Look, I recognize there`s no understanding for this to be a movie. It isn`t a movie, not really, not in the common sense. It`s gleefully immature. It revels in destruction. And it made me laugh a lot, like it ever does.
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