"Benjamin Merrymeadows and the Four Holed Button From Hell" - A Matt Stuertz Film

Carrying on the tradition from Timefest, the AIM sessions have returned, a live stream of whatever may come out of our heads as we watch your films. Here are Ben Sliker and Brad Mates thoughts on "Benjamin MerryMeadows and the curse of the thing in the place with the guy way back when this title is waaaaay too damn long make it shorter next time please."

As a disclaimer, Brad had a particularly sharp stick up his ass while watching this movie. Ben will try and translate what he says.

12:01:30 PM Ben Sliker: benjamin it is.
12:02:22 PM Ben Sliker: RDY?
12:02:25 PM Brad Mate: lol
12:02:37 PM Brad Mate: yes
12:02:40 PM Ben Sliker: alright
12:02:42 PM Ben Sliker: 3
12:02:43 PM Ben Sliker: 2
12:02:44 PM Ben Sliker: 1
12:02:45 PM Ben Sliker: go
12:03:17 PM Brad Mate: constipation got you down?
12:03:31 PM Ben Sliker: TRY EXLAX!
12:03:44 PM Brad Mate: thank god they beeped these swears out... my virgin ears.
12:04:06 PM Ben Sliker: i like how the score stopped for them tho. really funny.
12:04:21 PM Ben Sliker: haha, waldo just got PWNED by his GF.
12:04:33 PM Brad Mate: poo poo poo poo poo poo poo poo
12:04:47 PM Brad Mate: ah ... poo poo ... the DVX censor is going to cover those up ...
12:05:21 PM Ben Sliker: OH NO HE DIDNT
12:05:36 PM Ben Sliker: IF YOU ARE GOING TO THROW IT, MAKE SURE ITS A SONY!
12:06:18 PM Ben Sliker: there's a lot of sexual tension between these guys.
12:06:31 PM Brad Mate: theres a lot of misogyny goign on
12:08:08 PM Brad Mate: yikes
12:08:38 PM Ben Sliker: yes ... the plunger proves it ... these guys want to make love.
12:09:03 PM Brad Mate: these guys just sent the women's lib movement back about 10 years
12:09:07 PM Brad Mate: so....good job
12:09:30 PM Ben Sliker: Marie is speechless.
12:09:48 PM Ben Sliker: "retarded all over the place" is an exact quote.
12:10:06 PM Brad Mate: its funny how there wasnt any women in the short...but it couldnt have been more offensive toward women, that's almost impressive.
12:10:47 PM Ben Sliker: definitely an opportunity for some comedy by inserting a female character
12:11:25 PM Ben Sliker: i think the "creepy" beats were mixed in with the normal beats that they lost their effect.
12:13:59 PM Brad Mate: the writing was absolute(ly not to my style). try and (expand your rhetoric and use a) few more words than f*ck, pussy, and *****. and then try to (formulate more coherent comedic beats) before you (make the next episode)
12:14:05 PM Ben Sliker: you know what i mean though? the beginning set this film up to be so ridiculous that the really creepy stuff, (eg, the camera spying, the plunger to the nuts) was just kind of expected.
12:14:58 PM Brad Mate: i dont know what this film was supposed to be. it was trying to be creepy while doing slapstick
12:15:12 PM Ben Sliker: so, i guess the response to that would be "i guess it's just not your kind of comedy"
12:17:02 PM Brad Mate: im sure (a demographic) would find this funny. but they were obviously trying to be more than just fart-and-dick joke kind of funny.
12:18:28 PM Brad Mate: im sorry im not being funny or helpful.
12:19:22 PM Ben Sliker: yeah ... you suck.
12:22:04 PM Ben Sliker: it's going to be a challenge for me to edit that down into something constructive.
12:22:19 PM Brad Mate: lol sorry
12:22:49 PM Brad Mate: hope you don'r go through too much trouble...
12:23:00 PM Brad Mate: *don'5
12:23:01 PM Brad Mate: jasdfhasg
12:23:02 PM Brad Mate: auajf
12:23:02 PM Brad Mate: aofhe
12:23:02 PM Brad Mate: apgop
12:23:02 PM Brad Mate: ahjgp
12:23:05 PM Brad Mate: FAIL
12:24:11 PM Ben Sliker: epic typing fail indeed.

Guys, I don't think we were ready for this one when we watched it. There's times when this kind of comedy has me rolling on the floor, and other times when it feels like there's a cheese grater on my face. I have to say that the intro was quite hilarious, no matter what mood I'm in, but we were a little confused between the slapstick comedy beats and the creepy stalker beats, they didn't seem to mesh well at times, or to clarify, they didn't have synergy, although funny by themselves, didn't make the rest of the piece funnier as a whole. But that's just my .02. This was a completely off the wall comedy, cheers. :beer:
 
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