I loved Idiocracy, for all that it's a horrible mess of a film. (I feel bad for the filmmakers whenever I see something that's been SO obviously worked over by the studio execs. I have a feeling the director's cut would have been brilliant all the way through, instead of tiny flashes of brilliance hidden under an incoherent jumble of bad editing. Still, Electrolytes! It's what plants crave! And the House of Representin'...I'm pretty sure when the film first came out, that scene played like a parody. Now it's depressingly like watching C-Span.)
But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.
Cordelia ,'Potential'
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Jessica - May 28, 2011 8:54:06 am PDT #14573 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Laga - May 28, 2011 9:01:39 am PDT #14574 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I thought Idiocracy was pretty good as a short film. It just didn't have enough meat to stretch to 90 minutes.
Frankenbuddha - May 28, 2011 12:02:57 pm PDT #14575 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I have come to believe that Mike Judge is not capable of working at movie length. Even Office Space was a great collection of bits in search of a movie. I love it, but it doesn't hold together as a single piece.
No shame in that - I think Mel Brooks (apart from Young Frankestein) and Python (apart from Life of Brian) have the same problems.
erikaj - May 28, 2011 1:19:13 pm PDT #14576 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Idiocracy was cut up pretty badly, but I think I'd agree with you, mostly. King of the Hill can be really underrated as satire imo, however.
Steph L. - May 28, 2011 1:21:30 pm PDT #14577 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I love King of the Hill, so I expected to at least find Idiocracy tolerable. I thought the wrester/porn star as POTUS was extremely funny, but that was about it.
Dana - May 28, 2011 2:49:01 pm PDT #14578 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Man, how awesome is Lillian Gish in "The Night of the Hunter"?
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erikaj - May 28, 2011 2:54:53 pm PDT #14579 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I love Office Space, too, but you're right...it doesn't hang together.
Jon B. - May 28, 2011 4:27:27 pm PDT #14580 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Man, how awesome is Lillian Gish in "The Night of the Hunter"?
They abide, and they endure.
Yeah, it's one of my favorites.
Hayden - May 28, 2011 6:51:43 pm PDT #14581 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Man, how awesome is Lillian Gish in "The Night of the Hunter"?
See it again! [link]
Awesome movie. The new Criterion print is pretty fantastic, too.
Steph, I though Idiocracy was a fucking mess, too, but some of the better parts seem funnier with distance.
Frankenbuddha - May 28, 2011 7:45:20 pm PDT #14582 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Man, how awesome is Lillian Gish in "The Night of the Hunter"?
Truer words have never been spoken.
Mitchum is pretty seriously great too. Never seen a bad guy so simultaneously scary and ridiculous. In his more awkward moments he reminds me of Daffy Duck.