MAGIC MIKE, the male stripper movie starring channing tatum, matthew mcconaughey, dir. Steven Soderbergh

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/magicmike/

^^ double appropriate display name action

lol

haha

into this

lol male strippers are so weird

I love Matthew Mcconaughey.

I don't know that I've ever seen C Tatum in anything before. He looks sort of dim.

I'll probably see this.

A dramatic comedy set in the world of male strippers, "Magic Mike" is directed by Academy Award(R)-winning director Steven Soderbergh ("Traffic") and stars Channing Tatum in a story inspired by his real life.

o rly?

yeah, there was a bunch of press lately about how he used to be a stripper and the movie is loosely based on his experiences

Current trends suggest that every film will soon by directed by Steven Soderbergh. And star Michael Fassbender.

http://screencrush.com/files/2012/04/channing-tatum-elton-john.jpg

oh no

That's not good at all.

tatum actually tried to get nicholas winding refn over to america (before Drive happened) to direct it

i have a lot of affection for Tatum, because he seems kind of like a dude. The only thing he's been good in is 21 Jump Street, though he is serviceable in Haywire.

this....doesnt look good

it should be trashier, or something

the movies soderbergh built around the porn star and the MMA fighter weren't trashy either, tbf

we found love in a hopeless bachelorette party

What is Elton John doing in that picture?

digital disimpaction

Was just wondering how a thread hadn't been started on this one yet.

Wish there was a more ensemble vibe from the preview. There's a lot of, um, talent in this cast that didn't even show up in any of that footage.

Still, 21 Jump Street made me actually not dread the idea of Channing Tatum being at the center of this.

TBH, that trailer is a huge buzzkill. Is the whole thing about his relationship with junior stripper's sister?

i kind of hope ol' steve spends the rest of his career working his way through every sub-subgenre out there.

it's like a 2012 pretty woman innit?

not that i really want to see any of them, more that it's just pleasant to think of a steven soderbergh campus sex comedy starring former american idols and members of the u.s. curling team in 2015.

Ready to give Pettyfer best supporting actor award already.

http://www.caughtonset.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/alex-pettyfer-magic-mike.jpg

Don't mind Tatum at all, especially if he treats me like Elton John.

Very much ready to see Tatum grinding to "Pony."

Very much ready to see Tatum grinding on my pony

Each of my gay irl friends that I've discussed the movie agreed with me, tho, that Tatum is maybe the least attractive member of this movie's stripper troupe. To gay men, anyway.

what on earth is a pettyfer -- is it something gay men wear around their waists to protect their virtue?

Tatum is maybe the least attractive member of this movie's stripper troupe

nah -- McConaughey is by far.

Not c. 1996. Anyway, we disqualified in on account of he's playing the Joel Grey role.

oh yeah before, say, 1998 he was ok. Now I don't think he's seen Speed Stick in years.

i can't keep track of the euphemisms and non-euphemisms here

I didn't really expect the Step Up franchise to go in this direction

xpost Just enjoy the ride.

(The new Step Up is the only other movie I'm as excited to see this summer as this one. Tru story.)

I mentioned before that my sister-in-law had a cameo in Step Up 2 as the TV reporter talking about the dancing, haven't I?

Did she dance about talking, too?

Holy cow this Pettyfer dude is sure is handsome.

haha she did not

Tatum is maybe the least attractive member of this movie's stripper troupe

otm he looks like a doofus

which is nagl

well, the thing is that he IS A doofus

yeah

it's sad that he's a doofus

I mentioned before that my sister-in-law had a cameo in Step Up 2 as the TV reporter talking about the dancing, haven't I?

― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:30 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol i remember this scene, she was talking about the fictitious Baltimore subway system!

I can't stop looking at pics of that other guy now though. Wow.

Alternate suggested title for Magic Mike:

http://www.engrish.com/wp-content/uploads//2012/04/love-in-the-butt.jpg

omg

wait a sec Matthew McConaughey isn't in it? why bother making this then!?!?

Because he has an Oscar now, and wants $$$$$$.

*searches cast list for Cody Horn & sighs in relievf*

Pettyfer isn't in this either.

Strange that I hadn't noticed.

They could've cast either of these chicks over Cody Horn and they would've been like Maria Falconetti in comparison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqrjN8peOiE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDXwOzG7fE

lol what a h8r

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az5qOjhsang

So this is a Soderbergh movie without his name on it as director, right?

Yes, it's his Poltergeist.

why would you assume that?

Because it ends with rotting corpses erupting from the earth.

bcz he's "formally" "retired" from feature directing, but is cinematographer and editor on this, when he doesn't even usually credit himself as editor on his own stuff, seems likely that he was at least somewhat more involved than the credits allow

nb the credited director is not Shock G from Digital Underground, but has been Soderbergh's AD for over two decades

nb the credited director is not Shock G from Digital Underground

welp the likelihood of me seeing this movie drops back to nil

haha

soderbergh did shoot and edit many of his own features, he just did so under different names

bcz he's "formally" "retired" from feature directing, but is cinematographer and editor on this, when he doesn't even usually credit himself as editor on his own stuff, seems likely that he was at least somewhat more involved than the credits allow

― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Thursday, June 25, 2015 10:24 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well, soderbergh himself sez he didn't direct it, i'd take him at his word until we get evidence to the contrary, no?

he just did so under different names

hence me saying "credit himself"

I'm not saying he did ghost-direct it, just why people* might suspect that he did

(nb Spielberg didn't actually ghost Poltergeist and was only on set as producer a few days or occasionally iirc? for me knowing he shot & cut MM XXL made it more than enough of a Soderbergh film to want to see it after all, preferably in a cinema full of women)

ignore asterisk

there's a lot of evidence spielberg did in fact direct or co-direct most of poltergeist

enjoyed the hell out of XXL! Can't believe they lost McC and might've made a better movie.

a little better than the first I'd say, Manganiello the MVP this time imo

XXL is definitely much better than the first, and the first was good

Yep, June and July are fine. August is problematic.

― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Saturday, June 30, 2012 6:24 PM

no dog days in this one, really.

saw xxl a couple of weeks ago and it's a blast. it's hilariously stakes-free (the event they're road-trippin' towards isn't even a competition!) but the cast have really good chemistry and it's fun just to hang out with them for a couple of hours. joe mangianello's gas-station strip is all-time.

rewatched the first one, forgot that the supporting strippers hardly do anything but dance (save for the Pettyfer-Bomer "I love YOU, man" drug scene, which wd have led to a pansexual quadrilateral in a pr0n).

forgot that the supporting strippers hardly do anything but dance

Best thing about the movie.

i meant "gyrate in a ridiculous fashion"

like this?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rgwH07Mm0XA/VZVzF6uOLkI/AAAAAAACUK8/1loFEkQjgdI/s1600/105.gif

bingo

Fella that was in the mood.

i liked Tatum's first dance in his house in XXL better than any in the first.

one of the funniest things about it was kevin nash looking like he didnt even rehearse any of the dances. there was one point where all the guys were doing their coordinated routine and he's the only one whose lower body is completely motionless.
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, April 24, 2013 4:06 PM (2 years ago)

His incompetence at stripping was absolutely mesmerizing.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, April 29, 2013 9:31 PM (2 years ago)

I still laugh whenever I flash back to Nash's pathetic strip game.

he's there for the grizzled-daddy lovers, and the jokes

do any of you guys have a decent amateur strip style? my birthday is only 7 months away.

I am an excellent bathroom mirror working girl.

Super entertainment, as good if not better than the other studio stuff I've seen this year. The cheapo attitude -- no name director, same cast, no script besides routines and one-liners that sound improvised -- is just what this concept needed (no Pettyfur already a plus).

I forgot Matt Bomer was in the original. Fuck Matt Damon for saying an out gay actor would never convince anyone he can play a part. Guess it helped that he's playing the gayest straight male stripper.

what was that about matt damon?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matt-damon-gay-actors-closet-827767

yeah he's been on a roll lately

I like him but oof man stop talking maybe

Refreshing to watch a movie by white dudes who show curiosity in black women.

Kevin Nash was an extremely broken down wrestler who once tore his quad while running across the ring, so yes it's pretty funny he's in these movies.

I think Tatum or Soderbergh or somebody said that Nash's character is a stripping "Lifer" who just doesn't try anymore, isn't good for anything else etc.

Now a Broadway-bound stage musical!

it turns out me and mark s watched this the same week (this week)

XXL i mean

a copy should be be graven on a golden blu-ray and sent beyond the stars as a testament to the argument that once there was goodness in humankind

that and the rock hard abs obv

No mention of the new film here in a few weeks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIGdw-BRxw

well yeah i’m preparing my areas aren’t i