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At long last, Team America: World Police: I couldn't wait to see this movie. I love everything South Park, but I'll be the first to admit the guys have a tendency to go a little too far with their jokes. I'm also not easily offended, but I do have my limits. ( examples? )
The good of the movie was the masterful way they shot the puppets, with an obvious attempt at making them as realistic-looking as possible. At first the biggest source of humor for us was when this failed and the characters looked exceedingly silly in the ways they moved (i.e. walking or flailing their arms in the secret signal). Eventually as the plot progressed, it became very easy to forget they WERE puppets. The character assasination of Kim Jong Il was hilarious, but George Bush was nowhere to be seen. C'mon guys...since when is anyone safe from you? Speaking of, I think the members of FAG (Film Actor's Guild) covered just about every celebrity that hasn't yet been hit in South Park (idea for a pet project one day: go through every show and make a list of all the targets over the years).
The songs were a huge highlight, especially "America, Fuck Yeah" and especially especially especially "Montage," which is played over a montage and basically just describes all the elements that go into a successful movie montage. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Overall very funny and entertaining, except for all that unpleasantness under the cut: 3.5 out of 5.
Of course, I only watched the movie through one eye since I am currently suffering from pink eye, or viral conjunctivitis, in my left. I blame CostPlus, a fun store to shop in but filthy, filthy dirty with all kinds of diseases hidden in the back of the shelves, waiting to pounce on the unwary auditor. My eye is itchy, burning and watering, and last night started oozing pus. I dreaded going to sleep, knowing when I woke up this morning I would need a hammer and chisel to get it open. Tery tried to help me, but ultimately declared that I was the worst patient in the entire world: I won't miss an opportunity to complain about my symptoms, but will stubbornly resist (if I am strong enough) all attempts to treat them. Guilty as charged.
Piiiiiiiiiink Eyyyyyyyyyye
The good of the movie was the masterful way they shot the puppets, with an obvious attempt at making them as realistic-looking as possible. At first the biggest source of humor for us was when this failed and the characters looked exceedingly silly in the ways they moved (i.e. walking or flailing their arms in the secret signal). Eventually as the plot progressed, it became very easy to forget they WERE puppets. The character assasination of Kim Jong Il was hilarious, but George Bush was nowhere to be seen. C'mon guys...since when is anyone safe from you? Speaking of, I think the members of FAG (Film Actor's Guild) covered just about every celebrity that hasn't yet been hit in South Park (idea for a pet project one day: go through every show and make a list of all the targets over the years).
The songs were a huge highlight, especially "America, Fuck Yeah" and especially especially especially "Montage," which is played over a montage and basically just describes all the elements that go into a successful movie montage. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Overall very funny and entertaining, except for all that unpleasantness under the cut: 3.5 out of 5.
Of course, I only watched the movie through one eye since I am currently suffering from pink eye, or viral conjunctivitis, in my left. I blame CostPlus, a fun store to shop in but filthy, filthy dirty with all kinds of diseases hidden in the back of the shelves, waiting to pounce on the unwary auditor. My eye is itchy, burning and watering, and last night started oozing pus. I dreaded going to sleep, knowing when I woke up this morning I would need a hammer and chisel to get it open. Tery tried to help me, but ultimately declared that I was the worst patient in the entire world: I won't miss an opportunity to complain about my symptoms, but will stubbornly resist (if I am strong enough) all attempts to treat them. Guilty as charged.
Piiiiiiiiiink Eyyyyyyyyyye
