Piiiiiiiiiink Eyyyyyyyyyye and for my moviegoing public: Team America: World Police

[grrgoyl]

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. For instance, puppets depicted having sex using half of the positions in the Kama Sutra: Funny. Including water sports and scat play: Going too far. The Team America chief joking that Gary has to perform oral sex on him to prove his dedication: Funny. Later in the movie making him go through with it: Going too far. The whole "pussies, dicks, assholes" metaphor: Funny. Using it again at the climax of the movie, making it an unnecessarily extended metaphor: Going too far (although one could argue this is a parody of all the movies that do this to show what the hero has learned and how very relevant it is to resolving the plot). Oh yes, and how could I forget the vomiting scene that goes on for what feels like 10 minutes? Repulsive and completely gratuitous. It's almost like they think low-brow, scatological humor is expected of them so they are obligated to put it in. Or maybe they really are that juvenile.


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

Comments

[mooselet.livejournal.com]

I especially liked the sad version of "America, Fuck Yeah." LOL We were flipping around the channels last night and paused for a bit towards the end of "Teen Wolf Too." Jason Bateman was cramming for a midterm in montage-form, triggering a spontaneous and simultaneous chorus from us: "You gotta have a montage!"

The pinkeye sounds utterly miserable. <: ( But your South Park doll is hella cool in a gonna-be-a-zombie kind of way. You gotta watch out for that Worcestershire sauce, I tell you what. ; )

[grrgoyl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would be the "America, Fuck Yeah (bummer mix)" according to the soundtrack listing.

Is it possible to become half a zombie?

[mooselet.livejournal.com]

Oh, undoubtedly. I predict you'll be clamoring for right hemispheres to eat any time now. You should be able to pronounce that pretty well cuz your lips and tongue will be only half-zombified. The best part is that you can't be destroyed by a cricket bat to the skull. A firm WHAP, and Bob's your uncle, you're good as new!

[citizenjess.livejournal.com]

akls;hdga I have my brother's sense of humor, I thought the vomiting was hideous-yet-hilarious. :D

Also, re: pink eye: All you need is worcheshire sauce!

[grrgoyl.livejournal.com]

I somehow knew you would feel that way ; )

[citizenjess.livejournal.com]

I saw it twice in the theatres; I totally expected my friend Allison to look at me with disapproval when I started snickering, but she surprised me by being completely horrified and amused by the barfing -- she was clutching her sides and almost falling out of her chair laughing. I think part of it was the timing -- we got the point after two or three mouthfuls, but then it goes on until it's just everywhere. Or something. :D