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I’m glad to see more people talking about this movie. It really does deserve more recognition than it gets.
IMHO, the funniest parts are the great garbage avalanche (had me howling), the overly aggressive cops who shoot the ever-loving shit out of Frito’s car (and Frito’s joy in seeing the destruction) and Carl’s Jr taking custody of children (“Carl’s Jr- Fuck You, I’m eating!”).
However, the above all funniest parts are President Comacho. His State of the Union address is awesome (“Shit… I know shit’s bad right now…”) and I love the idea of a House of Representin’ (“I’ve got a solution: You’re a dick! South Carolina, what’s up?!”) with the president maintaining order via an assault rifle. And the best part of all for me had to be the motorcade, as seen here.
you hear a toilet flush when he gets up from his recliner
I loved this movie. I do agree it isn’t as good as Office Space, and the fact it was set so far in the future took too much of the edge off. Why not 100 or 150 years?
I watched this movie with people that don’t really like Sci-Fi and they thought it was funny, but I think I saw glazed eyes during some parts. The opening part with the stupid hillbillies having kids kind of scared me too. Perhaps we should organize a High IQ birthing war, anybody with a 120 or above, should have 3 kids minimum, if you are wealthy, have 5 or more.
Its your duty to the human race!
I also liked that a lot of the characters in the future had names of products: Frito, Velveeta (the newscaster with the massive cleavage who, by the way, was sitting next to a shirtless guy - Fox News of the Future).
Another part we loved but almost missed (luckily we were watching it on DVD so we could go back) was when they were in Costco and Joe’s tattoo was accidentally scanned so all the TV’s showed his “most wanted” profile. His first offense listed: being a dick.
I just have to bring this thread back to post my thoughts on this film: I liked parts, but I thought the satire could be more pointed. (Apparently, Fox watered down Judge’s original vision, as studios are wont to do.) But there was a lot I liked: especially the argument about whether water is a better hydrator for plants than Brawndo the Thirst Eliminator, and veteran voice actor Tom Kenny in an uncredited role as a computer voice. “Welcome to Carl’s Jr. Would you like to try our new EXTRA BIG-ASS TACO, now with more MOLECULES?” And I would have loved to see more of the “Time Macheen” ride, although I’m not sure if you can top Chaplinhitler and his army of Nazi dinosaurs.
“Your floor-your floor is now clean! Your floor-your floor is now clean!”
I predict cult classic status in t-minus 2 years or less. Hilarious.
But Brawndo has what plants crave! It’s got electolytes!
(There are lots of great clips at YouTube)
I just saw this last night, and I was wondering if there was a thread about it. The story wasn’t very strong, but all the touches had me in stitches.
The whole scene in St. God’s Hospi[sub]tal[/sub] was great. “This one goes in your mouth, this one in your ear, and this one up your ass. No, wait…”
“What are electrolytes?”
“I know-Brawndo’s got electrolytes!”
There are a couple more of these- One of the president’s middle names is Mountain Dew, and the star of Ow! My Balls! is named Hormel. Also, a large number of people in the film are wearing clothes with logos on them (I think Maya Rudolph’s character is seen wearing a Carls Jr. T-shirt and a Masterbation Network dress in the film). I’m guessing people get paid for these two things as well, just as they do for saying “Brought to you by Carls Jr.”
BTW, it’s “St. God’s Memorial Hospi (small dropping letters).”
(I guess Nietzsche & Time Magazine were right, eventually.)
It’s what plants crave!
This movie is definitely a cult hit in the making. I claim bragging rights because we actually saw this in the theater.
Just saw it tonight. Wow, it had some funny parts, but it was mostly stupid… and depressing.
Saw it from Netflix last night. Pretty funny, but it did kind of feel like some of the satire had been watered down.
I’m pretty sure we’ve already had at least one lengthy discussion about Cyril Kornbluth’s “Marching Morons” premise, so I’ll just search for that instead of starting a different thread.
(I hate to say it, but I think “Ow! My Balls!” would get ratings if it were a real show.)
I agree with most of the comments here - overall, good, but the little things were hilarious.
I went around saying “Go 'way! 'Batin” for a week after I saw it. I love the overexaggerated official-speak of the cops - “This particular individual is accused of being a particular individual who is not scannable at this particular point in time.”
“There was a time when reading wasn’t just for fags!”
Joe
After reading this thread, I put this movie on my queue and saw it last week. I loved it and laughed a lot more than I thought I would. I, too, loved the little things, like the clothes that were nothing but ads, the “St. God’s Memorial Hospital,” how everyone was named after a corporate logo. I also loved how they led you to believe there would be a happily-ever-after ending where everything would go back to normal and Wilson’s character would get returned to his own time to try to make changes. And it didn’t happen.
I loved the look on Luke Wilson’s face when he was taking that “IQ test.” You could just see his thought process: There must be some trick answer here that I’m overlooking. No way is it as easy as this.
If I had ended up in his situation, I’d set myself up as dictator-for-life. Otherwise I’d kill myself.
At some point you can see a toilet seat on the recliner when Frito gets up from the chair. He also pulls up and pulls down his pants when gets in or out of the chair.
Why are you trying to read this post, are you a fag or someting?