Some things you must know before watching the trailer for Surfer, Dude. One, Matthew McConaughey produced it. Two, best we can tell, it’s not a parody of surfer movies, or pot movies, or Woody Harrleson movies. Three, best we can tell, it’s not a remake of the McConaughey-Harrleson opus EdTV, even if the "surfer dude gets a reality show" "plot" seems awfully familiar. And four, according to the (notoriously reliable) IMDb, Tom Hanks also produced it, although his name appears to be absent from the trailer’s credits screen, which, given what preceded it, is probably a smart move on the part of Hanks.
So, PopWatchers, if you’re McConaughey’s agent, do you throw up your palms and say "I’m out"? Or congratulate your client on a masterful capitalization on the internet sport of spotting the newest image of him shirtless? Or maybe you’ve got another idea for the future of the guy’s career? If so, share it. Quickly. After all, some folks, like my colleague Erin Stevenson, actually think McConaughey’s got more talent than he gets credit for. (Check out her gallery defending the Fool’s Gold Lone Star star by clicking here.)
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Wide landscape shots? Nonsensical plot? Looks like an avant-garde masterpiece to me.
That comma in the title just doesn’t make sense.
Wow, that clip actually undoes Family Guy’s satirization of McConaughey, which is now a bull’s-eye impression.
The appeal of McConaughey is beyond me. I just don’t find him attractive at all…he’s a scruffy manchild.
I tend to love Matthew shirtless- taht’s the only reason I’ve sat through multiple viewings of Fool’s Gold. But- this looks so completely awful, I think I’ll wait to DVD to see it. On Mute.
If I were Matthew McConaughey’s agent, I would be too come-drunk to have any clear judgement.
He may have more talent than he’s given credit for, but he doesn’t put it on display too often…unlike his pecs!!! LOL
Once upon a time, he used to actually ACT once in a while (I liked him in Contact, for example)… but those days are long gone.
Am I the only one who thinks that looks just a teensy bit amazing…I mean, give him some slack here, we can’t all be super-serious Oscar winners. Also, it looks about a bajillion times better than Fools Gold or that horrid movie with SJP. At least he’s shirtless most of the time haha. Also, I love Willie Nelson.
What happened to the ‘A Time To Kill’ Matthew? Each film gets worse and worse.
So we have Matthew McConaughey (from “Fool’s Gold”), Woody Harrleson (“Semi-Pro”) and Willie Nelson (“Dukes of Hazzard”) all in one movie together? Already sounds like a winner.
I think Matthew McConaughey has talent. Why he chooses not to use it & make one garbage film after the other is beyond me.
I just uh, threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Didn’t EW do some graph comparing McConaughey’s box office to the number of minutes spent shirtless? According to that, the less clothes, the better box office. By that prediction- and that ALONE, may I add emphatically- it will be a smash hit.
Frankly, this seems to fall in the Looks So Bad It Could Be Great Category.
It’s good! rolex watch?
luxury watch?