Idiocracy

The "owww my balls!" part is probably the best in the movie. It was ok...but not as good as I expected.

Its no office space.
 
I saw this last night on HBO, I thought it was hilarious. I was just cruising with my remote and checked the log line and it got my attention. Then I saw the date it was release(last year) I was wondering why this movie never got any promotion or anything, then I read this little fact..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/faq

From reading this thread, I see people are split, the best part of the whole movie was the fast food vending machine''

*Spoilers*

when the machine says, ur a bad mother and so on, I haven't laughed like this in a while.

Watching this, you can tell it was rushed a little bit, but I think minus a few things it could have cult potential...

3 Stars(for it doing what it set out to do, which is make a stupid movie with humor)

If you haven't seen it, check it out. Didn't want to start a new thread so I ressurected this fromt the dead... Sue me.
 
spencer said:
Dude, it's not like i'm riding in there on a horse with a leaf blower when i come into the theater.
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Oh, man...that was sweet.

I don't like being distrubed when I'm watching a film, but I'm not going to be a cinema-nazi about it....and previews were made to be missed.

I'm the kind of guy who would rather miss the first 97 seconds of a film than have to go to the washroom right in the middle of it. Once I'm seated, I'm all business...(excuse the double entendre.)
 
jpeck said:
This movie is the 2007 version of the ASS movie within the film. Made to be stupid and to mock current films? I doubt it, just bad.
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How else would you display a civilization of people that would watch "ASS"? By showing them reading books and making witty jokes about hi-brow culture? Sometimes you have to dig deep to get the true meaning of something. Do you honestly think Fox didn't publicize the film because it sucked, or because they saw it as a threatening critique to them and all their adverstising investors? Because there are worse movies that have made it to the box offices and had promotional spots.
 
Overall, the movie was ok. It had some really good parts, and some real clunkers too. What made it a classic in my eyes, was the prophetic outcome of the Human race. That earned Mike Judge a little more respect in my book, even after Bevis and Butthead.
 
jpeck said:
This movie is the 2007 version of the ASS movie within the film. Made to be stupid and to mock current films? I doubt it, just bad. At least Judge can fall back to his career as a voice actor!
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WTF? The dude has been the creator and writer of two successful animated television shows (one of them stupid, and I don't mean King Of The Hill) with huge syndication runs, plus he's written and directed an animated feature and at least one very good movie.

I think that voice stuff is just fun for him...
 
I just saw it, and thought it was good. Maybe a bit heavy handed, but in the same way Omega Man and Soylent Green were overdone just a tad. I think the film was aimed at a broad audience, so it couldn't be too didactic or preachy.

Dark satire isn't easy to pull off, but Judge manages to make his points while still keeping things light and enjoyable. The film is rather silly at times, but the things that pass for acceptable these days are freakin' nuts, yet nobody says or does anything. It's like a Kurt Vonnegut Jr. kind of world.

Luke Wilson is great as a regular guy who doesn't seem to lose his temper too easily given the situation (I prefer him to Owen...by a large margin), and who knew Maya Rudolph could put in a competent performance?

P.T. must be giving her acting tips...
 
The movie had its comedic moments and I think we are living Idiocracy, to some extent, in this country. Just look around, the gene pool is getting awfully contaminated!
 
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