Joe Versus the Volcano

[electricpole1]

It's as if they cloned my workplace, right down to the perpetually flickering fluorescent lamps. There are about 65 Mr. Waturi's at job.

[zuzuspedals]

A trademark of a great comedy: you watch this sequence fifty times and it is still funny. Kudos to the script writing but also to Hedaya as well, he is simply hilarious.

[punchjudy]

America, fuck yeah!

[meldroc]

On top of the bad boss, there's the wall tiling straight out of a New York City subway bathroom, and those soul-sucking lights that make this the Workplace from Hell!

[Blashbuck]

maybe....MAYbe....

[shallowships]

One person is the volcano ):

[Crewmannumber6]

I ALWAYS work "I know he can get the job, but can he do the job" into conversations, nobody ever gets the reference

[sricco65]

@Crewmannumber6 .. I swear.. I do too... thankfully my knuckle head group of friends all get it!

[kickflic]

im not even sure he can get the job!

[FeelinTangerine]

I think he is arguing that with him!

[terrydarc]

One of the greatest films and surely the greatest with such huge flaws. The opening sequence of Joe at the protology supply plant are simply magnificent film making.

As great at the opening is, how nice the middle comic sections with Bridges, Hedaya and Davis are, the island sequence is simply awful. I hesitate to call a parody racist, but it's precious close. The ending including is redemption.

One of my all time favorite films - guiltily so.

[cauchamar]

@terrydarc

Racist against who, exactly? I mean I've heard many people say the ending sequence is weak/doesn't work (I happen to agree that the Islanders are a joke that doesn't come off), but I'd never heard it called racist before, and that's kind of a serious accusation.

[eme456]

Its still hilarious many years later.  IM NOT ARGUING THAT WITH YOU!!!!, lol

[banq0o]

send this to your boss if you don't need artificial testicles! :D

[ShingleCreek]

INATWY

[roflcopter2225]

this looks amazing

[thedisneygirl1234]

Me and my family quote this ALL THE TIME! Seriously AAAAAAALLL the time.

[TopTellyFan]

PMSL! Can he do the job?

[rockhard242]

The Burbs also great Hanks classic

[meatman310]

I like how Joe comes in the next morning and his boss is still yelling I'm not arguing that with you! Lmfao!!!

[tredwest]

It looks like fight club.

[shundriad]

I'm not arguing that with you.

[violettala2000]

.....I have a brain cloud......hahahaha....love this movie!!!

[MaicoMoon]

Wait, is he arguing that with him or not? I can't tell.

[samthor]

check the mullet on tom hanks....

i've worked in places like that though...

[vuetube]

I bet there's not many people who've seen this movie and who didn't want to quit a lousy job like Joe did in these scenes!

[pauliborracho]

this sequence is friggin' classic!!! had to rewind it and watch it over at least ten times in a row the first time i saw this flick! laughed so hard, i was cryin'! hedaya's a god!!! still quote it like the moron i am at least once a week.

[extendableuser]

Hedaya's brilliant here. Hey the writing's not bad either, what?

[444333drr]

1:38 WTF? Friggin hilarious!!!

[dessert57]

Great movie..unfortunately the final third isn't as good...but the first 2 acts are superbly written, a great observation on most people's lives working lame jobs...funny funny

[extendableuser]

Totally disagree. You have to take the story somewhere. The only people who can't follow part 3 like yourself are the ones who don't get what Shanley's after.

[extendableuser]

That's not one of the funnier things. You must be sexually underaged and repressed.

[blogegog]

This video makes me want to argue.

[MaxbytheSea]

This is the best movie clip. I have loved this forever. In fact, whenever I'm stuck on an airport or the train and I'm a prisoner to a one-sided cell conversation, if they keep repeating a line (very often if you listen), I call it a Joe vs. Volcano conversation.

[eme456]

Watch as Joe walks to get a cup of coffee, it looks like he's walking up into some smaller room.

[applejackpho]

The guy on the other end of the line must be a complete moron! Seems like he cant get it through his head.

[extendableuser]

I think it's more like this monotonous nagging sound you're supposed to hear in the background. Something soul-sucking. Hedaya has to ad-lib this and he does a great take!

[gakdan76]

im glad there are 3 other people who find this funny im really not alone

[extendableuser]

There are at least tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands. There are JVtV groups all over the Internet.

[eme456]

Harry! I know he can get the job, but can he do the job?

[extendableuser]

I'm not arguing with you! I'M NOT ARGUING WITH YOU! LOLZ

[irontoad30]

Haha hell yes, this scene is great... the boss is so damn annoying...

[myreymg3]

best move ever funny as hell this is the best part of the movie lol lol lol